Jul 31, 2013
The global use of solar and wind energy continued to grow significantly in 2012. Solar power consumption increased by 58%, to 93 terrawatt-hours (TWh), and the use of wind power increased by 18%, to 521 TWh. Although hydropower remains the world’s leading...
May 23, 2013
Worldwide semiconductor revenues decreased by 2,2% year-over-year to $295-billion in 2012, according to the latest version of the International Data Corporation (IDC) Semiconductor Application Forecaster (SAF). The industry witnessed a slowdown during the second half...
Apr 26, 2013
The worldwide semiconductor foundry market totalled $34,6-billion in 2012, a 16,2% increase from 2011, according to final results by Gartner. “2012 was the first year that the semiconductor revenue for mobile devices surpassed that of PCs and notebooks,” says...
Apr 8, 2013
Following two consecutive years of substantial growth in merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the global information and communication technology (ICT) sector, 2012 produced a more mixed set of results. According to a new study from International Data...
Mar 19, 2013
Last year was the worst for IT services contract activity since 2002, according to research from Ovum. Performance in the three months to the end of December 2012 fell well below the levels seen in the same period of 2011, ensuring that annual IT services contract...
