SAN FRANCISCO -- Semiconductor equipment sales will fall 52% to $14.14 billion this year, according to SEMI's latest capital equipment forecast.
HELSINKI -- Nokia will build all its products in house at least through year-end, Reuters reported, quoting the company's chief financial officer.
NEW YORK -- A Morgan Stanley analyst cuts her forecast for PC sales and shipments for 2009 and 2010, citing weak demand and price-undercutting by low-cost netbooks.
In a research note today, Kathryn Huberty forecast global PC revenues would drop 24% this year, more than double her earlier estimate of a 10% drop. Shipments will fall 11%, she wrote, and ASPs will drop 15%.
She also revised her 2010 forecast to a 3% revenue drop, from flat, despite 2% shipment growth.
Netbooks, Huberty says, are cannibalizing traditional notebook sales, taking a 20% share (22 million units) in 2009. Netbook production will rise 41% to 31 million units in 2010, she said. Netbooks are typically priced at no more than half the cost of a traditional notebook.
ARLINGTON, VA -- The consumer electronics market will see overall shipment revenues decline 7.7% in 2009, according to new data from the Consumer Electronics Association.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Analysts remain cautious on near-term IT demand, with one leading firm forecasting soft organic growth in the current quarter.