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Wednesday 22 February 2023
Smartphone AP inventory correction may persist into 4Q
As the semiconductor industry is facing cyclical challenges, analysts foresee a slower-than-expected inventory clearing for smartphone chips, casting a shadow on two leading providers,...
Wednesday 11 January 2023
Oppo set to mass produce own handset AP with 4nm process in 3Q23
Oppo is gearing up for volume production of its in-house developed smartphone application processor in the third quarter of 2023, reportedly to be carried out at TSMC with 4nm process...
Tuesday 3 January 2023
Samsung reportedly shifts smartphone focus to technology and brand value from profitability
Samsung Electronics's smartphone business used to focus on "profitability," but with its devices "sandwiched" between Apple and Chinese competitors amid a global handset market downturn,...
Friday 23 December 2022
MediaTek, Qualcomm to see smartphone AP shipments fall in 4Q22
A recent Counterpoint Research report showed MediaTek continued to take the lead...
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...
Thursday 17 November 2022
Smartphone AP shipments to China up in 3Q22 with MediaTek gaining share, says DIGITIMES Research
Shipments of application processors (APs) used in smartphones released by China-based brands went up 10.2% sequentially, but down 19.4% on year to reach 199.5 million units in the...
Wednesday 9 November 2022
China smartphone AP shipments – 3Q 2022

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Wednesday 9 November 2022
MediaTek introduces 4nm smartphone chip
MediaTek has introduced a new smartphone application processor series built on TSMC's second-generation 4nm process technology, and expects smartphones powered by the new chips to...
Friday 21 October 2022
Inventory correction for Android phones nears end
Inventory correction for Android smartphones may come to an end later in the fourth quarter, but the market outlook for 2023 remains vague, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC...
Thursday 22 September 2022
IC design houses continue to see Android phone customers scale back orders
IC design houses continue to see their Android smartphone customers scale back orders in the third quarter and are uncertain about the demand outlook for the fourth quarter, according...
Wednesday 10 August 2022
China smartphone AP shipments - 2Q 2022

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Tuesday 19 July 2022
Competition in 3nm smartphone AP market to take place in 2H23
Competition between Qualcomm and MediaTek in the 3nm smartphone application processor (AP) market is poised to take place in the second half of 2023, according to market sources....
Friday 15 July 2022
MediaTek's deployments in mmWave applications
MediaTek launched its first mmWave application processor (AP), the Dimensity 1050, towards the end of second-quarter 2022, nearly two years later than Qualcomm and Samsung Electronics...
Monday 25 June 2018
Entry-level smartphone SoCs likely to exit from market
Entry-level smartphone SoC solutions are likely to see their shipments continue declining, with prospect of being driven out of the market, as chipset suppliers are shifting their...
Wednesday 24 January 2018
Qualcomm to see smartphone AP shipments decline in 2018
Qualcomm's smartphone application processor (AP) shipments are expected to decline slightly in 2018, as top-tier smartphone vendors' in-house-developed APs - which cater to their...