subject: Gartner Issued A Warning Semiconductor Industry Inventories Are Too High [print this page] Gartner issued a warning semiconductor industry inventories are too high
The world's leading industry research firm Gartner recently released a new report, issued a warning in the report, Gartner analyst, and refers to the entire semiconductor industry during the third quarter of 2011, inventory levels will reach a worrying level, while the cause of this problem because the consumer and business spending has remained weak and lower than expected, the semiconductor industry is expected to start to re-adjust their inventory levels.
Gerald Van Hoy, an analyst at Gartner, said in a statement during the 2011 third quarter, inventory levels of the semiconductor industry has maintained a moderately higher level. "Taking into account the current economic boom continued weakness in the current inventory levels are still too high, while the industry as a whole must control the growth of production capacity, and take positive action to reduce the industry inventory levels and we expect that these actions will appear in the next few quarter, and market supply and demand balance during the second quarter of 2012. "
Gartner also noted that the semiconductor industry, in addition to facing higher inventory levels, while also facing the downward trend of average selling prices on the global semiconductor chip manufacturing industry presents produced in excess signs.
Taiwan chip maker VIA Technologies suing Apple for patent infringement
According to foreign media reports, the Taiwanese chip manufacturer VIA Technologies (VIA Technologies) has also joined the patent war, the blade directed at Apple. This company has been for Apple filed a lawsuit claiming that the Apple iPhone, iPad, iPod and Apple TV production lines and related software in violation of the three patents. These patents and microprocessor functionality and chip processing data.
This petition has been submitted to the U.S. International Trade Commission (United States International Trade Commission) and the United States Delaware District Court (U.S. District Court of Delaware). VIA Technologies has invested huge amounts of money to develop world-class technology, and has accumulated a number of patents covers a very wide range of 5000. "The company's CEO Wenchi Chen said," We are determined to rise up to defend our company and our patent has been infringed, interests of the shareholders. "
Apple VIA Technologies, the prosecution has not yet responded.
According to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), VIA's move may be related to Apple sued another Taiwanese company, the smartphone maker HTC violated its patent case. Wenchi Chen's wife, Cher Wang is the HTC chairwoman
