NXP to buy Marvell’s wireless business for $1.76 billion
Chipmaker NXP Semiconductors is set to buy Marvell Technology Group’s wireless connectivity business for $1.76 billion in cash.
NXP Semiconductors aims to sell Marvell’s connectivity...
MediaTek 5G chipset will be ready in Q3 conceding lead to Qualcomm
MediaTek today announced the launch of its MediaTek 5G chipset at Computex 2019, one of the largest IT conferences in Asia.
The current MediaTek 5G chipset...
Pegatron to invest $1 bn to produce chips for Apple
Taiwan electronics company Pegatron has signed a letter of intent to invest 10 trillion to 15 trillion rupiah or $695 million to $1 billion...
Semiconductor revenue to drop 7.2% to $440 bn in 2019: IDC
Semiconductor revenue will decline 7.2 percent to $440 billion in 2019 from $474 billion in 2018, according to a research report from IDC.
Semiconductor revenues...
SMIC revenue and profit dip in first quarter
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) announced a decrease in revenue and profit for the three months ended March 31, 2019.
SMIC revenue was $668.9 million in Q1 209...
Qualcomm wins 75 5G design contracts, cementing leadership
Qualcomm has revealed that it has won over 75 5G design contracts -- more than double the number it announced last January, driven by...
Qualcomm to book $4.5 bn revenue from Apple settlement
Qualcomm reported 5 percent drop in its revenue to $5 billion in its fiscal second quarter ended March 31, 2019.
Qualcomm achieved operating income of...
Qualcomm and Apple settle legal issues – eyeing modem supply deal
Qualcomm announced a settlement of its legal dispute with Apple that includes a supply deal paving the way for the iPhone to use Qualcomm...
Intel exits from 5G smartphone modem business as Qualcomm shines
Intel has exited from the 5G smartphone modem business, while assessing opportunities for 4G and 5G modems in PCs, internet of things (IoT) devices...
Apple vs Qualcomm trials start seeking to end business model
iPhone maker Apple and its allies on Monday will start a jury trial against chip supplier Qualcomm, alleging that Qualcomm engaged in illegal patent...
China displaces Taiwan in semiconductor equipment market
Sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment rose 14 percent to $64.5 billion in 2018 from $56.62 billion in 2017, industry association SEMI said.
The report said Korea has claimed the...
Qualcomm presents Cloud AI 100 and latest Snapdragon mobile platforms
Qualcomm on Tuesday announced the latest Snapdragon mobile platforms and Cloud AI 100 -- for speeding up artificial intelligence work.
Cloud AI 100
Qualcomm announced its...
Intel offers Agilex FPGA and new Xeon Scalable processors
Navin Shenoy, executive vice president of Intel, has made two announcements targeting a $300 billion data-driven market opportunity.
Intel’s Agilex FPGA and Intel’s 2nd-Generation Xeon...
Intel hires Qualcomm veteran George Davis as CFO
Intel announced the appointment of Qualcomm veteran George S Davis as chief financial officer (CFO).
George Davis will report to Intel CEO Bob Swan and...
Dialog Semi to buy Silicon Motion’s IoT business for $45 mn
Dialog Semiconductor is set to acquire Silicon Motion’s mobile communications business for $45 million in cash, expanding its presence in the market for low-power...
Signalchip intros chips targeting OEMs of 4G and 5G NR modems
Signalchip, an Indian fab-less semiconductor company, introduced four semiconductor chips targeting OEMs of 4G / LTE and 5G NR modems.
Signalchip’s four chips
SCBM3412 is a...
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