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Articles tagged with: Samsung Electronics and Isuppli
TI, Qualcomm, Sony, and Samsung Score Key Design Wins in New Palm Pre
Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, Sony and Samsung Electronics are the leading component suppliers for Palm's new Pre, providing the key semiconductor and display technologies that give the smart phone its competitive differentiation, according to dissection conducted by iSuppli's Teardown Analysis Service. more
Related Tags: texas-instruments, qualcomm, sony, palm-pre, cdma2000, memory, smart, hynix, csr, lcd, nand, displays, andrew, flash, ev-do, dram
Apple Stresses Manufacturing Cost Reduction for iPhone 3G
The new iPhone 3G sports an evolutionary design that favors cost reduction instead of cutting-edge features, supporting AppleĆ's goal of expanding its market share and achieving a worldwide presence for the product, according to a physical teardown analysis conducted this weekend by iSuppli. more
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Mobile Handset Market Stays on Track in Q1
The global mobile-handset market in the first quarter of 2008 appeared to be unaffected by the economic slowdown, with shipments rising by a double-digit percentage compared to the same period in 2007, according to iSuppli. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, samsung, huawei, zte, motorola, lg, sony
Global Semiconductor Market Suffers Bad Memories of 2007
Surprising weakness in the memory chip market in the fourth quarter took the wind out of the sails of the global semiconductor market, causing growth in 2007 to fall short of expectations, according to iSuppli. Global semiconductor market revenue grew by only 3.3 percent in 2007, based on the results from iSuppliĆ's final 2007 chip market share data. more
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Top 5 Mobile Phone Manufacturers Consolidate their Market Share Lead
How much did Nokia increase its mobile-phone unit shipments in the third quarter? More than the total second-quarter mobile-handset shipments of Fujitsu, Ningbo Bird, TCL-Alcatel, Panasonic, Pantech & Curitel, and UTStarcom - combined. more
Related Tags: rcom, lg, pantech, utstarcom
Infineon, National, Balda and Samsung Score iPhone Design Wins"
In terms of cost, iSuppli's teardown analysis of Apple's iPhone offered few surprises, with its Bill-of-Materials (BoM) closely conforming with the preliminary functional estimate issued in January by iSuppli. However, in terms of suppliers, the iPhone is packed with surprises, with newcomers Infineon Technologies, National Semiconductor and Balda providing key components in the product - along with established component makers like Samsung Electronics - according to iSuppli's Teardown Analysis service. more
Related Tags: flash-memory, ipod, bluetooth, infineon-technologies, toshiba, sharp, touch-screen, infineon, memory, balda, nand, andrew, dram
Samsung Surges in Q1 Mobile-Phone Market
In a seasonally weak first quarter for mobile-phone shipments, number-three wireless handset brand Samsung Electronics bucked the trend with respectable growth, according to iSuppli. Global mobile-phone shipments in the first quarter fell by 12.8 percent sequentially, declining to 253 million units, down from 290.1 million in the fourth quarter. Such a decline is typical following the peak fourth-quarter buying season, as evidenced by the fact that four out of the Top-5 mobile-phone makers experienced a sequential decrease in unit shipments. more
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Apples iPhone Could Have Massive Profit Margins
Each Apple iPhone sold will generate nearly a 50 percent gross margin for Apple and partner Cingular Wireless, giving the companies a hefty profit, as well as plenty of room for future price cuts, according to a preliminary functional Bill of Materials (BoM) estimate created by iSuppli. more
Related Tags: ipod, bluetooth, playstation, cingular, apple-iphone, dram
Toshiba: No Plans To Build US$6 Billion Singapore Chip Plant
SINGAPORE -(Dow Jones)- Japan's Toshiba Corp. Tuesday denied a media report that it may build a Nand flash chip plant in Singapore, a company spokesman told Dow Jones Newswires. more
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Colour screens are now dominant in cellphones
An analysis of mobile-phone designs conducted by iSuppli Corp.'s Mobile Phone Display Teardown Service in 2004 confirms that handsets are making increased use of more advanced display technology, specifically colour TFT-LCD displays and higher-resolution screens. more
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