All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Hardware

From simple "boot-strapping" BIOS seems to be getting richer in functionalities. The trend could continue for a while till the BIOS gets very heavy and counter trend to offer cheaper, high-performing software catches up. 

Solid-state disk drive (SSD) makers are trying to break into small-capacity markets such as small laptops and enterprise servers.  There are too many manufacturers and they face significant issues to complete with magnetic hard disk drives (HDDs).

Besides consolidating the flash-memory industry, the merger will also help Samsung's foray into solid-state disk storage.

Solid state disks are catching up to hard disk drives in terms of performance, capacity, and cost.  In what ways are they ahead and behind, and will they catch up?  If and when they do catch up, the storage industry will undergo major changes.

In the coming years, whole computing concepts may change so radically that elements assumed to be ubiquitous, like mice, keyboards, and flat panel monitors, could well vanish entirely. Moreso than ever before, how quickly these changes occur will depend on Madison Avenue. There are increasing...

With the skyrocketing cost for developing new processes more and more semiconductor companies are joining the IBM alliance the pre competitive process is getting less and less. NEC is just the last one from a parade of the companies that already joined the alliance. Looks like we are having only...

Samsung is a technology company and is interested in SanDisk for strategic reasons.  Don't expect Toshiba to sit on the sidelines.

Sony, Panasonic, Pioneer, Toshiba, JVC, Kenwood, and NEC are all venerable consumer electronics brands, but unless there are dramatic shake-ups in the way they manage their businesses, their glory days may be forever gone.  Competition from Korean companies like Samsung and LG and a myriad of competitors...

How often have those projection display technology providers or developers claimed to bring a brilliant future, with excuses for repetitive delay in productization and market adoption? Pico-projector is just one of them.  .......................... Why has the development of many projection technologies...

The sales of iPods have been steady to slightly down in the USA, the rest of the world will follow in time. Did Apple fail to spark a new generation of sales?