Even industry darling Apple has slashed its flash order forecast for iPods. The market research firm believes that 2008 is shaping up to become a poor year for NAND flash manufacturers. The industry sales growth forecast for 2008 has been reduced from a previously...

Intel Lowers Q1 Gross Margin Forecast. intel nand flash. Intel lowered its first-quarter gross margin forecast to 54%, plus or minus a point, as compared to the previous forecast of 56%, plus or minus a couple of points, due to lower than expected prices for...

iSuppli Cuts 2008 Flash Memory Growth Forecast By Two-thirds. flash memory prices. Amid signs that major buyers are slashing their expected order growth for NAND flash in 2008, iSuppli has cut its forecast for growth in global revenues for the memory this year...

Cutthroat DRAM Market Prompts Semiconductor Industry To Lower Revenue Forecast. dram ddr memory. It is a great time for PC vendors and consumers to buy DRAM, as competition this segment remains strong and prices show little signs of recovery (according to DRAMExchange,...

with U..   Quarterly profits at leaped 26 percent and blew past analysts’ forecasts Wednesday, with U.S. operations showing surprising strength given the faltering economy. The technology company also increased its earnings forecast for the year. In the...

sales forecast, the latest version of the Portable PlayStation still has technical issues. Even though Sony expects to beat the PSP’s sales forecast, the latest version of the Portable PlayStation still has technical issues According to Sony, the company...

Dell Recaptures Number Two Spot In Q1 08 Notebook Market, Says DisplaySearch. Dell Q12008 notebook. DisplaySearch has revealed its quarterly notebook PC shipment and forecast report which stated that 31 million units were shipped in the first quarter of 2008,...

Global LED Street Lamp Market Estimate Down 49%. LED. LED industry players have revised estimates for the 2008 global LED street lamp market to 460,000 units, down 49% from an original forecast of 910,000 units due to high pricing and unclear regulations.....

in those countries. If it comes to fruition, the roll out of Hulu around the world could spell even bigger trouble for YouTube than previously reported. In a recent article in the Financial Times, Arash Amel, analyst at Screen Digest, forecast that in 2008...

not be providing a revenue forecast for the current quarter because of economic uncertainty. According to CNet, it "internal" forecast for the first quarter is about $7 billion. With worldwide PC sales seeing a drop for the first time since 2001, the recession...