Worldwide semiconductor capital equipment spending is on track to reach US$44.8 billion in 2011, a 10.2% increase from 2010 spending of US$40.6 billion, according to Gartner. However,...
Worldwide mobile communication device sales to end users totaled 427.8 million units in the first quarter of 2011, an increase of 19% from the first quarter of 2010, according to Gartner...
Worldwide semiconductor revenues reached US$299.4 billion in 2010, up US$70.7 billion or 30.9% from 2009, the largest dollar increase for the semiconductor industry in any one year,...
Worldwide smartphone sales will reach 468 million units in 2011, a 57.7% increase from 2010, according to Gartner. By the end of 2011, Android will move to become the most popular...
Putting the final touches on a year of worldwide server market growth, fourth quarter 2010 worldwide server shipments grew 6.5% on year, while revenues climbed 16.4%, according to...
Consumers in the US are more likely to buy a smartphone in 2011 than PCs, mobile phones, e-book readers, media tablets and gaming products, according to a recent survey by research...
Worldwide mobile application store downloads are forecast to reach 17.7 billion downloads in 2011, a 117% increase from an estimated 8.2 billion downloads in 2010, according to Gartner...
Global top-10 original equipment manufacturers (OEM) consumed a third of all semiconductor demand in 2010, according to a recent Gartner report. The leading OEMs accounted for US$104.3...
Worldwide semiconductor capital equipment spending is on pace to reach US$38.4 billion in 2010, a 131.2% jump from 2009, according to Gartner. In 2011, spending is forecast to total...
Worldwide semiconductor revenues are on pace to grow 31.5% in 2010, as the industry is expected to surpass the US$300 billion mark for the first time, according to Gartner. However,...
Gartner has announced new rankings of the world's top-10 IC vendors based on 2010 revenues. Intel held the number one vendor position for the 19th consecutive year, but grabbed a slightly...
Worldwide connected e-reader sales to end users are forecast to total 6.6 million units in 2010, up 79.8% from 2009 sales of 3.6 million units, according to research firm Gartner....
Worldwide PC shipments are on pace to total 352.4 million units in 2010, a 14.3% increase from 2009, according to the latest preliminary forecast by Gartner. These projections are...
Greater availability of social-networking services, coupled with changing demographics and work styles, will lead 20% of employees to use social networks as their business communications...