Computer ICs Last update:8th Jan 2012
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ebook readers sales by units grow by 108% in 2011
Higher resolution for tablet PCs is the trend in LCD panels as per study
Server shipments in 3Q11 grew 7.2% y-o-y
Qualcomm collaborate with bookseller Kyobo to launch $310 e-reader
Tear down analysis of Kindle tablet from IHS finds tricks in low cost design
Tablet world is powered by ARM processors
Gartner: Global PC shipments grew 3.2 percent in 3rd Q 2011
Mobile PC shipments is forecasted to increase 27% Y/Y, to 276.9 million units
Steve Jobs; Excellent human who pioneered in making the machine more human
In-Stat: Tablet shipments to reach 250 Million units in 2017
Gartner: Western Europe PC market declined by 19 percent in 2nd Q 2011
Intel put on the platter $300 Million with the cool and thin processors chips
Apple and Android tablets race to serve the growing market demand
IHS iSuppli finds Apple's iPad tablet is design efficient to beat its competitors
Wireless applications to consume more semiconductor devices than the computers
The semiconductor device content in tablet to approach $14B by 2015, estimates In-Stat
IHS iSuppli: Nearly half of notebooks shipped in 2015 to feature quad-core processor
Gigaset uses Dialog's VOIP chips in its phones
The LCD panel shipments for tablet computers grown 28% M-o-M in May 2011
Tablet form-factor analysis: 9.7 and 10.1 Inch vs 7 Inch
Tear down analysis of Samsung Chromebook by IHS iSuppli
PC shipments of 81.3 M units in the 1st Q2011, down 0.3 % an year ago
Gartner: Worldwide server revenues grew by 17.3% in 1st Q 2011
PC sales in Q1 2011declined due to tablet growth
DisplayPort-enabled PC equipment shipments to see a growth of 154.6%
Semiconductor vendor ranking in 2010; the movers and shakers as per IHS iSuppli
PC market continue to drive the global semiconductor market
Notebook/netbook shipment slowing from 30% Y/Y growth in 2010 to 27% in 2011
Japan tremors and tsunami will pass through the global semiconductor industry
Netbook can turn into tablet offering a new formfactor in portable computer business
Semiconductor chips for tablets: Analysis after iPad2 launch
In-Stat: Tablet shipments to surpass 58 million units in 2014
Apple iPad commands 90% market share
Apple keeps hold on its mobile apps and the content to generate revenue
SoC design software packages ready for 28nm process of common platform alliance
Hard Disk Drive market is still not affected by SSD due to cost factor
One Billion GeForce chips shipped by NVIDIA
LCD Display panel industry to face the demand-supply risk of Tablet computers
Study says 10GbE NIC/LOM shipments to surpass 16 million ports in 2014
Strategy Analytics's tech predictions for 2011
The innovation tracks of smart phone and notebook converged as tablet computers
DisplayPort and HDMI to obsolete VGA and other analog video interface by 2015
Worldwide server market revenues grew by 13.2% to reach $11.8 billion in 3rd Q 10
Cloud up in the air pouring content to handheld computers
Worldwide content security gateway market grew 10% in 3Q10 to reach $715.2 millios
LSI's MegaRAID software used by IBM's ServeRAID M5000 6Gb/s controllers
The PC specific processor sales grew modestly in 3rd quarter 2010
AMD demos monolithic processor chips with both CPU and GPU
PSSC Labs selects LSI's SATA+SAS RAID controller cards for its PowerWulf Cluster computing systems
ABI: 11 million media tablets and 43 million netbooks to ship worldwide in 2010
NVIDIA provides CUDA supprt for OpenCV
IMS: Wireless PC peripheral to grow fast over the next 5yrs
ASUS uses AMIMON's WHDI technology for its WiCast PC to TV connectivity kit
User study: 90% of Apple iPad buyers will be existing Apple owners
Dual core Atom based netbooks are launched
Pen-like grip wireless mouse uses Nordic Semiconductor's chips
India's $35 tablet: 35 billion+ US$ revenue from 1 billion+ sales
ABI Research: Tablet shipment to touch 11 Million in 2010
Worldwide shipment of Blu-ray players to exceed 62.5 Million in 2011
Market researcher ABI estimates Linux-based OS' share to grow by 62% by 2015
Toshiba and Intel launch tablet PCs for education in Japan
Semiconductor industry sales forecast for 2010: SIA; 28.4%, Gartner; 27%
Amimon ships more than half a Million PC to TV connecting wireless ICs
IDC report: Enterprise cloud server hardware market to reach $12.6 billion by 2014
Cloud computing powered data backup services revenue to grow by 27.9% by 2015
Technology distributor Avnet readies its partners for cloud computing wave ride
Robust market demand for semiconductor devices in 2010
Latest semiconductor market stats from SIA and IDC
The market growth to continue for semiconductor industry in remaining quarters of 2010
Pocket projectors heading for strong growth in 2010
New mouse technology employs natural movement of hands for 3D browsing
Remote system recovery and admin feature for industrial computers by IEI
New iPad for a battery-weakened iPad; an excellent business strategy by Apple
Apple's iPad is just a drizzle; heavy rain of tablet PCs highly predictable in 2010 and 2011
Fujitsu's USB 3.0-SATA Bridge IC wins USB-IF compliance certification for SuperSpeed USB
Qualcomm and HP showcases Android-based smartbook device
Netbook growth to trigger additional growth in external monitors; Isuppli
Ready reference design from Freescale Semiconductor for tablet smarbooks
Eurotech wins 1.2M USD contract to supply embedded computers
Broadcom acquires Dune Networks to get into cloud computing
Intel invest to built 1000 times more powerful of current supercomputer
Intel and NEC join hands to develop supercomputer technologies
Intel and AMD race neck to neck in supercomputing domain
Quanta selects Tilera's 64-core processor for cloud computing
Notebook and netbooks propel Intel back into growth path
Cavium's NITROX PX security adapters deployed in Hitachi's blade server systems
Smartbook was the top attraction at Freescale Semiconductor's event in Bangalore
LSI retained its top position in Host Bus RAID Controller market with further growth
LSI and Terascala partner to drive storage sales used in high-end computers
DisplayLink's USB graphic display interface ICs shipment-counter crossed 1 Million
The semiconductor devices and components for thinning laptops
AMCC RAID controllers are used in Boston's SAN storage product
Dell and HP adopt Broadcom technology to remotely manage enterprise PC network
It's a small computer, network computer and also called plug computer
Dell has chosen SiSM671/968/307DV chipset for it's Thin-Client PC
Cypress Semiconductor's new module can download a movie to a phone in a minute
Synopsys timing analysis tool to support multicore
Intel's new processor to pack graphic part and main processor in single chip
Detailed study of possibility of a $20 Laptop computer
A new finger vein authentication called "mofiria" from Sony for laptops and phones
Intel's another legend Craig Barrett to Retire in May
Technology to transfer data from DRAM chips to processor @ 1 terabyte per second
AMD's 4th quarter 2008 revenues down by 35% compared to 3rd quarter
Wireless USB to VGA kit wins CES innovation award
AMD's supercomputer for delivering multimedia content to digital gadgets
Freescale steps into laptop market by introducing silicon and tools for netbook design
Fujitsu and WinMagic together deliver security solutions for disk drive content
Hardware-based anti-theft technology for notebook computers and businesses
Hitachi GST and Intel to jointly develop Solid State Drives (SSD)
Amid the flat and weak market Fujitsu produced record disk drives
Quad core Shanghai's performance to boost AMD's server processor business
Market survey finds consumers prefer to surf net on mobile device instead of PC
LSI's RAID-On-Chip is opted by leading computer vendors
AMD appoints Ramkumar Subramanian as sales and marketing VP of India
India is playing important role in WiMAX success
Broadcom acquired digital TV business from AMD
Security tools for any unauthorized data transfer through USB flash drive
Intel releases guidelines to PC makers to get Energy Star stamped
Fujitsu continues to drive disk drive density to new levels with it's latest technology break through
The enhanced PCI express proposal gets the name “Geneseo”.
New Products
Mobile App from SonicWALL connects iPad and iPhone to network resources
TPM device for motherboard to protect against hacking
iPad and iPhone can be enabled with USB connectivity using Silex Tech
Embedded DisplayPort 1.3-compliant TCON with PSR tech from IDT
Hardware monitoring IC chip supports PECI 3.0 interface
Toshiba launches glass-free 3D Notebook computer in Japan
Cortina adds new member to its 40G/10G optical transport processor family
10GBASE-T PCI Express network adapter for cloud and enterprise servers
Intel Atom based PICMG 1.0 full-size CPU card from Axiomtek
6 Gb/s SATA III repeater ICs from Parade Technologies
VGA to STANAG 3350 converter module from Advanced Micro Peripherals
Atom processor based rugged computer from Adlink
Video ICs to convert LVDS to DisplayPort, HDMI, DVI or VGA interfaces
New motherboard based on Intel Core i7/i5 processor platform from IEI
Dual-channel buffer for re-driving SAS/eSATA/SATA signals
Toshiba achieves hard disk drive storage density of close to 1 Gb per square mm
64-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) Ethernet Switch for data centers
New graphics card from AMD supporting DirectX 11 gaming
High-integrated PMIC with integrated EEPROM for TFT LCD notebook panels
Eurotech's compact, low power embedded system based on Intel Atom Processor
First embedded computer with DisplayPort for digital signage applications
Intel Atom based PCI single board computer from AAEON in half size form factor
15" XGA TFT LCD fanless Industrial Panel PC with IP66 rating from Advantech
Fanless Panel PCs from Advantech offers high performance with low power consumption
Eurotech's Intel Atom processor based Catalyst FX embedded system
Intel Atom based fanless ETX computer module
New LSI SAS 9200 series 6Gb/s SAS host bus adapters with SATA+SAS connectivity
NEC launches USB 3.0 SOC Design Solution
Exar's new processor chip for enterprise storage applications
ATI Radeon HD 5800 series with DirectX 11 compliant graphics cards from AMD
A single-chip VGA port protector IC for PC-based applications
Compact COM Express module with Intel Atom N270 and 945GSE/ICH7M Chipset
Advantech's ETX CPU module with twin SATA (SOM-4487) for embedded apps
New fanless embedded console server from ACROSSER
250MHz ARM9 based embedded computer from Technologic
New Engenio 4900 disk storage system from LSI
Advantech's new ARK-6310-3M04E Intel ATOM based embedded computer
Intel Atom based single board computer for portable embedded computer applications
Embedded computer RuffSystem 840 from Adlink targets rugged applications
Fingerprint solution for notebooks/netbooks from AuthenTec
New PCI Express to PCI translation bridge IC
Low priced new MB86C30A USB 3.0-SATA Bridge IC
8.0 GT/s PCI Express 3.0 interface IP for system-on-chip (SoC) from Synopsys
New hard disk drive read channel IC from LSI
PCI Expess 3.0 PHY IP core for SoC designs in 40nm process
Industry's first DisplayPort to VGA adapter IC
ADI's new USB isolator IC for safe interface among medical electronic devices
New USB power switch for hot swapping USB interface
Lanner launches Intel Atom based industrial PC
New 3-Gbps SDI equalizer with low jitter noise
Improved VGA multiplexer IC with low on-capacitance and on-resistance
Realtek's LCD DisplayPort monitor controller IC pass VESA CTS 1.1 certification
New system-on-chip controller for multifunction printers
Energy efficient graphic processors for new gaming experience in notebooks
512GB solid state drive using 43nm Multi-Level Cell NAND
Serial Attached SCSI enterprise hard disk drives which double the capacity
Microcontroller for wireless keyboard/mouse
ECP2M family development kit for fast PCI express design
7400 series Xeon server processors from Intel
Pericom's new Display-Port(DP) & PCI Express switch families
AMD's new stream processor delivers a performance exceeding 1 Tera Flop
Tegra: the world's single chip computer
Front Monitor Diodes from Atmel
Intel has unveiled very low power consuming quad core processors
Fujitsu launched 40-GB hard disk drive for automotive applications
Winbond's new embedded controllers for laptops with SPI flash interface and IR port.
NXP Semiconductor (Old Philips Semiconductor) has released a wireless USB device controller for wireless USB applications.
