Vital Stats

• STB unit shipments to decline by 8% (01/09/10)
  Digital STB unit shipments worldwide are forecast to hit 4.41 crore in 2010, an 8 per cent fall from 2009 according to In-Stat.
  
  
• SuperSpeed USB to penetrate DSCs, camcorders (27/08/10)
  In-Stat research reports that SuperSpeed USB will penetrate up to 60 per cent of the digicam/camcorder CE segment by 2014.
  
  
• 28 crore combo connectivity chips to ship in 2010 (26/08/10)
  ABI Research estimates that 97.90 crore devices will ship in 2015 that combine different radio technologies including FM broadcast reception, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS.
  
  
• Wireless HD to boast triple digit growth rate by 2014 (19/08/10)
  Wireless HD chip vendors have something to smile about in the future as the five-year forecast is a robust triple-digit growth rate of wireless HD video-enabled products, according to In-Stat.
  
  
• IC market to surge ahead while ROM, EPROM lags (17/08/10)
  The semiconductor industry will surge ahead except for ROM and EPROM according to IC Insights.
  
  

• Femtocells to reach Rs.18,787.55 crore by 2014 (16/08/10)
  According to market analyst Dell'Oro Group commercial femtocell deployments will increase significantly in 2011 for the market to reach Rs.18,787.55 crore by 2014.
  
  
• Hybrid Web-to-TV STB market to grow by 2014 (16/08/10)
  As Internet video service is the new trend, hybrid Web-to-TV STBs market worldwide will reach Rs.6,105.95 crore ($1.3 billion) by 2014, bringing a new set of Internet services to TV sets.
  
  
• Embedded pico projectors to rise (13/08/10)
  Embedded pico projector market is set to rise with mobile handsets monopolosing almost 90% of that market by 2014, according to In-Stat
  
  
• 4G to drive up wireless infrastructure expenditures (12/08/10)
  After two years of declining disbursements, global capital expenditures on wireless infrastructure equipment is poised to rebound with a projected growth of Rs.1.89 lakh crore ($40.3 billion) in 2011.
  
  
• Small/Medium displays report 31% y-o-y growth (11/08/10)
  Shipments of small and medium displays reached Rs.25,363.20 crore ($5.4 billion) in revenue in Q2 2010, according to DisplaySearch, which translates to a 31 per cent increase year-on-year.
  
  

• Smart Cards ICs to hit 580 crore units in 2010 (11/08/10)
  Key end-user sectors such as SIM cards, payment & banking and health & government are projected to grow in shipment and revenue terms during 2010 which will grow the smart card IC market.
  
  
• Android drives up smart phone annual growth (09/08/10)
  The worldwide smart phone market grew by 64 per cent annually in Q2 2010, driven in part by the growth of Android device shipments which reported a growth of 886% year-on-year.
  
  
• Analyst: NEC-Renesas pose a threat to Infineon lead (06/08/10)
  Even though, Infineon was the largest supplier of semiconductors to the automotive under-the-hood and body sector worldwide in 2009, the NEC-Renesas merger poses a challenge, reports IMS Research.
  
  
• TI leads power IC market in downturn (05/08/10)
  Texas Instruments Inc. has increased its share in the power management & driver IC market by 1.1% during the 2009 downturn to hold a share of 10.5% and lead the market as per IMS Research.
  
  
• Wi-Fi predicted to take the CE market by storm (04/08/10)
  In-Stat predicts that by 2014, 190 crore units of CE will be enabled with Wi-Fi connectivity as it is becoming a necessary technology in consumer electronics.
  
  

• 802.11n migration drives up shipments (28/07/10)
  Migration to 802.11n technology is the key driver in the 4.8 per cent y-o-y increase in WLAN devices worldwide unit shipments, according to In-Stat.
  
  
• Asia-Pacific PC market rebounds by 35 per cent (21/07/10)
  PC shipments in the Asia-Pacific region, excluding Japan, gained nearly 35 per cent in Q2 2010, while world market growth is at 22 per cent, according to IDC.
  
  
• MEMS market to surpass Rs.45,764.21 crore by 2014 (20/07/10)
  Consumer, automotive electronics is propelling the MEMS market from its two-year decline with an 11 per cent growth according to iSuppli.
  
  
• 4G on the slow-track worldwide (16/07/10)
  4G technology deployments and subscriptions have begun to take root in 2010 but only in North America and Western Europe while the rest of the world still shies away reports In-Stat.
  
  
• WiMAX path strewn with challenges (15/07/10)
  WiMAX development is strewn with several challenges as it continues to grow and compete with LTE and other competitive technologies and wrest for market share.
  
  

• Trouble looms ahead for global PV market (14/07/10)
  The global photovoltaic (PV) market will almost double in 2010 to reach a massive 14.6GW, however inverter supply may limit the PV market to a massive extent warns IMS Research.
  
  
• 3D devices to takeover consumer homes (13/07/10)
  IMS Research forecasts that 3D TV sets will overshoot 21.80 crore (218 million) from 2010 to 2015.
  
  
• LTE gets going with wide-scale launch plans (12/07/10)
  Market researcher ABI Research says 132 networks have commenced with LTE trials or commercial launch plans.
  
  
• Touchscreens boom in portable apps market (09/07/10)
  DisplaySearch has reported that touchscreen module revenue will grow at a CAGR of 18 per cent driven by rapidly increasing penetration in portable devices like mobile phones, media players and navigation units.
  
  
• Gartner predicts Rs.90 crore auto IC market (09/07/10)
  Gartner expects the automotive semiconductor market to grow by 23.5 per cent this year to Rs.90,286.24 crore, after declining by 21.7 per cent in 2009 to Rs.73,134 crore.
  
  

• Asia-Pacific smart meter to post a CAGR of 91.5% by 2015 (08/07/10)
  Asia-Pacific smart meter market will grow at a CAGR of 91.0 per cent between 2009 and 2015 to reach 11.65 crore (116.5 million) at the end of the period.
  
  
• Samsung surges ahead of Apple, Sony in mobile PC biz (08/07/10)
  Thanks to its strength in netbooks, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. sales grew 14.6 per cent to 19.00 lakh
  
  
• Innovative apps drive smart phone demand (08/07/10)
  Smartphone market continues to thrive on innovative features and applications such as touch screen technology, wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) and location-based service (LBS).
  
  
• China automotive market to reach $22B by 2017 (07/07/10)
  IMS Research forecasts China's automotive electronics shipments to grow to over 22 million units in 2015 and achieve $22 billion by 2017.
  
  
• Handset motion sensor market to hit over $1B by 2014 (06/07/10)
  Global handset motion sensor shipments are forecast to exceed Rs.4,669.82 crore ($1 billion) by 2014, according to a recent ARCchart study.
  
  

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