Business and Technology Report: January

2013
BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY REPORT
January
Prepared by Ferhat nlkal 3/2/2013
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BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY REPORT

January 2013
Headlines Consumer Electronics (CE) Samsung Electronics said it likely earned a quarterly profit of $8.3 billion. Samsung expects sales of home appliances to climb 50 percent.
Sony has stopped manufacturing its MiniDisc.

Sony is set to unveil its own multichannel TV service. Sony Corp is joining with BMG to bid for Parlophone. Sony Corp is considering the sale of itsbattery business .
A Japanese government-backed fund will spearhead a plan to merge the lithium-ion battery businesses of Sony.
Sony has built an entire ecosystem around NFC pairing. Sony is considering selling Sony City Osaki building.
Sharp reported that its net loss in the April -December period had doubled to $4.6 billion.
Sharp Corp. is considering making a public share offering worth more than $1.15-billion U.S. Sharp has said that it is still in talks with Foxconn for an investment. Sharp is in talks with Lenovo over forming an alliance in LCD TV. Sharp is presenting its new 32 class professional LCD monitor series.
Samsung saw shares drop despite record profits of 4.2 billion Samsung plans to invest $1.7 billion in expanding.
Samsung debuted a new flexible display it is calling Youm.
Samsung has announced plans to halt production of traditional CCFLbacklit LCD TVs and focus on LEDbacklit models.
Samsung added a trio of interactive appliances to its 2013 lineup. Samsung coolly disclosed details on the highlights of its home theater line-up for 2013. LG plans to raise its investment to a record 11.69 billion pounds this year. LG announced that it would launch the long-awaited OLED TV into the U.S. LG has shown its 84-inch 4K 3D. LG Electronics has officially launched its 55-inch OLED TV. LG debuted its new line of NFC enabled Smart TVs. Sony has announced that it will stop producing its PS 2 consoles in Japan.
Royal Philips Electronics announced that it has sold business assets covering multimedia devices to Funai Electric. Panasonic said it lost about $6.77 billion in the nine months.
Panasonic is showing off a prototype UHDTV. Panasonic announced the development of a new tablet computer that features a 20-inch IPS Alpha LCD panel.
Panasonic is shutting down its only dedicated plasma TV manufacturing.

Panasonic has joined LG's Smart TV Alliance. Toshiba is showing off at CES a prototype of an OLED smart watch. Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said that it has established its first subsidiary in Turkey. Vizio, one of the top television makers in the U.S., entered the PC market.
Sony is poised to unveil the next PlayStation game console.
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Vizio showed off an impressive 10-inch tablet. Westinghouse Digital announced a new line of LED TVs for the coming year devices that are Roku Ready for streaming-happy consumers. Flingo will be integrated into Haier Smart TVs. Haier announced its 2013 line of televisions. TCL has officially reported that its fullyear LCD TV sales in 2012 reached 15.52 million units The LCD TV forecast for 2012 was reduced slightly to 205 million, slightly lower than in 2011.
Apple is planning the release of two iPhones in 2013. Apples most recent earnings report shows that the company has a whopping $137 billion in cash and cash equivalents. Apple sold a record 47.8 million iPhones in the quarter.
Apple has partnered with chip manufacturer Broadcom to create 802.11ac chips. Apple is now reportedly considering a buyout of social navigation startup Waze. Mac mini could be the first Mac to be produced in the US. Apple Inc has cut orders for LCD screens and other parts for the iPhone 5 this quarter. Apple is planning to unveil new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models in June 2013. Apple Inc has started testing a new iPhone and the next version of its iOS software. Apple has added Watchever as a new streaming video option. Recent shipping delays for the 27-inch iMac can be blamed on production problems at LG Display.
LCD TV sales in China reached 39.27 million units in 2012, up 5.9% on year, and are expected to climb another 4% on year in 2013.
Market observers said they expect Ultra HD TVs to have low sales in 2013 and are expected to make up 4% of the global TV market share in 2014 followed by 10% in 2015. The total digital living room market is expected to cross $200 billion by 2018.
ICT Samsung is expected to widen its lead over Apple Inc in global smartphone sales. Samsung said that global sales of its Galaxy S smartphones surpassed 100 million units. Samsung has canceled plans to release a Windows RT device in the U.S. The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 will be unveiled. Samsung will announce a 5.8-inch screen phone for the European market.
Apple Inc stepped up audits of working conditions.

Sony plans to emulate elite Android manufacturers. Toshiba has launched a MIPI-DSI. Lenovo will divide itself into different business groups.
Samsung is expected to introduce a 7in Galaxy Tab. Samsung has been rebuffed by Apple in an attempt to see the source code for iOS 6.
Samsung indicated that it plans to bring smartphones with its Tizen operating system to market by the end of the year. Apple's shares dipped below $500.
Amazon.com Inc said it acquired text-to-speech technology company Ivona Software. IBM said its quarterly net income rose 10 percent to $6.1 billion.
Asustek is aiming for the TV market with the introduction of an Internet streaming box. Acer plans to include retinal-class displays in several laptop models. Pace announced an ultra-fast, high performance IP client set-top box with MoCA 2.0 and Wi-Fi connectivity, developed in partnership with Broadcom. } 3
Cisco and NXP announced that they have each made an investment in Cohda Wireless to advance intelligent transportation systems or ITS and carto-X communications. Cisco unveiled synchronized multiscreen video services. Cisco Linksys announced the expansion of itsLinksys Smart Wi-Fi portfolio.
Trimble has announced that it has acquired privately-held ALK Technologies Inc.
Shares of Foxconn fell more than 4 percent.

Foxconn will establish factories in the Indonesia in 2013. Foxconn is internally working on new regulations to allow its purchasing processes to be controlled. Foxconn is being investigated by authorities over allegations that some of its employees accepted bribes from suppliers
Cisco announced its intent to acquire privately held Intucell. Cisco commissioned Intel to mass produce specialized chips. Parallels announced last week that networking giant Cisco had acquired an equity stake in the company, Belkin announced it would buy the Linksys brand from networking giant Cisco Cisco is working on a platform for the Internet of Things (IoT). Ericsson said it would buy the telecom and media unit of French technology consultant Devoteam. Ericsson reported a net loss of 6.3 billion kronor (990 million dollars) in the fourth quarter.
Nokia Siemens has decided to merge its Middle East and Africa (MEA) business.
Foxconn is poised to manufacture TV-maker VIZIO's first smartphones in China this year.
Wistron is unlikely to buy Sharp's TV assembly plant in Malaysia. The long courtship between the Wi-Fi Alliance and the Wireless Gigabit Alliance is set to end in marriage. Global smartphone shipments will jump 27% to 875 million this year.
Smartphone shipments rose 36 percent worldwide in the fourth quarter.

Shipments of phablets in 2013 are forecast by the firm to reach 60.4 million units, up 136% from 25.6 million in 2012.
Nokia Siemens Networks is planning to go to the public markets.

ZTE and TCL Communication are developing Firefox OS. Huawei Device unveiled its first WP8 smartphone Ascend W1 at the 2013. Garmin unveiled their K2 platform, the companys next-generation automotive infotainment solution. Eastman Kodak Co's proposed $525 million sale of its digital imaging patents to Intellectual Ventures and RPX Corp got a bankruptcy judge's approval on Friday. Eastman Kodak Company announced it has extended its relationship with Carrefour.
Global tablet shipments will overtake notebook shipments in 2013, growing by 38.3% on 2012 levels to hit 210 million units.
China-based telecom providers are reportedly planning to release a number of handsets that have tablet features ranging from 4.5- to 6-inch in size during 2013. The total number of in-use Internetconnected mobile devices will overtake desktop computers some time this year. Home area networks will grow from $127 million in 2012 to $1.1 billion in 2020. M2M market is expected to grow from US$21.52 billion in 2011 to $85.96 billion in 2017.
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Global WLAN Equipment market to grow at a CAGR of 17.81 percent over the period 2012-2016.
China has launched commercial and public services across the Asia-Pacific region on its domestic satellite navigation network. LCD monitor vendors are expected to continue releasing more value-added large-size monitors in 2013.
Innolux Corporation has reported that its December revenues reached US$1.52 billion. Innolux Corporation's LCD TV panel shipments in 2013 are expected to drop by 7-9% on year to 43.7 million units. Innolux Corp. (3481), the largest liquidcrystal display maker on the island, dropped 4.2 percent.
Taiwan-based manufacturers will ship 6.508 million digital cameras in total in the first quarter of 2013. Frost & Sullivan European Home Automation Market, finds that the market earned revenues of 223 million in 2012 and estimates this to reach 348.2 million in 2017.
Innolux is set to ship approximately two million Ultra HD TV panels in the first quarter of 2013. Seiko Epson has announced it has begun volume production of its latest Ultimicron panel.
BOE recently signed an investment agreement with the Chongqing Municipal Government to jointly invest US$5.26 billion in constructing a new 8.5G line. Corning plans to introduce two new products at CES 2013: Gorilla Glass 3. Dongxu estimates that China's display industry will account for more than 20% of global glass demand by 2015, up from about 10% in 2012.
Panel Industry
Samsung Display announced that it has exceeded 300 million panels in cumulative OLED. LG Display reported a $299 million profit for the fourth quarter.
Sharp is reportedly witnessing a shortage of its in-house produced 5inch Full HD handset panels. Depreciation of the Japanese yen will continue to help Japan-based panel makers stay competitive in exports. Sharp Corp has nearly halted production of 9.7-inch screens for Apple Inc's iPad.
Sharp has decreased production of LCD screens used in Apple's 9.7in iPad.
AUO will reportedly drop its monthly production of 32-inch TV panels from 800,000 units to 600,000. AU Optronics (AUO) has plans to mass produce small-size AMOLED panels. Amazon has reportedly asked Taiwanbased panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) to enter its supply chain to provide panels. AU Optronics (AUO) has announced that its OLED panel jointly developed with Sony is used in Sony's prototype 4K OLED TV.
A research team of the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has developed a way to make paper-like flexible display devices closer with remarkably low cost. Global display applications market is expected to reach $164.24 billion by 2017, at an estimated CAGR of 3.1% from 2012 to 2017. Large-size TFT LCD panel shipments from Taiwan makers were down 5.9% on quarter in the fourth quarter of 2012 at 67.19 million units largely. The global penetration rate of touch screen technology used in LCD monitors is expected to increase to 8-10% in 2013.
Open cell TV panels sized 32-inch have recently seen a 1% or US$2 decline.
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IT panel prices are expected to drop US$0.50-1.50 while TV panels are expected to see one of the biggest drops at US$1-40.
China has punished six companies and ordered them to pay a total of $56 million in fines. The Taiwan-based makers are expected to continue bumping up production of the 39-inch panels. In 2011, the OLED output value worldwide approximated USD3.3 billion, with year-on-year growth above 200%. The figure is expected to reach USD6.7 billion in 2012, rising by 102% from a year earlier. Taiwan-based panel makers' small- to medium-size TFT LCD shipments in the fourth quarter 2012 amounted to approximately 368 million units. Shipments of these automotive LCDs are projected to reach 116.8 million units by 2016.
Broadcom has taken licenses for both the ARMv7 and ARMv8 instruction set architectures. Broadcom announced that its HomePlug AV (HPAV) Powerline Communications (PLC) solution has been selected by NETGEAR Broadcom announced LG Electronics has chosen Broadcom's 5G WiFi technology. Broadcom announced its optimized, entry level ADSL gateway solution. Broadcom Corp. (NASDAQ: BRCM) has announced a GPON Home Gateway Unit (HGU) system-on-a-chip (SoC). TI announced the full availability of a new ZigBee BoosterPack. Qualcomm Atheros is rolling out StreamBoost. Hitachi has announced that it has come up with a solution that stores data on slivers of quartz glass.
OLED lighting panels will reach a market size of nearly $2.8M in 2012 and will peak to nearly $1.7B by 2020.
Toshiba announced that a leading German luxury car manufacturer is now shipping its vehicles standard with HDD.
Sigma Designs announced that it will demonstrate a 4K x 2K digital TV platform on a 55" inch screen. Marvell and TCL announced that TCL is the first company to offer both a Smart TV and set-top box with Google TV. NXP unveiled an industry standard Near Field Communication (NFC) controller. NXP Semiconductors is planning to cut 700 to 900 jobs. Car-to-X communications is about to get ready for market entry. NXP announced the availability of the JN516x family of wireless microcontrollers. STMicroelectronics and Quantenna Communications revealed today a Wi-Fi set-top box reference design platform. STMicroelectronics has announced that its "Liege" family of cost-effective STB solutions.
Semiconductor Industry Intel is jumping from microprocessors to cable TV and set top boxes. Intel Corporation announced a TV experience that will enable customers to view live and on-demand television content on Intel-based devices. Intel Corp. has announced an Atom processor platform geared for low-end smartphones. Intel Corp's decision to spend $13 billion in 2013 to develop and build future manufacturing technology. Samsung's flagship Exynos 5 is a dualcore mobile chip that powers the company's ARM-based Google Chromebook. Pace and Broadcom announced the development of a Media Server Gateway. Broadcom announced that Comcast has chosen its connected home set-top box (STB) technology.
STMicroelectronics announced details of a miniature smart sensor that combines a 3-axis accelerometer
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Freescale has achieved Golden Unit certification by the ZigBee Alliance. Atmel and Wasion signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop smart electricity meters and data concentrators.
The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE) has officially approved the new 802.11ad.
Atmel announced the company has signed an agreement with Exegin Technologies Limited.
Inside Secure announced that Koreabased Telechips is integrating a host of INSIDE Secure security solutions. Nvidia unveiled its quad-core Tegra 4mobile processor. Bosch said it has integrated into a 32bit microcontroller a three-axis accelerometer. SMK and CSR announced that the companies will demonstrate new Bluetooth Smart-enabled advanced remote controls. MediaTek has announced that it has withdrawn a plan to issue new shares for the planned merger with MStar Semiconductor.
Shipments of ARM processor chips are likely to grow from 68% of all processor shipments in 2012. Markets for solid state thin-film batteries at $65.9 million in 2012 are anticipated to reach $5.95 billion by 2019. MEMS microphones reached about 2.06 billion units last year.
Software Industry Microsoft's Windows sales dropped 11% on a year over year.
Microsoft is reportedly in discussions to help finance a buyout of Dell Inc.

Microsoft has beat both Apple and Google in acquiring a startup named R2 Studios which primarily works in home automation and entertainment. Microsoft Corp. and BMW have signed a patent licensing agreement. Microsoft has published a working prototype of CU-RTC-Web.
MediaTek Inc., announced the availability of its MT3332/MT3333, the world's first 5-in-1 multi-GNSS.
Smart TV app publisher Flingo has announced that Samba, its new interactive TV platform, will be integrated into MStar Semiconductor.
Microsoft will close down its research center in South Korea.

Google announced that it has some new Google TV partners and that new devices and more updates. Facebook's Open Compute Project is being expanded to incorporate ARM processors. Facebook reportedly plans to outsource new storage product orders. QNX Software Systems has announced an automotive-grade middleware solution.
ALi announced that ALi's DVB-T2 solutions for the Russian market are ready for mass production. ILITEK will start shipping LCD driver ICs for two to three 40-inch and larger panel applications in 2013.
GreenPeak Technologies's new GP410 chip features ZigBee PRO Green Power for low cost energy harvesting and ultra-long battery life ZigBee applications for the Smart Home. Global semiconductor revenues worldwide experienced less than one per cent growth in 2012 amounting to $304 billion. Harbor predicts 802.11 enabled technology will grow from 1.4 billion shipments in 2012 to over 3.6 billion shipments by 2016.
Service Industry Roku Inc., the closely held online video service, said its adding 300 live television channels.
NTT DoCoMo Inc will soon release a low-cost tablet computer. LG and NTT DoCoMo have joined to unveil the Optimus G Pro.
Amazon launched Amazon AutoRip.
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Turkcell and Spare Backup have begun the launch of a progressive rollout of Spare Backup's mobile backup and security tools to Turkcell's 35 million mobile subscribers. The worldwide market for softwaredefined networking products and services in the enterprise and cloud service provider segments will grow from $360 million in 2013 to $3.7 billion by 2016.
players increased 16% on year to 49 million units in 2012. Global sales of electric vehicles estimate that worldwide sales will hit 3.8 million a year by 2020.
Retail and Payment Industry NCR has agreed to partner with leading technology security provider McAfee to offer security solutions for retailers. Retalix shareholders approved its $660 million acquisition by NCR Corp. NCR Corporation announced the launch of NCR Mobile POS Optimization Consulting Services.
Global users will double in 2013 and that by 2016 LTE will claim more than 1 billion subscribers. The total value of UK television commissions is now over 3bn.
Healthcare Industry Turkish Healthcare Industry will investigate the landscape of an industry that will grow from $21.7 billion of 2011 to $29.6 billion in 2015.
NCR and Elavon have agreed to combine NCRs tablet and mobilebased point-of-sale (POS) technology.
NCR and Paypal are teaming up to make life a little easier for restaurantgoers.
Hospitality Industry Quadriga guest communication and entertainment solutions are now installed in more than 4,000 rooms and 26 Sofitel.
Visual Retail Plus has recently integrated with Verifone Payware PC. Quatrro launches integrated processing services.
Ingenico and Shift4 Corporation announced a partnership that brings Shift4s neutral. Ingenico announced within the framework of the National Retail Federation's show held in New York, that they are working together with Microsoft to deliver enterprise-class devices based on the new Windows Embedded 8 Handheld platform. BlackBerry users will soon be able to charge purchases at the cash register to their Visa cards. Epson and Livelenz Inc. announced the availability of its cloud-based data analytics suite on Epsons OmniLink smart solutions family. Agilysys announced it has partnered with Motion Computing. Micros has announced the launch of the Micros Payment Gateway (MPG) along with an agreement.
Automotive Industry
Peugeot Citroen and Robert Bosch said they are teaming up to develop a hybrid powertrain system. Toyota announces that starting it will sell an electricity management system. Toyota Motor Corp. and BMW Group are working together on next-generation batteries. By 2016, more than 55 million people worldwide will have Internet access built into their vehicles. Penetration of factory-installed safety and security telematics shipping globally in new cars will reach 15.7% in 2013. Shipments of TFT-LCDs used in automobiles for devices such as navigation and rear seat DVD
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ShopKeep POS announced an exciting partnership with Griffin Technology. Total global smart card market will be worth $6.6 billion by 2015. Global Chipless RFID market to grow at a CAGR of 27.1 percent over the period 2011-2015.
Consumer Electronics (CE) Samsung Financial Samsung Electronics, the world leader in mobiles and memory chips, said it likely earned a quarterly profit of $8.3 billion, as it sold close to 500 handsets every minute and as demand picked up for the flat screens it makes for mobile devices, including those for rival Apple Inc products.
Energy Industry Hyflux had signed an agreement with Dahej Special Economic Zone (SEZ) for a sea-water desalination Project. ClipperCreek and Smartenit has resulted in the first commercially available device that can connect to smart meters. The worldwide consumption value of General Lighting OLEDs will reached $34.8M; consumption value is forecast to increase to $5.3B in the year 2022.
Smart home nodes that are focused on energy management applications will be the highest deployed during the period 2010 to 2017, with almost 150 million nodes projected to be shipped Electricity demand is predicted to jump 67% from 2010 to 2035.
Samsungs stock performance Sales Expectation Samsung Electronics Co. (005930), the worlds biggest seller of smartphones, TVs and display panels, expects sales of home appliances to climb 50 percent during the next three years as it focuses on premium models with more functions. Annual revenue from the division making refrigerators, washing machines and ovens will climb to $18 billion in 2015 from about $12 billion last year, Younghoon Eom, executive vice president of sales and marketing, said in an interview in Las Vegas.
Financial Shares Drop
Samsung saw shares drop despite record profits of 4.2 billion as the South Korean giant warned of slowing demand and pressure on
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prices due to fierce competition in the smartphone and tablet market this year.
Investment
Home Theather Samsung coolly disclosed details on the highlights of its home theater line-up for 2013. The company is laying claim to introducing the worlds first sound bar system to be equipped with a vacuum tube, a new twist on Bluetooth for TV audio reproduction, gyros that improve sound quality, and an all-inone home theater system sporting an amplifier made with Gallium Nitride.
South Korean electronics giant Samsung plans to invest $1.7 billion in expanding and fitting out its operations in Kunshan, a fastgrowing manufacturing hub west of Shanghai, the Xinhua news agency said.
LG
LED Backlit transformation
As Samsung Electronics has announced plans to halt production of traditional CCFL-backlit LCD TVs and focus on LED-backlit models, market observers believe the penetration rate of LED-backlit LCD TVs will increase to 90% in 2013. Furthermore, direct-lit LED TVs are likely to account for 50% of total LED market share, according to industry sources.
Investment LG Group, South Korea's fourth biggest business conglomerate, plans to raise its investment to a record 20 trillion won (11.69 billion pounds) this year, it said on Sunday, in a bid to take on rivals like Samsung Electronics Co Ltd.
Youm Flexible Display Samsung debuted a new flexible display it is calling Youm during the closing keynote at CES 2013. It first introduced the technology in April on its Korean site, but this is the first time Youm has been introduced in the U.S. Youm is quite impressive, and offers many options on ways to present information. This is not the first time flexible displays have been introduced, however. The idea has been around for a while, and each version seems to offer something different.
LGs stock performance OLED TV LG announced that it would launch the long-awaited OLED TV into the U.S. market this March, for a suggested retail price of $12,000 LG Electronics has officially launched its 55-inch OLED TV priced at around US$10,300. The company is currently taking orders for the TV in South Korea and has plans to announce launch dates in other markets throughout January 2013.
Interacvite appliances Samsung added a trio of interactive appliances to its 2013 lineup, such as the T9000 refrigerator with an LCD screen that lets you share lists on Evernote, check the weather, and program schedules in Google Calendar.
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55 UHDTV LG unveiled a 55-inch TV that sports "ultrahigh-definition" resolution with four times the sharpness of regular HD television sets, kicking off what is likely to be a mini-obsession with the latest super-clear format at the annual International CES gadget show.
PS4
Sony is poised to unveil the next PlayStation game console on February 20, a date that would give the Japanese electronics company a head start over Microsoft's expected announcement of an Xbox 360 successor in June.
84 4K 3D LG has shown its 84-inch 4K 3D 84LM960 television in Las Vegas on the eve of CES 2013. This is LG's first 84inch Ultra HD TV, and based on these glimpses of it from the floor, it certainly looks like the company got it right on the first try.
MiniDisc
Sony has stopped manufacturing its MiniDisc stereo systems, more than 20 years after the format first launched.
Online TV Services Sony is set to unveil its own multichannel TV service at next week's Consumer Electronics Show, in a bid to compete with Microsoft and Samsung in the streaming video business. Sources have told Variety that Sony is working on its own online TV service that we might see go live later this year. This comes after news that Intel will be launching a set-top box that is part DVR, part content delivery system. Not a lot of information is available, but what has been revealed is a plan to likely undercut traditional cable and satellite providers while giving consumers a broadbanddelivered television experience.
NFC enabled Smart TV LG debuted its new line of NFC enabled Smart TVs which will make their first public appearance at CES 2013 in Las Vegas.
Sony Stop producing PS2 in Japan Electronics giant Sony has announced that it will stop producing its PlayStation 2 consoles in Japan.
Bid for Parlophone Sony Corp is joining with BMG to bid for Parlophone and other EMI labels on sale by Universal Music, reuniting Sony and Bertelsmann four years after they ended their music joint venture, the Financial Times said.
Sonys stock performance
The sale of Battery Business Sony Corp is considering the sale of itsbattery business but has made no
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decision yet, Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai said on Monday, as the company seeks to offload non-core assets and revive its consumer electronics business. Integration of Battery Business
Sharp Financial
A Japanese government-backed fund will spearhead a plan to merge the lithium-ion battery businesses of Sony and other major firms in a bid to safeguard cutting-edge technology, a report said on Friday. The Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) has started work on the integration of Japanese ventures, with the consumer electronics giant at the core of its plan, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported, citing unnamed sources.
Sharp reported that its net loss in the April (Paris: FR0004037125 news) -December period had doubled to $4.6 billion.
Sharps stock performance Public Share Embattled Japanese electronics firm Sharp Corp. is considering making a public share offering worth more than 100-billion ($1.15-billion U.S.) early this year, a report said.
NFC Pairing ecosystem Sony has built an entire ecosystem around NFC pairing, is exploiting the living daylights out of its 4K/Ultra HD empire, and, for just one bright, shining second, gave us a glimpse of a prototype 4K OLED TV at its CES 2013 press conference.
Negotiation with Foxconn Sharp has said that it is still in talks with Foxconn for an investment that would make the Apple supplier the largest shareholder in the firm. The struggling Japanese company already struck a deal with Foxconn, also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry, for a stake in exchange for some much-needed cash. But Hon Hai backed off when Sharp's shares took a dive and the Taiwanese firm has since been pushing for changes in Sharp's management.
Selling building Sony is considering selling Sony City Osaki building for about 100 billion yen ($1.1 billion) to 130 billion yen ($1.5 billion), the person said. Employees are expected to stay at the location since the potential buyer is likely to lease the building to Sony. Sony is selling its 37-storey US headquarters, located on New York's Madison Avenue, to the Chetrit Group for $1.1 billion (690 million).
Negotiation with Lenovo for LCD TV Struggling electronics maker Sharp Corp. is in talks with China's Lenovo Group Ltd. over forming an alliance in
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the liquid crystal display TV business, sources said. 32 LCD Monitor This week at CES in Las Vegas, Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America, a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, is presenting its new 32 class professional LCD monitor series, which features Sharps ground-breaking IGZO technology and touts 3840 x 2160 pixel resolution.
OLED and UHD TV Panasonic is showing off a prototype TV that combines the two hottest technologies at this years gadget show in Las Vegas: organic light-emitting diodes and ultrahigh definition.
New Tablet Panasonic Corporation announced the development of a new tablet computer that features a 20-inch IPS Alpha LCD panel with more than four times the resolution of Full High Definition, as well as a high precision digital pen. With the target to commercialize the new tablet later this year, Panasonic is gearing itself up to propose new business value this feature-rich device will offer to its customers in a wide range of industries. The tablet is on display at the 2013 International CES in Las Vegas from January 8 to 11.
Philips Acquisition by Funai
Royal Philips Electronics announced that it has sold business assets covering multimedia devices and accessories to Japanese firm Funai Electric in a cash and brand licensing deal worth $201.8 million.
Panasonic Financial
Shutting down Plasma TV plant
Panasonic said it lost about $6.77 billion in the nine months to December and was on track to lose a whopping $8.3 billion over its fiscal year.
Panasonic is shutting down its only dedicated plasma TV manufacturing plant in Shanghai, China, marking the total defeat of the technology by the LCD competition in the consumer market.
Joining Smart TV Alliance Panasonic has joined LG's Smart TV Alliance which was set up to develop and use a single connected platform for televisions from 2013 onward.
Panasonics stock performance
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Toshiba OLED Smart Watch Toshiba is showing off at CES a prototype of an OLED smart watch that knows its owner by his or her pulse.
Vizio Entering PC Market Vizio, one of the top television makers in the U.S., entered the PC market with a bevy of sleek designs that echoed its television roots. Now, it wants to put out equally appealing Windows 8 tablets too. Vizio's first Windows 8 tablet is also the first for consumers with an AMD processor under the hood, hoping to give ARM- and Intel-powered slates a run for their money.
10 Tablet Toshibas stock performance Mitsubishi Subsidiary in Turkey Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said that it has established its first subsidiary in Turkey to expand operations there in view of the rapid economic growth of the country and also to boost activities in neighboring areas. Mitsubishi Electric Turkey A.S., based in Istanbul and capitalized at 2.26 million Turkish lira, or about 100 million, will conduct market research, set up a sales network and engage in infrastructurerelated business. Vizio showed off an impressive 10-inch tablet that features the recently revealedNvidia Tegra 4 quad-core processor at CES 2013. The Android 4.2 tablet also impresses with its super high-definition 2,560x1,600-pixel resolution.
Westinghouse Roku Ready devices Westinghouse Digital announced a new line of LED TVs for the coming year devices that are Roku Ready for streaming-happy consumers. The LED TVs will be introduced at 2013s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which kicks off on January 8.
Haier Smart TV cooperation with Flingo Mitsubishis stock performance Flingo (www.flingo.tv), the world's largest publisher of Smart TV apps, announced that Samba, its new interactive TV platform, will be integrated into Haier Smart TVs to instantly synchronize any second screen -- tablet, phone or PC -- with
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live TV shows. Samba, which also launched today, automatically recommends related online videos or similar TV programs, and generates real-time information and social media discussions about the TV program currently playing. It also delivers additional capabilities such as checkins, tweets, polls, quizzes, cast and crew information, and special offers directly on the TV itself. TCLs stock performance
CE Market LCD TV Haiers stock performance New Product line with Roku features Haier announced its 2013 line of televisions characterized by new designs such as an ultra-thin frame, enhanced sound solutions, and other features such as Roku streaming. This line-up continues Haier's plan to further its goal of making technology simple and accessible to the consumer, helping to take consumers' home entertainment experience to new heights. The LCD TV forecast for 2012 was reduced slightly to 205 million, slightly lower than in 2011. In addition, plasma TV shipments are projected to fall 24% Y/Y to 13 million. Looking forward, the market is expected to be flat in 2013 on persistent economic uncertainty before entering a period of gradual growth as conditions improve and as price declines in the TV market accelerate.
LCD TV market in China
TCL LCD TV Sales China-based TV vendor TCL has officially reported that its full-year LCD TV sales in 2012 reached 15.52 million units, 11.82 million of which were LED backlit units.
LCD TV sales reached 39.27 million units in 2012, up 5.9% on year, and are expected to climb another 4% on year in 2013, according to market estimates in China. LCD TV sales are expected to reach 40.7 million units in 2013 due to expected economic stability in China as well as to China-based panel makers increasing TV panel production, said the estimates.
Ultra HD TV Market observers said they expect Ultra HD TVs to have low sales in 2013 and are expected to make up 4% of the global TV market share in 2014 followed by 10% in 2015.
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Shipments for Ultra HD (3840 by 2160) TV panels sized 32-inch and above are expected to reach 3.83 million units in 2013 followed by a drastic increase in 2014 to 10 million units, according to Digitimes Research. Ultra HD LCD TV (3840 by 2160) shipments are projected to exceed OLED TV shipments through 2015, according to research firm DisplaySearch. This is a result both of the delay in commercialization by OLED TV makers, and increased promotion of Ultra HD LCD TVs by several brands.
ICT Samsung Smartphone Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is expected to widen its lead over Apple Inc in global smartphone sales this year with 35% growth, helped by a broad product lineup, market researcher Strategy Analytics told Reuters. Samsung Electronics Co. said that global sales of its Galaxy S smartphones surpassed 100 million units since the first model in the series was released less than three years ago.
China is forecast to lead in demand for Ultra HD TVs, with shipments forecast to grow from 333,000 in 2013 to more than 2.6 million in 2016. North America is forecast to follow, with just over two million forecast to ship in 2016, noted DisplaySearch.
Galaxy Note 8.0 The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 will be unveiled at MWC 2013 at the end of February, S-Pen and all according to reports.
Digital Living Room The total digital living room market is expected to cross $200 billion by 2018 with a single digit growth rate. Currently, the market value is approximately $180 billion.
Smartphone with 5.8 A new report says Samsung will announce a 5.8-inch screen phone for the European market, but it's the device's odd name that's getting all the attention.
7 Galaxy Tab
Samsung is expected to introduce a 7in Galaxy Tab featuring a Full HD display at the MWC event scheduled for next month. The tablet is said to be using a quadcore processor, notes Sammobile. Apart from the display and processor, there is not much information about the other features of the device.
Attempt to see source code of IOS 6
In the never-ending global legal battle between Apple and Samsung, the Korean electronics firm has been rebuffed by Apple in
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Tizen OS in Smartphone Samsung indicated that it plans to bring smartphones with its Tizen operating system to market by the end of the year. The company said the devices would be competitive, but didn't provide any details about the hardware or which carriers around the world might sell them. Tizen is a version of Linux that's being developed by Samsung and Intel, with support from Huawei, Sprint, LiMo, and The Linux Foundation. Tizen has been in development since 2011 and reached 1.0 status in May 2012.
Apple Apples shares Apple's shares dipped below $500 as Wall Street took fright over reports that it had cut orders for parts from screen suppliers for itsiPhone 5 but others said the reaction was overdone.
technology, according to industry sources. Previously it was said that Apple would release a lower-cost version of its iPhone with a bigger screen in 2013. But the sources claimed that Apple is indeed developing an iPhone with a bigger screen, but that will not be among the models to be lancuhed this year. One of the two versions to be introduced this year will target the midrange market segment, but both will adopt in-cell touch technology. Meanwhile, shipments for iPhone products are expected to reach about 37 million units in the first quarter of 2013, 20 million of which are expected to be for the iPhone 5. Additionally, the iPhone 5 is expected to drop even further in shipments to approximately 18 million units in the second quarter of 2013.
In Cash
Apples stock performance
Apples most recent earnings report shows that the company has a whopping $137 billion in cash and cash equivalents, has some fun by making a list of all the companies that Apple could buy just by using the cash it has on hand. Among the top contenders are credit card giant Visa, with a market cap of $106 billion; networking equipment titan Cisco (CSCO), with a $112.13 billion market cap; semiconductor manufacturer Qualcomm (QCOM), with a $110.6 billion market cap; and chip vendor Intel (INTC), with a $104.58 billion market cap.
New Models
Shipments
Apple is planning the release of two iPhones in 2013 that are likely to be sized 4-inch and feature in-cell
Apple sold a record 47.8 million iPhones in the quarter, up 78 per cent from the previous quarter and up 30 per cent from the year-ago
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quarter. The company sold 22.9 million iPads, up from 15.4 million in the year-ago quarter. Mac sales declined to 4.1 million, down from 5.2 million in the year ago quarter, while iPod sales declined to 12.7 million compared to 15.4 million in the year-ago quarter, Apple said. Shipments of Apple's iMac products are expected to reach 14 million units in the first quarter 2013 while iPad mini shipments are expected to reach approximately 11 million, according to industry sources. Shipments of Apple's 9.7-inch iPad products reached 13 million units in the fourth quarter 2012 and are expected to drop to six million units in the first quarter of 2013. Nevertheless, shipments of iPad products including 9.7-inch iPad and iPad mini are expected to reach 19 million units, up 60% on year, said the sources.
Interesting in acquisition of Waze Less than a month after rumors of a potential TomTom acquisition swirled, Apple (AAPL) is now reportedly considering a buyout of social navigation startup Waze in an effort to improve its much-maligned Maps application.
Mac Mini production in US Reports are claiming that the Mac mini could be the first Mac to be produced in the US. DigiTimes claims that Apple will put Foxconn in-charge of the new automated production lines in the country.
Cutting LCD Panel orders Apple Inc has cut orders for LCD screens and other parts for the iPhone 5 this quarter due to weak demand, the Nikkei reported today, in a further sign the US firm is losing ground to Asian smartphone rivals.
Implementing new wireless solution with Broadcom Apple has partnered with chip manufacturer Broadcom to create 802.11ac chips for its 2013 PC range. Although a wireless networking standard still officially in the development stage, 802.11ac can provide throughput rates of up to 1 gigabit per second -- as good as or better than a wired Ethernet connection -- and is expected to become the standard wi-fi protocol by 2015. While it is already being tested in smartphones, tablets and internet routers, along with PC manufacturer Asus, Apple would be one of the first to bring the technology to its notebooks and desktops.
Apple (AAPL) has reportedly cut its display orders for the fullsize iPad by 50% or more for the first quarter this year asdemand shifts to the iPad mini. Following reports of weaker than expected iPad demand moving into 2013,Digitimes citesmultiple anonymous industry sources in stating thatApple cut first-quarter 2013 9.7-inch iPad display orders from LG Display to as few as 6 million units.
New Macbook Air and Pro Models Apple is planning to unveil new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models in June 2013, according to Digitimes.
Patent Claims against Samsung Apple Inc has agreed to withdraw patent claims against a new Samsung phone with a high-end display after
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Samsung said it was not offering to sell the product in the crucial US market.
Toshiba New Interface
iOS 7 Apple Inc has started testing a new iPhone and the next version of its iOS software, news website The Next Web reported.
New Streaming Video Apple has added Watchever as a new streaming video option on German Apple TVs, reports say. The service is similar to Netflix, and offers up a mix of German and American movies and TV shows. Vivendi in fact only launched Watchever January 9th, charging customers 9 per month.
Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) has launched a MIPI-DSI to LVDS interfaceconverter bridge LSI for LCD displays that is suited for use in mobile devices, such as tablet PCs and UltrabooksTM. The new lineup supports panel resolutions up to WUXGA (1920 x 1200 x 24bit @ 60fps). Samples are available now with mass production scheduled to start in March 2013.
Lenovo New organization On April 1, Lenovo will divide itself into different business groups: the Lenovo Business Group, and the Think Business Group. The Think Business Group will deal with the Think-brand and business aspects, while the Lenovo Business Group will deal with Lenovo products and its Mobile Internet/Digital Home Group business. The changes will include the appointment of leaders to each group.
27 iMac Production Problem Recent shipping delays for the 27-inch iMac can be blamed on production problems at LG Display, say industry sources reached by DigiTimes. The people claim that LG has been encountering trouble with lamination, limiting the number of screens it can send out for assembly. Only about 100,000 27-inch systems can be shipped each month, the sources say.
Working conditions
Apple Inc stepped up audits of working conditions at major suppliers last year, discovering multiple cases of underage workers, discrimination and wage problems.
Sony High End Android Phone Lenovos stock performance Amazon Acquisition of Ivona Software
A marketing executive from Sony revealed the Japanese company plans to emulate elite Android manufacturers like Samsung by pumping out high-end smartphones and ignoring the cheaper, entry-level devices.
Amazon.com Inc said it acquired text-to-speech technology company Ivona Software, a sign that the
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world's largest Internet retailer may be looking to develop more services similar to Apple Inc's Siri voicebased search product.
Asus Internet STB Asustek is aiming for the TV market with the introduction of an Internet streaming box called Qube, which will run on Google TV software.
Amazons stock performance IBM Financial Asuss stock performance Acer Retina Display Acer plans to include retinal-class displays in several laptop models, including at least one Ultrabook, by late Spring.
IBM, the world's largest technology services company, reported fourthquarter earningsand revenue that beat estimates on the back of growth in emerging markets. International Business Machines Corp said its quarterly net income rose 10 percent to $6.1 billion, or $5.39 a share from $4.71 a year earlier. Revenue dropped 1 percent to $29.3 billion.
Acers stock performance Pace IBMs stock performance IP STB Pace (LSE: PIC), a leading global developer of advanced technologies for service providers, announced an ultrafast, high performance IP client set-top box with MoCA 2.0 and Wi-Fi
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connectivity, developed in partnership with Broadcom using the Xi3 product specification and Reference Design Kit (RDK) software developed by Comcast.
deliver synchronized multiscreen video services. The product, called Videoscape Unity, combines the NDS software with Ciscos Videoscape Internet TV platform, which was introduced at the CES consumer electronics conference two years ago. Cisco unveiled Videoscape Unity at this years CES conference in Las Vegas.
Smart Wi-Fi Cisco Linksys announced the expansion of itsLinksys Smart Wi-Fi portfolio with three new 802.11ac powered Smart Wi-Fi Routers, a new compact 802.11ac USB adapter, new features and new Smart Wi-Fi Apps. Together, these innovations give consumers a smarter way to control their wireless home network and connected devices.
Paces stock performance Cisco Cooperation with NXP for ITS Cisco Systems Inc. ( CSCO ) and NXP Semiconductors N.V. ( NXPI ) announced that they have each made an investment in Cohda Wireless to advance intelligent transportation systems or ITS and car-to-X communications. Cohda Wireless is a specialist in wireless communication for automotive safety applications.
Acquisition of Intucell
Cisco announced its intent to acquire privately held Intucell. Headquartered in Ra'anana, Israel, Intucell provides advanced self-optimizing network (SON) software, which enables mobile carriers to plan, configure, manage, optimize and heal cellular networks automatically, according to real-time changing network demands. The acquisition of Intucell enhances Cisco's commitment to global service providers by adding a critical network intelligence layer to manage and optimize spectrum, coverage and capacity, and ultimately the quality of the mobile experience.
Ciscos stock performance Multiscreen Video Services Cisco this week unveiled the fruits of its $5 billion acquisition of video software maker NDS with a product designed to enable media companies to
Dealing with Intel
According to two separate sources,Cisco commissioned Intel to mass produce specialized chips that will be used to power upcoming switches and routers. The new deal represents an extension
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of the networking giants existing OEM relation with the chipmaker.

Acquisition an equity stake of Parallels
Web hosting and cloud software maker Parallels announced last week that networking giant Cisco had acquired an equity stake in the company, a move that will certainly enable the two companies to collaborate on the direction of their products around cloud services.
Ericssons stock performance Finance
Selling off Linksys to Belkin
Belkin announced it would buy the Linksys brand from networking giant Cisco. Linksys was acquired by Cisco back in 2003 for $500m to give the firm a brand for selling routers and access points to homes and small businesses.
Swedish telecommunication company Ericsson reported a net loss of 6.3 billion kronor (990 million dollars) in the fourth quarter, blaming a writedown for joint venture ST-Ericsson.
Nokia Siemens Merging the operations a 50-50 joint venture betweenNokia Corporation (NOK) and Siemens AG (SI) has decided to merge its Middle East and Africa (MEA) business into one single entity and has combined the new division with the Asia operations. According to the company, the operational rejig will allow NSN to better serve its large customers.
Internet of Things platform
Cisco is working on a platform for the Internet of Things (IoT), that will enable customers in multiple industry sectors to rapidly deploy and manage their machine-tomachine (M2M) applications.
Ericsson Acquisition of Devoteam
Financial
Swedish telecommunications equipment maker Ericsson said it would buy the telecom and media unit of French technology consultant Devoteam.
Nokia Siemens Networks is planning to go to the public markets to try to get some financing through high-yield bonds for up to 700m (580m, $930m).
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ZTE FireFox OS for smartphone ZTE and TCL Communication are developing Firefox OS through cooperation with Mozilla, with smartphones based on such OS likely to be adopted by Telefonica, Deutsche Telekom and Sprint Nextel, the sources pointed out. Garmin K2 -Generation Automotive infotaintment Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), the global leader in satellite navigation, unveiled their K2 platform, the companys next-generation automotive infotainment solution, at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Inspired by Garmins avionics and marine technology, K2 turns the car dashboard into a digital cockpit that provides drivers a safe and intuitive way to stay connected and access all the functions they need while on the road. The system intelligently combines digital displays, voice control, infrared buttons and smartphone integration to provide drivers access to everything from navigation to vehicle diagnostics, office features, communications, music and radio to real-time information from the Web.
Huaweis stock performance
ZTEs stock performance Huawei Windows 8 Smartphone While almost all of China-based vendors have selected Android, Huawei Device, ZTE and Lenovo have additionally adopted Windows Phone 8 (WP8) and ZTE and TCL Communication will adopt Firefox OS, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers. Huawei Device unveiled its first WP8 smartphone Ascend W1 at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show and will launch it in the China and Russia markets in January and then in other markets, the sources indicated. ZTE and Lenovo will launch WP8 smartphones possible in the first half of 2013, the sources noted.
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Kodak Patent sales Eastman Kodak Co's proposed $525 million sale of its digital imaging patents to Intellectual Ventures and RPX Corp got a bankruptcy judge's approval on Friday.
and international map-based solutions for transportation, logistics and mobile workforces.
Trimbles stock performance Foxconn Financial
Kodaks stock performance Online printing with Carrefour Eastman Kodak Company announced it has extended its relationship with Carrefour, the worlds second largest retailer, to offer retail and online printing services to customers. The renewal of the multi-year agreement enables the two market leaders to provide consumers with a complete photo shopping experience, and designates Kodak as Carrefours exclusive partner within the photo category for all retail and online printing solutions.
Shares of Foxconn International Holdings Ltd (FIH), the world's biggest contract maker of cellphones, fell more than 4 percent after the firm said it expected to record a net loss for 2012 as a result of low demand from its major clients. FIH said on Wednesday its net loss for the second half of last year was expected to be smaller than the group's first-half net loss, which came in at $226.07 million, its worst ever first-half performance.
Trimble Acquisition of ALK Trimble has announced that it has acquired privately-held ALK Technologies Inc. of Princeton, New Jersey. ALK Technologies specializes in routing, mapping, mileage and navigation technologies. ALK Technologies offers proprietary routing
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Investment in Indonesia Commenting on the recent news from Indonesia that Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) will establish factories in the country in 2013, Foxconn, although declining to confirm nor deny the reports, pointed out that it maintains a good communication with Indonesia and is currently focusing mainly on technology transfer and commerce development in the country.
New Purchasing process Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is internally working on new regulations to allow its purchasing processes to be controlled through a PC management system after reports that certain company executives were taking bribes from upstream equipment suppliers in order to grant orders, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.
company, according to industry watchers. Given current market conditions in the LCD TV segment and Wistron's own production capacity in Malaysia, there is no need for Wistron or any party to take up Sharp's TV assembly facilities in Malaysia, commented the sources. Wistron's production lines in Malaysia began trial operations at the end of 2012, and the production base is capable of rolling out 13 million LCD TVs at full capacity in 2013, the sources calculated. Wistron should have been thinking on how to win more orders to fill up its capacity rather than to take up Sharp's TV plant, given the company shipped only 4.2 million TVs in 2012, noted the sources.
Investigation Foxconn Technology Group is being investigated by authorities over allegations that some of its employees accepted bribes from suppliers. Wistrons stock performance Vizio Smartphone production Wi-Fi Alliance Fast Wireless LAN with Wireless Gigagit Alliance The long courtship between the Wi-Fi Alliance and the Wireless Gigabit Alliance, which promotes a fast wireless LAN technology that runs on very high frequencies, is set to end in marriage just a little too late for the International CES trade show next week. Under a memorandum of understanding reached just last week, the WiGig Alliance is to be folded into the Wi-Fi group, which will take over all WiGig development and promotion
Foxconn is poised to manufacture TV-maker VIZIO's first smartphones in China this year, according to a source familiar with Foxconn.
Wistron Production in Malaysia Wistron is unlikely to buy Sharp's TV assembly plant in Malaysia as speculated although Sharp is currently an ODM client for the Taiwan-based
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activities. The organizations expect the deal to become final by the end of this quarter, said Kelly Davis-Felner, marketing and program management director at the Wi-Fi Alliance.
ICT Market Smartphone Shipments Global smartphone shipments will jump 27% to 875 million this year, slowing from last year's torrid 41% pace as growth is easing in many key markets such as North America, China, the developed economies of Asia, and Western Europe, Mawston said. South Korea's Samsung Electronics is forecast to sell 290 million smartphones this year, up from a projected 215 million in 2012, the research firm said. Apple's smartphone sales are projected to reach 180 million this year, up 33% from last year, slightly trailing Samsung's 35% increase. This will give Samsung a 33% share of the 2013 smartphone market, up from last year's estimated 31%, while Apple will hold 21%, versus last year's 20%.
64 million devices for a 29 percent share of the global market. Apple Inc. ranked second with nearly 48 million iPhones shipped during the fourth quarter, translating into a market share of 22 percent. For all of 2012, IDC estimated nearly 713 million smartphones were shipped worldwide, a 44 percent increase from the previous year. Meanwhile, annual PC shipments fell 3 percent from 2011, IDC said. It was the first annual decline since 2001.
Phablet Market The phablet, which is a portmanteau of the words phone and tablet, is a smartphone with a display size 5-inch or bigger, according to research firm IHS iSuppli. Shipments of phablets in 2013 are forecast by the firm to reach 60.4 million units, up 136% from 25.6 million in 2012. In 2016, global phablet shipments are set to reach 146.0 million units, noted IHS.
Smartphone shipments rose 36 percent worldwide in the fourth quarter as the sleek devices supplanted personal computers and other gadgets on holiday shopping lists, according to a report released Friday. IDC estimates 219 million smartphones were shipped during the final three months of last year. That compares with nearly 161 million in the same 2011 period. Smartphones accounted for about 45 percent of all mobile phone shipments in the fourth quarter, the highest percentage recorded by IDC. Samsung Electronics Co. retained its bragging rights as the smartphone leader, shipping nearly
Tablet Shipments
Digitimes Research forecasts that global tablet shipments (including both branded and white box models) will overtake notebook shipments in 2013, growing by 38.3% on 2012 levels to hit 210 million units. Shipments of branded tablets alone are forecast to reach 140 million units.
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Smartphone in China promoted by operators China-based telecom providers are reportedly planning to release a number of handsets that have tablet features ranging from 4.5- to 6-inch in size during 2013 in order to meet expected demand in China, according to China-based panel sources.
5 Smartphone in China China-based smartphone vendors including Huawei Device, ZTE, TCL Communication and Lenovo are stealing the spotlight at the CES 2013 trade show with their flagship models featuring 5-inch or above displays and quad-core CPUs.
The aggressive pricing of the Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 is likely to give Google strong momentum in 2013. Digitimes Research projects that Google will become the number two tablet vendor, while Apple will retain the top spot, with its share of branded tablet shipments declining slightly to 55.6%. Factoring in white box tablets, Apple's share of all tablet shipments will drop below 40%. The explosion in white box tablet shipments in 2012 means that Android will overtake iOS to become the largest platform in 2012. Combined shipments of all Android tablets - including branded, white box, Amazon and Barnes & Noble devices - are projected to hit 121 million units in 2013, representing 40.2% growth on 2012 figures. Digitimes Research also projects that global shipments of branded and white box tablets will top 300 million by 2015, with branded devices accounting for more than 200 million units and white box tablets for around 100 million.
Desktop versus Mobile With the sales of mobile devices having already overtaken PCs, the total number of in-use Internet-connected mobile devices will overtake desktop computers some time this year.
Source: KPCB data.
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China Navigation Network China has launched commercial and public services across the Asia-Pacific region on its domestic satellite navigation network built to rival the US global positioning system.
More Value-Added Monitors Source: Appcelerator / IDC Q3 2012 Mobile Developer Report. Home Area Network Market According to a recent report from Pike Research, a part of Navigants Energy Practice, annual worldwide revenue from home area networks will grow from $127 million in 2012 to $1.1 billion in 2020. M2M market is expected to grow from US$21.52 billion in 2011 to $85.96 billion in 2017, according to data from Markets and Markets. LCD monitor vendors are expected to continue releasing more value-added large-size monitors in 2013 aimed at niche markets as a way to keep up their profits, according to industry sources. Vendors such as Asustek Computer, BenQ and ViewSonic are all expected to release 22-, 24- and 27-inch LCD monitor products during the year, said the sources. Some of the value-added features include touch screen, smart function and wireless Internet connectivity capabilities, noted the sources. Meanwhile, Digitimes Research said 24inch LCD monitor prices will rise 1.4% on month in January 2013 while 19inch ones will rise 10% across the globe aside from in the US where they are expected to see as high as 37.3% growth.
M2M
WLAN
TechNavio's analysts forecast the Global WLAN Equipment market to grow at a CAGR of 17.81 percent over the period 2012-2016. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the increasing adoption of smartphones and tablets. The Global WLAN Equipment market has also been witnessing the increasing enterprise mobility. However, the network security issues could pose a challenge to the growth of this market.
Digital Cameras Market
Taiwan-based Ability Enterprise, Altek, Foxconn Electronics and Asia Optical will ship 6.508 million digital cameras in total in the first quarter of 2013, decreasing 14.2% on quarter and 36.3% on year, Digitimes Research predicts. In terms of image sensors, 56.6% of the shipments will be of 16megapixel CCD models, 22.5% of 16-megapixel CMOS models and 15.0% of 14-megapixel CCD models, according to Digitimes Research.
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Nikon will be the largest client accounting for 42.85% of the shipments, followed by Fujifilm's 18.56%, Sony's 10.91%, Casio's 9.65%, Olympus' 7.97% and Pentax's 2.55%. Ability Enterprise will account for 53.7% of the shipments, Altek 25.41%, Foxconn 17.96% and Asia Optical 2.92%.
Flat Panel Industry Samsung Display AMOLED
Home Automation
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan European Home Automation Market, finds that the market earned revenues of 223 million in 2012 and estimates this to reach 348.2 million in 2017. Parks Associates announced today 60-80% of U.S. broadband home owners are willing to pay for energy-saving products such as smart thermostats, smart water-tank controllers, and attic insulation; however, the perceived value varies widely. Consumers will pay $109 for a smart water-tank controller and $77 for a smart thermostat that save them 20% on their energy bills, compared to $256 for attic insulation for the same savings.
Samsung Display is reportedly working on new pixel layouts for use in its upcoming small-size AMOLED panels in order to bump up the panels' resolutions, according to industry sources. Samsung Display Co., Ltd., a global leader in display panel technologies and products, announced that it has exceeded 300 million panels in cumulative OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) panel production since mass production began in January 2007.
LG Display Financial
LG Display reported a $299 million profit for the fourth quarter thanks to mobile product launches by key customers including Apple Inc. but warned that earnings will decrease in the current quarter as demand for iPhones wanes. The South Korean panel maker said its October-December net profit totaled 319.7 billion won ($299 million) compared with a loss of 6.3 billion won a year earlier when the European Union fined the company 215 million euros for price fixing. Sales rose 32 percent to 8.74 trillion won.
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Halted Production of 9.7 screens Sharp Corp has nearly halted production of 9.7-inch screens for Apple Inc's iPad, two sources said, possibly as demand shifts to its smaller iPad mini. Sharp's iPad screen production line at its Kameyama plant in central Japan has fallen to the minimal level to keep the line running this month after a gradual slowdown began at the end of 2012 as Apple manages its inventory, the industry sources with knowledge of Sharp's production plans told Reuters.
LG Displays stock performance

Weaker Growth of Apple products
LG Display Co Ltd, a major supplier of iPad and iPhone screens, said its LCD panel shipments would slide this quarter, underscoring worries about weaker growth for Apple Inc products, and taking the shine off forecast-trouncing results.
Sharp Shortage of 5 Full HD Panels Sharp is reportedly witnessing a shortage of its in-house produced 5inch Full HD handset panels due to explosive sales of its Aquos Phone SH930W in Taiwan, according to industry sources. AUO
Sharp has decreased production of LCD screens used in Apple's 9.7in iPad. Sharp, which produces displays for a number of Apple products including the iPhone and iPad, has reportedly cut production levels of 9.7in iPad screens. The firm has cut production by such an amount that it is barely producing any 10in panels, according to reports.
Focused on Ultra HD 39 AU Optronics (AUO) will reportedly drop its monthly production of 32-inch TV panels from 800,000 units to 600,000 throughout the first quarter of 2013 and will focus more on producing 39-inch and Ultra HD (3840 by 2160) TV panels, according to industry sources.
Depreciation of Jen Depreciation of the Japanese yen will continue to help Japan-based panel makers stay competitive in exports and is also expected to help lower upstream components costs for Taiwan-based panel makers, according to industry sources at Innolux Corporation. Meanwhile, Shap president Takashi Okuda recently stated in Japan-based reports that Sharp's IGZO panel orders have been up due to depreciation of the Yen, bringing better-than-expected results to the company during the fourth quarter in 2012.
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AMOLED AU Optronics (AUO) has plans to mass produce small-size AMOLED panels by the end of the first quarter of 2013, but may only achieve 126ppi resolutions due to low yields and cost factors, according to industry sources.
Tablet Panels for Amazon Amazon has reportedly asked Taiwanbased panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) to enter its supply chain to provide panels for its upcoming tablet products in 2013, according to industry sources. Innoluxs stock performance Focused on New Inches Market observers said Innolux Corporation's LCD TV panel shipments in 2013 are expected to drop by 7-9% on year to 43.7 million units due to the company focusing less on 32-inch panels and more on 39-, 50- and 58inch ones.
OLED Panel In response to the coming era of 4K Ultra HD, AU Optronics (AUO) has announced that its OLED panel jointly developed with Sony is used in Sony's prototype 4K OLED TV which is on display at 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The 56-inch 4K OLED TV panel is the world's first and largest OLED TV panel in size, and is the first in the world to have achieved 4K (3840 by 2160) resolution, AUO said. AUO is also showcasing several large-size Ultra HD TV panels during CES to meet the trend for super large TV.
Ultra HDTV
Innolux Financial Innolux Corporation has reported that its December revenues reached NT$44.31 billion (US$1.52 billion), making it the only major Taiwan-based panel maker to report increased revenues compared with AU Optronics (AUO), Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and HannStar Display.
Innolux Corporation is reportedly trying to enter the Ultra HD TV supply chains of multiple TV vendors including Sony, Toshiba, Haier and Skyworth to provide Ultra HD TV panels, according to industry sources. The sources said that Innolux's 50inch and above size Ultra HD TV panels are becoming increasingly popular in the market and that their shipments are expected to increase throughout all of 2013 as the company is reportedly working on low-cost solutions for its Ultra HD products. Innolux is set to ship approximately two million Ultra HD TV panels in the first quarter of 2013 and expects that its Ultra HD TV panel shipment proportion will increase from 5% during the time period followed by 10%, 20% and 30% in the second, third and fourth quarters, respectively, added the sources.
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Seiko Epson Ultimicron Panel
Seiko Epson has announced it has begun volume production of its latest Ultimicron panel. The panels are high-temperature polysilicon (HTPS) TFT color panels that will be used to accentuate the electronic viewfinders used in midto high-end digital interchangeable lens system cameras.
Corning, fiber-based, device-to-device connectivity solutions that significantly extend the data transmission range past the limits of copper-based cables. Full product details will be included in announcements planned for Monday, January 7.
Cornings stock performance Dongxu Glass Demand Seiko Epsons stock performance BOE Investment of 8.5G line China-based panel maker BOE recently signed an investment agreement with the Chongqing Municipal Government to jointly invest CNY$32.8 billion (US$5.26 billion) in constructing a new 8.5G line within the western China municipality. The line is expected to begin construction no later than the third quarter of 2013 and is likely to be completed by the second quarter of 2015. The Dongxu Group, a major Chinabased glass supplier, said that by 2015 Taiwan, Korea and Japan will all see their shares of glass demand drop, but China will be the only one who will see a rise. Dongxu estimates that China's display industry will account for more than 20% of global glass demand by 2015, up from about 10% in 2012. Dongxu said that glass demand will be boosted by growth in production for both LCD panels and touchscreens. The company estimates that worldwide glass substrate demand will reach 450 million square meters in 2013 and 590 million square meters in 2015.
ULSAN Corning Gorilla Class 3 Corning plans to introduce two new products at CES 2013: Gorilla Glass 3, a new glass composition with durability enhancements; and optical cables by Flexible Display Devices
A research team of the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has developed a way to make paper-like flexible display devices closer with
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remarkably low cost. Polymerbased electronic circuits are expected to open up possibilities for ubiquitous electronics including flexible displays, but also RFID tags and large-area sensors.
Touchscreen Monitors
The global penetration rate of touch screen technology used in LCD monitors is expected to increase to 8-10% in 2013 largely due to the release of Windows 8, according to sources at ViewSonic.
Flat Panel Market Global Display Market Panel Prices Open cell TV panels sized 32-inch have recently seen a 1% or US$2 decline due to TV vendors slowing down orders and preparing for new TV arrivals in the beginning of the second quarter of 2013, according to market observers. The observers also said 55-inch Full HD edge-lit LED TV panels have dropped 0.4% or US$2 due to sharp price declines for 60-inch flat screen TV panels while prices for 39-inch ones made by Taiwan-based Innolux Corporation and AU Optronics (AUO) have remained steady.
Global display applications market is expected to reach $164.24 billion by 2017, at an estimated CAGR of 3.1% from 2012 to 2017 and with consumer application contributing to the global display application market with a share of 62.71% in 2017 from 64.27% in 2012, a decline of 1.58%. North America is the leading region in the overall display market; followed by Europe and Asia pacific. In Rest Of the World, Middle East and Africa are the largest contributors.
Panel Shipments Large Size
Large-size (9-inch and above) TFT LCD panel shipments from Taiwan makers were down 5.9% on quarter in the fourth quarter of 2012 at 67.19 million units largely due to a 12.8% decline in shipments for notebook applications, according to Digitimes Research.
Taiwan panel Shipments Small to Medium
Taiwan-based panel makers' shipments of small- to medium-size TFT LCD panels are expected to reach 327 million units in the first quarter 2013, down 11.1% on quarter but up 5.8% on year, according to Digitimes Research.
Prices for large-size panels including LCD monitor, notebook and TV applications are expected to drop throughout January 2013 due to weak demand from downstream vendors, according to market observers. Panel makers were proactive in pushing sales routes throughout the second half of 2012 and were able to provide adequate supply to downstream vendors . But now the vendors are concerned about adjusting their supply and are preparing to launch new products throughout the year, which is expected to drop panel prices even further throughout January. IT panel prices are expected to drop US$0.50-1.50 while TV panels are expected to see one of the biggest drops at US$1-40, noted the observers. Flat TV panel prices are expected to recover slightly in 2013 and will
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do so largely from TV sales in emerging markets such as Latin America and Southeast Asia, according to market observers. The observers only expect to see slight TV sales growth in mature economies such as the US during 2013 and believe that demand in China will only marginally improve. Consumers in emerging markets, however, are expected to continuing swapping out CRT TV units and replace them with lowpriced direct-type backlit LED TV units sized 32-inch.
OLED Promoted by the display giants headed by Samsung and LG, OLED industry is still in the stage of steady development. In 2011, the OLED output value worldwide approximated USD3.3 billion, with year-on-year growth above 200%. The figure is expected to reach USD6.7 billion in 2012, rising by 102% from a year earlier. From the perspective of shipment, the shipment of OLED display panels around the globe reached 190 million pieces in 2012, with share in medium and small-sized display screens climbing up to 8.4%. The shipment of OLED screens for mobile phones around the globe registered 23 million pieces in 2009, and climbed up to 112 million pieces in 2011. OLED can be divided into AMOLED and PMOLED. Over 60% of PMOLED are applied in mobile phone sub-screens, and 10% or so are applied in MP3 players. PMOLED will witness decline in future along with the market contraction of MP3 player and mobile phone sub-screen.
Manipulating LCD panel prices China has punished six companies, including Samsung and LG, for manipulating LCD panel prices in the country, and ordered them to pay a total of $56 million in fines.
Taiwanese Manufacturer shares fell Taiwans shares fell the most among Asias equity markets, led by the nations biggest flat-panel companies. Innolux Corp. (3481), the largest liquid-crystal display maker on the island, dropped 4.2 percent. AU Optronics Corp., the second biggest, declined 3.3 percent. Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd. decreased 1 percent.
Small and Mid Size Panel shipments in Taiwan Taiwan-based panel makers' small- to medium-size TFT LCD shipments in the fourth quarter 2012 amounted to approximately 368 million units, representing a 2.5% drop sequentially and an on-year decline of 0.1%, according to Digitimes Research.
Product differentiation The Taiwan-based makers are expected to continue bumping up production of the 39-inch panels throughout 2013 as part of their product differentiation strategy, noted the observers. Meanwhile, the observers also said 4042 and 46-inch Full HD edge-lit LED TV panels have also dropped by US$1 and are likely to maintain that drop throughout the first quarter.
Automotive LCDs Shipments of these automotive LCDs are projected to reach 116.8 million units by 2016, up a lofty 89 percent from 61.7 million units in 2012, according to research firm IHS iSuppli.
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Semiconductor Industry Intel Virtual Cable TV service Intel is jumping from microprocessors to cable TV and set top boxes, and it will do so by launching its virtual cable TV service in a city-by-city effort to avoid licensing hurdles. According to reports, Intel is choosing a city-by-city approach in order to allow for more flexibility in negotiating content provider rates while more easily navigating city and state licensing issues.
OLED Lighting Panels
OLED lighting panels will reach a market size of nearly $2.8M in 2012 and will peak to nearly $1.7B by 2020. Growth will be driven mainly by General Lighting applications, representing more than 70% of the overall OLED lighting business in 2020.
Intels stock performance New TV Experience Intel Corporation announced a TV experience that will enable customers to view live and on-demand television content on Intel-based devices. Intel is collaborating with Comcast so that customers can enjoy the XFINITY TV experience on IP set-top boxes, Ultrabook devices, Intel-based all-inone PCs, tablets and smartphones as well as smart TVs in the home. This experience is made possible by the Intel Puma 6MG-based XG5 multiscreen video gateway.
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segment of the global smartphonemarket, with shipments to grow more than double from 2012 to 2016, according to research firm IHS. Low-end smartphone shipments will rise to 559 million in 2016, up from just 206 million in 2012, IHS predicts. Future manufacturing technology development Intel Corp's decision to spend $13 billion in 2013 to develop and build future manufacturing technology has not gone down well on Wall Street but it may be necessary if it wants to stay on top of rivals in coming years. Broadcoms stock performance
Connected home STB with Comcast Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), a global innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, announced that Comcast has chosen its connected home set-top box (STB) technology for use in the RNG150N interactive STB now shipping to subscribers. Based on the Broadcom BCM7125 system-on-a-chip (SoC) and running Comcast Reference Design Kit (RDK) version 1.1, the Comcast RNG150N STB powers the latest in interactive HDTV programming, connectivity, wholehome media distribution and advanced 3D user interfaces.
Samsung Exynos 5 Samsung's flagship Exynos 5 is a dualcore mobile chip that powers the company's ARM-based Google Chromebook, a versatile device which is also capable of running various flavors of Linux, including Ubuntu.
Broadcom Media Server Gateway with Pace Pace (LSE: PIC), a leading global developer of advanced technologies for service providers, and Broadcom, a global innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, announced the development of a Media Server Gateway that uses the XG5 product specification and Reference Design Kit (RDK) software developed by Comcast.
ARM Licence Wired and wireless communications chip company Broadcom Corp. (Irvine, Calif.) has taken licenses for both the ARMv7 and ARMv8 instruction set architectures from ARM Holdings plc (Cambridge, England). This will allow Broadcom to develop its own processor engines to put inside system-chips, rather than licensing predefined cores from ARM, and address new applications.
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HomePlug AV with NetGear Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), a global innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, announced that its HomePlug AV (HPAV) Powerline Communications (PLC) solution has been selected by NETGEAR, Inc. (NASDAQGM: NTGR), a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers. Now shipping, NETGEAR's new line of 200Mbps Powerline Adapters are powered by Broadcom's BCM60321HPAV PLC system-on-a-chip (SoC).
Broadcom Corp. (NASDAQ: BRCM) has announced a GPON Home Gateway Unit (HGU) system-on-a-chip (SoC) for development of optical network terminals (ONTs) that comply to China Telecom's E8C specification.
TI Zigbee Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (Nasdaq: TXN), leading the industry with the most complete wireless connectivity portfolio for embedded applications, announced the full availability of a new ZigBee() BoosterPack based on TI's CC2530 ZigBee system-on-chip (SoC) that enables developers to jumpstart their designs.
5G WiFi Technology Broadcom Corporation (BRCM), a global innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, announced LG Electronics has chosen Broadcom's 5G WiFi technology, based on the IEEE 802.11ac standard, for use in select 2013 LG digital TV models. By adopting Broadcom's BCM43526, LG Electronics is the first to enable consumers to seamlessly stream and share highresolution content between mobile devices and smart TVs.
ADSL Gateway Solution Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), a global innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, announced its optimized, entry level ADSL gateway solution for emerging markets. With small memory support, the ninth generation Broadcom BCM6318 ADSL2+ gateway complements Broadcom's existing xDSL product lines by offering an ultra-low cost solution for entry level products.
TIs stock performance Qualcomm New Wi-fi Technology 802.11ac Qualcomm Atheros is rolling out StreamBoost, a technology that will be used in Wi-Fi routers and gateways to improve the performance of movies and games streamed over wireless home networks. While the new 802.11ac standard was designed to address increasingly crowded wireless networks, StreamBoost combined with 802.11ac will improve performance further by managing and shaping traffic, Qualcomm said on Friday.
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Sigma Design 4K*2K Sigma Designs ( NASDAQ : SIGM ), a leading provider of system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for home entertainment, connectivity and converging multimedia delivery, announced that it will demonstrate a 4K x 2K digital TV platform on a 55" inch screen.
Qualcomms stock performance Hitachi Storage on glass According to Technorati, Japanese storage and electronics company Hitachi has announced that it has come up with a solution that stores data on slivers of quartz glass. Sigma Designs stock performance Marvell Smart TV with TCL Marvell (MRVL) and TCL announced that TCL is the first company to offer both a Smart TV and set-top box with Google TV, powered by the awardwinning Marvell ARMADA 1500 series System-on-Chip (SoC) platform (88DE3100).
Toshiba Automotive HDD
The Storage Products Business Unit of Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. announced that a leading German luxury car manufacturer is now shipping its vehicles standard with Toshibas MK2060GSC 200GB Serial ATA automotive hard disk drives (HDD), marking 26 million automotivegrade HDDs shipped. Toshiba has led innovation in the automotive sector since launching its first automotive-grade HDD in 2000, and is the leading vendor in the automotive storage market.
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NXP NFC NXP, a provider in semiconductor services, unveiled an industry standard Near Field Communication (NFC) controller, delivering a fully compliant platform for handset manufacturers and operators to introduce next generation NFC devices and services.
Zigbee NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) announced the availability of the JN516x family of wireless microcontrollers for the Internet of Things, as well as a new evaluation kit which simplifies commercial development of ZigBee, JenNet-IP and other IEEE 802.15.4 applications.
STMicroelectronics Wi-Fi Networking STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and Quantenna Communications, Inc., a leader in ultrareliable Wi-Fi networking for wholehome entertainment, revealed today a Wi-Fi set-top box reference design platform to significantly accelerate wireless set-top box development by providing unparalleled flexibility, video quality and cost savings when deploying multi-room DVR (Digital Video Recorder) services.
NXPs stock performance Cost cutting NXP Semiconductors is planning to cut 700 to 900 jobs as part of a reorganization to reduce costs of support services, the company said on Monday.
Car-To-X communications Car-to-X communications is about to get ready for market entry, and the first players are preparing for a fast start: Network equipment manufacturer Cisco and chipmaker NXP both have invested in equipment maker Cohda Wireless, an expert company in automotive safety applications. The move brings together the expertise of the three organizations to make the Internet of Everything a reality for the automotive industry, creating a safer and more enjoyable driving experience while improving the traffic flow.
STMicroelectronicss stock performance Cost Effective STB with Conax STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and a top player in System-on-Chip solutions for the STB (Set-Top Box) market, has announced that its "Liege" family } 39
(STiH207 and derivatives) of costeffective STB solutions has received the highest possible level of security certification from Conax, a leading supplier of state-of-the-art conditional access solutions for digital TV. Conax Contego content protection platform ensures that operators can deliver premium content and services to multiple TVs and devices in homes equipped with ST-enabled STBs. 3 Axis accelerometer Freescales stock performance Atmel Smart Metering with Wasion Atmel Corporation (ATML) and Wasion Group supplier of advanced energy metering products and solutions recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop smart electricity meters and data concentrators, deploying its highly integrated power line communication (:PLC) solutions.
STMicroelectronics ( NYSE : STM ), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and the world's top manufacturer of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems), announced details of a miniature smart sensor that combines a 3-axis accelerometer with an embedded microcontroller together in an ultra-compact 3x3x1mm LGA package for advanced custom motionrecognition capabilities.
Freescale Zigbee Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE: FSL) has achieved Golden Unit certification by the ZigBee Alliance for the new ZigBee 2012 specification and ZigBee Input Device standard. Freescale is one of the first ZigBee Alliance members to achieve the Golden Unit status supporting the latest ZigBee specifications update to the ZigBee PRO Feature Set and the ZigBee Input Device standard for ZigBee RF4CE. Both implementations passed independent testing conducted by third parties.
Atmels stock performance Agreement with Exegin for Zigbee
AtmelCorporation (ATML), a leader in microcontroller (MCU) and touch technology solutions, announced the company has signed an agreement with Exegin Technologies Limited, a leading supplier of ZigBee network stacks, to jointly offer integrated wireless communications solutions for smart grid applications.
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Inside Secure STB with Telechips Inside Secure (NYSE Euronext: INSD), a leader in semiconductor and software solutions for securing transactions, content and digital identity, announced that Korea-based Telechips is integrating a host of INSIDE Secure security solutions into its new family of set-top box processor chips. Telechips will add INSIDE Secure DRM Fusion Agent solutions for HDCP and DTCP-IP and the SafeZone secure platform into its new TCC89XX multimedia application processors to help ensure secure boot up and end-to-end content protection.
runs sensor fusion algorithms on the microcontroller.
Boschs stock performance CSR Bluetooth enabled Smart Remote Control SMK Electronics Corporation, a leading global manufacturer of OEM components, remote controls and consumer electronics accessories, and CSR plc (LSE: CSR) (NASDAQ: CSRE), a global provider of innovative silicon and software solutions, announced that the companies will demonstrate new Bluetooth Smart-enabled advanced remote controls this week at International 2013 CES.
Nvidia Tegra 4 Mobile Processor
Nvidia unveiled its quad-core Tegra 4mobile processor at CES 2013, and many products with the nextgeneration chip are already planned.
NVidias stock performance Bosch Three Axis accelerometer Bosch said it has integrated into a 32bit microcontroller a three-axis accelerometer with its first nine-axis inertial measurement unit (IMU) that includes a gyroscope and magnetometer. The accelerometer also Mediatek Acquisition process of MStar MediaTek has announced that it has withdrawn a plan to issue new shares CSRs stock performance
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for the planned merger with MStar Semiconductor. MediaTek said it filed the capital expansion project with Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) in late December 2012 and now decided to withdraw the plan, since it has postponed the target date for completing the merger to May 1 from January 1due to its inability to secure approvals for the deal from some foreign governments on time. MediaTek said its target to merge with MStar remains unchanged and will resume the capital expansion project once the merger deal is cleared by related governments.
integrated into MStar Semiconductor Smart TV solution to synchronize TV, tablet, phone or PC screens with live TV shows, presenting viewers with realtime information and social media discussions about the programing currently playing on TV.
Mstars stock performance ALi DVB-T2 for Russian Market
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GNSS - SoC
MediaTek Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions, announced the availability of its MT3332/MT3333, the world's first 5in-1 multi-GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) receiver SoC solutions that support the Beidou Satellite Navigation System.
ALi Corporation (3041.TW), a leading Set-Top Box (STB) solution provider, announced that ALi's DVB-T2 solutions for the Russian market are ready for mass production. ALi has been cooperating with local Russian partners in developing various STB solutions tailored to suit the Russian market.
Ilitek LCD Driver IC
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Smart TV Solution Smart TV app publisher Flingo has announced that Samba, its new interactive TV platform, will be
ILI Technology (Ilitek) will start shipping LCD driver ICs for two to three 40-inch and larger panel applications in 2013, according to industry sources. Ilitek has been cooperating with Innolux in production of driver ICs for 32-inch panels, and managed to ramp up its shipments of large-size driver ICs for LCD TV applications
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to two million units a month in the fourth quarter of 2012, the sources noted.
wireless sensor network applications contributing as much as 15% of total volume
GreenPeak Zigbee GreenPeak Technologies's new GP410 chip features ZigBee PRO Green Power for low cost energy harvesting and ultra-long battery life ZigBee applications for the Smart Home. The new IEEE 802.15.4 controller is a fully integrated system-on-chip solution for power harvesting end nodes for light switches, smart home devices, or for applications designed to run on a single battery for many years. The GP690 ZigBee PRO from GreenPeak Teachnologies adds ZigBee PRO to the company's product portfolio, offering full support for its Open Smart Home Framework, integrating all three ZigBee networking variants Green Power, RF4CE and PRO into a single overall architecture.
802.11 ad The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE) has officially approved the new 802.11ad (802.11ad-2012 amendment) standard that will provide short-range wifi wireless networking (WLAN) speeds of up to 7Gbps (Gigabits per second) by using the unlicensed 60GHz radio spectrum band (typically 5766GHz).
ARM Based Processor Shipments
Shipments of ARM processor chips are likely to grow from 68% of all processor shipments in 2012 to 85% in 2016, and 96% in 2022, portending a major sea change in core IT technology and the end of the Intel era at least in end-user devices, writes Wikibon CTO David Floyer.
Semiconductor Market Global Semiconductor Revenues According to International Data Corp. (IDC), global semiconductor revenues worldwide experienced less than one per cent growth in 2012 amounting to $304 billion. However, the market research firm added that semiconductor revenues will improve by 4.9 per cent to $319 billion in 2013 and log a CAGR of 4.1 per cent from 2011-2016, reaching $368 billion in 2016.
Solid State Thin-Film Batteries
Markets for solid state thin-film batteries at $65.9 million in 2012 are anticipated to reach $5.95 billion by 2019. Market growth is a result of the implementation of a connected world of sensors.
MEMS Microphones
802.11 Wifi Technology Market Based on our analysis, Harbor predicts 802.11 enabled technology will grow from 1.4 billion shipments in 2012 to over 3.6 billion shipments by 2016 with
According to the latest data from IHS, shipments of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) microphones reached about 2.06 billion units last year, up by a factor of 4.8 from 432.9 million units in 2009. The market research firm cited Apple's iPhone as a major reason to the growth experienced by the market.
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Software Industry Microsoft Sales Drop Microsoft's Windows sales dropped 11% on a year over year basis during the holiday season in the U.S., according to new data from NPD.
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Investment to Dell
Microsoft Corp. is reportedly in discussions to help finance a buyout of struggling computer maker Dell Inc. According to the Wall Street Journal, which cited a person familiar with the talks, Microsoft's investment "would likely be in the range of a couple of billion dollars." CNBC reported a range of $1 billion to $3 billion, citing sources close to the matter.
Acquisition of R2 Studios for home automation Microsoft has beat both Apple and Google in acquiring a startup named R2 Studios, which primarily works in home automation and entertainment. R2 holds a number of patents that have to do with using various mobile devices to control home entertainment software
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and hardware, and Microsoft is reportedly sending the company to work with its Xbox division. R2 was founded by Blake Krikorian, who also founded the company behind the Slingbox, a set-top device that allows users to stream video across the cloud.
Patent Agreement with BMW Microsoft Corp. and BMW have signed a patent licensing agreement that gives BMW broad access to the latest Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT). BMW will utilize exFAT technology to enhance the digital entertainment offerings in its line of automobiles. Googles stock performance Facebook Open Compute Project with ARM Web Audio/Video Spec Microsoft has published a working prototype of CU-RTC-Web, its proposed specification for enabling browserbased, plugin-free, real-time audio and video communication. Facebook's Open Compute Project is being expanded to incorporate ARM processors, providing new options for companies shopping for low-cost hardware to build out cloud computing environments.
Surface Pro
Microsoft says that the pro version of its Surface tablet will be available to purchase Feb. 9 in the U.S. and Canada.
Close down R&D in Korea
Microsoft will close down its research center in South Korea as it shifts resources to Beijing, the company said.
Facebooks stock performance Outsourcing new storage products Facebook reportedly plans to outsource new storage product orders to Taiwanbased ODMs with both Quanta Computer and Wistron having a chance to land the orders, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.
Google Google TV Google announced that it has some new Google TV partners and that new devices and more updates from existing partners will be revealed at CES next week. Asus, Hisense, TCL and others will show products with Google TV launching in the coming weeks, Google say.
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infotainment designers to integrate consumer devices such as iPods into vehicles while ensuring a simplified and seamless end-user experience. The product, called the QNX Aviage multimedia suite, provides a complete set of functions to identify, connect, organize, play, and record from multiple media sources.
Service Industry Roku Partnership with Time Warner Cable Roku Inc., the closely held online video service, said its adding 300 live television channels through a partnership with Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) The deal allows Time Warner Cable subscribers with Roku devices to access live TV and Internet video from sites such as Netflix Inc. (NFLX) and Google Inc. (GOOG)s YouTube from the same set-top box, the companies said in a statement.
NTT Docomo Low cost Tablet with Huawei
Mobile phone service provider NTT DoCoMo Inc will soon release a low-cost tablet computer in Japan priced between 10,000 yen (69 pounds) and 15,000 yen, the Nikkei reported. The tablet will be made by China's Huawei Technologies Co and feature a 10-inch screen, the Japanese business daily said.
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Optimus G Pro with LG
Service Market Software defined networking The worldwide market for softwaredefined networking products and services in the enterprise and cloud service provider segments will grow from $360 million in 2013 to $3.7 billion by 2016, according to IDC. This represents a compound annual growth rate of 117.42% and includes network infrastructure, SDN applications and control plane solutions, and related professional services.
LG (066570) and Japanese carrier partner NTT DoCoMo have joined to unveil the Optimus G Pro, a followup to the popular Optimus G smartphone that debuted last year.
Amazon Digital Music Amazon launched Amazon AutoRip, which gives customers free digital versions of music CDs they purchase from the world's largest Internet retailer.
4G LTE
Turkcell Data Storage with Square Backup Spare Backup, Inc. ("Spare Backup") (SPBU), a provider of data backup and security software for smartphones, tablets and PCs, announced that Turkcell and Spare Backup have begun the launch of a progressive rollout of Spare Backup's mobile backup and security tools to Turkcell's 35 million mobile subscribers.
The rise in worldwide subscribers on 4G LTE has far exceeded expectations. In just three years since its nascent beginnings, the mobile technology has skyrocketed -- going from 600,000 users in 2010 to nearly 100 million subscribers in 2012. Market research firm IHS iSuppli is projecting that global users will double in 2013 and that by 2016 LTE will claim more than 1 billion subscribers.
Turkcells stock performance UK television commissions
This study, carried out by Apex Insight, the market analysis and consulting firm reports that the total value of UK television commissions is now over 3bn, with the market having experienced
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modest but sustained growth during the turbulent economic climate of recent years.
Healtcare Industry Healthcare Market Turkish Market A diverse set of forces - such as government investments under health transformation programme and the consolidation of middle class and high disease burden - will help Turkey stay among top attractive countries in the healthcare market. Frost & Sullivan will host a free online analyst briefing, "Turkish Healthcare Market Poised for Growth". This briefing will investigate the landscape of an industry that will grow from $21.7 billion of 2011 to $29.6 billion in 2015. The total healthcare market in Turkey is expected to grow at a CAGR of 8.2%, boosted by the healthcare transformation program that implemented hospital modernisation, increasing access to funding and private sector expansion. By 2015, Turkeys healthcare spending will reach $62.7 billion, positioning the country as a strong investment destination for healthcare, observes Healthcare Research Analyst Hilal Cura.
Hopitality Industry Quadriga Exclusive agreement with Sofitel Following the signing of an exclusive agreement two years ago with Sofitel, the luxury brand of Accor group, Quadriga guest communication and entertainment solutions are now installed in more than 4,000 rooms and 26 Sofitel properties across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
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Automotive Industry Bosch Developing hyrid powertrain system
next-generation batteries for green vehicles called "lithium-air" as their collaboration, first announced in late 2011, moves ahead in fuel cells, sports vehicles and other fields.
French car maker Peugeot Citroen (UG.FR) and German automotive supplier Robert Bosch said they are teaming up to develop a hybrid powertrain system designed to offer big reductions in emissions and fuel consumption.
Automotive Market Internet Access in vechicles
Toyota Electricity Management System
By 2016, more than 55 million people worldwide will have Internet access built into their vehicles, according to iSuppli Corp.
Telematics
Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that starting this April, it will sell an electricity management system that uses recycled nickelmetal hydride batteries from hybrid vehicles to Toyota vehicle dealers throughout Japan. Through such means, TMC is aiming for the more effective use of resources used in batteries. The systems will be sold via TMC's energy business company, Toyota Turbine and Systems Inc.
Penetration of factory-installed safety and security telematics shipping globally in new cars will reach 15.7% in 2013.
Infotaintment
Shipments of TFT-LCDs used in automobiles for devices such as navigation and rear seat DVD players increased 16% on year to 49 million units in 2012, according to research firm DisplaySearch. Shipments are expected to increase to 70 million by 2016.
Electric Vechicles
Toyotas stock performance Developing Next Generation Batteries with BMW
The latest forecasts regarding global sales of electric vehicles estimate that worldwide sales will hit 3.8 million a year by 2020, which means that with 47 per cent of predicted sales, the US will be the largest single market for PEVs by the end of the end of the decade.
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Retail & Payment Industry NCR POS Security with McAfee NCR Corporation (NCR), the automated teller machine and point of sale (POS) solutions manufacturer, has agreed to partner with leading technology security provider McAfee to offer security solutions for retailers. NCRs security offering, NCR System Integrity for Retail, takes care of the entire operation of a retailer, i.e., from pointof-sale to back-office operations. NCR System Integrity will block unapproved POS software or systems thus reducing the number of malicious viruses or malware that could attack the payment system.
devise and implement mobile POS strategies that delight shoppers and drive business results. This dedicated mobile POS practice was launched to share NCRs insights and best practices in this growing area with retailers who are implementing mobile POS strategies and is part of NCRs innovative Global Consulting Services team.
NCR Corporation (NYSE:NCR) and Elavon, a wholly-owned subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) and a leading global payments provider, have agreed to combine NCRs tablet and mobile-based point-ofsale (POS) technology with Elavons payment processing and distribution channels to extend easy, secure and affordable POS solutions to small business customers.
Cooperation with Paypal Point-of-sale giant NCR and Paypal are teaming up to make life a little easier for restaurant-goers. The two companies announced an agreement on Tuesday that will bring the option to pay with Paypal on NCR's recently announced mobile payment app.
NCRs stock performance Acquisition of Retalix Retalix shareholders approved its $660 million acquisition by NCR Corp. NCR, which makes ATMs and selfservice checkout machines, announced the transaction in November. Israel's Retalix makes software for retailers. NCR agreed to buy Retalix Ltd. for $30 per share.
Verifone Integrated Processing Services of Quatrro
Mobile POS NCR Corporation announced the launch of NCR Mobile POS Optimization Consulting Services to help retailers
Quatrro launches integrated processing services that will support Card & Mobile payments by leveraging VeriFone's innovative PAYware CMS card management system to offer end to end issuing and acquiring services for banks, card issuers and merchant acquirers globally for all payment types.
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Ingenicos stock performance Cooperation with Microsoft Ingenico, (Euronext: FR0000125346 ING), leading worldwide provider of payment solutions, announced within the framework of the National Retail Federation's show held in New York, that they are working together with Microsoft to deliver enterprise-class devices based on the new Windows Embedded 8 Handheld platform. As a global secure payment solutions provider, Ingenico joins other prominent enterprise device OEMs working closely with Microsoft in these innovative efforts.
Visual Retail Plus has recently integrated with Verifone Payware PC and the complete line of VeriFone MX signature capture/debit units to offer customers the security of EMV Chip Card Technology. The standard covers the processing of credit and debit card payments using a card that contains a microprocessor chip at a payment terminal to prevent data loss and security threats.
Ingenico Mechant Centric Solution with Shift4 Ingenico (Euronext: FR0000125346 ING), leading worldwide provider of payment solutions, and Shift4 Corporation, the worlds largest independent payment gateway, announced a partnership that brings Shift4s neutral, merchant-centric gateway solution to Ingenicos open portfolio of Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) offerings.
RIM Mobile Payment with Visa BlackBerry users will soon be able to charge purchases at the cash register to their Visa cards using technology implanted in the companys new smartphone models.
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Epson Cloud Based Data Analytics At the NRF (National Retail Federation) 102nd Annual Convention & EXPO, Epson America, Inc., a leading supplier of value-added Point of Service (POS) solutions, and Livelenz Inc., a provider of real-time, operational and consumer analytics for the retail and hospitality segments, announced the availability of its cloud-based data analytics suite on Epsons OmniLink smart solutions family. OmniLink combines an Epson industry-leading POS printer with PC functionality to deliver cloud-based services, open platform mobility and flexible webbased printing from any mobile device. Paired with Epsons OmniLink, Livelenz is the first POS independent solution to bring real-time data analytics, sales and consumer data, labor and inventory cost management and loss prevention to the hospitality and retail segments without any upgrades or integration to existing POS systems.
comprehensive, best-in-class mobility solutions to retailers utilizing Windows POS systems.
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Micros Payment Gateway Micros Systems, a provider of IT solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, has announced the launch of the Micros Payment Gateway (MPG) along with an agreement with Equitable Computer Services (ECS)as its local partner in the Philippines.
Epsons stock performance Agilsys Tablet PC with Motion Computing Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading provider of innovative retail information technology and hospitality software solutions, announced it has partnered with Motion Computing, the worldwide leader in rugged tablet PCs and mobility solutions, to deliver Micross stock performance ShopKeep POS iPad POS Solution ShopKeep POS, the simplest way to make smarter business decisions, announced an exciting partnership with Griffin Technology, industry leader in the personal computing and digital
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media accessory market, to launch a revolutionary iPad POS system with a built-in magnetic card reader exclusively available to ShopKeep POS customers in Q1 2013.
Energy Industry Hitachi Water Treatment Japanese firm Hitachi announced that a consortium comprising Hitachi and Hyflux had signed an agreement with Dahej Special Economic Zone (SEZ) for a sea-water desalination project in Gujarat. Hyflux Ltd. (HYF), Singapores biggest publicly traded water company, said it signed an agreement with Hitachi Ltd. (6501) to deliver desalinated seawater to the Indian state of Gujarat as part of a $600 million project.
Retail&Payment Market Global Smart Card Market Research firm MarketsandMarkets predicts that the total global smart card market will be worth $6.6 billion by 2015, with the telecommunication sector accounting for for almost 53.8 percent of revenues. MarketsandMarkets says smart cards will hit a CAGR of 7.3 percent from 2009 to 2014. Smart card shipments reached 5.2 billion in 2009, with growth driven by mobile penetration, acceptance by various governments and increased security and reliability. has effected the growth of smart card shipments, reaching 5.2 billion in 2009. Growth in the coming years will be supported largely by near-field communication (NFC) and machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, growing government ID projects across the globe and EMV compliance. Projected smart card shipment volume by end 2015 is 8.8 billion units.
ClipperCreek Zigbee Smart Meters A joint project between leading EV charging station provider ClipperCreek and proven ZigBee product manufacturer Smartenit has resulted in the first commercially available device that can connect to smart meters in a home area network (HAN). The project was sponsored by a major electric utility and a pilot rollout is expected to be completed in the first half of 2013. The EV charging station uses the Smartenit ZOE-EVC, a ZigBee SEP 1.1 certified module. The use of this module presents many advantages to the charging station design, including the ability to measure the charging profile and control the charging schedule. This gives the station additional intelligence in managing the various charging patterns presented by the myriad electric vehicles available now and in the future.
RFID Market TechNavio's analysts forecast the Global Chipless RFID market to grow at a CAGR of 27.1 percent over the period 2011-2015. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the increasing demand for low-cost RFID. The Global Chipless RFID market has also been witnessing the increasing investment in R&D. However, the low effectiveness of chipless RFID in supply chain management could pose a challenge to the growth of this market
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Energy Market OLED Lighting Market ElectroniCast estimates in 2012, the worldwide consumption value of General Lighting OLEDs will reached (only) $34.8M; consumption value is forecast to increase to $5.3B in the year 2022. Market forecast data in this study report refers to consumption (use) for a particular calendar year; therefore, this data is not cumulative data.
Smart Home
Smart home nodes that are focused on energy management applications will be the highest deployed during the period 2010 to 2017, with almost 150 million nodes projected to be shipped, according to a study by IMS Research.
References Tweets Please follow my twitter accounts (ferhatunlukal) if you want to reach the details of the news in the report.
The future of Energy
According to the World Nuclear Association, the world will require a much larger energy supply in the next 20 years. Cleanly-generated electricity will lead this demand. Electricity demand is greatly outpacing overall energy use. Electricity demand is predicted to jump 67% from 2010 to 2035. Nuclear power provides nearly 13% of the world's electricity. Nuclear power provides 21% of electricity in "The organization for Economic Cooperation and Development" (OECD) countries.
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Sony has stopped manufacturing its MiniDisc.

Panasonic is shutting down its only dedicated plasma TV manufacturing.

Sony is poised to unveil the next PlayStation game console.

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Apple Inc stepped up audits of working conditions.

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Shares of Foxconn fell more than 4 percent.

Smartphone shipments rose 36 percent worldwide in the fourth quarter.

Nokia Siemens Networks is planning to go to the public markets.

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Microsoft is reportedly in discussions to help finance a buyout of Dell Inc.

Microsoft will close down its research center in South Korea.

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Financial Shares Drop

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LED Backlit transformation

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Sonys stock performance

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Philips Acquisition by Funai

Shutting down Plasma TV plant

Panasonics stock performance

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LCD TV market in China

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Attempt to see source code of IOS 6

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an attempt to see the source code for iOS 6.

Apples stock performance

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Toshiba New Interface

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Dealing with Intel

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of the networking giants existing OEM relation with the chipmaker.

Ericssons stock performance Finance

Selling off Linksys to Belkin

Internet of Things platform

Ericsson Acquisition of Devoteam

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Huaweis stock performance

Garmins stock performance

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Trimbles stock performance Foxconn Financial

Foxconns stock performance

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Source: KPCB data.

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