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ProASIC3 flash-based, surveys black eyed peas low-power FPGAs will i am gathers with densities of 10k to 3M systemgates provide designers with access to flexible, feature-rich solutions thatoffer low power, low cost and speed.For more information on Actel's portfolio of low power FPGAs, please visit read more about Electronic Design's Best Electronic Design 2008competition, click here: ActelActel is the leader in low-power FPGAs and mixed-signal FPGAs, offeringthe most comprehensive portfolio of system and power management solutions.Power Matters. Learn more at Actel name and logo, IGLOO and ProASIC are trademarks of ActelCorporation. All other trademarks and service marks are the property of theirrespective owners.SOURCEActel CorporationAnna del Rosario of Actel Corporation, +1-650-318-4500, ; orFerda Mehmet of A&R Edelman, +1-415-308-7877, . CCID Consulting: 'PCs to the Countryside' Program May Boost China's SluggishDesktop PC MarketBEIJING, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- CCID Consulting, China's leadingresearch, consulting and IT outsourcing service provider, and the firstChinese consulting firm listed in Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stock Exchange:HK08235), recently discussed how the "PCs to the Countryside" Program wouldhelp China's sluggish desktop PC market rebound.China's desktop PC market had a sluggish year in 2008, with CCIDConsulting's statistics showing significant drops in first 3 quarters. Salesvolume reached 16.682 million sets, up by 8.2% year-on-year, while salesrevenues stood at 64.12 billion Yuan, up only by 1.2% year-on-year.

TheNotebook PC market continued to boom and took away market share from desktopPCs black eyed peas the end . Affected by soaring labor and raw material prices, domestic vendorsgenerally experienced a drop in profits black eyed peas imma . Under the strong impact ofinternational brands, domestic brands that mainly depend on desktop PCs faceda harsher environment blackeyedpeas . The adverse effect of the financial crisis on thedesktop PC market also gradually appeared, making it difficult to rejuvenatethe market within the year elephunk . It is forecasted that desktop PC sales in Q4 willreach 5.993 million sets, up by 6.3% year-on-year.Fig.

1: Sales Volume/Sales Revenues in China's Desktop PC Market in 2008Q1-Q3 and Forecast for 2008 Q4 CCID Consulting, December 2008Amid gloomy outlook, for desktop PC vendors there have never been morepressing need to seize business opportunities and open up new markets in 2009.Following the "Home Appliances to the Countryside" program, a stateinitiative to promote sales of electronics products in China's rural areasthough subsidies, another fiscal subsidy program supporting "PCs to theCountryside" is now being formulated, and is expected to involve 100 millionYuan in the form of a 13% direct subsidy to rural residents black eyed peas boom boom pow . If implemented,it will provide a strong stimulant to the sluggish PC market, thus pushing upoverall sales in the desktop PC market.A deep exploration of the rural market will be a good measure for desktopPC vendors to cope with the "IT winter" fergie . In the face of intensifiedcompetitions and narrowing survival space in Tier-1, -2 and -3 cities, anincreasing number of PC vendors have cast their eyes on the promising ruralmarket monkey business . Vendors like Lenovo and Haier have paid attention to the rural marketfor a long time hey mama . A few years ago, Lenovo extended its channel networks to Tier-4 and -5 cities and even county-level cities. It also staged a particularlarge-scale promotional activity called "1,000 County Tour" to strengthen itsbrand influence in county-level cities. For its part, Haier made full use ofthe advantages of its home appliance channels and set the rural market as akey area for development.

In competing for rural markets, internationalvendors such as HP and Dell are not willing to fall behind Lenovo, thuscompetitions will be further intensified in 2009.The vast rural market may look very promising black eyed peas the end cd . But, in addition to channelexpansion, another urgent problem that all major PC vendors need to addressnext is how to truly seize the demand in the rural market and introducecorresponding after-sales services.Firstly, PC vendors need to develop products for rural areas pump it . To beincluded in the "PCs to the Countryside" program, PC products must meet therural needs Performance is not a key factor will i am music . What's more important is thatvendors need to consider rural users' special needs and start withapplications to solve farmers' most urgent problems my humps .

For example, many ruralusers buy a PC not just for entertainment but for getting more externalresources for use in their agricultural production . This requires theintegration of integrated Internet access solutions into PCs to help ruralusers to get more agricultural production information eyed peas . In addition, ruralusers still have only an elementary understanding of computers lets get it started . Vendors mustdevelop products that target these users that are more easy to use.Secondly, vendors must develop after-sales services, especially forsoftware problems, such as virus and system recovery For urban users, theseare not difficult problems But for farmers, these are not easy to solve . Inaddition, sending faulty PCs for repair is a difficult thing for farmers.Vendors need to take into consideration whether their service networks coverremote rural regions, and how rapidly can they respond to a crisis over adispersed area.About CCID ConsultingCCID Consulting Co., Ltd. (hereinafter known as CCID Consulting), thefirst Chinese consulting firm listed in the Growth Enterprise Market of theStock Exchange (GEM) of Hong Kong (stock code: 8235.HK), is directlyaffiliated with China Center for Information Industry Development (hereinafterknown as CCID Group).