Japanese consumer electronics company Toshiba says it has applied for membership of the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) and plans to introduce products that support the Blu-ray format.
Worldwide microprocessor shipments in Q2 2009 rose notably, according to new data from analyst IDC.
USB is the most popular and most used interface among users of home and business PCs, while Bluetooth is proving highly popular in mobile phones, claims analyst In-Stat.
Global PC shipments again came in slightly ahead of expectations in the second quarter (Q209), lessening fears over the extent of the PC market slump.
Rambus, a technology licensing companies specialising in high-speed memory architectures, has demonstrated its XDR memory system running at data rates up to 7.2 Gbps.
Although the global recession will prompt a slight decline in USB-enabled device shipments this year, next-generation “SuperSpeed” technology will fuel the market over the next few years, reports analysts In-Stat.
Despite the growth of the small-to-medium enterprise (SME) notebook market overall, brand loyalty among SMEs continues to wane, especially among small businesses.
A USB Implementers Forum in Tokyo has marked the first public SuperSpeed USB interoperability demonstration using PC hosts and storage devices from multiple companies.
NEC Electronics has introduced what it claims is the world’s first Universal Serial Bus (USB) host controller for the new SuperSpeed USB 3.0 standard.
Worldwide PC shipments (including desktop and portable PCs, but excluding x86 Servers) were down 7.1 percent year over year in the first quarter of 2009 (Q109) – slightly better than a projected decline of 8.2 percent – according to analyst IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker.