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Tuesday 3 June 2025
Modem independence proves elusive as Apple and Xiaomi grapple with custom designs
Apple's first real effort to cut ties with Qualcomm's modem dominance appears to have stumbled out of the gate. Qualcomm commissioned Cellular Insights to run real-world 5G tests...
Monday 26 May 2025
Xiaomi enters 3nm race, but Lei Jun says it's no Apple showdown
Xiaomi has launched its first self-designed 3nm system-on-chip, the XRing O1, positioning it as the cornerstone of a broader push into advanced semiconductors. Debuting inside both...
Saturday 24 May 2025
Taiwan shifts from self-reliance to Kuiper connection
Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council revised its beyond 5G satellite development strategy following significant delays, pivoting toward international partnerships rather...
Thursday 22 May 2025
Xiaomi vaults to 3nm with XRing O1, pairing custom AP with external baseband
Xiaomi's XRing O1 will debut in the 15S Pro smartphone and Pad 7 Ultra, reportedly built on TSMC's second-gen 3nm (N3E) process. With around 19 billion transistors, the chip ranks...
Thursday 5 September 2024
Taiwan's RF and baseband 6G chips entering tapeout by 2025
Since carriers adopted 5G, the technology has not stopped evolving. For example, the 5G Advanced Network Solutions and the research and development of radio frequency (RF) and baseband...
Friday 10 May 2024
China smartphone AP shipments, 1Q 2024

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Monday 4 March 2024
Chinese chip industry's space race behind the curtain of MWC 2024
On the sidelines of the overarching US-China tech rivalry unfolding across multiple domains, the Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona 2024 took place between Feb. 26 - 29, featuring...
Thursday 16 November 2023
Baseband chip startup Ranictek believes chip solutions are the key to 5G O-RAN mass adoption
Ranictek, an IC design startup founded in 2022, aims to solve the pain point of 5G deployment through innovations in Massive Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) technology. Based in Taiwan,...
Thursday 12 October 2023
Auden advances with European LEO satellites, navigating the baseband module integration phase
Auden Techno, a prominent player in the radio frequency and testing sector, has revealed its current focus on testing and integrating baseband modules with European clients. In an...
Tuesday 29 August 2023
Tripod Tech starts shipping UBBs for AI servers
Tripod Technology has started shipping universal baseband boards (UBB) for AI servers since the second half of this year, with shipments expected to increase in 2024, according to...
Wednesday 1 March 2023
Arctic, Compal team up for 5G small cell infrastructure
Arctic Semiconductor (formerly SiTune) has announced that its groundbreaking RF transceiver, IceWings, is powering Compal Electronics' new universal 5G small cell infrastructure pl...
Friday 17 February 2023
Arctic Semiconductor ships its 1st 5G RF chipset
Arctic Semiconductor has rebranded from SiTune to Arctic Semiconductor to emphasize its focus on 5G RF products, and has started shipping its first 5G silicon chipset, IceWings, in...
Thursday 20 October 2022
China chipmakers enter volume production of 5G RF chip solutions
Chinese IC design houses are entering commercial production of 5G RF filters, power amplifiers (PA) and related modules, marking a step forward in boosting the self-sufficiency for...
Wednesday 9 February 2022
China smartphone AP shipments, 4Q 2021

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Thursday 18 November 2021
Qualcomm to scale down modem chip supply for iPhones
Qualcomm will sharply cut back its modem chip supply for Apple's iPhones starting 2023, sparking speculation that Apple will have its in-house developed modem solution ready for the...