ASIA
39% – Asia's forecasted share of global smartphone shipments
in 2015. The number of annual shipments is expected to nearly
quadruple from 2010. – IMS Research
$210.3 million – Revenue generated by the electronic design
automation (EDA) industry in the Asia-Pacific region in Q4 2009,
a 6.3% year-over-year (YoY) increase. – EDA Consortium
41.3 million – Estimated number of TV shipments in China in
2010, up 11% from 37.3 million in 2009. Factors contributing
to the significant growth include official government support,
expanding consumer interest and a busy real estate market. –
iSuppli
$38.4 billion – Expected telecom capital expenditures by China
carriers in 2010, down 21% from 2009. Mobile spending in the
region should decrease about 25%. – Barclays Capital
105,600 – Automobile exports in China in Q1 2010, an increase
of 52% from 69,700 units a year earlier. – China Association of
Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM)
144.2 million – Projected number of set-top box (STB) shipments
in China in 2010, decreasing 10% YoY mainly because of a rapid
decline in the domestic Advanced Broadcasting System-Satellite
(ABS-S) system and a drop in terrestrial STB shipments. – iSuppli
38.3% – Telematics availability inside vehicles in Japan in 2010,
with the U.S. following at 35.7%. – iSuppli
$54 million – Amount that South Korea plans to invest until 2015
to build up its analog chip industry to help local companies expand
their presence in the global semiconductor market. – The Ministry
of Knowledge Economy
47.8% – YoY increase of Taiwanese exports in April 2010, reaching
$21.9 billion. – Ministry of Finance
$25.1 billion – Revenue generated by Taiwan's PC industry, the
world's largest, in Q1 2010, jumping 53% from $16.5 billion in
Q1 2009. – Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) Revenue Statements
73.8 million – Projected number of wireless local area network
(WLAN) data cards that Taiwan-based makers will ship in Q2
2010. The region is expected to ship 15.4 million WLAN routers
during the same period. – DigiTimes
$9.5 million – Value of Malaysia's radio frequency identification
(RFID) market in 2009. It is anticipated to grow at a compound
annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.8% to around $33.8 million by
the end of 2016. – Frost & Sullivan
$3.1 billion – Estimated information technology (IT) spending
in the Philippines by the end of 2010, increasing 7.6% YoY. –
International Data Corporation (IDC)
64% – Percentage of respondents in emerging markets (e.g., China,
India, Malaysia and Singapore) that said their mobile phone or
smartphone is their most important technology, versus only 29%
in mature markets (e.g., France, Germany, Japan and the U.S.). –
Accenture's 2010 Consumer Products and Services Usage Survey
2.3% – Revenue growth for semiconductor suppliers headquartered
in the Asia-Pacific in 2009, reaching $44.5 billion, up from $43.5
billion in 2008. – iSuppli
INDIA
>50 million – New subscriptions for wireless communications
in India in Q4 2009. This volume has driven down costs for
application-specific chip designs. – "Viewpoint: Is Semiconductor
Industry Consolidation Inevitable?" by Walden Rhines, Mentor Graphics
$5 billion – Value of India's consumer electronics market at the
end of 2009, and it is projected to grow at a CAGR of around 15%
during 2010 to 2013. – RNCOS
11% to 12% – Expected growth of India's manufacturing sector in
Q2 2010, which is lower than the 15% reported in Q1 2010 due
to the sharp increase in raw material prices and insufficient power.
– Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)
$6.8 billion – Estimated revenue generated by India's domestic
PC market in 2010, up from $5.9 billion in 2009. Computers
accounted for around 30% of Indian consumer electronics
spending in 2009. – BMI
8.6% – India's gross domestic product (GDP) rate in Q1 2010,
the highest rate since December 2007. – Government of India
70% – Percentage of India's population that only consumes
smartphone voice services. Data services have not yet gained
traction, which can slow the adoption rate of smartphones. – Frost
& Sullivan
