Gartner Says Semiconductor Equipment Spending on Pace to Grow 122 Per Cent in 2010

Gartner Says Semiconductor Equipment Spending on Pace to Grow 122 Per Cent in 2010

.2010 – Worldwide semiconductor capital equipment spending is projected to approach $36.9 billion in 2010, a 122.1 per cent increase from 2009 spending of $16.6 billion, according to Gartner, Inc. In 2011, semiconductor capital equipment spending will grow 4.9 per cent.
"The strong semiconductor growth in 2010 has driven semiconductor capital growth to alltime highs," said Klaus Rinnen, managing vice president at Gartner. "Capital expenditure (capex) is above 95 per cent d

Gartner Says Worldwide External Controller-Based Disk Storage Market Revenue Grew 21.4 Per Cent in Second Quarter of 2010

Gartner Says Worldwide External Controller-Based Disk Storage Market Revenue Grew 21.4 Per Cent in Second Quarter of 2010

The Worldwide external controller-based (ECB) disk storage market experienced robust recovery in the second quarter of 2010 as revenue totalled $4.6 billion, up 21.4 per cent from $3.8 billion in the second quarter of 2009, according to Gartner, Inc.
Renewed product refresh initiatives, expanded deployment of server virtualisation infrastructures, the emergence of desktop virtualisation infrastructures, backup/recovery/archiving modernisation, and new file-based applications drove growt

Gartner Says Android to Become No. 2 Worldwide Mobile Operating System in 2010 and Challenge Symbian for No. 1 Position by 2014

Gartner Says Android to Become No. 2 Worldwide Mobile Operating System in 2010 and Challenge Symbian for No. 1 Position by 2014

.2010 – The worldwide mobile operating system (OS) market will be dominated by Symbian and Android, as the two OSs will account for 59.8 per cent of mobile OS sales by 2014, according to Gartner, Inc.
Symbian will remain at the top of Gartner-s worldwide OS ranking due to Nokia-s volume and the push into more mass market price points. However, by the end of the forecast period, the No. 1 spot will be contested with Android, which will be at a very similar share level.
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