ELECTRONICS ASIA 2006
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Comment 
Here’s to the most happening region
By Kirtimaya Varma, Editor-in-Chief
 
Components 
Upswing in spite of hiccups
Consolidating lead
 
Memory & Storage 
Storage: Amid standards war and consolidation
Capacities shift from DRAM to NAND Flash
Is storage headed for irrelevance?
By Jonathan Cassell, Editorial Director and Manager, PR, iSuppli Corp.
 
Automotive Electronics 
Fastest growing application market
As mechanical solutions mature, electronic solutions take over
 
Display 
Ruling the roost
Asia leads in technology development
 
Batteries 
Energy-hungry devices spur growth
Move toward higher energy density and lower cost
Electronics Asia discussed the battery industry with Ken Long, Analyst, Freedonia Group; David Yew, Strategy Director, Fusion Consulting; Sara Bradford, Director, Energy & PowerSystems Group, Frost & Sullivan; and Isidor Buchmann, CEO, Cadex Electronics, and author of the book Batteries in a Portable World. Excerpts:
 
Contract Manufacturing 
Supply chain constraints may impact Asia-based contract manufacturing
Adam Pick, Senior Analyst, and Jeffrey Wu, Analyst, EMS and ODM Services, iSuppli, share with Electronics Asia their deep insights into the contract manufacturing industry. Excerpts:
Interview: Asia has moved away from “low-cost” stereotype
Epicenter of world production
 
Foundry 
Hotbed for semiconductors
Asia has gone beyond low-end design and development
 
Consumer Electronics 
Poised to emerge a CE powerhouse
Tomorrow’s largest market
Interview: From global producer to consumer
 
Mobile Consumer 
Nascent, yet highest growth potential
 
Computers & Communications 
Consolidation will go on
Programmability makes inroads into communication
By Wim Roelandts, CEO and Chairman of the Board, Xilinx
Mobile PCs and telephones drive Asia’s growth
 
Test & Measurement 
Telecom is the key to growth
Keeping pace with changes
 
IC & System Design 
Getting beyond low-end designs
Taking rapid strides to overtake US
 
 
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