Propelled by the rising availability of products and partial resolution of standards conflicts, the global market for wireless charging hardware used for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets will surge to rise by almost forty-fold during the next five years.
Server revenues in Asia-Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) region grew a modest 1.3 percent to total $9,985 million in 2013, coming in just short of the magical $10-billion mark.
China?s consumer electronics market declined in 2013 as demand for products like televisions and digital still cameras decelerated, compelling the country?s manufacturers to devise new strategies for growth.
A fundamental paradigm shift in lighting technologies toward more efficient lamps and bulbs will significantly reduce global electricity demand for general illumination in the next few years.
Worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues increased year-over-year by 2.4 percent, totaling $6.9 billion, during the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13).
According to research firm IDC, the total tablet market, inclusive of both tablets and 2-in-1 devices, is forecast to grow 19.4 percent in 2014, down from a growth rate of 51.6 percent in 2013.
Global shipments of cellphones equipped with Near Field Communication (NFC) technology will surge by more than a factor of four from 2013 to 2018, reaching 1.2 billion units
This was the fourth consecutive quarter of year-over-year revenue decline, as server market demand remained weak ahead of a forthcoming refresh cycle, which is expected to emerge in early 2014.
The combined consumer and enterprise worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market segments increased 11.5 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13).
