According to market intelligence organization Trendforce's LEDinside division's newest LED bulb retail findings for October 2013, global 40W equiv LED bulb ASP dipped 2.3 percent to US $15.8 (NT $466), with price decline most evident in the UK region. Conversely, global 60W equiv LED bulb ASP rose slightly 1.2 percent to US $21.6.
According to DRAMeXchange, a research division of TrendForce, eMMC 4.5 has replaced eMMC 4.41 on a massive scale since 2H13, becoming the main storage format used in smartphones and tablet PCs.
Rumors have it that the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry of Japan (METI) is considering revising PV subsidy downward to JPN¥34/kWh in 2014 and JPN¥30/kWh in 2015.