• GPS thrives on outdoor, sports and fitness apps (23/03/11)
  As the market for portable navigation devices continues to decline, most GPS makers will now have to shift their focus to the rapidly growing outdoor and fitness segment.
  
  
• Apple rules 2011 tablet touch screen shipments (22/03/11)
  Market analysis firm DisplaySearch forecasts touch-screen shipments for all tablet PCs to reach 6 crore units in 2011 and soar to 26 crore units in 2016, with Apple in the lead in 2011 and 2012.
  
  
• LTE deployment drives sophisticated network tools (22/03/11)
  Frost & Sullivan indicates that the market for world wireless protocol analysers and network monitoring systems will reach Rs.3,868.61 crore ($850.6 million) in 2016.
  
  
• Blind spot detection gains recognition (21/03/11)
  According to ABI Research, Blind Spot Detection (BSD) systems will be available in a fourth of the cars produced by 2016 reaching annual BSD installations of 2 crore units.
  
  
• Heterogeneous networks benefit ecosystem flexibility (21/03/11)
  ABI Research says that dual-platform 4G strategy based on both LTE and WiMAX will be beneficial to mobile network operators, chip and device makers in offering ecosystem flexibility.
  
  

• 2011 MEC market shows 6% recovery (16/03/11)
  NVR's report on the merchant embedded computing (MEC) market from 2002 to 2015 forecasts that the MEC industry will likely recover at about 6 per cent in 2011 to about Rs.23,650.07 crore ($5.2 billion).
  
  
• PV coatings market surges (15/03/11)
  NanoMarkets forecasts that smart PV coatings will see a surge in revenues as it addresses solar panel challenges of increasing efficiency, lowering costs and creating higher value-added products.
  
  
• 2011 MCU market surpasses Rs.72 crore (15/03/11)
  According to Databeans, the 2011 microcontroller market will surpass Rs.72,769.44 crore ($16 billion) or a 9 per cent revenue growth.
  
  
• Smartphones poised to drive semiconductor revenues (14/03/11)
  In 2015, the mobile phone semiconductor component revenue will exceed Rs.3.64 lakh crore ($80 billion), a compound annual growth rate of 10.8 per cent, with smart phones driving growth over the next five years.
  
  
• 2011 IC growth forecast gets stronger (11/03/11)
  IC Insights says 2011 indicates strong IC growth with IC sales in January totalling Rs.97,329.13 crore ($21.4 billion), up 16 per cent from January 2010 and down only 4.5 per cent from December 2010.
  
  

• MIPI CSI-2 to exceed 70% adoption by 2016 (11/03/11)
  The MIPI Camera Serial Interface 2.0 (CSI-2) standard is increasing penetration across all computing and CE devices equipped with an image sensor, according to In-Stat.
  
  
• Stable ASPs drive chip industry growth (10/03/11)
  IC Insights' Bill McClean and Future Horizons Ltd's Malcolm Penn predict that ASPs are recovering and will drive global semiconductor industry growth in 2011 and 2012.
  
  
• Tablets slowdown 2011 PC sales to 10.5% (10/03/11)
  Gartner analysts say growing consumer enthusiasm for mobile PC alternatives, such as the iPad and other media tablets will dramatically slow home mobile PC sales, especially in mature markets.
  
  
• SaaS cloud IT spending seen at 112% growth (08/03/11)
  In-Stat reveals that cloud computing IT services are gaining preference, pushing public cloud SaaS (software-as-a-service) spending by US businesses to increase by 112 per cent between 2010 and 2014.
  
  
• Residential gateways gain over DSL broadband modems (08/03/11)
  Market watcher In-Stat forecasts that residential gateway shipments will surpass 5 crore units in 2011 with its gaining importance in the home networking infrastructure over DSL broadband modems.
  
  

• Large LCD panel prices set to dive (07/03/11)
  February saw a decline in the pricing of large-sized LCD panels due to soft demand and rising inventories, and the trend will continue until TV panel purchasing increases in April, predicts IHS iSuppli Research.
  
  
• 2011 IC growth forecast pegged at 8.9% (07/03/11)
  VLSI Research Inc. ups the IC market growth rate forecast to Rs.12.42 lakh crore ($270.7 billion) at an 8.9 per cent increase compared to its earlier projection of an 8.1 per cent y-o-y growth in 2011.
  
  
• MPU shipments ride on mobile PC processors (03/03/11)
  IDC's report on worldwide MPU shipments show a continuing shift to mobile PC processors, Intel gaining significant share in x86 server processors and a total shipment growth of 17.1 per cent in 2010.
  
  
• On-board electronics drive automotive IC growth (03/03/11)
  IC Insights says automotive market recovery coupled with growing demand for on-board electronics, will help drive the automotive IC market up 12 per cent in 2011 to Rs.78,889.81 crore ($17.2 billion).
  
  
• LED backlighting thrusts digital TV growth (01/03/11)
  IHS iSuppli forecasts a 16.5 per cent growth in the worldwide DTV semiconductor market in 2011 with revenues of Rs.71,092.56 crore ($15.5 billion) attributed mainly to the LED backlighting segment.
  
  

• LTE capex to hit Rs.69,257.92 crore by 2012 (28/02/11)
  Market watcher In-Stat noted that the 2011 Mobile World Congress highlighted how the industry is leaning towards the adoption of small cells and integrated RAN solutions to support 4G airlinks.
  
  
• 2011 Android installations to tip 14 crore (25/02/11)
  The portable devices segment, including smart phones and tablets, will see much growth in 2011 because of Google's Android 3.0 OS, according to IMS Research.
  
  
• PV cell production peaks in Asia (23/02/11)
  Electronics companies in Asia are taking over the photovoltaic cell market and by the end of 2011, nearly 85 per cent will be produced in the region according to IMS Research.
  
  
• Medical, industrial apps spur Bluetooth growth (23/02/11)
  Bluetooth-enabled devices in this segment will see a CAGR of about 85 per cent between 2009 and 2014 and this growth will be driven by Bluetooth Low Energy, reports In-Stat.
  
  
• Smart stationary CE devices to hit 100 crore by 2015 (22/02/11)
  Consumer electronics will continue to pack in networking and Web capabilities with TVs and Blu-ray players taking half the share, reports In-Stat.
  
  

• Pedestrian detection systems pick up (15/02/11)
  ABI Research indicates that with introductions of lower cost sensor technology, the global market value of pedestrian detection systems will be more than Rs.77,972.49 crore ($17 billion) by 2016.
  
  
• Smart phones outpace PCs in Q4 10 (14/02/11)
  IDC reports that smart phones outpaced PC shipments in Q4 2010 with 10.09 crore smart phones shipped as against more than the record 9.21 crore PCs shipped for the same quarter.
  
  
• RF4CE gains industry support (11/02/11)
  IMS Research forecasts that more than 25 crore RF4CE ICs will be shipped in 2015 driven by strong industry support for RF4CE in future remote-control products.
  
  
• New Wi-Fi standard provides Gbit speeds (11/02/11)
  Wi-Fi will get even faster with the coming 802.11ac standard to be drafted this year which will enable 1Gbit/s speeds in wireless devices by the end of 2012.
  
  
• Energy efficient lighting shows 9.7% growth (09/02/11)
  MarketsandMarkets forecasts that solid state lighting and other energy efficient lighting systems segments will grow at 9.7 per cent CAGR from 2010 to 2015.
  
  

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