Telecom Chips

Qualcomm Q3 revenue up 35%, driven by Snapdragon

Qualcomm third quarter revenue rose 35 percent to $6.24 billion. Success of Snapdragon solutions were the primary growth driver. Operating income of Qualcomm increased 21...

Samsung brings 3GB mobile DRAM solution for smartphones

Samsung kicked off mass production of 3GB mobile DRAM solution for next-generation smartphones. The low power double data rate 3 (LPDDR3) memory solution will bring...
Qualcomm leads smartphone applications processor market

Qualcomm leads smartphone processor market share with 49%, ahead of Apple, Samsung in Q1

Qualcomm is leading the smartphone applications processor market with 49 percent revenue share in the first quarter of 2013. It is head of Apple...

Dialog to buy iWatt for $310 million to strengthen tablets and smartphones biz

Dialog Semiconductor will buy iWatt, a provider of digital power management ICs, for $310 million. The acquisition will be funded from both Dialog's existing cash...

Altair Semiconductor completes $25 million in funding from existing investors

LTE chipsets maker Altair Semiconductor has completed a $25 million round of funding from existing investors Bessemer, BRM, Giza, JVP and Pacific Technology. Altair, which...
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LG’s Next G Series smartphones to feature Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor

Telecom Lead Asia: Telecom chip maker Qualcomm and LG announced that the successor to LG Optimus will utilize Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, the latest mobile...

STMicroelectronics to showcase STB system-on-chips at CommunicAsia 2013

STMicroelectronics will showcase its latest set-top box system-on-chips at CommunicAsia 2013. The new STB system-on-chips will address challenges faced by cable, satellite and terrestrial operators....
Broadcom

Broadcom unveils quad-core HSPA+ processor for entry-level smartphones, taking on MediaTek

Taking on MediaTek of Taiwan, Broadcom announced a quad-core HSPA+ processor designed for entry-level smartphones. The new quad-core HSPA+ processor is optimized for the Android...
INTEL

How Intel tries to take on Qualcomm in tablet market

Telecom Lead India: Intel on Tuesday said the 4th generation Intel Core processors offer over 9 hours of battery life and two times the...
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Quantenna announces world’s fastest Wi-Fi chip

Telecom Lead Asia: Quantenna announced the launch of the world’s fastest Wi-Fi chip. Quantenna says 4x4 MU-MIMO 802.11ac chipset transmits faster, reaches farther and serves...
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Qualcomm to improve biz from tablet, Wi-Fi and emerging telecom markets

Telecom Lead India: Chip major Qualcomm made several announcements at the Computex 2013 in Taiwan. Most of the announcements are aimed at enhancing performance of...

Qualcomm grabs 59% cellular baseband market share in Q1, ahead of Intel and MediaTek

Telecom Lead Asia: Qualcomm has grabbed 59 percent cellular baseband market share in the first quarter of 2013. Intel is in the second position with...

ARM new IP solution targets mid-range mobile devices

Telecom Lead India: ARM announced an optimized IP solution to power mid-range mobile devices. ARM sees this as a big opportunity for growth in the...
TABLET

Tablet processor market share 2012: Qualcomm and Intel together grab 5%

Telecom Lead India: Qualcomm and Intel together captured less than 5 percent volume share in the tablet applications processor market in 2012. Strategy Analytics says...
Broadcom

Broadcom announced an integrated processor system-on-a-chip for enterprise access points

Telecom Lead America: Broadcom Corporation (BRCM), a provider of semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, announced an integrated processor system-on-a-chip (SoC) for enterprise...

Intel Silvermont promises faster downloads on tablets and smartphones, to take on Qualcomm

Telecom Lead India: Intel has unveiled Silvermont, the revamped version of Atom mobile processors, to take on wireless chip leader Qualcomm. The new mobile chip...

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