Qualcomm lines up 12 suppliers for mid-priced 5G smartphones
Qualcomm announced 12 OEMs including Oppo, realme, Xiaomi, Vivo, Motorola, HMD Global (Nokia), and LG will launch their mid-range 5G smartphones -- on Snapdragon...
Samsung reveals features of Exynos 980 5G mobile processor
Samsung Electronics announced its 5G mobile processor Exynos 980 targeting 5G smartphone makers.
South Korea-based Samsung said it will start the mass production of Exynos...
Qualcomm brings new Wi-Fi 6 chips bolstering 5G revenue
Qualcomm announced a new range of Wi-Fi chips -- Qualcomm Networking Pro Series -- designed to work with Wi-Fi 6, the newest version of...
Deutsche Telekom certifies UNISOC’s NB-IoT chipset
Deutsche Telekom announced certification of UNISOC’s NB-IoT chipset, IVY8908A as one of the recommended Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) solutions.
NB-IoT is a standards-based low power wide...
Qualcomm signs 5-year license deal with LG Electronics
Qualcomm has entered into a new 5-year patent license deal with LG Electronics to develop, manufacture and sell 3G, 4G and 5G smartphones.
LGE in...
Sale of semiconductors drops 14.5% in first half
Worldwide sales of semiconductors during the first half of 2019 fell 14.5 percent, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).
Sales of semiconductors reached $98.2 billion during...
Qualcomm revenue to take hit due to Huawei gains in China
Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf revealed that Huawei Technologies’s strong gains in the China smartphone market will be negatively impacting the company’s chipset business in...
MediaTek launches Helio G90 chipset targeting gaming smartphone
MediaTek announced the launch of its Helio G90 series chipsets -- Helio G90 and G90T – for offering better gaming experience to smartphone customers.
“Our combination...
Xilinx resumes supply to Huawei, but faces business pressure
Xilinx reported revenue of $850 million (+24 percent) with net income of $241 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2020.
Xilinx generated 39 percent of...
What went wrong for Qualcomm to face fine of $272 mn?
The European Commission on Thursday announced a fine of 242 million euros or $272 million on Qualcomm, the world’s no.1 chipmaker, for blocking a...
Taiwan to dethrone Korea in semiconductor manufacturing market
Sale of semiconductor manufacturing equipment is forecast to dip 18.4 percent to $52.7 billion in 2019 from $64.5 billion in 2018.
The global sales of semiconductor manufacturing...
Qualcomm 9205 LTE modem for IoT wins 16 deals in 6 months
Qualcomm announced design wins from sixteen companies for its next-generation Qualcomm 9205 LTE modem, which was announced in December of 2018.
The device will enable...
Semiconductor sales forecast to drop 12% to $412 bn: SIA
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said the global semiconductor sales will drop 12.1 percent to $412.1 billion in 2019 from $468.8 billion in 2018.
The...
Infineon to buy Cypress Semiconductors for $10 billion
Germany-based Infineon is set to buy Cypress Semiconductors in a deal valuing the U.S. maker of microchips used in cars and electronic devices at...
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...
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