Archive for October, 2008

Dr. Doom Sees a Bloom in the Gloom

Friday, October 24th, 2008

By David Barnes, VP Strategic Analysis Is it only me, or are you confused too? It seems like only yesterday, pundits were worried about stagflation. Not long before that, they feared inflation. Today, they’re fretting about deflation. Yes, you’re right: each of those economic conditions has a different cause and a ...

The Times They Are a-Changin’ Part 3 of 3

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

By Calvin Hsieh, Research Director Back to the influence of Apple TV, Google Phone and Intel Canmore. Let’s now take a look at Canmore CE3100, which was released this September as Intel’s first SoC (System on Chip) for CE products. The amazing thing here is not the performance. ...

The Times They Are a-Changin’ Part 2 of 3

Monday, October 20th, 2008

By Calvin Hsieh, Research Director The three products mentioned in the previous post (Apple TV, Google Phone and Intel’s Canmore) appear to have virtually nothing to do with today’s TV. That’s because we are still used to talking about TV as a device receiving a signal with a display. If we ...

The Overlap of Two Industries: LCD and LED

Monday, October 20th, 2008

By David Hsieh, Vice President, Greater China Market A few years ago, no one would have expected that there would be any overlap of the large TFT-LCD and LED industries. LEDs were considered suitable for display backlighting and keypad lighting on mobile phones and other small display applications, but certainly not ...

A Monitor that Only Works with a Notebook (and Only with an Apple Notebook at That)?

Friday, October 17th, 2008

By Chris Connery, Vice President, PC and Large Format Commercial Displays and John Jacobs, Director, Notebook Market Research Indeed, as the worldwide market continues to shift its computing preference from stationary desktop personal computers to more portable devices (notebooks and mini-notes, in general), the LCD industry continues to worry about the ...