Following the recent results season where several leading semiconductor and SPE companies globally produced either disappointing results or guidance, we look at where the semiconductor industry is at present, where it looks to be headed in 2025 and identify opportunities in the Japanese IC / SPE space.
With the FY24 Q2 performance deemed a miss on consensus estimates, Pelham Smithers reviews the divisional performance and notes the improving contributions by the IT Services segment. Perhaps more importantly, is news that NEC has decided to buy in the minorities of NEC Networks, and we provide our estimates on costs and reduction in minority interest payments.
When the BoJ raised rates in March, it had been 17 years since it had last done so, though the world was very different then. While the July rate hike was unlikely to move the economic needle, the question now is what else might follow the subsequent financial market maelstrom. Pelham Smithers discusses the outlook for Japan’s macro environment, what new fiscal policies the new PM might introduce, how the BoJ might react and the all-important trend in corporate earnings. This then leads us to...
Pelham Smithers reviews NEC’s mid-term management targets and discusses what the firm needs to do to achieve them. He also discusses the launch of NEC’s AI platform Blue Stella and compares it with Hitachi’s Lumada, Fujitsu’s uvance and Mitsubishi Electric’s Serendy.
NEC X Invests in Technology Startup, WeWALK, to Advance Mobility Solutions for Visually Impaired People NEC X invests in WeWALK; startup integrates NEC’s computer-vision technology to further advance its smart cane navigation technology PALO ALTO, Calif. and LONDON, Feb. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NEC X, Inc., the pioneering venture studio backed by NEC’s world-class technological innovation and expertise, today announced its investment in , a UK-based startup providing mobility solutions for blind and visually impaired people. Having previously raised a Seed round led by Nesta Impact...
In our 2010 Japan Perspective, written close to the nadir of the bear market, we discussed what was wrong with Japan, but also what it was starting to do right. Fourteen years on, the Nikkei 225 - though not yet Topix - has hit a new all-time high. This report looks at how Japan built on those things that were going right, while also starting to address what else needed to be done, and looks at whether more is needed to be done if the market rally is to continue from here.
NEC X Forges Strategic Partnership with “lotsful” to Amplify Skilled Talent Access, Bolstering Support for Startups Unleashing startup potential: elevating launch and growth with top-tier talent from Japan PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NEC X, Inc., the pioneering venture studio backed by NEC’s world-class technological innovation and expertise, today announced its strategic partnership with operator of the side job matching service "lotsful,” to propel the synergistic integration of top-tier side job professionals with startups in NEC X’s venture studio program, ...
NEC X and Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) Forge Strategic Partnership to Advance East Coast-based Startups NEC invests in “ERA Investors Fund 8”; ERA is New York City’s first and leading technology accelerator and early-stage venture capital fund PALO ALTO, Calif. and NEW YORK, Nov. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NEC X, Inc., the pioneering venture studio backed by NEC Corporation’s world-class technological innovation and expertise, and Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) today announced the establishment of a strategic partnership to strengthen support for entrepreneur...
NEC X Announces Elev X! - Program to Launch Technology Startups and Accelerate Business Growth Unparalleled venture studio program offers a broad and deep range of world-class technology and innovation expertise PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- , the pioneering venture studio backed by NEC’s world-class technological innovation and expertise, announced today its new initiative, “Elev X!”. The Elev X! venture studio program is designed to launch new technology startups and accelerate the growth of early-stage startups. The first cohort for the new initiative kicks of...
Attend the NEC X FutureFusion Forum – A Collaborative Initiative for Silicon Valley’s Tech Startup Ecosystem September 14ᵗʰ event brings together entrepreneurs, investors and startups with keynotes from MIT, panel discussions on AI and pitch presentations from emerging tech startups PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Members of the press are invited to attend the FutureFusion Forum, which brings together high-tech and artificial intelligence (AI) industry leaders that are disrupting the world with tech-driven innovation. Experts will be available by appointment to ...
NEC X Launches “FutureFusion Forum” with MIT Industrial Liaison Program – A Collaborative Initiative for Silicon Valley’s Tech Startup Ecosystem Celebrating NEC X’s fifth anniversary, the September 14th event brings together entrepreneurs, investors and startups with keynotes from MIT, panel discussions on AI and pitch presentations from emerging tech startups PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- , the venture studio that support entrepreneurs with NEC’s world-class technology, announced today its FutureFusion Forum, supported by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
SVG Ventures|THRIVE and NEC X Partner to Incubate Novel Solutions in Agrifood SILICON VALLEY, Calif., June 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SVG Ventures|THRIVE and NEC X, NEC Corporation’s Silicon Valley innovation hub and venture studio, announced today that they have partnered to build bridges between agtech entrepreneurial ecosystems and NEC X venture-building capabilities. They will collaboratively identify opportunities for new ventures in agriculture and fast-track acceleration of resulting ventures from NEC X. The organizations will join forces in venture and ecosystem development with...
Metabob Launches New AI generative VSCode Extension for Revolutionary Software Code Debugging and Refactoring Tool Upgraded AI code tool increases software developer productivity with 60%-time savings in the code review process PALO ALTO, Calif., May 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Metabob announced today a new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered virtual studio code (VSCode) extension for its debugging and refactoring tool that speeds software development code review by 60%. It provides users with functional context-sensitive code recommendations to fix errors right in the integrated deve...
QI Graduates from NEC X’s Venture Studio Program With AI-Generated Personalized Marketing Content Platform QI is the only AI-powered content creator that offers end-to-end personalization, saving time by 65% and delivering 4x customer engagement PALO ALTO, Calif., April 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- , the innovation incubator and accelerator for NEC's emerging technologies, announced today that technology startup, Qualitative Intelligence () is graduating from its Venture Studio Program. QI is the only artificial intelligence (AI)-powered content creation solution that offers an end-to-e...
Failing to capitalize on Covid, missing targets and being hit by headwinds over 5G has resulted in NEC’s stock underperforming Topix by 19% since the start of 2021. Now, however, earnings growth in new business lines is now starting to make a difference, while analyst Pelham Smithers suggests there’s a case to be made that 5G is beginning to act as a tailwind rather than as a headwind.
Flyhound Takes Off with Patented Missing Person Location Technology and Graduates from NEC X’s Venture Studio Program Drone location technology finds people 100x faster than traditional methods PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- , the innovation incubator and accelerator for NEC’s emerging technologies, announced today that technology startup has graduated from its Venture Studio Program. The search for missing people and disaster victims can be a time-sensitive task, and with the Flyhound solution, a missing person can be located in just 30 minutes within a 50-meter ...
NEC is issuing a Clarification for the news release previously disseminated on December 19th, 2022 and its Retransmission disseminated on December 21st, 2022. The clarification pertains to the caption of the image and formal name of the product. The updated release can be found below: Tokyo, Japan--(Newsfile Corp. - December 22, 2022) - NEC (TSE: 6701) (OTC Pink: NIPNF) explores a strategy of NEC I:Delight for biometrics payment at NEC Visionary Week 2022.Experts at NEC Visionary Week 2022 discussed how the new technology will change the future of transactions.The experts situated biometrics...
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