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Digital Photo Frame Market will Get Connected
The market for digital photo frames has taken-off, particularly since prices dropped to affordable levels in the first half of 2009, according to a new market researach report available at Electronics.ca Publications. However, due to difficult economic conditions and the trend to purchase digital photo frames as gifts pre-loaded with pictures, most units shipped still lack advanced features such as wireless connectivity to the Internet. Nevertheless, wireless-enabled photo frames are a key growth driver as they will grow at twice the rate of overall digital photo frames in 2010.
USB Market Will Get SuperSpeed Boost After Slower 2009
Although the global recession will prompt a slight decline in USB-enabled device shipments this year, next-generation “SuperSpeed” technology will fuel the market over the next several years, according to a new market research report available at Electronics.ca Publications. SuperSpeed, USB’s new incarnation, will deliver 5Gbps, a ten-fold improvement over high-speed USB. With the late 2009 introduction of SuperSpeed, the question is not whether it will be successful, but how successful it will be.
HD Models Taking over PVR Market
The personal video recorder (PVR) market is continuing to grow, fueled by high-definition models (HD), according to a new market research report available at Electronics.ca Publications.
Netbooks, UMPCs and Smartbooks the Future of Mobile Computing?
Computex always provides a popular forum for companies to highlight their latest, greatest offerings. This year, despite being forecast to together account for only 19% of the notebook PCs shipped in 2009, according to a recent market research report available at Electronics.ca Publications, the most talked about subjects are netbooks and UMPCs.
LED Revenues from Notebooks to Reach Over $800 Million in 2010
Use of LEDs in laptop computers is widely expected to see continuing explosive growth, as LEDs become increasingly adopted for backlighting displays. LED solutions are more expensive than cold cathode fluorescent lamp backlighting, but have better power efficiency, offer better colour saturation, are thinner, and do not use mercury. Dell has already publically committed to using LEDs in all their notebooks by 2010 and other manufacturers are also committed to a surge in LED notebook backlighting in 2009 and 2010.
Giesecke & Devrient Holds off Challenge from Oberthur Technologies
Number three smart card manufacturer Oberthur Technologies (up 1.4% YOY in 2008) closed the gap on Giesecke & Devrient in second place last year to less than one percent market share difference following its acquisition of XPonCard. However, the latest market analysis available at Electronics.ca Publications shows that the German company, after reporting record turnover and profits in 2008, maintained its position as the second largest manufacturer of smart cards globally, behind market leader Gemalto. Sagem Orga (up 1.3%) and Watchdata Systems (up 1.5%) were the other two companies calculated to have made the biggest gains last year.
Continua's Choice - Low Power Technology Battle Won?
After a rigorous ten months, the decision regarding the chosen technologies for version 2 of Continua’s design guidelines have finally been announced. Bluetooth Low Energy has been chosen to enable low powered portable medical devices in a PAN setting. This usage includes portable devices, such as activity monitors and heart rate sensors, which are used to monitor a users health and fitness levels.
Solar-PV Capex Cuts Will Ease Capacity Growth in Time for Recovery
Much like the boom-to-bust IC industry in recent decades, manufacturers of solar-energy cells and thin films are having a difficult time matching investments for new production capacity with the recessionary and recovery throes of the fledgling photovoltaic (PV)-device market, based on the analysis in a new report available at Electronics.ca Publications: Solar Energy: Growth Opportunities for the Semiconductor Industry.
PC TV Tuner Market Faces Myriad of New Challenges
Demand for PC-TV Tuners has fallen off from 2008’s level due to the worldwide economic recession, according to a new market research report available at Electronics.ca Publications. The market also faces fundamental challenges, including slow consumer demand, increased competition from online television and other programming sources, and lower prices due to a shift from hybrid analog/digital tuners to digital-only tuners. One hopeful development is that Microsoft’s Windows 7 and the new version of Media Center will include better connectivity solutions for PC-TV Tuners.
Two IC Products Forecast to Grow in Tough '09
WSTS (Worldwide Semiconductor Trade Statistics) classifies ICs into 29 distinct product categories. Only two of these segments - Telecom-Analog and Telecom-Special Purpose Logic/MPR - are forecast to show revenue growth in 2009 according to a just-released market forecast available at Electronics.ca Publications.
The market for digital photo frames has taken-off, particularly since prices dropped to affordable levels in the first half of 2009, according to a new market researach report available at Electronics.ca Publications. However, due to difficult economic conditions and the trend to purchase digital photo frames as gifts pre-loaded with pictures, most units shipped still lack advanced features such as wireless connectivity to the Internet. Nevertheless, wireless-enabled photo frames are a key growth driver as they will grow at twice the rate of overall digital photo frames in 2010.
USB Market Will Get SuperSpeed Boost After Slower 2009
Although the global recession will prompt a slight decline in USB-enabled device shipments this year, next-generation “SuperSpeed” technology will fuel the market over the next several years, according to a new market research report available at Electronics.ca Publications. SuperSpeed, USB’s new incarnation, will deliver 5Gbps, a ten-fold improvement over high-speed USB. With the late 2009 introduction of SuperSpeed, the question is not whether it will be successful, but how successful it will be.
HD Models Taking over PVR Market
The personal video recorder (PVR) market is continuing to grow, fueled by high-definition models (HD), according to a new market research report available at Electronics.ca Publications.
Netbooks, UMPCs and Smartbooks the Future of Mobile Computing?
Computex always provides a popular forum for companies to highlight their latest, greatest offerings. This year, despite being forecast to together account for only 19% of the notebook PCs shipped in 2009, according to a recent market research report available at Electronics.ca Publications, the most talked about subjects are netbooks and UMPCs.
LED Revenues from Notebooks to Reach Over $800 Million in 2010
Use of LEDs in laptop computers is widely expected to see continuing explosive growth, as LEDs become increasingly adopted for backlighting displays. LED solutions are more expensive than cold cathode fluorescent lamp backlighting, but have better power efficiency, offer better colour saturation, are thinner, and do not use mercury. Dell has already publically committed to using LEDs in all their notebooks by 2010 and other manufacturers are also committed to a surge in LED notebook backlighting in 2009 and 2010.
Giesecke & Devrient Holds off Challenge from Oberthur Technologies
Number three smart card manufacturer Oberthur Technologies (up 1.4% YOY in 2008) closed the gap on Giesecke & Devrient in second place last year to less than one percent market share difference following its acquisition of XPonCard. However, the latest market analysis available at Electronics.ca Publications shows that the German company, after reporting record turnover and profits in 2008, maintained its position as the second largest manufacturer of smart cards globally, behind market leader Gemalto. Sagem Orga (up 1.3%) and Watchdata Systems (up 1.5%) were the other two companies calculated to have made the biggest gains last year.
Continua's Choice - Low Power Technology Battle Won?
After a rigorous ten months, the decision regarding the chosen technologies for version 2 of Continua’s design guidelines have finally been announced. Bluetooth Low Energy has been chosen to enable low powered portable medical devices in a PAN setting. This usage includes portable devices, such as activity monitors and heart rate sensors, which are used to monitor a users health and fitness levels.
Solar-PV Capex Cuts Will Ease Capacity Growth in Time for Recovery
Much like the boom-to-bust IC industry in recent decades, manufacturers of solar-energy cells and thin films are having a difficult time matching investments for new production capacity with the recessionary and recovery throes of the fledgling photovoltaic (PV)-device market, based on the analysis in a new report available at Electronics.ca Publications: Solar Energy: Growth Opportunities for the Semiconductor Industry.
PC TV Tuner Market Faces Myriad of New Challenges
Demand for PC-TV Tuners has fallen off from 2008’s level due to the worldwide economic recession, according to a new market research report available at Electronics.ca Publications. The market also faces fundamental challenges, including slow consumer demand, increased competition from online television and other programming sources, and lower prices due to a shift from hybrid analog/digital tuners to digital-only tuners. One hopeful development is that Microsoft’s Windows 7 and the new version of Media Center will include better connectivity solutions for PC-TV Tuners.
Two IC Products Forecast to Grow in Tough '09
WSTS (Worldwide Semiconductor Trade Statistics) classifies ICs into 29 distinct product categories. Only two of these segments - Telecom-Analog and Telecom-Special Purpose Logic/MPR - are forecast to show revenue growth in 2009 according to a just-released market forecast available at Electronics.ca Publications.