ABI Research Questions Future of Ultra Wideband
Members of the Bluetooth SIG (Special Interest Group) announced the development of Bluetooth over 802.11, giving Bluetooth a boost in data rate transfer and helping to quench consumer demand for added speed. Consequently, the UWB (Ultra-Wideband) market worries that this announcement may slow down or even suspend its relationship with Bluetooth; but ABI Research does not believe this will be the case.
VDC Sees Market Pressures Squeezing Linux Software Stack
A number of market forces are limiting the ability of Linux software suppliers to extract revenue growth from the freely available open source software markets. Recently published research by Venture Development Corporation (VDC) indicates that embedded systems manufacturers and their suppliers are driving the development of open source and industry-specific standards around Linux as a means to increase availability of more robust underlying solution platforms and development environments. These new standards hold the opportunity for OEMs to reduce their development costs and time-to-market while at the same time keeping pace with the advancing and unique requirements of their customers in their core markets.
OCP-IP Publishes Network on Chip Architectures Survey
OCP-IP announced the availability of a white paper discussing a survey of Network-on-chip (NoC) proposals. NoCs replace dedicated, design-specific wires with scalable, general purpose, multi-hop networks. NoCs can provide separation between computation and communications, serve as a platform for test, and support IP reuse increasing engineering productivity and decreasing time to market. This paper gives an overview of the state-of-the-art regarding network-on-chip proposals.
IDC Publishes Latest Research on Worldwide EMS Industry
The worldwide electronic manufacturing services (EMS) industry grew at the annual rate of 17% in 2007, generating $268.1 billion in revenues, according to new research from IDC. While the original design manufacturer (ODM) sector continued to grow at the higher rate of 23% in 2007, the EMS sector still accounted for more than 60% of the industry. The two largest product segments remained computers and consumer devices, generating 36% and 29% of the EMS industry revenue respectively in 2007.
ABI Research Publishes Report on GPS Enabled Mobile Devices
In the wake of personal navigation devices' success, cellular carriers have started to offer on-board and off-board navigation solutions, as well as a range of LBS (Location Based Services) such as friend finder and local search on GPS handsets. Community and social-networking-related functionality, such as the sharing of POIs (Points of Interest) and geo-tagged pictures, is also becoming popular and is expected to boost GPS-enabled handset uptake as carriers, handsets manufacturers, and service providers look to capitalize on the LBS trend.
Electronics.ca Publishes Printed and Organic Electronics Forecasts
Electronics.ca Publications, the electronics industry market research and knowledge network, announces the availability of a new report entitled "Printed & Organic Electronics Forecasts, Players & Opportunities 2008-2028." The latest market research report reveals the spending on printed and thin film electronics devices goes beyond conventional silicon, reaching up to $1.58 Billion this year. The majority of this is for OLED display panels ($0.69 Billion) which is the value of the panel and not the final device.
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