February 2016 – In a casual lunch time briefing, we had a chance to get an update on the companies processor IP and their market application areas. As counter trend to the multi-core marketplace for processors, the company has instead chosen to follow the path of the many-core processor. The company is headquartered in France…
June 2014, Gary Shapiro, the president of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) was one of the speakers at the 5th Congress of the Innovative Economy that was organised on June 17th in Warsaw, Poland, as part of the CEA’s Unveiled events that are happening around the globe. During his inspiring speech, he mainly focused on…
January 2014 – Steve Koenig, Industry Analysis Director for the Consumer Electronic Association (CEA) delivered his presentation to the media paraphrasing the Julius Verne book “Around the World in 60 minutes”. The presentation updated the global technology market provided by GfK and CEA. GfK is a Boutique Research organization and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of…
January 6, 2013, CES, Las Vegas—The CEA presented the global sales trends from their data and that of GFK consulting. The data and perspectives have some gaps, as the many companies do not report Q4 numbers until later this year. All figures are in US dollars, but may be distorted by taxes, exchange rate fluctuations,…
October 2012 – The Consumer Electronics Association honored their members with their annual Hall of Fame Dinner held in San Francisco. The award winners represent the diversity of the industry and the association. These inductees ranged from fundamental technology innovation to industry associations founders to those in the retail channel. This range helps the CEA…
October 16, 2012, CEA Industry Forum, San Francisco—Shawn DuBravac and Steve Koenig from the CEA presented the organization’s take on the coming holiday season. Because consumer spending drives the holiday season, and technology is of increasing importance to consumers, the study looked at the conjunction of these two trends. The economists described their methodology, which…
October 15, 2012, CEA Industry Forum, San Francisco—Colin Dixon from the Diffusion Group moderated a panel on home networks. Panel members were Brett Wingo from Cisco, Kurt Hoppe form LG Electronics, Kevin Meagher from Lowe’s, and Jy McLellan from Home Automation. Dixon explained that in ’06, the favorite location for a Internet connection was the…
October 15, 2012, CEA Industry Forum, San Francisco—Jeff Joseph moderated a panel on technology trends. Panel members were Rachel Metz from Technology Review, Scott Steinburg from TechSavvy Global, and Shawn DuBravac from CEA. Five trends and reviews of winning technologies? Metz offered 4K TV and any video functions beyond HD. Steinberg suggested technology in education,…
October 15, 2012, CEA Industry Forum, San Francisco—A panel looked at the issues associated with do-it-yourself healthcare. Apps and new devices enable consumers to track and manage their health by themselves. Scott Stropkay from Essential Design moderated the panel which was comprised of Jody Rank from GigaOm, Rob Lister from AT&T foundry, and Scott Moore…