According to DisplaySearch (Santa Clara, Calif.), shipments of touchscreen tablets are forecast to reach 60 million units in 2011 and could top 260 million units by 2016. Add to that the more than 400 million mobile phone touchscreens predicted by IHS iSuppli Corp. (El Segundo, Calif.), and the total market could top $10 billion...
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There is likely to be strong growth in LED lighting over the next three years, resulting in a doubling of the market by 2014, according to a new report. Strategies Unlimited predicted that the global market for LED light fixtures would grow to $8.3 billion (£5.1 billion), up from £3.8 billion in 2010. This...
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Mirc Electronics Ltd, the maker of the Onida brand of consumer durables, has made a foray into the LED lighting space with the Onida and Igo brands. While Onida targets the urban sector (metro and mini metro markets), Igo plans to improve rural penetration. “The opportunity in lighting is immense, in urban as well...
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Texas Instruments Inc. Monday (Jan. 24) reported sales and profit for the fourth quarter of 2010 that exceeded consensus analysts’ expectations, but the company said orders declined on both a sequential and year-to-year basis. TI (Dallas) reported fourth quarter sales of $3.53 billion, down 6 percent sequentially but up 17 percent year-to-year. The company...
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Gartner noted that vendors are seeing an increasing demand from smaller cities in India where PC penetration has grown considerably. The company attributes that growth to rising income and declining PC prices. Indeed, while Gartner estimated that approximately 35% of India PC vendor revenue today comes from Tier III and IV cities, the company...
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