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EMS industry faces tight inventories for parts

Tuesday, August 31, 2010
By Gina Roos
EMS industry faces tight inventories for parts

Major electronics contract manufacturers are faced with tight inventories of parts and finished products and a glut of raw materials, according to market research firm iSuppli Corp. »

Memory pricing remains on downward trend

Monday, August 30, 2010
By Gina Roos
Memory pricing remains on downward trend

August contract prices for NAND memory devices moved lower across most densities, led by the 32-Gb part, with a 5 percent decline, reported market research firm Gartner. »

IC inventories head up, but don’t worry, says iSuppli

Tuesday, August 24, 2010
By Gina Roos
IC inventories head up, but don’t worry, says iSuppli

Chip suppliers are reporting rising inventory, but market research firm iSuppli Corp. says there is no cause for concern with demand expected to increase during the coming months. »

NAND memory pricing slips again

Monday, August 23, 2010
By Gina Roos
NAND memory pricing slips again

Gartner is revising its overall pricing trend for NAND memory devices from down in the mid-single digits to negative 11 percent for the third quarter, followed by a similar level of decline in the fourth quarter. »

NAND pricing set to return to $1 per gigabyte

Thursday, August 19, 2010
By Gina Roos
NAND pricing set to return to $1 per gigabyte

By the end of 2010, NAND flash memory pricing is set to return to the $1 per megabyte pricing level, considered key to drive the adoption of solid-state drives (SSD), but iSuppli Corp. says it may be too late to help the SSD market. »

iSuppli teardown reveals $171.05 BOM for BlackBerry Torch

Tuesday, August 17, 2010
By Gina Roos
iSuppli teardown reveals $171.05 BOM for BlackBerry Torch

The new Blackberry Torch 9800 smart phone from Research in Motion Ltd. carries a bill of materials (BOM) of $171.05, according to a teardown and cost analysis conducted by market research firm iSuppli Corp. »

DRAM spot pricing edges up, NAND slides

Monday, August 16, 2010
By Gina Roos
DRAM spot pricing edges up, NAND slides

Spot pricing for both DDR2 and DDR3 devices edged higher last week driven by speculative buying, while spot pricing for NAND devices slipped, according to Gartner Inc. »

Notebook PCs gobble up integrated graphics MPUs

Friday, August 13, 2010
By Gina Roos
Notebook PCs gobble up integrated graphics MPUs

Four out of five notebook PCs shipped worldwide in 2014 will use graphics-enabled microprocessors, up from about one out of three in 2010, driven by demand for smaller and more innovative products, reports market research firm iSuppli Corp. »

Watch for potential DRAM shortages in second half, says iSuppli

Monday, August 9, 2010
By Gina Roos
Watch for potential DRAM shortages in second half, says iSuppli

DRAM supplies may be falling short of demand due to limited manufacturing equipment availability and challenges in process migrations, according to the market research firm iSuppli Corp. »

Hefty capital spending triggers LCD panel oversupply

Tuesday, July 27, 2010
By Gina Roos
Hefty capital spending triggers LCD panel oversupply

Large-sized LCD panel manufacturers are boosting their spending on capacity expansions by more than 40 percent in 2010, triggering an oversupply of LCD panels , according to iSuppli Corp. »

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