• Wireless infrastructure spending up 9% in 2011 (28/12/11)
  Spending for wireless network infrastructure equipment will amount to Rs.2.17 lakh crore in 2011, forecasts IHS.
  
  
• Medical electronics market to reach Rs 33000 cr (27/12/11)
  By 2020, the Indian medical electronics industry is expected to reach Rs.32,653.06 crore at a CAGR of 19 per cent.
  
  
• IHS: Intel increases its lead over AMD (26/12/11)
  Intel expanded its lead over No. 2 microprocessor firm AMD to 73.5 percentage points in the third quarter.
  
  
• Power semiconductor market to grow double digits in 2013 (23/12/11)
  IMS Research reports that the power semiconductor market will amount to Rs.1.63 lakh crore ($32 billion) in 2012, a growth of only 5 per cent due to economic uncertainties and excess inventory.
  
  
• LG tops media tablet display market (15/12/11)
  DES: LG Display is the biggest supplier of LCD panels for media tablet screens, with customers like Apple, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble.
  
  

• Demand for BI with video analytics soars (09/12/11)
  According to a recent ABI Research study, business intelligence tools incorporating video analytics is set to become a Rs.4,035.87 crore ($900 million) market by 2016.
  
  
• 100 cr HTML5 phones to be sold in 2013 (08/12/11)
  According to new research, HTML5 is a market that no mobile stakeholder can afford to ignore.
  
  
• Intel regains dominance in semiconductor market (07/12/11)
  Intel is all set to enjoy a bigger gap on number two player Samsung Electronics, states a research firm.
  
  
• Investments in smart grids to double by 2015 (05/12/11)
  A new study forecasts annual investments in smart grid technologies to nearly double to Rs.8.83 lakh crore in 2015.
  
  
• Connected devices thrive on content experience (01/12/11)
  A growing market for Internet-connected devices calls for creating innovative content experiences and diversification strategies, according to a recent study.
  
  

• Samsung wins in weak DRAM market (30/11/11)
  Samsung, Micron outperforms the DRAM industry with increase in their market revenue in the difficult third quarter.
  
  
• Medical chip market shows 9% CAGR through 2016 (29/11/11)
  According to Databeans, the medical market for semiconductors is predicted to grow by 9 per cent on average through 2016, with home medical devices catching up.
  
  
• Smartphone health apps on a growth spur (28/11/11)
  Connectivity of mobile handsets to wearable devices will spur growth in sports and health mobile application to over Rs.1,793.72 crore ($400 million) in 2016, says ABI Research.
  
  
• Google, Apple gain on NFC mobile wallet (25/11/11)
  ABI Research forecasts that MNOs will lose in popularity to NFC-based mobile wallet products from Google and Apple between 2012 and 2016.
  
  
• EVs boost vehicle to grid technology (24/11/11)
  Pike Research's analysis indicates that investment in V2G by automakers, utilities and energy aggregators will be strongly influenced by the global and regional penetration of PEVs.
  
  

• Ultrabook shipments to rise in 2015 (23/11/11)
  The ultrabook market will represent a major growth opportunities for sensors and power management ICs.
  
  
• LEDs share to go up in lighting market (23/11/11)
  Pike Research indicates that LED share will reach 52 per cent of the commercial lighting market by 2021.
  
  
• Power management IC market to grow more slowly (18/11/11)
  A new report shows that general slowdown in consumer spending is one of the reasons for the slow growth of the power management semiconductor market.
  
  
• PV capital equipment spending reduces by 3% (16/11/11)
  Solarbuzz forecasts three per cent decrease in PV capital equipment spending due to overcapacity and strong inventory build.
  
  
• LTE EPC spending hits Rs.2,637 crore (15/11/11)
  Wireless core gateway spending will reach Rs.4,932.74 crore ($1.1 billion) next year, of which LTE Evolved Packet Core (EPC) spend will be Rs.2,636.77 crore ($588 million), says ABI Research.
  
  

• Report: Networking becomes core feature of TVs (15/11/11)
  According to DisplaySearch report, innovation in semiconductors is powering new capabilities, with networking emerging as an important new function in TVs.
  
  
• Digital satellite STB set for 14% growth (14/11/11)
  The digital satellite set-top box (STB) unit shipment is expected to grow by nearly 14 per cent in 2012, according to In-Stat.
  
  
• Samsung tops smartphone market in Q3 11 (14/11/11)
  IDC declares Samsung as a new leader in the worldwide smartphone market, with total smartphone shipments topping the 2 crore unit mark for the first time in the company's history.
  
  
• Smartphones-based ultrasound evolves (11/11/11)
  Research firm, InMedica claims that smartphone-based ultrasound systems may be the first step towards the future of ultrasound technology.
  
  
• Windows Phone sales grow at 37% CAGR (11/11/11)
  Market analyst Ovum forecasts that Asia Pacific business phone market sales of the Windows Phone is expected to take at least one-quarter of the corporate devices sales.
  
  

• Spending on smart grid security ramps up (11/11/11)
  An estimated Rs.2,645.74 crore ($590 million) was spent on smart grid security technologies in 2010 and by 2016 that number is projected to surpass Rs.8,968.61 crore ($2 billion), says ABI Research.
  
  
• 802.15.4-based chipsets hit Rs.36 crore by 2016 (08/11/11)
  In 2016, global spending on 802.15.4-based chipsets for the industrial automation market will hit Rs.35.87 crore ($8 million).
  
  
• Touch panels explore simpler sensor designs (03/11/11)
  As projected capacitive touch screen shipments grow by more than 100 per cent y-o-y, a reduction in sensor substrate layers is said to enable simpler, thinner and lighter touch panels.
  
  
• Smartphone app packed car infotainment booms (03/11/11)
  The market for smartphone app integration into car infotainment systems is forecast to grow to 50 lakh units in 2018 from a few thousand units this year in the U.S., according to IHS iSuppli.
  
  
• Demand rises for enterprise mobility management (02/11/11)
  The growing penetration of smartphones and media tablets in the enterprise is creating an increasing opportunity for enterprise mobility management services.
  
  

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