In the fourth quarter of 2008, worldwide sales of smartphones to end users reached 38.1 million units, an increase of 3.7% on the fourth quarter of 2007, according to Gartner. Global...

Eroding worldwide economic conditions are causing a dramatic downturn in capital equipment spending for the semiconductor industry, according to Gartner. Analysts said the receding...

The continued erosion of the global economy, including the prospect of negative GDP growth in many major countries, has led IDC to update its forecast for worldwide IT spending in...

Worldwide semiconductor capital equipment spending is expected to decline 30.6% in 2008 and total US$31.1 billion, down from Gartner's October forecast of a 25.2% decline. Worldwide...

For only the fifth time in the last 25 years, the semiconductor industry will post a decline in revenues, with worldwide semiconductor revenues totaling US$261.9 billion in 2008,...

Global OLED display revenues in the third quarter this year was US$141 million, down 11% sequentially but up 60% on year, according to DisplaySearch.

Worldwide smartphone sales totaled 36.5 million units in the third quarter of 2008, an 11.5% increase from the same period in 2007. The smartphone market is expected to continue to...

Worldwide PC processor shipments in the third calendar quarter of 2008 reached record levels again, according to new data from IDC. However, the outlook for the processor market in...

Worldwide front projector shipments topped 1.6 million units in the third quarter of 2008, according to Pacific Media Associates (PMA), representing 15.2% growth over the third quarter...

Acer has shipped 3.4-3.6 million notebooks (including netbooks) in September this year, beating both Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell, according to industry sources.

The worldwide market for TV ICs was 29.8 million units in the second quarter, up 21% on year. Shipments were up 7.8% on quarter, as TV setmakers built in line with seasonality and...

Worldwide server shipments for the second quarter of 2008 increased 12.2% over the same quarter last year, while worldwide server revenues for the same period climbed 5.7% according...

Worldwide PC shipments continued to grow at a healthy pace in the second quarter of 2008. Shipments were up 15.3% from a year ago – slightly more than second-quarter projections...

Toshiba has set a goal to achieve a worldwide notebook market share of 15% in 2010. The company will focus on targeting emerging markets including China, Vietnam and Thailand, which...