Tables 1 and 2 display ranking of the top 5 PC makers. Hewlett-Packard retained its No. 1 ranking in the fourth quarter of 2009, with shipments of 17.2 million and a market share of 19.4%. The top 5 include ...

Spending aimed at technologies to support competitive positioning, rather than capacity expansion. Semiconductor suppliers raising prices to meeting profits goals. Most categories will decline 2% sequentially first half 2010.

Q1 sales to wireless communications market will be up 53% from same period 2009. Memory will be strongest segment during Q1. Global semiconductor revenue will rise 21.5% to $279.7 billion versus 2009 sales.

Majority of floor space is still reserved for circuit board assembling. Equipment manufacturers unable differentiate themselves. Attending EMS providers declining over the years.

38.8 days average inventory. EMS inventory value up 6%, inventory days down 2. Value of semiconductor inventory up 6.6%. Component distributors inventory value up 8%.

Appliance market in emerging economies driven by households. Consumers favor flat panel displays. OEM LCD-TV largest dollar increase of any consumer electronics segment.  Digitial infrastructure drives Asian market.

Manufacturing run rates will drive total factory utilization to 87%. Global spending on semiconductor manufacturing equipment is expected to rise by 46.8%. Largest year-over-year increase in capital spending will be for memory products.

Looking at LCD flat screen TV brands most likely to be purchased, consumers like Sharp and Sony (both 10%) most, followed by Samsung (8%), among the LCD TV brands. PC brands most likely to be purchased, consumers prefer Lenovo (20%), followed by HP (11%), unbranded computers (9%) and…Dell (7%).

Things look rosy for Korea and Taiwan. Unfortunately, the Japanese market may not be in full bloom for a while. The Japanese electronics industry does not have any promising ...

The reduced floor size reserved by the show was enough to accommodate the crowd that filled the aisles and open areas. This created the illusion the show seemed just as busy as previous years due to the downsized area and ...