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FRAMINGHAM, MA – First-quarter worldwide PC microprocessor shipments were up 7.4% year-over-year and 1.6% sequentially, says IDC.
IDC expects full-year 2011 shipments to rise 10.3% compared to 2010. 2011 revenue is expected to grow 17.6% to nearly $43 billion.
In the first quarter, Intel had 80.8% unit market share, while AMD had 18.9%, both flat sequentially.
Demand for the second half of 2011 looks good, the firm says. Japan’s “earthquake and tsunami had minor effects on the PC supply chain," said IDC’s Shane Rau. "However, the real near-to-mid term concern there is the effect on Japanese demand for PCs and so microprocessors."
By 2015, IDC expects that more than 13% of PC processors will be based on ARM architecture.
VELLINGE, SWEDEN -- Electronics manufacturing services firm PartnerTech reported a first-quarter net loss of SEK 4.3 million ($700,000), up 16% from a year ago.
REDMOND, WA – Data I/O has purchased $3 million worth of source code, patents and other IP to strengthen its technology base and expand its software offerings.
The maker of IC and memory chip programmers said the new technology would be incorporated into products currently under development and would be the basis for new software offerings in “adjacent market spaces.”
“This will be a foundational element for creating growth,” said Fred Hume, president and CEO. “This software complements our hardware offerings and enhances the entire Data I/O product portfolio.”
Data I/O will pay about $2 million in cash and issue $1 million in company common stock for the software, and pay royalties of 4% of directly associated revenues for five years. The company has hired two workers to assist in transferring and implementing the technology. Data I/O did not disclose the source of the software.
