China Leads LCD TV Shipment Growth

NPD DisplaySearch announced that global LCD TV shipments increased 4% (Y/Y) in the first quarter of 2013 to 44.8 million units, led by strong growth in China.

TV Shipments Fall, Consumers Groove on Big Screens

IHS announced it reckons that shipments of television sets in the United States declined by 11% in the first quarter of 2013 compared to one year earlier.

Solid-State Drives Going Great Guns

IHS announced it forecasts that PC Solid-State Drive (SSD) shipments will rise to 227 million units in 2017, up more than 600% from 2012, while shipments of hard disk drives (HDDs) will decline to 410 million units in 2017, down 14% from 2012.