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Samsung may consider Austin for $17 bn chip plant

Samsung Electronics is considering Austin, Texas, as one of the sites for a new $17 billion chip plant that the South Korean firm said...
Xilinx Telco Accelerator Card

Xilinx to supply chips to Fujitsu for U.S. 5G network gear

Xilinx said on Thursday it will supply chips to Fujitsu for 5G telecom network gear to be used in a new U.S. network. Such equipment...
Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G mobile platform

Qualcomm faces semiconductor supply constraints impacting Q1 sales

Qualcomm said that semiconductor supply constraints that have roiled the industry contributed to fiscal first-quarter sales. The results come as chip shortages force automakers such...
tablets

Qualcomm yet to grab share from Intel’s tablet business

The global tablet applications processor (AP) market achieved 20 percent growth in terms of units and 28 percent increase in revenues in Q3 2020,...
China semiconductor industry

Semiconductor revenue grew 5.4% to $442 bn: IDC

Worldwide semiconductor revenue grew 5.4 percent to $442 billion in 2020, said a new report from International Data Corporation (IDC). The market report on the...
Apple iphone 12 5G smartphone in Singapore

Apple beats Qualcomm in smartphone AP business in Q3 2020

The global smartphone applications processor (AP) market grew 32 percent in revenue terms to $7.4 billion in Q3 2020, according to Strategy Analytics. Apple, Qualcomm,...
MediaTek M80 for 5G smartphones

MediaTek unveils 5G chip aimed at gaining US market share

Taiwanese chip designer MediaTek has released a new 5G chip aimed at helping it gain market share in the United States. MediaTek is one of...
SK Hynix chip investment in NAND

SK Hynix completes construction of chip plant in South Korea

SK Hynix Inc, South Korea’s No 2 chipmaker, has completed the construction of a new chip production line in the country in order to...
Cavli Wireless IoT module

Cavli Wireless in pact with GCT to manufacture IoT modules in India

Cavli Wireless has partnered with GCT Semiconductor to license the chipsets and manufacture LPWAN, LTE, and 5G IoT modules in India. The association with GCT Semiconductor positions...
Semiconductor revenue

Semiconductor sales grow 6.5% in 2020 after year-end rush

Global semiconductor sales rose 6.5 percent overall in 2020, as a recovery during the last three months of the year helped offset a sharp...
Texas Instruments HQ

Texas Instruments expects revenue growth in first quarter

Chipset company Texas Instruments (TI) said it expects first-quarter revenue in a range of $3.79 billion to $4.11 billion. Texas Instruments is expecting sales growth...
Intel technology for 5G

Intel invests $475 mn more in Vietnam for chip assembly facility

Intel has invested $475 million in Intel Products Vietnam (IPV). This new investment is in addition to Intel’s $1 billion investment to build a...
Semiconductor revenue

Semiconductor cos want review of Trump’s chip export policy

A semiconductor industry group SEMI on Monday called for a review of the Trump administration’s export control policy. SEMI urged the incoming U.S. Commerce Secretary...
Intel technology for 5G

Intel aims to manufacture majority of products internally

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, who is taking over from Bob Swan, said that the majority of the company’s 2023 products should be manufactured internally. Intel...
Apple vs Qualcomm

Qualcomm share of China’s smartphone chip market plunges

Qualcomm’s share of China’s smartphone chip market decreased in 2020 due to U.S. sanctions on phone maker Huawei. As a result, the country’s domestic mobile...
China semiconductor industry

Semiconductor revenue grew 7.3% to $450 bn, MediaTek improves ranking

Worldwide semiconductor revenue increased 7.3 percent in 2020 to $449.8 billion, according to Gartner. Semiconductor revenue declined 12 percent in 2019. Intel (15.6 percent), Samsung (12.5 percent),...

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