Competition for orders should drive down prices
By Jim Carbone -- Purchasing, 7/16/2008 11:12:00 AM
Connector prices could fall in the second half despite higher raw materials costs because the strongest demand for connectors in 2008 may be over.
Connector orders were up for the first five months of the year, says Ron Bishop, president of researcher Bishop and Associates in St. Charles, Ill. “Year-to-date orders were up 13.9% through May. Sales are up 12.3% from one year ago.” But Bishop says there appears to be a slowdown in connector demand. In May orders were up only 4.2% from May 2007. In April, they were up 16.6%. He says double-digit monthly increases in orders in the second half are unlikely.
While sales were up 12.3% for the first five months of the year, revenue will rise 7% for the year, according to Bishop. If orders decline—indicating weaker demand—it will be hard for connector manufacturers to pass on higher costs for materials. Copper, gold and materials used in connector production have increased during the past 12 months.
Last year, when raw materials costs increased, “connector manufacturers started to increase prices to distributors and then slugged it out with large OEMs every time a new contract came up,” says Bishop. “Suppliers got some concessions.” The net effect was a 1-2% increase in prices. Usually connector prices fall 2-5% each year.
“In the second half, connector demand will be softer and it is going to be difficult for connector makers to not compete on price a little bit more aggressively to get the order,” says Bishop. “We are going to see some price erosion again.”
Jul 16, 2008
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HDMI cable and HDMI official logoType Digital audio/video connector Production history Designer HDMI Founders Designed December 2002 Manufacturer HDMI Adopters Produced 2003-Present Specifications Width Type A (13.9 mm), Type C (10.42 mm) Height Type A (4.45 mm), Type C (2.42 mm) Hot pluggable Yes External Yes Audio signal LPCM, Dolby Digital, DTS, DVD-Audio,Super Audio CD, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio, MPCM Video signal 480i, 480p, 576i, 576p, 720p, 1080i,1080p, 1440p, 1600p, etc. Data signal Yes Bandwidth 10.2 Gbit/s (340 MHz) Protocol TMDS Pins 19 Pin out
Type A (Female) HDMIPin 1 TMDS Data2+ Pin 2 TMDS Data2 Shield Pin 3 TMDS Data2– Pin 4 TMDS Data1+ Pin 5 TMDS Data1 Shield Pin 6 TMDS Data1– Pin 7 TMDS Data0+ Pin 8 TMDS Data0 Shield Pin 9 TMDS Data0– Pin 10 TMDS Clock+ Pin 11 TMDS Clock Shield Pin 12 TMDS Clock– Pin 13 CEC Pin 14 Reserved (N.C. on device) Pin 15 SCL Pin 16 SDA Pin 17 DDC/CEC Ground Pin 18 +5 V Power (max 50 mA) Pin 19 Hot Plug Detect
The High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is a compact audio/video connector interface for transmitting uncompressed digital streams. It represents a digital alternative to consumer analog standards such as Radio Frequency (RF) coaxial cable, composite video, S-Video, SCART,component video, D-Terminal, and VGA. HDMI connects digital audio/video sources such as set-top boxes, Blu-ray Disc players, personal computers, video game consoles, and AV receivers to compatible digital audio devices, computer monitors, and digital televisions.
HDMI supports, on a single cable, any TV or PC video format including standard, enhanced, and high-definition video along with up to 8 channels of digital audio.[1] It is independent of the various digital television standards such as ATSC and DVB as these are encapsulations of compressed MPEG video streams (which can be decoded and output as uncompressed video stream on HDMI).
HDMI products started shipping in autumn 2003 and currently over 800 CE and PC companies have adopted the HDMI specification (HDMI Adopters).[2][3][4] HDMI began to appear on consumer HDTVcamcorders and digital still cameras in 2006.[5][6][7][8][9] Shipments of HDMI are expected to exceed that of Digital Visual Interface (DVI) in 2008, driven primarily by the Consumer Electronics (CE) Market.[10][11]
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