Global Shipments of Wearables Devices Saw Modest Growth in 2023 with Improved Demand Expected in 2024 and Beyond, According to IDC

NEEDHAM, Mass.– New data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker shows that the wearable devices market declined 0.9% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2023 (4Q23). Despite improved economic conditions, mature markets such as United States, Western Europe, and Japan recorded declines in 4Q23 due to muted demand, tough comparisons […]

NVIDIA Blackwell Platform Arrives to Power a New Era of Computing

NVIDIA announced that the NVIDIA Blackwell platform has arrived — enabling organizations everywhere to build and run real-time generative AI on trillion-parameter large language models at up to 25x less cost and energy consumption than its predecessor. The Blackwell GPU architecture features six transformative technologies for accelerated computing, which will help unlock breakthroughs in data processing, engineering […]

300 MM Fab Equipment Spending Forecast to Reach Record $137 Billion in 2027, SEMI Reports

Global 300mm fab equipment spending for front-end facilities is forecast to reach a record US$137 billion in 2027 after topping US$100 billion for the first time by 2025 on the strength of the memory market recovery and strong demand for high-performance computing and automotive applications, SEMI highlighted today in its quarterly 300mm Fab Outlook Report to […]