Americans Look Forward To Competitive Bundled Communications Services, Ipsos Study Shows -- "In the rapidly evolving and soon to be competitive environment of delivering phone, cable TV and Internet services in the home, cable operators have fast taken the lead as the bundled service provider. And, most operators expect their investment to generate double-digit topline and cash flow growth for their bundling strategies. The phone companies are right on their heels and will soon be evaluating their return on investment for triple and quadruple play bundles. How will all of this net out? According to the Ipsos-Insight study that looked at a number of price and service scenarios, a significant minority of American consumers is ready to switch to a bundled package offered by a single provider."
The global semiconductor industry is experiencing a historic acceleration driven by surging investment in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and computing power. According to the latest IDC worldwide market study, 2025 marks a defining year in which AI's pervasive impact reconfigures industry economics and propels record growth across the compute segment of the semiconductor market. Semiconductor Market Development IDC’s latest data reveals an insightful projection: The compute segment of the semiconductor market is on track to grow 36 percent in 2025, reaching $349 billion. This segment, which encompasses logic chips powering CPUs, GPUs, and AI accelerators, will sustain a robust 12 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) through 2030. These numbers underscore not only current momentum but a structural shift driven by large-scale adoption of AI workloads spanning cloud, edge, and on-premises deployment models. The scale of investment is unprecedented. As organizations ...