1) PC Shipments from Gartner:
93.5 million units in the fourth quarter of 2010, a 3.1 percent increase from the fourth quarter of 2009
For the whole of 2010 PC shipments totaled 350.9 million units. Up 13.8% from 2009.
Top players HP was followed by Acer, Dell, Lenovo and Toshiba in order, respectively.
PC sales in EMEA totaled 32.0 million units, a 6.2 per cent increase from the fourth quarter of 2009. PC shipments reached 110.5 million units in 2010, up 13.3 per cent from 2009. (NA makes up 2/3 of PC sales)
http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4212179/Global-PC-shipments-climbed-3-1--in-4Q10
2) Tablet sales.
Global tablet shipments are expected to more than triple in 2011, rising to 57.6 million units, according to the firm's latest forecast. Apple is expected to retain market dominance with 70.4 market share this year and 61.7 percent in 2012. (15% of market)
http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4212178/Tablet-flood-to-disrupt-display-market-
The HDD market, already reeling from more than 17 million media tablets sold in 2010, (As people switch to tablets with SSD, makers of HDD will be impacted. Does segate have SDD offering?)
3) LONDON – GlobalFoundries Inc., along with EDA and IP partners, has announced the availability of a proven digital design flow for its 28-nm CMOS manufacturing process.
http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4212171/GlobalFoundries-opens-for-28-nm-business
4) Hybrid drives learn what files you commonly access and then cache those files for faster loading.
http://www.infoworld.com/d/storage/seagate-xt-hybrid-drive?page=0,1
5) Samsung and Seagate are partnering to develop SSDs.
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100812005329&newsLang=en
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