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Tuesday 10 January 2023
IDC forecasts nearly 415 million used smartphones to be shipped worldwide in 2026 with a market value of US$99.9 billion
IDC estimates worldwide shipments of used smartphones, including officially refurbished smartphones, will reach 282.6 million units in 2022. The unit growth represents an 11.5% increase...
Thursday 29 December 2022
Qualcomm likely to cut mobile phone SoC prices in 2023
Qualcomm is likely to cut prices for its mid-range and entry-level Snapdragon mobile phone processors, including the 400 and 600 series, in 2023, according to market sources.
Monday 26 December 2022
Chinese smartphone vendors bank on self-developed chips
Chinese smartphone brands like Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo are expanding their involvement in the chip supply chain in terms of both self-development and investment, as they seek to differentiate...
Tuesday 13 December 2022
MediaTek's Dimensity 8200 mobile phone AP upgrades to 4nm process
After the launch of its flagship mobile phone AP Dimensity 9200, MediaTek quickly followed up with the Dimensity 8200 to compete in the value-flagship and mid-to-high tier market...
Tuesday 13 December 2022
Huawei to license mobile phone SoC patents to more companies
Huawei has licensed its mobile phone SoC (system on a chip) patents to more companies including Oppo and Samsung Electronics, according to industry sources.
Monday 12 December 2022
MediaTek faces difficulty rivaling Qualcomm in flagship mobile AP market
With Samsung Electronics still reorganizing its Exynos processor product line, the Android handset AP market has become a two-horse race between Qualcomm and MediaTek, and how the...
Monday 5 December 2022
Is Taiwan's IC design sector impacted by declined Samsung phone shipments?
Samsung Electronics has reduced smartphone production at its Vietnam production line, which could have some negative impacts on Taiwanese IC design houses like MediaTek. However,...
Monday 21 November 2022
Tech-app integrators, system architects, business model innovators badly needed in Taiwan, says MediaTek
Three major categories of talent will be badly needed to support the future growth of Taiwan's semiconductor industry and accelerate the development of digital technology, according...
Friday 11 November 2022
SMIC expects over 10% revenue drop in 4Q22
China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) expects to post a revenue decline of 13-15% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2022, with gross margin...
Wednesday 9 November 2022
Vivo develops image chips to combat freezing mobile phone market
Chinese mobile phone maker Vivo recently announced a new generation of self-developed image chips. Said image chip uses the AI-ISP architecture, bringing the low latency and high-performance...
Monday 31 October 2022
Handset market faces worst headwinds in a decade, says MediaTek CEO
The mobile phone market has always had its ups and downs, but the current sharp decline in demand is probably a major headwind that has been never seen over the past decade, with...
Friday 28 October 2022
MediaTek keen on promoting Wi-Fi 7 for AIoT applications
Despite Wi-Fi core chips recently starting to show signs of a slowdown, leading chipmakers like Broadcom, Qualcomm and MediaTek are still in full swing for the deployment of Wi-Fi...
Wednesday 14 September 2022
Apple iPhone 14 Pro series favorites in Taiwan preorders
Telecom service providers and retailers in Taiwan are optimistic about demand for Apple's iPhone 14 series, which will be available in the local market starting from September 16,...
Friday 2 September 2022
Fabless designers call for more investments from India's local mobile vendors
Amid India's eagerness to revive local mobile phone brands to build a complete mobile ecosystem, fabless designers and analysts call for more R&D from India's local mobile brands...
Thursday 23 June 2022
Mobile phone IC prices feel pressure to drop
Prices for chips used in mobile phones, such as LCD touch and display driver integration (TDDI) chips, are under increasing pressure to fall further in the second half of 2022, according...