Isuppli Corp.
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Chartered merger 'huge step' for Globalfoundries
News Proposed buyout of Singapore semiconductor player by key owner of Globalfoundries helps address "glaring weaknesses", says analyst.
Tags: Processors, Mobile processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., iSuppli Corp., Manufacturing, Globalfoundries, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., shareholder, alliance, merger
Memory price hikes fail to dampen SSD growth
News Recent NAND flash price spikes' impact on shipments of solid-state drives has been "modest", with 2009 units expected to jump 100 percent year-on-year, says IDC.
Tags: Memory, Pricing, Hardware, Hewlett-Packard Co., iSuppli Corp., PC Company, International Data Corp., NAND Flash, Spokesperson, Small And Medium Business
Notebooks outnumber desktops for first time
News Global notebook PC shipments exceeded desktop shipments during the third quarter by about 100,000 units, according to new figures from iSuppli.
Tags: Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Sales/revenue, Apple Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., iSuppli Corp., Acer Inc., Notebook, Computer, Lenovo Group Ltd.
Microsoft's Windows phones hit the market
News Software maker, looking to get back into the cell phone conversation, is launching a big marketing push Tuesday touting the arrival of phones powered by Windows Mobile 6.5.
Tags: Smart phones, Apple Inc., Phone, Operating System, iSuppli Corp., Microsoft Corp., mobile, Smart Phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows
RIM tempers earnings forecast
News The announcement seems to confirm suspicions that the BlackBerry maker is adding subscribers at the expense of profit margins.
Tags: Smart phones, Sales/revenue, Forecasting, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, iSuppli Corp., Research In Motion Ltd., BlackBerry Bold, Wireless, Stock
iPhone manufacturing costs down from last year
News iSuppli estimates that Apple cut more than US$50 from manufacturing costs per unit since the phone made its debut last year.
Tags: Mac OS, Smart phones, Apple Inc., Mobile, iSuppli Corp., Apple iPhone 3G, Manufacturing, 2G, phone, software
AMD faces US$50M bill for restructuring
News Cost-cutting measures mean the chipmaker, which has lost ground to Intel, will have a multimillion-dollar outlay in the first three months of this year.
Tags: Processors, Financial, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., iSuppli Corp., employee benefit, Chip Company, microprocessor, restructuring plan, asset
Memory price hikes make SSDs less attractive
News Surging prices for NAND-type flash memory creates new hurdle for adoption of solid-state drives by making them significantly more expensive.
Tags: Memory, Pricing, Intel Corp., iSuppli Corp., Price, Chip Company, NAND Flash, NAND, Notebook, Pricing
Report: 2009 to be PC industry's worst year since dot-com implosion
News This year is expected to be the first time since 2001 that PC shipments will see a decline compared with the previous year, says iSuppli.
Tags: Personal Computers, Sales/revenue, iSuppli Corp., PC Company, Sales, dot-com, Notebook, computer, Desktop Sale, desktop computer
iSuppli: Global PC sales historic nosedive in Q1
News Haviest anchor is desktop sales, down 23 percent year-over-over, most likely due to companies not buying many new computers for their workers.
Tags: Personal Computers, iSuppli Corp., Sales, Notebook, OEM, Worker, performance, Dell Computer Corp., desktop, PC
iSuppli cuts forecast for PC market growth
News Tanking economy is to blame, says industry analyst firm. Company had predicted shipments would rise 11.9 percent next year, but it now says it expects a rise of 4.3 percent.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Personal Computers, iSuppli Corp., PC Company, IT-spending, Computer, Circuit City Stores Inc., industry, principal analyst, industry analyst
Hard drive industry shows resilience
News Although industry leader Seagate had a poor quarter, iSuppli says overall the industry is doing well despite economic uncertainty.
Tags: Storage, Peripherals, iSuppli Corp., Seagate Technology LLC, NAND flash, Notebook, research company, hard drive, revenue, U.S.
