Strong second-quarter sequential growth along with improving supply chain visibility and semiconductor demand trends has prompted iSuppli to upgrade its chip sales forecast for 2009...
After swelling to major excess levels in 2008, global semiconductor inventories in the second quarter of 2009 dwindled to lean but appropriate levels, according to iSuppli. Chip revenues...
Despite a slowdown in 2009, global shipments of micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) microphones are set to more than triple from 2008 to 2013 thanks to their strong acceptance in...
Shipments of large-size TFT-LCD panels reached 47.1 million units in June 2009, up 9% sequentially and up 26.2% on year, according to iSuppli. This increase represents an acceleration...
Samsung Electronics in the second quarter expanded its share of the global market for standalone applications processor chips used in handsets due to rising sales of Apple's iPhone,...
Installations of photovoltaic (PV) solar energy systems in California are set to more than double in 2009 compared to 2008 because of incentives from the US stimulus package, defying...
After more than a dozen years of failing to live up to its promise, web access on the TV is finally ready for prime time, with retail sales of Internet-enabled TVs (IETVs) set to...
Numonyx capitalized on problems at chief rival Spansion to take the lead in the NOR flash memory market by the sparest of margins in the second quarter of 2009, according to iSuppl...
Intel managed to expand its lead in the global processor market to levels not seen in nearly four years in the second quarter of 2009, according to iSuppli.
The PC market made one small step away from the abyss in the second quarter of 2009 as it achieved sequential growth in shipments for the first time in six months, according to iSu...
The arrival of Apple's iPhone in China is expected to help accelerate global shipment growth for smartphones in 2010 and 2011, following 2009 when growth is estimated to slow to 11.6%,...
The acquisition of Singapore-based Chartered Semiconductor by Globalfoundries over the Labor Day weekend has catapulted the company into the number-two position among pure-play foundries...
Leveraging its low-cost thin-film process, US-based First Solar is expected to surpass its crystalline competitors to become the world's largest producer of photovoltaic (PV) cells...
