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	 							<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Research Catalog: Semiconductor Industry Worldwide]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This Dataquest Research Catalog contains information on Gartner Dataquest research for clients of the Semiconductor Industry Worldwide product. Recently published research documents are listed as well as plans for upcoming research deliverables. ]]></description>
		
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  					<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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	 							<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Research Catalog: Memory Market Segment Worldwide]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This Market Segment Research page contains information on Gartner Dataquest research for clients of the Memory Market Segment Worldwide. Recently published research is listed as well as previews of research plans ]]></description>
		
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  					<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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	 							<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Research Catalog: System-on-Chip Market Segment Worldwide]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This Market Segment Research page contains information on Gartner Dataquest research for clients of the System-on-Chip Market Segment. Recently published research is listed as well as previews of research plans. ]]></description>
		
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  					<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Semiconductor DQ Monday Report, Issue 44]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Articles: MediaTek Reconfirms It Will Ship Over 300 Million Handset Chipsets in 2009; Samsung Develops Paper-Thin Chip Stack; Freescale Introduces Universal Interface IC for Portables; Samsung Combines R&D Centers; Competitive Landscape for Semiconductor Wafer Fab Equipment Suppliers; Atheros Announces Two Wi-Fi Products Aimed at Mobile Applications; DRAM Spot Market Pricing; and NAND Flash Spot Market Pricing. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Semiconductor Alliances, Worldwide, 2Q09]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This report lists alliances between companies in the electronics industry that were made public during 2Q09. We categorize them by transaction type, region, country, application segment, semiconductor device type, and product and service type. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Back-End Manufacturing Capacity Continues Its Shift to Asia/Pacific]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Since the second quarter of 2009 update, one new planned facility was announced, no facility began production, and 18 planned facilities are to begin production between 2009 and 2010. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Semiconductor Profitability Marred by Continuing Losses in Memory Sector]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The semiconductor industry will return to profitability in 2010 as the recovery from the current downturn begins. However, the effects of the downturn will have a long-lasting effect on companies in some segments, such as memory. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Trends: Technology Licensing, Worldwide, 2008]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The current recession is fueling the need to reduce R&D costs and time-to-market in the chip industry. As a result, semiconductor vendors will increasingly license-in and license-out technology rights in 2009 and beyond. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Semiconductor Capital Spending, Worldwide, 2Q09 Update]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The 2009 semiconductor capital spending will drop 45% to $24.3 billion, down from $44.0 billion in 2008. Growth will return in 2010, with spending up 21%, followed by increases of 35% in 2011 and 20% in 2012. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Semiconductor Inventory Outlook, 2Q09 Update]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Dataquest Semiconductor Inventory Index dropped from 1.54 in the fourth quarter of 2008 to 1.31 in the first quarter of 2009, even as demand continued to shrink. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Mobile Handset Production Outsourcing to EMS Companies and ODMs in Asia/Pacific Continues to Grow in 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Despite the slow market, outsourcing production of mobile handsets to electronics manufacturing service companies and original design manufacturers in Asia/Pacific grew 9.5% in 2008. In 2009, more than 40% of the production of worldwide handsets will be outsourced to them. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Trends: ASIC Design Starts, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The financial crisis is causing application-specific integrated circuit customers to push out, and in some cases cancel, designs. ASIC design starts fell 9.5% in 2008, and we expect a 22% drop in 2009. Field-programmable gate arrays are replacing ASICs and now have a 30 to 1 edge in design starts. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Investment Trends of Semiconductor and Electronics Companies During Economic Turmoil]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Industry recessions present opportunities to inorganically grow business by acquiring either a competitor or a more-synergistic partner. Gartner's analysis of alliances and partnerships illuminates various trends that companies take during different business cycles. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Global Semiconductor Design IP Revenue Declined in 2008]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The global market for semiconductor design intellectual property recorded the first revenue decline in eight years in 2008. Despite strong royalty revenue growth, a sharp decline in licensing revenues saw the overall revenues decline marginally by 0.6%. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast: Flash Cards, Worldwide, 2003-2013]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Shipments of flash cards are expected to slip slightly to about 848 million units in 2009 with revenue slightly down to stand at $7.8 billion. The microSD format maintains its dominance due to its use in mobile phones which will drive total card shipments over 1 billion by 2012. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast: USB Flash Drives, Worldwide, 2003-2013]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Shipments of Universal Serial Bus flash drives are projected to drop by 7% in 2009, reaching 222 million units, while sales will decline by 11% to stand at nearly $2.58 billion. The USB drive market is a commodity market, so profitability will be challenging as shipment growth moderates throughout the forecast. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast: IC Packaging Units, Worldwide, 2008-2013, 4Q09 Update]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The package unit growth of integrated circuits has improved since the first quarter of the year. We now forecast a 10.2% decline for 2009, with a compound annual growth rate of 6.7% per year between 2008 and 2013. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Downturn in IT Spending Stabilizes and Outlook Improves in 3Q09 Forecast Update]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ In this 3Q09 forecast update, we have halted a year's worth of downward revisions to the IT spending growth outlook for 2009 and 2010. This reflects both supply and demand indications that economic and business conditions are improving because a measure of stability has returned to the market. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast Analysis: Semiconductor Wafer Fab Equipment, Worldwide, 3Q09 Update]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The improving macroeconomic picture is driving a sharp rebound in semiconductor equipment sales. Third-quarter growth is expected to be 43% higher than the second quarter of 2009. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast: Power Management ICs, Worldwide, 2008-2013]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Revenue from power management integrated circuits totaled $8.5 billion in 2008 and, despite the recession of 2009, will hit $9.5 billion in 2013. Non-isolated DC-DC converters, which are used as point-of-load supplies in computers and communications switching stations, will show the fastest growth. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast: Semiconductor Capacity, Worldwide, 4Q09 Update]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Despite a year-over-year drop of 4.1% in worldwide capacity in 2009, the semiconductor market will rebound in 2010, with a 6.4% year-over-year capacity increase. The entire increase will come from 300-millimeter capacity expansions, mostly in Japan and the Asia/Pacific region. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast: Major Household Appliances Production, Worldwide, 2008-2013]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The total unit production volume of major household appliances will grow at a compound annual rate of 4.2% between 2008 and 2013, while the total available market for semiconductors in these appliances will grow at compound annual rate of 2.5% to reach nearly $2 billion in 2013. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Semiconductor Forecast Assumptions, Worldwide, 2003-2012, 3Q09 Update]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ PCs and LCD TVs had better-than-expected growth versus the previous quarter's forecast. The 2009 forecast has been adjusted from a 22.4% decline to a 17% decline. Cautious optimism regarding consumer demand continues. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast Analysis: Semiconductor Revenue, Worldwide, 2008-2013 (3Q09 Update)]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner's latest forecast predicts a 17% drop in chip revenue in 2009 after better-than-expected consumer demand during 2Q09. Here, we provide investors and semiconductor businesses with analysis of the latest forecast. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast: ASIC/ASSP, FPGA/PLD and SLI/SoC Applications, Worldwide, 2005-2013 (3Q09 Update)]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Total revenue from application-specific integrated circuits and application-specific standard products will decline by 17.9% in 2009, to $75.7 billion. This figure will reach $102.8 billion in 2013. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast: NAND Flash Supply and Demand, Worldwide, 1Q08-4Q10 (3Q09 Update)]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Supply constraints and better than very low expectations on the demand side have driven a benign environment for NAND flash vendors. Solid-state drives will play an important role in driving demand growth, but an industry recovery is not expected until later in 2010 and 2011. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Share: DRAM Vendors by Revenue, Worldwide, 2Q09]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ DRAM market revenue grew in 2Q09 for the first time since the second half of 2007, with the strongest quarterly growth in almost six years. Revenue reached $4.5 billion, up 26.8% over the previous quarter, though down 34.6% compared with the equivalent period in 2008. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Semiconductor Industry Asia/Pacific: Forecast Database]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Semiconductor consumption in electronic equipment and unit shipments for Gartner Dataquest's Asia/Pacific region with country level splits. China, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, and Taiwan countries within Asia/Pacific semiconductor consumption per country with a five-year history to present quarter.  This is available as a download file only. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Semiconductor Forecast Worldwide: Forecast Database]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Semiconductor Forecast Worldwide database provides semiconductor market size and five year forecast for the four regions: Americas, EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa), Asia Pacific and Japan by vendor revenue; electronic application production units, ASPs and factory revenue, device dollar content per application in dollars and I/O ratios. Data are segmented by application and device category. This database is updated quarterly. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Share: Processor, Chipset and GPU Shipments, Worldwide, 2Q09]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Intel and Nvidia have regained market share that had been lost to AMD in microprocessors and desktop graphics processing units, respectively. However, AMD enjoyed a second consecutive quarter of record strength in desktop PC processors and mobile PC GPUs. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: EMS and ODM Total Electronics Production, Worldwide, 2008-2013]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ In 2013, electronic production for outsourcing to electronics manufacturing service and original design manufacturers (contracted manufacturers) will reach $482 billion. Associated semiconductor consumption value will be $107 billion. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Nonvolatile Memory IP Market, Worldwide, 2008-2013]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The semiconductor intellectual property market for nonvolatile memory is headed for a period of slow growth. Gartner estimates the market will grow at a compound annual rate of 2.8% to reach $26 million by 2013. ]]></description>
		
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Statistics: Commodity Memory Fab Capacity Status, Worldwide, 2Q09]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This document covers worldwide commodity memory fab capacity, broken down by the top 15 suppliers. It also provides current line width status and planned maximum capacity wafers per month. The hyperlink in the fab name will display the fab's location in Google Maps. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Telebriefing: Semiconductor Capital Equipment Market, 2Q09 Update]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Semiconductor manufacturing equipment will decline 45.8% in 2009, followed by a 29% growth in 2010. Recent projections indicate that the industry has reached the bottom of the recession and that growth on a quarterly level will return in the second half of 2009. ]]></description>
		
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: The Unintended Consequences of Going Green]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The semiconductor industry continues to try to balance becoming more environmentally "green" while continuing to provide greater value. The change does not come without pain or increased costs. ]]></description>
		
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Semiconductor Packaging, Assembly and Test Facilities, Worldwide, 4Q09]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ During the third quarter of 2009, two facilities began production, including one IDM in the Philippines and one SATS provider in Morocco. One new planned SATS facility was announced in China. Of the 17 planned facilities, 14 will be in the Asia/Pacific region, including six in China. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: How to Sell Semiconductors to Toshiba, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ One of the leading electronic equipment manufacturers, Toshiba, offers huge business opportunities to semiconductor device vendors. Toshiba chose $5.9 billion of semiconductor devices for its equipment design in 2008. ]]></description>
		
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   			<title><![CDATA[ 'Smartbooks' Dominate ARM Techcon3 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The annual ARM developer conference, ARM Techcon3, was held at the Santa Clara convention center from 21 to 23 October 2009. Cloud computing and smartbooks were key topics of discussions. ]]></description>
		
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   			<title><![CDATA[ SWOT: Maxim Integrated Products, Worldwide, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ A SWOT analysis explores the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of a specific vendor in specific geographies, by Gartner's market segment definitions. This analysis covers Maxim Integrated Products, the world's fourth largest supplier of analog integrated circuits by revenue in 2008. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Government Policy Plays a Big Role in U.S. Solar Market]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Photovoltaic vendors targeting the U.S. solar market must develop strategies to effectively operate within a complex and dynamic set of federal, state and local incentives and regulations. ]]></description>
		
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: The Impact of Windows 7 on the DRAM Market]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This document discusses the impact of Microsoft's new operating system -- Windows 7 -- on the DRAM market. It provides an important insight for semiconductor vendors, investors and others who are interested in the effect that the new operating system will have on the DRAM market. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Signs of Improvement for End-User Electronics Recovery]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The electronics industry started to hit bottom during the first eight months of 2009, but sustained growth is still several months away. Here we focus on electronic equipment markets and forecast the sequence of recovery for each category. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Growth in Solar Energy Presents Opportunities for Semiconductor Vendors]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Growing demand for photovoltaic solar energy systems will create opportunities for semiconductor devices in inverters and other balance-of-system components. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: California Highlights the Challenges and Opportunities of the U.S. Solar Market]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Despite its recent slowdown, the Californian photovoltaic market presents PV vendors with many opportunities and challenges. We discuss the strategies and policies vendors can use when preparing for the recovery of this market, forecast in 2010. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Competitive Landscape: Semiconductor Wafer Fab Equipment Suppliers]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The wafer fab equipment market will continue to be dominated by a limited number of top suppliers that will compete fiercely for growth opportunities at the expense of smaller companies.  ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Teardown and Cost Analysis of Amazon's Kindle DX E-Book Reader]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This research provides our teardown analysis of Amazon's latest e-book reader. Manufacturers of e-book readers, semiconductor suppliers and investors can learn about the components used in the Kindle DX, how they operate and what they cost. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Competitive Landscape: Semiconductor Assembly and Test Services, Worldwide, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The SATS market's competitive landscape is changing, even as the economic recovery begins. Successful companies must offer ever-expanding packaging and test services, target high-margin services, and court integrated device manufacturers as adoption of the outsourced packaging/test model expands. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Competitive Landscape: Chip Design Outsourcing Services]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The recession has altered the chip design services market landscape drastically. During the next five years, chip design outsourcing services will come under close scrutiny as chip vendors sharpen their focus on design productivity issues. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ SWOT: SunPower, Worldwide]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ SunPower is a leading supplier of photovoltaic solar cells and modules, as well as a leading provider of engineering, procurement, construction and financing services for the solar industry. We analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for SunPower. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Touch Technology; Will Windows 7 Do for PCs What the iPhone Did for Mobiles?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Windows 7-based PCs hit stores in October, allowing PC manufacturers to further explore the consumer demand for touch-related applications. Gartner expects Windows 7 to aid touchscreen PC adoption, but there is no guarantee that it can match Apple's success in the mobile market. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ DRAM Manufacturing Cost Calculator, 2009-2010]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This document provides a model for estimating the cost of manufacturing DRAM chips in 300-mm fabs. It will help DRAM vendors and investors understand DRAM costs for specific technologies, and even the cost structure of competitors. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ SWOT: STMicroelectronics, Worldwide, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This report explores the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for STMicroelectronics, the world's fifth-largest semiconductor company by revenue in 2008. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Vendor Survey Analysis: Recession Puts Brakes on Chip Design Outsourcing]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner's survey of 40 vendors offering semiconductor chip design services shows that the number of outsourced projects continued to grow during 2008, albeit at a much slower pace compared to the previous year. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: How to Allocate Sales Resources to Sell Semiconductors, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The appropriate allocation of commercial and technical sales resources is one of the most important strategic factors for semiconductor device vendors. Vendors must understand who in the purchasing company decides which semiconductor devices to use. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Competitive Landscape: CCD and CMOS Image Sensor Market, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Despite the downturn, the image sensor market declined by just 0.3% in 2008. We examine why vendors should consider complementary metal-oxide semiconductor image sensors and create applications for the automotive and industrial markets. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Hype Cycle for Semiconductors, 2008]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ We chart the progress of technologies such as transistors, logic devices, process technologies, architectures and design techniques. Eventually, nanotechnologies based on semiconducting molecules and DNA structures may transform this industry. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Guide: Methodology and Definitions for Semiconductor Devices and Applications, 2008]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This document outlines our research methodology for compiling statistics on the worldwide semiconductor market, and our approach to market share and forecast analysis. We also define semiconductor devices and applications. ]]></description>
		
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Downturn in IT Spending Stabilizes and Outlook Improves in 3Q09 Forecast Update]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ In this 3Q09 forecast update, we have halted a year's worth of downward revisions to the IT spending growth outlook for 2009 and 2010. This reflects both supply and demand indications that economic and business conditions are improving because a measure of stability has returned to the market. ]]></description>
		
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