자동차이야기2016. 2. 24. 15:38

컨슈머 리포트(Consumer Reports)가 선정한 mid sized SUV에 기아 소렌토 2016형이 당당히 선정되었습니다. 각종 크기와 종류별로 고르는데 현대차/가아차중에는 유일하게 선정되었습니다. 결과에 보면 다른 차보다 좀 작지만(!) 더 비싼차보다 많은 옵션이 들어가 있고 편안하다고 했고, 커브가 많은 곳에서도 부드러운 승차감을 유지하면서 핸등링도 좋다고 평했습니다. 가격도 저렴해서 저렴하게 구입해도 후회는 없을것 같습니다.


참고로 같은 SUV중 작은 SUV는 Subaru Forester

고급형, 럭셔리(Luxury) SUV는 Lexus RX가 선정되었습니다.

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http://money.cnn.com/gallery/autos/2016/02/23/consumer-reports-top-pick-cars/5.html

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이런 좋은 리뷰와 저렴한 가격에도 불구하고 미국 2016년 1월 SUV판매량은 TOP 20위에 현대/기아는 찾아볼수가 없습니다. 기아 소렌토는 6695대를 판매했습니다.

December 2015 • January 2015

Rank
Best-Selling SUV/Crossover
January
2016
January
2015
%
Change
2016
YTD
2015
YTD
%
Change
#1
Toyota RAV4
21,55419,8248.7%21,55419,8248.7%
#2
Nissan Rogue
19,76215,64926.3%19,76215,64926.3%
#3
Ford Escape
19,21920,054-4.2%19,21920,054-4.2%
#4
Honda CR-V
19,20823,211-17.2%19,20823,211-17.2%
#5
Chevrolet Equinox
18,57419,555-5.0%18,57419,555-5.0%
#6
Ford Explorer
16,61417,036-2.5%16,61417,036-2.5%
#7
Jeep Cherokee
15,34715,1541.2%15,34715,1541.2%
#8
Jeep Grand Cherokee
13,16412,8062.8%13,16412,8062.8%
#9
Subaru Forester
11,90411,2106.2%11,90411,2106.2%
#10
Toyota Highlander
11,25811,0601.8%11,25811,0601.8%
#11
Subaru Outback *
11,19711,351-1.4%11,19711,351-1.4%
#12
Jeep Wrangler
10,79711,683-7.6%10,79711,683-7.6%
#13
Ford Edge
9533758125.7%9533758125.7%
#14
GMC Terrain
88358844-0.1%88358844-0.1%
#15
Honda Pilot
856112,315-30.5%856112,315-30.5%
#16
Dodge Journey
8456704120.1%8456704120.1%
#17
Jeep Patriot
827375639.4%827375639.4%
#18
Toyota 4Runner
749669457.9%749669457.9%
#19
Mazda CX-5
7063594918.7%7063594918.7%
#20
Chevrolet Traverse
701410,151-30.9%701410,151-30.9%

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Consumer Reports가 선정한 브랜드별 스코어는

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2016/02/23/consumer-reports-audi-subaru-lead-top-30-car-brands/80808192/

Here's the list of top brands and their overall score.

1. Audi 80

2. Subaru 78

3. Lexus 76

4. Porsche 76

5. BMW 76

6. Mazda 74

7. Buick 74

8. Toyota 72

9. Kia 72

10. Honda 71

11. Hyundai 70

12. Volvo 69

13. Mini 68

14. Mercedes-Benz 67

15. Volkswagen 67

16. Ford 66

17. Lincoln 65

18. Scion 65

19. Acura 64

20. Chevrolet 64.

21. Nissan 63

22. Infiniti 63

23. GMC 60

24. Cadillac 58

25. Dodge 58

26. Chrysler 58

27. Land Rover 55

28. Mitsubishi 51

29. Jeep 43

30. Fiat 38

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IT이야기2015. 11. 10. 03:28

페이스북 아마존은 예상보더 더 좋은 성적을 발표해서 주가도 많이 떴습니다. 주요 IT기업들 요약한 자료가 있어서 옮겨옴.

Facebook/Amazon had great quarter.




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Amazon

Amazon’s reportable segment performance was as follows:
• North America segment revenue grew 28% to $15B. Segment operating income was $528M, a 3.5% operating margin, compared to a loss of $60M in the prior-year period. 
• International segment, revenue increased 7% to $8.3B. Segment operating loss was $56M compared to a loss of $174M in the prior-year period. 
• Amazon Web Services segment revenue grew 78% to $2.1B. Segment operating income was $521M, a 25% operating margin, compared to $98M  in the prior-year period. 

For Q4 2015, net sales of between $33.5B and $36.75B are expected, with GAAP operating income of between $80M and $1.28Bcompared to $591M in the fourth quarter of 2014. 

The company expects consolidated segment operating income (excluding stock-based compensation and other operating expenses) to be between $700M and $1.9B compared to $1.04B in the fourth quarter 2014.

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Apple

Largest absolute revenue growth ever – fiscal 2015 revenue of $234B, an increase of 28% and $5B over 2014.


Made significant inroads into emerging markets - generated over $79B in revenue and growing 63% despite foreign exchange rate headwinds.


Over 300M devices sold over the past year: 231 million iPhones, 55 million iPads and 21 million Macs. Setting new unit records and increasing global market share for both iPhone and Mac.


Ended the year with a record breaking September quarter including sales of 48M iPhones (up 22% year-over-year), strong momentum for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus across the quarter and a new launch record for iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus near the end of the quarter.


iPhone ASP was $670, an increase of $67 year-over-year, due to more favorable mix and in spite of unfavorable foreign exchange impacts.


In other areas: launched Apple Watch; started taking orders for new Apple TV; exceeded 100B cumulative downloads from the App Store; added Apple Pay in the United States and the United Kingdom; Apple Music now in over a 100 countries; more than 1,600 health kit solutions now available; 50 car models now support CarPlay; 40M users of Apple News; completed 15 acquisitions; 


China: revenue in Greater China nearly doubled year-over-year (up 99%); iPhone sales up 120% in mainland China; 1 million developer program members in China; goal is to increase number of Apple stores in China from 25 to 40 by middle of next year; Apple Music and iTunes, movies and iBooks available in China in the coming quarter.


Apple provided the following guidance for its fiscal 2016 first quarter:

• revenue between $75.5 billion and $77.5 billion

• gross margin between 39 percent and 40 percent

• operating expenses between $6.3 billion and $6.4 billion


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Facebook

Mobile is continuing to drive growth:  1.55B monthly users across all access points - 1.39B use it on mobile devices, with more than 1B on Android; 894M mobile daily active users (DAUs):


Fastest growing interface is Facebook Lite - app for people on low bandwidth connections


More than 8B daily video views on FB; expect video to be the most engaging online content over the next few years - continuing to innovate here.


Introduced "M", a digital assistant that will use AI to help people complete tasks


Internet.org rolled out to 29 countries, more than 15M people online


Revealed Aquila - first aircraft designed to beam internet into communities down from the sky


Plan to ship the Oculus Rift headset early next year. Gear VR (with Samsung) will release this holiday season.  Will continue to invest in immersive experiences and expect this market to be similar to smartphones and PCs as the next big computing device


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Google

Announced new public holding company - Alphabet - on August 10. New operating structure is being introduced in phases. Expect to disclose Google as a single segment and all other Alphabet businesses combined as "Other Bets" beginning in 4Q15. Other Bets will include Access & Energy, Nest, Life Sciences, investments and incubation efforts (i.e. driverless cars)


Expect CapEx to increase next year in Google and Other Bets, in particular Access & Energy


Headcount increased by 16% YoY and 5% QoQ, majority are engineers and product managers


Strong mobile momentum in emerging markets - India is #2 country for mobile search behind the US


Investments in machine learning and artificial intelligence is a priority


Remain focused on "solving the biggest problems and solving them at scale and that present sizable potential revenue opportunities"


Rolling out Android Marshmellow, best-performing release yet. 1.4B 30-day active Android users around the world


New device & platform announcements: Nexus 6P, Nexus 5X, Pixel C - first Android tablet built N2N by Google (full size keyboard with portable tablet); Creating new platforms for newer areas of computing such as Android Wear; Android Auto, the IoT platform, and Chromecast update

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Intel

Higher than expected revenue was driven by higher notebook and desktop ASPs. Ramping 6th generation core microprocessor (Skylake). 


Remain on track to improve mobile profitability by $800M; 75% of that goal has already been recognized


Data center, non-volatile memory, and IoT groups all posted double-digit growth YoY. Memory grew 20% YoY


Higher 14nm costs than expected; ramped Ireland factory too early with first wafters being expensive


Sales in China down slightly, more of a consumer mix than enterprise - across all different segments


Believe they undershipped in notebooks and desktops compared to industry TAM


For full 2015, memory is expected to grow at fast pace; Data center and IoT will exhibit strong growth, but the annual growth rate for all three will be lower than expected due to weaker macroeconomic growth


7360 next gen modem will ship by end of this year; product announcements next year; first of SoFIA LTEs next year; SoFIA w/ Intel 14nm 2H of next year.


Believe they can keep up long term mid-teen level growth for data center group


FY16 should see new products - Silicon Photonics, FPGAs with Altera - increasing data center footprint


FY16 ramping 3D NAND process - will give performance and cost advantage


Reiterated longer term phone strategy is around modems

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MediaTek
3Q15 consolidated revenue of NT$56,962 million, up 21.1% from the previous quarter -3Q15 consolidated gross margin of 42.7%, down 3.2 percentage points from the previous quarter -3Q15 consolidated operating income of NT$7,622 million, up 11.0% from the previous quarter -3Q15 consolidated net income of NT$7,960 million; EPS NT$5.09

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NVidia

Third quarter revenue was a record $1.305 billion, up 7% from a year earlier, up 13% sequentially and substantially above our outlook of $1.18 billion. 

• GPU revenue was $1.11 billion, up 12% from a year earlier

• Tegra processor revenue was $129 million, down 23% from a year earlier

Strategy remains focused on creating platforms for gaming, professional visualization, data center, and automotive.

• Gaming revenue rose 44% year-on-year to $761 million

• Professional visualization (Quadro) revenue increased 8% sequentially to $190 million, a decline of 8% year-over-year

• Datacenter revenue rose 13% sequentially to $82 million

• Automotive revenue rose 51% year-on-year to a record $79 million

o Collaborations with over 50 companies that are developing self-driving car technologies, using NVIDIA DRIVE PX

Forward Looking

• 4Q 2016 revenue to be $1.3 billion, plus or minus 2%. 

• GAAP and non-GAAP gross margins expected to be 56.7% and 57%, respectively, plus or minus 50 basis points

• GAAP operating expenses expected to be approximately $503 million. 

• Non-GAAP operating expenses are expected to be approximately $445 million.

For fiscal 2016, we expect non-GAAP operating expenses excluding litigation costs to be approximately flat with fiscal 2015. Litigation costs are anticipated to be in the range of $70 million to $80 million as we defend our intellectual property.


*GAAP outlook excludes restructuring changes of $25-35 million with wind down of Icera in 4Q 2016

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Broadcom

In light of Broadcom's pending transaction with Avago, Broadcom has discontinued conducting conference calls with analysts and investors to discuss its financial results

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Samsung

News:

• Announced US $10 billion share buyback over the next few quarters

• Overall revenue growth of 6% from previous quarter mainly driven by semiconductor and display.

Semiconductor Business

• System LSI supplying 14 nm products

• Memory: Continuation of process migration and improved product mix

Mobile Business

• Slowdown of smartphone demand, shipment growth led by launch of new models

• Slight increase in revenue, profitability declined

• Lower ASP due to increased sales in mid- to low-end products


Forward-looking

Fourth quarter earnings expected to decline due to changes in exchange rate

Semiconductor Business

• Expect earnings to improve driven by 14 nm foundry supply growth

• Uncertainties expected in supply side, especially on leading-edge technology such as 20 nm DRAM

Mobile

• Expect smartphone and tablet growth due to strong seasonality 

• Intensifying competition due to market growth slowdown may cause difficulties


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Skyworks

• Revenue of $880.8 million, up 23% from the prior year. 

• Operating income of $335.2 million, up 42% versus last year.

• Exited quarter with over $1 billion cash in hand and no debt.

• Full year revenue grew 42% to $3.26 billion. 

Acquisition of PMC

• $11.60/share – expected to close in 1H 2016

Business segments

• Power amplifiers represented 20% of revenue

• Integrated mobile systems was 59% 

o Up 84% year-over-year during the quarter.

• Broad markets was 22%


Fiscal 2016 business outlook:

• Revenue between $925 million and $930 million, up 5.3% sequentially and 15% year-over-year.

• New organic midterm model driven by:

o Served market opportunity growing at a mid-teens pace for the foreseeable future 

o Targeting continued gross margin expansion driven by latest generation products, growth of integrated mobile systems in broad markets, scale benefits associated with increased volume, continuing efficiency gains from filter business, and ongoing efforts to optimize cycle times, yields and supply chain efficiencies.

o Ongoing R&D investments in systems, engineering and field applications teams.

Within six to eight quarters, targeting organic annualized EPS of $8 at a revenue run rate of around $4.5 billion with gross margins in the 53% range. 

Longer term, based on internal margin initiatives, business heading towards 55% gross margins.

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이렇게 좋은 회사가 계속 좋을수 있다는 것이 믿어지지 않네요. 아래에 보면 삼성과의 비교도 있습니다.


애플같은 회사가 이 세상에 있다는 것만으로도 행복합니다. 회사가 굳이 자선행동을 안하더라도 좋은 혁신 제품만들어 소비자에게 팔아주는것 만으로도 감사할 일이지요. 더 잘됐으면 좋겠습니다. 미래를 더 일찍 살수 있도록요.

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http://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-earnings-iphone-powers-results-1430166629

https://fortune.com/2015/04/29/chart-of-the-day-apple-pulls-away-from-samsung-mobile/

Apple Earnings Surge 33% on iPhone Sales

Higher-priced phones help Apple beat out rivals; Tech giant also boosts dividend by 11%

















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IT이야기2015. 4. 26. 11:33
실적이 하강하고 있는 것도 사실이고 forecast도 낮쳐잡고 있고 삼성영향이 큰것도 사실이지만, 한국의 기사는 다분히 삼성 장학생 기자가 쓴다고 느껴질 정도로 아주 제목도 자극적이고 사실과도 다른 내용이 많이 장식됩니다. 자주가는 클리앙의 댓글에서도 삼성관계자들이나 삼성 알바로 보이는 글이 많이 보이지요. 기사도 왜곡하지만 S850이라는 있지도 않는 제품명을 쓰고도 아무도 교정하지 않는것도 그렇고요. 아무래도 장학생으로서 일만하면 되지 굳이 정확한 정보를 추구하는건 의미가 없으니 그렇겠죠?

2015년 남은 실적들 그리고 2016년의 새로운 high end chipset 전쟁이 아주 재밌을거라 생각됩니다. 애플은 자기것이 있고, 삼성도 다은 차세대 제품에 신경을 많이 쓸테고요, 퀄컴도 바보가 아닌이상 좋은 제품을 만들려고 하겠지요. 삼성이 다시 안쓴다면 퀄컴의 전략은 지금과는 많이 달라지겠네요. 한국이라는 나라가 퀄컴에게 이제 별로 중요한 나라가 안될것 같고요.

퀄컴은 신사업에도 뛰어든 분야가 많아서 그쪽에서 보상해주기를 많이 기대하고 있을테고요.
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갤럭시S6와 결별하자 'IT공룡' 퀄컴 실적도 급하강

http://m.news.naver.com/read.nhn?mode=LSD&sid1=105&oid=001&aid=0007552894

(서울=연합뉴스) 옥철 기자 = 세계 최대 모바일 칩 기업 퀄컴이 '삼성 외의 살길'을 찾아나섰다.

삼성의 플래그십 스마트폰 신작 갤럭시S6가 퀄컴 칩과 '결별'하면서 1분기(미국 회계기준 2분기) 실적이 급락했기 때문이다.

25일 IT업계와 해외 IT매체에 따르면 퀄컴의 스티브 뮬렌코프 최고경영자(CEO)는 최근 실적발표 파이낸셜콜에서 "프리미엄 제품군(premium tier) 쪽에서 고객 수요 이탈이 상당한 영향을 미쳤다"고 밝혔다.

그동안 퀄컴의 스냅드래곤(Snapdragon) 칩을 스마트폰의 모바일 AP(애플리케이션 프로세서)로 다량 채용해온 삼성이 자사의 엑시노스(Exynos) 칩으로 갈아타는 바람에 실적이 급하강한 대목을 인정한 것이다.

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http://seekingalpha.com/article/3099596-whats-wrong-with-qualcomm

What's Wrong With Qualcomm

Summary

  • Qualcomm reported a lackluster quarter in which guidance disappointed.
  • Qualcomm offset this with an increase in the share buyback authorization to $15 billion, of which $10 billion will be deployed in the next 12 months.
  • QCT is expected to decline by 6% whereas QTL is expected to grow by 8% in FY 2015.
  • Sales and earnings will likely stagnate for the foreseeable 24 months, which is why I anticipate the stock to underperform the broader market.
  • Also, Samsung and Apple have developed cutting edge designs that are superior to Snapdragon, which is why Qualcomm's high-end business is unlikely to return.


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IT이야기2015. 4. 24. 21:57

MS가 클라우드에서 이렇게 빨리 성장하고 있었군요. 정말 무섭네요. 성장률로 보면 최고네요. 이번년내로 아마존을 재칠수도 있겠네요.

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Comparing Microsoft and Amazon's cloud businesses

Amazon finally provided the first direct visibility over the finances associated with its AWS business today, and it provides an opportunity to compare them with one of the other two big enterprise cloud businesses which compete with it, Microsoft's. Microsoft doesn't explicitly report its cloud revenues, but "Commercial Cloud" is one of a number of revenue categories it provides enough detail around in its 10-Q to allow us to calculate it with some accuracy. Here, then, is a comparison of Amazon's AWS revenues and Microsoft's Commercial Cloud revenues over the same five quarters:

Screenshot 2015-04-23 18.09.34As you can see, the two are almost neck and neck at this point, with Microsoft's cloud revenues catching up to Amazon's over time. It seems likely that they will pass AWS revenues in the next couple of quarters. But the obvious problem with this chart is that they're not measuring the same thing: AWS is a discrete business, largely focused on public cloud services, whereas Microsoft's revenues reflect several quite different businesses that it's lumped together under this heading. However, this reflects something I wrote about last quarter, which is that Amazon would actually quite like to have a cloud business that looks more like Microsoft's:

It continues to be critical for both companies (and Google) to migrate their way up the cloud stack to the higher-layer services (as both I and Nadella called them), but Microsoft is already there, while Amazon continues to try to compete in a space I'm really not sure they can.

Where the two businesses overlap, Amazon's is certainly quite a bit larger, but Microsoft's cloud business looks a lot like the kind of business Amazon is trying to build, and quite rightly. The kind of business Amazon is in today is rapidly commoditizing, and its chances of moving up the stack are much slimmer than Microsoft's, which has a much longer history in this space and a massive legacy customer base to migrate over to it.

One other thing we don't know about Microsoft's cloud business is its profitability. It sits within the Commercial Other category at Microsoft, which reports gross margins of 41% last quarter, but those margins have been rising rapidly as Microsoft builds scale in this business. Amazon's operating margins on AWS, meanwhile, are far higher than in its core e-commerce business, but they appear to have fallen quite a bit year on year, likely reflecting that commoditization and the increasing competition in this space. I'm not sure Amazon will be able to turn those margins around in the near future unless it is able to execute that transition to higher-stack services and therefore better differentiate its offerings. Microsoft's trend currently looks healthier on both the revenue growth and margin side. And of course Microsoft has quite a few other more profitable segments to lean on while it builds this business, whereas Amazon continues to struggle to break even in its core business.


http://tumblr.jackdawresearch.com/post/117210588173/comparing-microsoft-and-amazons-cloud-businesses


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