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Qualcomm for IoT

Qualcomm chipset with Facebook technology to deliver internet

Qualcomm and Facebook announced a new partnership aimed at delivering cost effective internet connectivity through the development of a multi-node wireless system based on...
Infineon chipset

Infineon to build $1.9 billion chip plant in Austria

Germany’s Infineon Technologies is planning to build a $1.9 billion chip facility in Austria, Reuters reported. Read the latest telecom news
ZTE Axon7d smartphone

Samsung in talks with ZTE to supply mobile processor chips

Samsung Electronics is in talks with several smartphone makers including China’s ZTE to supply mobile processor chips, a move that will bring it in...
Intel technology for 5G

Intel submits plans for $5 billion Israel expansion

Intel has submitted plans to expand its production operations in Israel, with the government saying the U.S. chipmaker would invest about $5 billion, Reuters...
Qualcomm India Rajen Vagadia

Qualcomm names Rajen Vagadia as India head

Qualcomm announced the appointment of Rajen Vagadia as country manager of Qualcomm India. Qualcomm India said its present India head Larry Paulson will be...
SMIC semiconductor

SMIC revenue up 4.8% to $831 mn thanks to China

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) posted revenue of $831 million (+4.8 percent), gross profit of $220.2 million (--0.3 percent) and net income of $27...
MediaTek MT6739 chipset for 4G phones

Mediatek gets approval to sell components to ZTE

Taiwanese chip maker Mediatek has received an export permit from the government to sell components to ZTE, a Chinese telecoms equipment maker subjected to...
Semiconductor

Semiconductor sales surge 20% to $111 billion in Q1

Sales of semiconductors increased 20 percent year on year and dropped 2.5 percent quarter on quarter to $111.1 billion during the first quarter of 2018,...
Qualcomm for mobile chips

Qualcomm explains its new licensing model will gain customers

Alex Rogers, head of Qualcomm’s licensing division, says the chipset firm has broadened its use of a lower-cost licensing model for the next generation...
Dollar2

TSMC to invest $14 billion in R&D at Hsinchu facility

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, is planning a T$400 billion or $13.50 billion investment to expand its research and development...
Qualcomm for IoT

Qualcomm faces setback as it’s ready to accept lower income from licensing

Chipset major Qualcomm is getting ready to accept lower income from the controversial device-level licensing model in future. The San Diego-based chipmaker calculates licensing revenue...
Semiconductor

China set to finalize $19 bn semiconductor fund

China will be finalizing an $18.98 billion investment fund to support the local chipset sector and cut reliance on imports from the United States,...
MediaTek India Anku Jain

MediaTek names Anku Jain as India head

MediaTek announced the appointment of Anku Jain as the chief representative of MediaTek India. Anku Jain has played an important role in developing MediaTek’s operations...
Qualcomm revenue Q1 2018

Qualcomm revenue growth indicates booming smartphone biz

U.S.-based chipmaker Qualcomm said its revenue rose 4.9 percent to $5.26 billion in Q1 2018. Qualcomm’s net income fell to $363 million from $749...
Semiconductor

SK Hynix echoes TSMC with warning of slower mobile chip growth

SK Hynix became Asia’s second major semiconductor maker to warn of slower growth in smartphone chip sales, but said this would be offset somewhat...
Dollar2

Apple sensor supplier AMS warns of second-quarter slowdown

Chipmaker AMS reported first-quarter sales toward the lower end of its guidance range and warned of a downturn owing to weaker orders from one...

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