Storage Market Declines Another Quarter but Flash Storage Remains Robust, Says IDC
Total EMEA external storage systems revenue fell 5.1% year over year to $1.49 billion in the third quarter of 2016 (3Q16), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) EMEA Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker 3Q16...
World’s First Solid-State Multi-Ion Sensor IoT Applications
At last week’s IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) in San Francisco (USA), imec and Holst Centre debuted a miniaturized sensor that simultaneously determines pH and chloride (Cl-)levels in fluid. This innovation is a must have for accurate long-term measurement of ion concentrations in applications such as environmental monitoring, precision agriculture and diagnostics for personalized healthcare...
LED Suppliers to Accelerate Their Expansion into Niche Markets in 2017, TrendForce Says
The value of the global LED market is estimated to grow 3.4% annually to US$14.8 billion in 2016, according to LEDinside, a division of TrendForce. The LED industry will again be under tremendous competitive pressure in 2017, and participants will need to accelerate their entries into more profitable niche markets such as fine-pitch LED displays, UV LEDs and IR LEDs...
Taiwan’s Changhua and Microsoft Collaborate on Promoting Student Programing Education
TAIPEI, Taiwan - In order to implement children's programming education, in Taiwan Changhua County Government and Microsoft are collaborating on the joint promotion of programming education at all middle and elementary schools in the county...
Shortage of NAND Flash to Cause Prices of SSDs and EMMCs to Rise by Over 10% in Q1 2017
DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce, reports that the global shortage of NAND Flash has reached its most severe phase for 2016 in this fourth quarter. Factors that aggravate the shortage include strong smartphone shipments, growing SSD demand and the increase in the average memory density of eMMCs and eMCPs...
Flexible Display Shipments to Increase Sharply in 2017
As more smartphone manufacturers build designs using flexible display technology, shipments of flexible displays are expected to reach 139 million units in 2017, an increase of 135 percent compared to 2016. According to IHS Markit, flexible displays are expected to comprise 3...