Despite CES 2012, Europe is largest consumer market

With CES 2012 in full swing in Las Vegas, it is worth remembering that Europe is and remains the world’s largest Consumer Electronics market, predicts market researcher Gfk…

GaAs amplifer market slows

The gallium arsenide (GaAs) IC market seems to have slowed to stand-still. GaAs power amplifiers are crucial components in mobile phones and it is a weakness in this area which has affected the market…

So why do DRAM firms like smartphones so much?

DRAMs used in smartphones are set for remarkable triple-digit growth in shipments this year, outpacing the expansion of the entire DRAM market by a factor of three, according to an IHS iSuppli…

Android won't topple Symbian OS for three years

There is so much hype around the Android operating system that it is all too easy under-play the importance of the Symbian OS in the mobile market…

Wi-fi market set to go ballistic in 2010

With sales of iPhones booming and with the launch of new smartphones like Google’s Nexus One, 2010 looks like the year when wi-fi usage goes ballistic.

The result is rising demand for wi-fi chipsets…

Can ARM processors power the world's tablets?

Will ARM Cortex become the processor of choice in the mobile tablet. The imminent launch of Apple’s tablet, on January 26th, could make the mobile computing device which is not a netbook but nor is it a smartphone, the mobile product of choice in 2010…

TI claims smallest clock IC measuring 1.6x2mm

Texas Instruments claims to have the industry’s smallest four-channel clock buffer in a package measuring 1.6x2mm…

Orange gets Motorola's Android mobile phone in UK

The world has a second Android mobile phone, it comes from Motorola and Orange will sell it in the UK…