Apple Is The King of Chip Purchase, Says IHS iSuppli

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June 10, 2011

IHS iSuppli has ranked Apple as the top chip buyer in the year 2010. They moved past HP which is second in the table now. Apple spent $17.5 billion in 2010 and is projected to improve that to $22.4 billion in 2011. If that holds, it will widen the gap between it and HP which spent $15.2 billion and projected to decline to $14.8 billion.

Apple spent more than 61% of its 2010 semiconductor budget on chips for wirelessly devices like iPhones and iPads while HP spent 82% of its 2010 chip-buying budget on chips for notebooks, desktop and server computers. But since smartphone and tablets are doing better than notebooks, Apple will have the upper hand in coming years. Smartphone shipments increased 62% in 2010 and tablet grew 900%, driven by iPad. Meanwhile global PC shipments, not counting tablets, grew by 14.2 percent in 2010, said IHS in the report.

“Apple’s surge to leadership in semiconductor spending in 2010 was driven by the overwhelming success of its wireless products, namely the iPhone and the iPad,” said Wenlie Ye, Analyst for IHS, in a statement. “These products consume enormous quantities of NAND flash memory, which is also found in the Apple iPod. Because of this, Apple in 2010 was the world’s number one purchaser of NAND flash.”

Smarter Cities IT To Become A $57 Billion Market In Three Years – Estimates IDC Government Insights

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June 10, 2011

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IDC Government Insights has estimated that Smarter Cities information technology market opportunity is will be a $34 billion market in 2011, increasing more than 18 percent per year to $57 billion by 2014.

In a press release, IBM noted that smarter cities are important for the global redesign we are experiencing in the world.

All cities are made up of a complex system of systems that are all inextricably linked The Intelligent Operations Center for Smarter Cities recognizes the behavior of the city as a whole, thus providing more coordinated and timely decision-making based on deep insights into how each city system will react to a given situation.

With more than 2,000 smarter cities engagements worldwide, we are now applying best practices and solutions that can be scaled to cities of all sizes around the globe.

Anne Altman, general manager for Global Public Sector at IBM, said.

As the majority of the world’s population repatriates to metropolitan areas, key city systems such as water, power and transportation, IBM said, are being strained to breaking point. For citizens, a smarter city can mean automatically finding the fastest way to get to work, electricity and drinking water that can be counted on, and safer streets, to start with.

As city governments put their resources to manage these problems which IBM pioneered as a business sector, IBM will surely see huge business opportunities. They created the market and they are reaping benefits from it. If the trend continues with the green movement, IBM can even move this beyond the $57 billion market IDC has projected for 2014.

First 2-Mbit serial EEPROM launched by STMicroelectronics

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Olabode Olakanmi

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June 10, 2011

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STMicroelectronics has set memory density with 2-Mbit serial EEPROM. The leading supplier of EEPROM memories STMicroelectronics has launched the first 2-Mbit serial EEPROM chip for write-intensive applications.

The new IC allows designers to replace multiple EEPROMs with a single device and improve parameter management on printed-circuit-boards. This breakthrough will help save build costs and board size for consumer and industrial applications, such as TVs and monitors, flat panels, set-top boxes, printers, smart meters, and also equipment used in medical applications.

The M95M02 provides ultra-high-density storage in the same package outline as lower density alternatives. It also has the same connections and an industry-standard SPI high-speed serial interface, allowing use as a direct replacement or upgrade in established system designs.

It can be operated at voltages as low as 1.8V and has a standby mode drawing less than 5uA, making it ideal for use in low-power or battery-operated equipment. Additionally, the SPI interface enables fast communication at up to 5MHz at 2.5V. A second new 2-Mbit device, the M24M02, communicates via an industry-standard I2C high-speed interface, operating up to 1MHz.

Thanks to ST’s advanced proprietary EEPROM process technology; both devices are available in the cost-effective SO8N package, allowing full footprint compatibility with lower equivalent memory densities. Both devices also offer an additional page, named the Identification Page (256 bytes), which can be written and, later, permanently locked in read-only mode.

This Identification Page offers flexibility in the application board production line, as it can be used to store unique identification parameters, and/or parameters specific to the production process.

These two new serial ICs join ST’s established EEPROM portfolio, which includes the M95 series (SPI) and M24 series (I2C) offering densities from 1-kbit to 1-Mbit.

Source: STMicroelectronics

OurPrayerBox Allows Friends And People Share Prayer Points

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June 10, 2011

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Ourprayerbox is a simple utility that allows you share prayer points with your friends and people from all over the world.

Our main goal is to create something that would have a high positive impact in the life of it’s users. We believe strongly in faith aggregation and that is what ourprayerbox does. We believe we are on a mission that would have huge impact in the world and for the first time, there is an online platform that brings people together to engage in prayer and share the good work of the lord. Welcome to the start of something new, we hope you find your heart desires using the ourprayerbox platform.

How does it work?

What ourprayerbox does is extremely simple, powerful and interesting. It allows anyone with a valid user account share prayer points in no more than two hundred characters. When a prayer point is shared, it is saved in a user’s box(profile) and automatically sent to the people who…

Our mission and goal

To build an innovative platform that will bring people together to pray irrespective of their religion or belief. God says “where two or more are gathered in my name, I will be there” We are using technology to change the way people pray and testify to the good works of God.

How can I be a part of it?

Anyone with an internet enabled device and valid email address can make use of Ourprayerbox. Simply visit the website www.ourprayerbox.com with an internet enabled device(pc, mobile phones, tablet devices), create a user account and login to begin to share prayer points with your.

Industry – Education Partnership Is Very Important for Development in Nigeria

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June 10, 2011

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We all know how important it is for industry and the educational institutions to work together if we are to develop technologically in Nigeria and Africa in general. I so long yearn to see this happen in Nigeria as it happens all over the world. Here is one very significant example.

A headline in EEtimes news and articles reads “UK university to examine energy-saving technology”

The article talks about how researches at the Loughborough university in Leicestershire UK are working under the LEEDR(Low Effort Energy Demand Reduction) project on ways to cut down energy bills. This research project is to go in conjunction with companies like O2, E.ON and AlertMe, (all players in the energy sector) to investigate energy usage and consumption patterns and cause and proffer ideas on how to reduce them. All this is towards the achievement of the UK’s plan toward CO2 reduction by 2050 – simply reducing the amount of energy we consume.

Also, many drug companies are not aligning with Yale University, USA to partner with them on developing drugs for cancer treatment. It is bringing an alignment between industry and education and that is how development happens. These two aspects of the society have major roles to play as we match to the path of economic prosperity.

I would wish the players in the technology sector in Nigeria to think about this. What issues need attention in Nigeria in terms of technology?

If we can list them, work at them, we can be the ones to proffer solutions to them. It may be hard breaking the hard nut of faulty policies and selfish politicians, but it’s something we need and must do, in fact, it is a responsibility we have.

True innovation cannot manifest except in meeting a need, that is why “Necessity is the mother of invention”.

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