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Friday 30 June 2017
Digitimes Research: Taiwan IC design industry output value to rise 3% in 2017
The production value of Taiwan's IC design industry will grow only 3.3% on year to NT$637.3 billion (US$20.9 billion) in 2017, as a result of weaker growth coming from MediaTek, according...
Thursday 29 June 2017
Qualcomm expanding mobile chip offering for mid-range smartphones
Qualcomm has introduced its Snapdragon 450-series mobile chips, a new entry to the Snapdragon 400 mobile platform tier designed for mid-range smartphones and tablets. The Snapdragon...
Wednesday 28 June 2017
Qualcomm announces advanced fingerprint scanning and authentication technology
Qualcomm has announced its next-generation ultrasonic fingerprint solutions which bring new and enhanced features to the previous generation Qualcomm Snapdragon Sense ID fingerprint...
Wednesday 14 June 2017
Global 2016 handset baseband market increases 5%, says Strategy Analytics
The global handset baseband processor market grew 5% on year to reach US$22.3 billion in 2016, according to Strategy Analytics. Qualcomm, MediaTek, Samsung LSI, Spreadtrum and HiSilicon...
Thursday 1 June 2017
Asustek, HP and Lenovo develop mobile PCs powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chips
At the ongoing Computex trade show in Taipei, Qualcomm has announced that Asustek Computer, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Lenovo are the first OEMs to develop mobile PCs powered by its...
Thursday 1 June 2017
MediaTek to enter mass production of 12nm mobile chips by end of 2017
MediaTek is expected to start mass production of 12nm mobile chips manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company around the end of 2017, according to industry sources...
Tuesday 30 May 2017
Welcome to Computex 2017: New friends, renewed rivalries
After several years where players in a post-mature PC industry have been more concerned about making sure they clear out inventory rather than consistently introducing new innovations...
Friday 28 April 2017
Qualcomm, Microsoft to bring ARM notebook back
ARM has recently revealed that a Snapdragon 835-based Windows 10 notebook will be launched in the market by the end of 2017 and some market watchers believe ARM and Microsoft’s...
Monday 24 April 2017
Galaxy S8 materials costs highest by far compared to previous versions, IHS teardown reveals
The new Samsung Galaxy S8 equipped with 64 gigabytes (GB) of NAND flash memory carries a bill of materials (BOM) cost that comes out to US$301.60, much higher than for previous versions...
Friday 31 March 2017
Asustek may reboot connection with MediaTek after failing to receive priority from Qualcomm
Asustek has failed to be among the first wave of Qualcomm's customers adopting the firm's 10nm Snapdragon 835 processor and is also unwilling to use the older-generation Snapdragon...
Tuesday 14 March 2017
Qualcomm expanding Snapdragon 835 market share at the expense of MediaTek Helio X30
Qualcomm has continued to expand the market share of its 10nm Snapdragon 835 SoCs at the expense of MediaTek as the Taiwan-based AP solution vendor will be unable to achieve volume...
Friday 6 January 2017
CES 2017: New Asustek smartphones still feature 14nm Qualcomm chips
Asustek at the ongoing CES trade show in Las Vegas has introduced two new smartphones, the ZenFone AR and ZenFone 3 Zoom, both featuring Qualcomm's 14nm Snapdragon chips instead of...
Thursday 5 January 2017
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chips to ship in commercial devices in 1H17
Qualcomm has announced its 10nm Snapdragon 835-series processors will ship in commercial devices in the first half of 2017. The chips reportedly will draw adoption from Samsung Electronics,...
Friday 18 November 2016
Qualcomm, Samsung collaborate on 10nm for Snapdragon 835 mobile chips
Qualcomm and Samsung Electronics have extended their tie to manufacture Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 mobile chips with Samsung's 10nm FinFET process technology, according to the compa...
Wednesday 19 October 2016
Qualcomm likely to switch follow-up orders for Snapdragon 830 chips to TSMC, says paper
Qualcomm is likely to switch follow-up orders for its Snapdragon 830 chips to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) in 2017 as production of the 10nm chips at current...