The explosion of touch-enabled screens used in smartphones, tablets and other consumer devices -- along with improvements in touch technology -- are increasing demand for touch-screen automotive displays used for navigation, entertainment and online services, climate control, energy efficiency tracking, and other activities.
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 68.5 million units in the first quarter of 2015 (1Q15), a year-on-year decline of -6.7%, and slightly ahead of previous projections, according to research firm IDC.
Worldwide IT spending is set to shrink to $3.66 trillion in 2015, a 1.3-percent decrease from 2014, according to the latest forecast by analyst firm Gartner. Gartner said that the rising dollar is chiefly responsible for the slowdown.
Tablets are set to overtake notebook PCs as the largest mobile computing category (includes tablets, MS Windows laptops, Chromebooks, and Ultraportable PCs), new data from market intelligence firm ABI Research showed.
Worldwide PC monitor shipments totaled 34 million units in the fourth quarter of 2014 (4Q14), a year-over-year decline of -4.4 percent yet 1.3 percent more than forecast, according to research firm IDC.
Technology market research firm Infonetics Research has reported that global sales of enterprise routers, which provide connectivity between networks and to the internet, are down 3 percent for the full-year 2014, following a 6 percent increase the year prior.
Combined shipments of devices (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) in the Asia Pacific region are forecast to total 1.2 billion units in 2015, an increase of 3.2 percent over 2014, according to analyst firm Gartner.
Continued investments to accommodate the increasing demands applications place on network infrastructure drove global Ethernet switch sales to $21.7 billion in 2014, up 5 percent from 2013, according to market research firm Infonetics Research
