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Insight: Q1 2024 Notebook PC Results – PC Market Continued Path to Recovery, Grew 7%
Notebook PC shipments grew 7% in the first quarter of 2024 versus the same period a year ago and totaled 46.1 million units. This is the second quarter the PC market has grown after falling for eight consecutive quarters.
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2024 Beijing Auto Show: Key Themes
The 2024 Beijing Auto Show was held between April 25 and May 4th, 2024. The 10-day event attracted more than 1,500 exhibitors including OEMs, automotive suppliers, and automotive technology companies. Centralized computing platforms, generative AI, and international business expansion were key trends at the show.
Canon 3.2 MP Stacked SPAD Image Sensor Device Essentials Folder
The Canon LBC010 features 3.2 MP resolution, 6.39 μm pixel pitch*, stacked, back-illuminated (BI) direct-time of flight (d-ToF) single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) LiDAR sensor extracted from Canon MS-500 camera. This Canon LBC010 is introduced by an ultra-small SPAD sensor capable of capturing the world's highest resolution of 3.2 MP with high sensitivity in low-light environments.
Insight: Matter 1.3 Delivers a Boost for Smart Home Interoperability
The importance of supporting the Matter ecosystem for consumer electronics component suppliers continues to grow with the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) releasing version 1.3 of the Matter standard and software development kit (SDK) on May 8, 2024. Despite the slow rollout of Matter enabled products by manufacturers so far, the addressable market for Matter-enablement continues to expand.
Tracker: USA: Smartphone Shipments & Marketshare by Model: Q1 2024
The United States is the world's most influential smartphone market. It delivers high volume and revenue to device makers, component suppliers and operators. Our extensive report shows the top-50 best-selling smartphone models in the United States in the first quarter of 2024. Besides popular Apple and Samsung flagships, which brands and models have made their way into the bestsellers and what is the secret behind their success?
Denso BCD-on-SOI Toyota Prius Battery Control Module (2023) PMIC Essentials
Analyzing the Denso SV061 power management integrated circuit (PMIC) from the Toyota Prius Mk5 battery control unit (BCU), it reveals collaborative efforts between Denso and Toyota to advance hybrid technology.
Report Overview: 5G mmWave Enters the Global Mainstream
mmWave 5G bands have encountered some growing pains on a global scale since initial launch due to a litany of factors. However, recent market trends have indicated that future deployments are likely to gain traction in countries outside the United States and Japan.
Insight: UHD TV Forecast Q1 2024 - Samsung Focuses on Upscaling in Absence of Native 8K Content
While large screen TVs are all the rage, 8K is not, with 409K units shipping globally in 2023. While global 8K shipments will continue to grow year-over-year it is not until the end of the decade that we will start to see an adequate number of 8K TVs shipping (20.7 million in 2029) that they will begin building a sufficient installed base to be relevant in the marketplace. This Insight examines what TV brands, like Samsung, are doing to help boost 8K TV sales.
Memory Pricing Report – May 2024
This monthly update delves into the dynamic and volatile pricing landscape of mainstream DRAM and NAND memory, offering an examination of pricing trends over the past three months and projecting developments for the upcoming year.
Infineon BTS7008 Automotive Smart High-Side Power Switch PMIC Essentials
Within the (PROtected FET) PROFETTM+2 12 V family, Infineon's BTS7008-2EPA is examined alongside the utilization of Infineon’s SMART7 high-side switches technology.
Update brings more fabs, water use, increased technology coverage to TechInsights Semiconductor Manufacturing Carbon Model
Notable improvements include the expansion of fab coverage, with the model now covering 184 300mm semiconductor fabs worldwide.
Google is the third-largest designer of data center processors as of 2023… without selling a single chip
Discover how Google, without ever selling a single chip, has risen to become the third-largest designer of data center processors by pioneering AI accelerators like TPUs.
Executive Summary: Generative AI for Telcos drives Productivity in 2024
Generative AI brings new opportunities for significantly enhanced automation of customer engagement, operations and software development as well as new revenues. However, while Gen. AI will enable new services in the long run, in the near term it can dramatically lower costs and improve productivity leading directly to better profit margins for telecoms operators.
Tracker: Global Bluetooth TWS Shipments, Revenues and ASP by Price Tier by Vendor: Q1 2024
Premium-tier remains as the most valuable TWS segment but Entry-tier rises to the top in shipments. Apple is the undisputed leader in total TWS shipments having most of its shipments in the premium segment. This report looks at the shipment volumes as well as ASPs and revenues of the top-22 vendors in detail for 2016-Q1 2024.
Tracker: Global Bluetooth TWS Shipments by Region: Q1 2024
Apple remains the shipments leader in Bluetooth True Wireless Stereo (TWS) headsets. AirPod Shipments declined -6% YoY in Q1 2024. Overall TWS headsets growth has slowed down YoY but India is still driving growth. This report looks at the shipment volumes of the top-22 vendors in detail for 2016-Q1 2024. The report offers valuable insights to all designers, vendors, operators, distributors, etc working with TWS headsets.
Q1 2024: Vivo: Slipped out of the Top Five Smartphone Rankings
Vivo’s smartphone volumes and revenue declined to record levels in Q1 2024. It is now out of the top five global smartphone rankings in the quarter. Its financials including ASP’s on a slow downward spiral need a revival. The traditional challenges of geo-diversification, flagship success and competition having an upper hand over it in smartphone segments like 5G, foldables are yet to be addressed.
Canada Smartphone Vendor Marketshare by Operator: Q1 2024
Smartphone shipments in Canada grew in Q1 2024 compared to the year-ago quarter, with just one of the five leading vendors seeing shipments decline year-on-year. Canada is a mature market in which replacement sales make up most smartphone volumes, limiting growth. Nonetheless, Canadian consumers are once again upgrading their smartphones. The big three vendors in the Canadian market this quarter are Apple, Samsung, and Google.