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TAIPEI – The total value of the virtual reality market (including hardware and software) will reach $6.7 billion in 2016 and $70 billion in 2020, says TrendForce.

Read more: Report: Virtual Reality Market to Reach $70B by 2020

FRAMINGHAM, MA – 2015 will be the first full year of single-digit worldwide smartphone growth, IDC predicts, citing slower demand outside North America.

Read more: Smartphone Forecast Signals Lower Growth Ahead

STAMFORD, CT -- Third-quarter worldwide server shipments grew 9.2% year-over-year, while vendor revenue increased 7.5% during the period.

Read more: Server Shipments on Rise in Q3

ARLINGTON, VA – Mapi Foundation expects modest acceleration in US manufacturing growth over the next two years; then it is expected to decelerate, says Dan Meckstroth, Ph.D., Mapi’s vice president and chief economist.

Read more: Report: US Manufacturing Growth Expected to Accelerate for 2 Years

BANNOCKBURN, IL – North American printed circuit board orders declined 20.5% year-over-year in October, IPC says. Year-to-date orders increased 2.1%, while orders were down 6% sequentially.

Read more: N. American PCB Orders Down 20.5% in October

TAIPEI -- After a rebound in 2014, global LCD TV shipments will slip in 2015, according a TrendForce subsidiary.

Read more: Despite New Technology, LCD TV Shipments Wobbly

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