Archive for April, 2008
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
By Luke Yao
Building LED backlight units (BLU) in notebooks can offer three major benefits: low power consumption, slim product design and a more environmentally friendly product (due to the absence of mercury in LEDs as opposed to its presence in CCFLs). We are convinced that LED light sources will largely ...
Posted in Economics, Luke Yao, Notebook PCs, Technology | No Comments »
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
by David Barnes, Vice President, Strategic Analysis
If I read the numbers correctly, TV makers plan to sell 29% more 32” and 37” LCD TV sets this year than last year. Sounds good, but what about notebook PC and LCD monitor makers’ plans to sell 11% more units? Don’t PC and ...
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
by David Barnes, Vice President, Strategic Analysis
If I read the news correctly, commercial real estate and the regional “thrifts” that provide most of the loans for the empty office buildings and retail blocks I notice driving around Austin may be the next shoe to drop. According to its fiscal 2007 ...
Posted in David Barnes, Economics, Retail, TVs | No Comments »
Friday, April 11th, 2008
By Charles Annis, Vice President, Manufacturing Research
A gigawatt is a lot of electricity. A thin film solar cell fab with annual capacity to produce 109 watts worth of panels is on a scale multiple times that of any lines currently in mass production. Assuming the use of 1000 × 1400 ...
Posted in Authors, Charles Annis, Suppliers | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
by Paul Gagnon, Director of North America TV Research
In a move that is not too surprising, Philips has decided to withdraw from manufacturing TVs for the US marketplace, according to an article by the New York Times’ Eric Taub. Instead, Philips will license its name to Funai who will assume all ...
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