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Thursday 17 January 2019
AI, 5G to boost penetration of HDI PCBs in notebooks
Notebooks are getting smart along with growing application of 5G and AI technologies, driving up demand for high-density interconnect (HDI) PCBs to support upgrades in designs, according...
Thursday 3 January 2019
Chipmakers keen to roll out NPU-based AI mobile SoCs
Discrete NPU (neural processing unit) is increasingly incorporated by chipmakers including Huawei HiSilicon, Qualcomm and MediaTek into their mobile chip solutions to execute AI computing...
Wednesday 5 December 2018
Qualcomm intros 7nm, 5G-ready chip
Qualcomm has unveiled its Snapdragon 855 mobile platform to enable commercial 5G networks and mobile devices in early 2019.
Tuesday 27 November 2018
Supply chain partners see mixed impacts from iPhone order cuts
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has been little affected by a cutback in chip orders for Apple's new iPhones as many of its other fabless clients are queuing for...
Monday 26 November 2018
MediaTek faces difficulty gaining 10% mobile AP shipment growth in 2019
Taiwan chipmaker MediaTek may find it a difficult job to score an estimated 10% annual growth in total mobile AP shipments for 2019, given the global smartphone market still facing...
Thursday 22 November 2018
Chipmakers may see profits deflated by smartphone sales headwind in 2019
As worldwide smartphone vendors are expected to further lower prices for new models to stimulate replacement demand in 2019, global chipmakers including Qualcomm, MediaTek and UNISOC...
Tuesday 13 November 2018
Mobile SoC specialists moving to tap slim-notebook market
Qualcomm is taking the lead to incorporate its Snapdragon 850 series mobile chips into thin and light notebooks adopting Microsoft Windows operating system, and other handset SoC...
Thursday 8 November 2018
Qualcomm to better partner with TSMC for HPC chips fabrication
Qualcomm is expected to significantly enhance its partnership with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for the production of high-performance computing (HPC) chips for...
Friday 19 October 2018
TSMC expects 7nm chip sales to account for 10% of 2018 revenues
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is set to tape out more than 50 chip designs with its 7nm process technology by the end of 2018, and over 100 chip designs with both...
Thursday 18 October 2018
Qualcomm extends Wi-Fi to 5G with 60GHz 802.11ay solutions
Qualcomm Technologies has announced a family of 60GHz Wi-Fi chipsets, the QCA64x8 and QCA64x1, delivering 10+ gigabit-per-second (Gbps) network speeds and wire-equivalent latency.
Thursday 23 August 2018
TSMC to start making Qualcomm Snapdragon chips in 4Q18, says report
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will start fabricating Qualcomm's next-generation Snapdragon 800 series SoC chips in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to a report...
Tuesday 7 August 2018
Smartphone AP with on-device AI gaining momentum
Smartphone applications processors (AP) with on-device artificial intelligence (AI) functionality grew almost three fold year-on-year in the first quarter of 2018, Strategy Analytics...
Tuesday 24 July 2018
Qualcomm delivers 5G NR mmWave and sub-6 GHz RF modules for mobile devices
Qualcomm has unveiled what the company claims is the world's first fully-integrated 5G NR millimeter wave (mmWave) and sub-6 GHz RF modules for smartphones and other mobile devices...
Friday 22 June 2018
TSMC likely to make Qualcomm 7nm Snapdragon chips
Speculation has been circulating that Qualcomm will return to TSMC for 7nm. Industry sources believe that the foundry with its 7nm FinFET process node will win back its major contract...
Friday 15 June 2018
Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium launched in Taiwan
Sony Mobile Communications has launched its latest flagship smartphone, the Xperia XZ2 Premium, in the Taiwan market with the availability to begin in the second half of July. The...
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