Hewlett-Packard, Nokia, Samsung, Apple and other OEMs will spend 13 percent more on microprocessors in 2010 than in the previous year, predicts a report from iSuppli. These numbers seem to show that semiconductor prices have stabilized, while demand for consumer and businesses electronics has increased.
– Hewlett-Packard,
Apple, Samsung, Nokia and other OEMs
are poised to spend 13 percent more on chips in 2010 than they did in 2009,
iSuppli predicted in a March 17 report.
In 2009, when the global recession led consumers and businesses to cut back
on buying electronics and IT equipment, OEMs spe…