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Set-Top Box Market to Hit Record High in 2013, Peaks in 2015
Despite rumors of its demise, the pay-TV industry’s flagship platform—the set-top box—continues to thrive, with market shipments set to hit record highs in 2013, 2014 and 2015.
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Tsinghua Unigroup to Buy Spreadtrum for $1.78 billion
China’s Tsinghua Unigroup and Spreadtrum Communications, a leading Chinese fabless semiconductor provider, have entered into a definitive merger agreement.
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Natcore Technology Demos Flexible Solar Cell Using Wet Process
Scientists at Natcore together with researchers at Rice University have successfully fabricated the first inorganic flexible thin film solar cell by solution processes without the use of high-temperature semiconductor processing.
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UHD TV Panels to be New Focus Area for LCD Panel Makers
Shipments of ultra-high-definition (UHD) television panels are poised to reach 2.3 million units this year as they make their first-ever appearance on the market, fueling what panel...
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Video Teardown: What's Inside Nokia's $20 Phone?
IHS Teardown reveals how Nokia’s ultra-low-cost 105 was able to hit the $20 price point through a combination of stripped down features and efficient manufacturing.
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Startup with Solid Credentials, Movidius gets $16 million for Computer Vision R&D
Startup Movidius has received a new round of funding to accelerate the company’s next-generation image-processing chips and software.
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OEM Chip Spending to Climb 4 Percent This Year after Flat 2012
The world’s top electronic brands are set to expend $265.2 billion this year on a wide range of semiconductors for devices like smartphones and tablets, with increasingly contentious...
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Mobile PC Market Suffers Worst Q2 Performance in More Than a Decade
Battered by the nonstop onslaught of media tablets, the mobile PC market in 2013 delivered the worst second-quarter performance in 11 years, according to IHS.
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Removing Obstacles: Distributors Expand Services
As OEMs and EMS providers become leaner they are expanding the use of distributor-provided services as a way to reduce the total cost and reduce risk in the supply chain.
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Smartphone Competition Intensifies with More Choices and Greater Consumer Demand
With most of the top brands introducing new flagship smartphones in the first half of 2013, consumers now have more choices than ever, helping smartphone shipments...
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IBM finalizes SoftLayer Acquisition
IBM has completed its acquisition of SoftLayer Technologies Inc., a cloud computing infrastructure company that will join IBM’s new cloud services division.
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MIT Researchers "Conceptualize" Single-Photon Switch
Researchers at MIT, Harvard and the Vienna University of Technology have described an experimental optical switch that’s controlled by a single photon, allowing light to govern the transmission of light.
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Xilinx Tapes Out 20 nm Programmable Device
Xilinx announced it has reached three milestones on its 20 nm device tape-out schedule including the semiconductor industry's first 20nm device and the first 20 nm All Programmable device.
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Altair Semiconductor Raises $25 Million for LTE-Only Chips
Altair, a leading developer of single-mode LTE chip sets, has completed a $25 million round of funding from existing investors Bessemer, BRM, Giza, JVP and Pacific Technology.
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Avnet to Acquire European Distributor MSC Group
Avnet plans to acquire MSC Group, a German distributor of electronic components, embedded computing technology and display solutions.
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Exar Buys Cadeka Microcircuits, Expands its Analog Offering
High-performance analog IC maker Exar has acquired Cadeka Microcircuits in a transaction that includes $29 million in cash and stock, plus an amount based on future net revenue contributed by Cadeka.
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Mobile PC Market Serves Up Worst Q2 Performance in Over a Decade
An increasingly vulnerable mobile PC market delivered the worst second-quarter performance in 11 years during the most recent April to June period, battered by the nonstop...
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Wireless Technologies to Proliferate in Cars
Wireless technologies like Bluetooth and embedded cellular will gain increasing importance for automotive infotainment and safety purposes over wired solutions, providing solid revenue...
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Tablet Panel Market Soars on Strong “White Box” Product Projections
Boosted by demand from unbranded, white-box Chinese manufacturers, global demand for tablet panels is exceeding expectations, spurring IHS to increase its forecast for displays by 6 percent for 2013.
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Digital to Account for 90 Percent of all Cinema Screens by End of 2013
Just a year-and-a-half after they usurped 35mm film to become the majority cinema projection format, digital screens are poised to reach a global penetration rate of 90 percent...
