Trendforce names Nvidia and AMD top IC growers
Beating Qualcomm, Broadcom and MediaTek
TrendForce has named AMD and Nvidia as the most substantial growing IC design companies beating competition from Qualcomm, Broadcom and MediaTek.
Trendforce warns of SSD price hikes
Shortage of NAND Flash controllers
The analyst firm TrendForce has warned that solid-state drives (SSD) prices are going to increase this year.
Global smartphone shipments to grow 4.5 percent in 2017
AMOLED will be big hardware focus next year
Next year, smartphone production volume is expected to grow by 4.5 percent to reach 1.4 billion units, according to the latest market forecast.
Samsung outsells Apple
Twice as many Smartphones in 2016
Samsung managed to sell twice as many smartphones as Apple in the first quarter of 2016.
NAND flash prices still falling
Fell by 10 per cent in the last quarter
Contract prices of NAND flash memory chips fell by nine to 10 per cent in the fourth quarter due to oversupply conditions.
IWatch failed claims analyst
“Collectables” for fanboys
Apples’ iWatch has been dismissed as a “collectable” for fanboys which made no real impact on the market.