Intel Ups Market Share In 3Q, AMD Loses Ground
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — Intel in the third quarter padded its share of the worldwide microprocessor market from a year ago, while rival Advanced Micro Devices saw its share fall, a market research firm said Wednesday. Intel ended the quarter with an 80.4% share of global revenue, up 1.7% from the same period a year ago, iSuppli said. AMD's share on the other hand fell 1.8 percentage points to 12.1% from 13.9% a year ago. When compared to the second quarter, AMD's results improved. The chipmaker on a sequential basis saw an increase of 0.1 of a percentage point. Intel also had a short-term gain ...

iSuppli: T-Mobile G1 worth about 144 bucks in parts
MobileCrunch — ... Whatever - they tear it down, I just report it. Research firm iSuppli has stripped the T-Mobile G1 down to its naughty bits, and has emerged with a number: $144. That’s $35 bucks less than the subsidized 2-year contract price of $179, and $255 less than the full retail price of $399. While that doesn’t take into account R&D, labor, shipping, nor the money T-Mobile makes on a monthly basis from plans/contracts, I’d imagine that the numbers work out in their favor in the long run. ...

Laptop Shipments Exceed Desktops For The First Time
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — Global laptop shipments surpassed desktops in the third quarter, marking the first time mobile PCs have led the market, a research firm said Tuesday. Laptop shipments rose by nearly 40% in the quarter compared to the same period last year to reach 38.6 million units, according to iSuppli . Desktop shipments on the other hand dropped by 1.3% to 38.5 million units. The watershed event was expected, given that laptop shipments have been increasing by double digits for some time, while desktops have been in the low single digits. "However, this marks a major event in the PC ...

More iPhone vs. Storm: Comparing component costs
Between the Lines — ... about an iSuppli report that dove deep into an analysis of component costs for the Blackberry Storm, compared to a similar breakdown of Apple’s iPhone. In the end, the electronics research firm found that the cost of components and manufacturing cost about $203, compared to Apple’s costs of less than $175. [image] The Storm, launched in November, was touted as being RIM and Verizon’s answer to Apple and AT&T, which grabbed headlined and attention with the revolutionary iPhone. Verizon, in its quarterly earnings call with analysts, did not cough up sales data on the Storm, ...

BlackBerry Storm Costs More To Make Than iPhone
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... is more expensive to make than its rivals, according to a breakdown by iSuppli . The company said the BlackBerry Storm costs about $203 to make, compared with the ...

iSuppli: RIM's Storm Costs More to Build Than iPhone
Gearlog — ... The BlackBerry Storm 9530, RIM's first touchscreen smartphone and an obvious nod to the iPhone 3G, carries a combined materials and manufacturing cost of about $203, according to iSuppli's Teardown Analysis Service—$30 more than what it costs Apple to build each iPhone 3G. ...

iSuppli: Smartphone sales could grow 11% in 2009
Brainstorm Tech: Technology blogs, news and analysis from Fortune Magazine » Apple 2.0 — ... There’s good and slightly less good news for Apple (AAPL) in a report issued by iSuppli on Wednesday. Against a backdrop of slowing sales growth in the overall mobile handset market, the El Segundo, Calif.-based research firm sees a bright spot in smartphones. The report offers two scenarios for 2009 and beyond. Its best-case forecast calls for global smartphone unit shipments of 192.3 million units in 2009, up 11.1% from 173.6 million in 2008. Its more pessimistic outlook calls for growth of only 6% this year, or 183.9 ...

Smartphones Shine In Otherwise Dim Handset Market
TechWeb — ... service providers cut fees for data services and offer higher subsidies to reduce consumer smartphone prices, iSuppli said. If none of that happens, then growth is likely to reach only 6%, or 183.9 million units. "Wireless operators and handset brands have to sell consumers on the value of smartphones to encourage customers to upgrade," iSuppli analyst Tina Teng said in a statement. ISuppli's optimistic scenario has smartphones representing 17.4% of total handset shipments this year. If the more pessimistic scenario wins, the smartphones will account for 16.6% of the ...

Smartphones Shine In Otherwise Dim Handset Market
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... service providers cut fees for data services and offer higher subsidies to reduce consumer smartphone prices, iSuppli said. If none of that happens, then growth is likely to reach only 6%, or 183.9 million units. "Wireless operators and handset brands have to sell consumers on the value of smartphones to encourage customers to upgrade," iSuppli analyst Tina Teng said in a statement. ISuppli's optimistic scenario has smartphones representing 17.4% of total handset shipments this year. If the more pessimistic scenario wins, the smartphones will account for 16.6% of the ...

2008 Dismal For Most Top 10 Semiconductor Companies
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... due to the economic downturn, a market research firm said. While Intel remained the market leader in terms of revenue, rival Advanced Micro Devices, which has suffered a string of quarterly losses amounting to billions of dollars, slipped from No. 10 in 2007 to No. 12 last year, iSuppli reported. Eight of the top 10 manufacturers suffered revenue declines, as many of the suppliers focused on the worst performing market segments, including memory, digital signal processors, analog integrated circuits and standard logic, iSuppli said. Of the top 25 chip makers, 60% ...

2008 Dismal For Most Top 10 Semiconductor Companies
TechWeb — ... due to the economic downturn, a market research firm said. While Intel remained the market leader in terms of revenue, rival Advanced Micro Devices, which has suffered a string of quarterly losses amounting to billions of dollars, slipped from No. 10 in 2007 to No. 12 last year, iSuppli reported. Eight of the top 10 manufacturers suffered revenue declines, as many of the suppliers focused on the worst performing market segments, including memory, digital signal processors, analog integrated circuits and standard logic, iSuppli said. Of the top 25 chip makers, 60% ...

China Set To Become Top Automaker
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — China, which last year surpassed the United States to become the second largest auto-making country, is poised this year to topple Japan as the world's top car producer, a market research firm said Thursday. Chine is expected to build 8.7 million autos this year, compared to 7.6 million for Japan, iSuppli said. Last year, China automakers produced 9.3 million cars. That's 600,000 more autos than U.S. manufacturers. Most of Chinese cars are built for its domestic market. "China's rise to the No. 2 position in global car manufacturing in 2008 marks a major milestone in ...

China Set To Become Top Automaker
TechWeb — China, which last year surpassed the United States to become the second largest auto-making country, is poised this year to topple Japan as the world's top car producer, a market research firm said Thursday. Chine is expected to build 8.7 million autos this year, compared to 7.6 million for Japan, iSuppli said. Last year, China automakers produced 9.3 million cars. That's 600,000 more autos than U.S. manufacturers. Most of Chinese cars are built for its domestic market. "China's rise to the No. 2 position in global car manufacturing in 2008 marks a major milestone in ...

Price of internal components of $79.99 iPod Shuffle adds up to $21.77
CrunchGear — The guys and dolls over at iSuppli have taken apart one of those new iPod Shuffles—you know, the one that talks to you—and have estimated the total cost of components to be $21.77; the iPod Shuffle retails for $79. Setting aside the additional costs of the little music player, such as industrial design and programming, that represents only 28 percent of its retail price. The rest, friends, is profit. The B Plot to price’s A Plot is Samsung’s involvement in the player. Samsung chips account for the flash storage and ...

Never mind the Apple Tax how about the Shuffle profit margin
The Inquisitr » Technology — ... Whether or not the idea of there being something like an Apple Tax the fact is that Apple has no qualms at all about making a very nice profit on their hardware. A good example of this is the cost of the new iPod Shuffle in contrast to the profit made on each one. To determine this ratio the good folks over at iSuppli have ...

What A Teardown Is, And Isn't
Byte of the Apple - BusinessWeek — ... product, a teardown can help you get a little closer to an educated guess. As so many have pointed out Apple makes its gross margins public every time it reports quarterly earnings, and the last time Apple did this, that number was 34.7%, and forecast to be 32.5% for the quarter that will be reported on April 22. This gross margin encompasses all of Apple's products, not the margin on each individual product. Companies that do teardown analysis reports like iSuppli and Portelligent do so because there are companies willing to pay for the ...

New iPod shuffle Costs Apple $21.77 in Parts
Mac|Life all RSS Feed — isuppli According to tear-down artists iSuppli , the newest iPod shuffle contains $21.77 worth of technology. While the chances of you picking up the parts at your local Radio Shack and building an iPod shuffle in your spare are slim. A parts breakdown is always a hoot. The combine parts of the iPhone total only 28% of the retail price of the device. Of course the parts cost doesn't take into account the R&D, manufacturing, advertising and being the time it takes for Steve to bless each and every unit with the his RFD powers. For fun we decided to try to build our own shuffle ...

iSuppli: The Kindle 2 Costs $185.49 to Build [Manufacturing]
Gizmodo — ... (Interestingly enough, the main enclosure costs more than the than the RAM or Flash storage.) Keep in mind that this price excludes Amazon's costs for EVDO service, along with the standard R&D;, shipping, yada, yada. [iSuppli] ...

Amazon's $359 Kindle 2 Costs $185.49 to Build
Today @ PC World — ... costs only $185.49 to build, $173.51 less than its retail price, according to an iSuppli Teardown report (see below). When the conversion costs -- manufacturing expenses and the battery -- are stripped away, the price inflation weighs in at more than 50 percent. So what's making the Kindle 2 so pricey? [image] E Ink The Kindle's E Ink display gobbles up 41.5 percent ($60) of the materials cost, as it's the most advanced technology included in the device and also the centerpiece of the reader. Funny, given that ...

Report: Kindle 2 costs $185.49 to build
Crave: The gadget blog — If you've been curious to know what it costs to make the Kindle 2, iSuppli has dismantled Amazon's digital reader, taken stock of all its components, and come up with an estimated price tag of $185.49--or roughly half the Kindle 2's retail price of $360. That figure doesn't include the fee Amazon pays Sprint for the Kindle's 2 built-in "free" wireless service or any marketing costs, which can be substantial. So the true "actual" cost is probably significantly higher, though Amazon obviously preserves some of its margin by selling direct to consumers. If I had to guess, I'd ...

Palm Pre Bill of Material: $138
Ubergizmo — ... It is always fun to guess how much manufacturers pay to build handsets and iSupply is the best guess in town. The site put the material cost (cost of the components) for the Palm Pre at $138 and one would have to add assembling, packaging, marketing and obviously design to the overall cost of the product. The display is expected to have the highest cost, at $39.51 the processor costs $11 and the memory $15.96. Remember, this is a "best guess". ...

Internet Video Platform To Grow Over 400% In 4 Years
Podcasting News — ... In a report published this week, electronics industry analysts iSuppli predict that worldwide shipments of devices that support Internet video consumption ...

Where does the iPhone 3G S get its speed?
iPhone Atlas — ... and iSuppli actually disassemble the iPhone 3G S. "Until we actually decap those chips, we won't know exactly which chip it is," according to Francis Sideco, senior analyst for wireless communications at iSuppli. ...

PC shipments suffer 23 percent slump
TG Daily - All News — ... watcher iSuppli says PC shipments have fallen by the most it has seen in seven years of keeping tabs on the industry. Q1 2009 worldwide PC shipments totalled 66.5 million units, 8.1 percent down on the 72.3 million units sold during the same period in 2008, and a 14.4 percent drop from 77.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2008. "The worldwide recession sparked by the credit crisis slammed PC shipments for the second quarter in succession during the first three months of 2009," says iSuppli principal analyst Matthew Wilkins. "The first-quarter performance of the worldwide PC ...

iSuppli: The iPhone 3GS Costs $178.96 To Build; $4 More Than Previous Model [Iphone 3gs]
Gizmodo — ... Co. Ltd. Samsung also maintained its position as iPhone's applications processor supplier. Priced at $14.46, the applications processor is the fourth most costly component in the iPhone 3G S after the NAND flash, the display module and the touch-screen assembly. The applications processor plays a key role in the 3G S's faster performance. In the 3G, the processor used an ARM RISC microprocessor with 400MHz clock speed; the 3G S employs a 600MHz version. [iSuppli] ...

iPhone 3GS Costs $179 To Build (iSuppli)
Ubergizmo — ... iSupply has done an analysis of the iPhone 3GS and estimates that the bill of material and the assembly cost about $179 (iPhone 3GS 16GB). That doesn't take into account other things like marketing, shipping and R&D. ...

Apple 'makes $420 on each iPhone sold'
TG Daily - All News — El Segundo (CA) - Industry watcher iSuppli says that the new iPhone 3GS costs Apple just $178.96 to build. The 16GB iPhone 3GS only costs the company three percent more to make than last year's model, with a bill of materials totalling $172.46 plus $6.50 in manufacturing costs, says the company. Apple's US carrier, AT&T, sells the 16GB iPhone 3GS at a subsidized $199, but industry watchers reckon that AT&T and other carriers cough up around $600 per phone. In the UK, Apple's carrier of choice, O2, sells a pay as you go 16GB iPhone 3GS for a whopping $719.85. "The actual price ...

Consumer electronics sales rebound in second quarter
VentureBeat — ... In a sign of economic life, global consumer electronics sales rose 4.2 percent to $71.1 billion, compared to $68.3 billion in the first quarter, according to market researcher iSuppli. Sales for the second quarter were down 11.3 percent from a year ago. ...

Consumer Electronics Sales Recover From Nightmare Q1
Silicon Alley Insider — iphone line Global consumer electronics sales were up 4.2% last quarter over the first, market researcher iSuppli reports. Year-over-year sales were down 11%, but Q2 sales were to $71.1 billion from $68.3 billion in Q1. Sales dropped 25.8% between Q109 and Q408. Part of that plummet had to do with the usual shopping recess after the holidays. ...

PC shipments fall for first time in years
TG Daily - All News — El Segundo, CA - For the first time since the dotcom bust of 2001, PC shipments are falling this year, due to a combination of declining IT spending and plunging sales of desktop computers. According to iSuppli , global PC shipments are expected to decline to 287.3 million units in 2009, down four percent from 299.2 million in 2008. iSuppli previously forecasted 0.7 percent growth in PC shipments for the year. “An annual decline in unit shipments is highly unusual in the PC market,” observed Matthew Wilkins, principal analyst, compute platforms, for iSuppli. “Even in weak ...

Computer sales will be down in 2010
HardMac.com — ... According to the last analysis of iSuppli, world sales of computers should drop in 2009, a first since 2001 and the collapse of bubble Internet. Without surprises, and according to the tendency evident over several years, the desktop machines should take heaviest cut by losing 18,1% their sales. Servers will not be celebrating either with a reduction of 9,5%. However, the sector of the portables, already the largest, should see their sales increasing by 11,5%. Another study finds that the sales of ultra portables cannibalise those of the ...