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“Overall fourth quarter 2004 PC sales were in line with projections, despite some weakness in the U.S. and EMEA consumer markets,” said Charles Smulders, vice president of Gartner's Computing Platforms Worldwide Group. “Lower prices, better performance and wireless accessibility accelerated mobile sales.” Dell strengthened its lead in the worldwide vendor market (see Table 1) with solid performance in all… Read More

The launch of Samsung's new 72Mb SRAM device marks it as the world's highest-capacity SRAM to date. The device simultaneously processes up to four different data streams and has double the capacity of the currently available 36Mb QDR II. The 72Mb QDR II SRAM operates at 300 megahertz (MHz), or up to 20 percent faster than the conventional QDR II, resulting in added performance for network applications. The new device processes… Read More

Gartner analysts said global shipments were impacted by slower sales in the U.S. market. PC shipments in the U.S. grew 5 percent in the third quarter, however analysts had expected shipments to increase more than 8 percent in the quarter. Other regions performed in line with expectations. “U.S. home notebook shipments were strong during the quarter, but desktop demand was much weaker, which brought down back to school shipments… Read More

The semiconductor industry has become inflated with hundreds of vendors competing in a crowded marketplace, however, within 10 years, 40 percent of today's semiconductor vendors are likely to leave the industry, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner analysts today identified five megatrends that will lead to significant changes in the industry during Gartner Dataquest Semiconductor Industry Summit, which will run through tomorrow at The… Read More

Infineon's chipset platforms for GPRS and EDGE handsets are based on S-GOLDlite and S-GOLD. Both platforms enable designers of multimedia handsets to develop highly optimized feature phones ranging from entertainment-oriented consumer devices with Java-enabled gaming platforms, location and navigation features, MP3 HiFi music and polyphonic ring melodies up to business phones with video streaming, email, touch-screens and various… Read More

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