LONG BEACH, CA – A shipment from China of close to 13,000 counterfeit routers and Ethernet switches was seized at the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex Friday.
Agents confiscated 5,475 wireless routers and 7,472 Ethernet switches, according to published reports, citing U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The products had logos indistinguishable from those made by Apple and Microsoft, the reports said.
Officials estimated the value of the shipment at more than $650,000, with a retail price topping $850,000.
No arrests have been made.
SMYRNA, GA – The third annual Virtual PCB, the industry’s only virtual trade show and conference for the PCB design, fabrication and assembly markets, will take place March 2 - 3.
AUSTIN – The total e-paper display market will grow to 1.8 billion units and $9.6 billion in revenues by 2018, a CAGR of 41% for revenues and 64% for units, says DisplaySearch.
E-book displays currently account for the majority of e-paper revenues. Nearly all e-book devices currently in the market use E Ink’s electrophoretic display technology, with a small number – such as Fujitsu’s FLEPia – using cholesteric LCD technology. Other electrophoretic display suppliers, SiPix and Bridgestone, will also commercialize e-book displays, according to the research firm.
The number of e-book/e-textbook models went from one model in 2003-2004 to three in 2006, to about five in 2007. In 2009, the number of models jumped to about 20. The e-paper display market for e-books and e-textbooks (5" to 10") is forecast to grow from about 1 million units in 2008 to 77 million units in 2018.
Color e-book displays recently entered the market with Fujitsu’s 8" FLEPia e-book. Because of the high price and technical challenges, DisplaySearch forecasts color e-books will not reach high volumes before 2011.
Electrophoretic was the leading technology in 2008, and DisplaySearch forecasts the technology will continue to lead the e-paper display market growth for this forecast period, and reach $5.8 billion by 2018.
Bi-stable LCD was the second largest e-paper display technology by revenues in 2008, and is forecast to reach $2.5 billion by 2018.
MEMS display technology will expand from small-size mobile phone displays to color and medium-size e-book displays over the next few years.
Electrochromic displays are targeting low-cost, high-volume smart label and card display applications. DisplaySearch forecasts electrochromic will become the leading technology in terms of unit volume for e-paper displays by 2013.