1951 news items tagged mobile
Samsung intros 5G mobile processor built on EUV process
Friday 15 January 2021Samsung Electronics has announced its new 5G mobile processor series - Exynos 2100 - built using 5nm extreme ultra-violet (EUV) process technology.
M31 Technology developing IP for TSMC 3nm process
Monday 4 January 2021Silicon IP provider M31 Technology is engaged in the development for TSMC's upcoming 4nm and 3nm process technologies, and will introduce related IPs for mobile SoC designs in 2021,...
Airoha to acquire IC Plus
Wednesday 30 December 2020Airoha Technology, a MediaTek subsidiary, will acquire all shares of fellow company IC Plus at NT$22 (US$0.78) per share, according to company filings with the Taiwan Stock Exchange...
MediaTek posts increased November revenue
Friday 11 December 2020MediaTek has reported consolidated revenue of NT$33.54 billion (US$1.19 billion) for November 2020, up 10.2% sequentially and 62.7% on year.
Unimicron, Kinsus to embrace 5G handset sales boom in 2021
Wednesday 9 December 2020Taiwan's IC substrate makers Unimicron Technology and Kinsus Interconnect are poised to benefit significantly from 5G handset sales boom expected in 2021 as they reportedly have secured...
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 888 5G mobile platform
Thursday 3 December 2020Qualcomm has introduced its latest flagship Snapdragon 888 5G mobile platform, which it says features innovations in 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), gaming, and camera technologies...
Global NAND flash output value to drop in 4Q20, says TrendForce
Friday 27 November 2020Output value for the global NAND flash memory industry will register a sequential decrease in the fourth quarter of 2020 following a mere 0.3% growth in the prior quarter, according...
Faraday supplies 28eHV memory compilers for mobile OLED driver IC
Friday 27 November 2020ASIC design service and IP provider Faraday Technology has announced its memory compilers based on UMC's 28nm embedded High Voltage (eHV) process technology have been subsequently...
China smartphone market and industry – 3Q 2020
Friday 20 November 2020Smartphone shipments to the China market in third-quarter 2020 plunged 25.2% on quarter and 26.2% on year due to the US government placing stricter trade sanctions on Huawei and consumer...
MediaTek optimistic about 2021
Thursday 19 November 2020MediaTek is confident its complete mobile SoC lineup will buoy its performance in 2021, according to company chairman Rick Tsai.
ASE quietly enhancing CIS backend capability
Monday 16 November 2020ASE Technology's development of its CMOS image sensor backend business has been in a low profile, unlike the development of its other offerings such as wirebonding and system-level...
MediaTek to snap up record high revenues for 2020
Wednesday 11 November 2020MediaTek is on track to garner record high revenues of over US$10 billion in 2020, driven by order dynamics for its comprehensive lineups of chips for 5G, Wi-Fi, PC, smart home and...
Micron ships 176-layer 3D NAND flash memory
Tuesday 10 November 2020Micron Technology has begun volume shipments of what the company claims is the world's first 176-layer 3D NAND flash memory.
GF, Soitec announce RF-SOI wafer supply agreement
Friday 6 November 2020Globalfoundries and Soitec have announced a multi-year supply agreement for 300mm radio frequency silicon-on-insulator (RF-SOI) wafers.
PCB material supplier Aurona optimistic about 2021
Thursday 5 November 2020Taiwan-based Aurona Industries, which supplies materials for the manufacture of PCBs and IC substrates, has expressed optimism about its business in 2021.
Sporton posts 3Q20 EPS of NT$2.25
Wednesday 4 November 2020Mobile device certification specialist Sporton International has reported net profit of NT$208 million (US$7.3 million) on revenue of NT$926 million for the third quarter of 2020,...
Global mobile device shipment forecasts, 2021 and beyond: Smartphones, notebooks and tablets
Tuesday 3 November 2020Stay-at-home activities in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic have been driving robust shipment growth for the notebook industry in 2020. The pandemic is likely to linger in 2021,...
MediaTek announces chipmaking equipment purchases
Monday 2 November 2020Mobile SoC specialist MediaTek has announced over NT$1 billion (US$35 million) worth of fab tools that the fabless chipmaker will spend for its chip production.
Global tablet shipment forecast, 2021 and beyond
Friday 30 October 2020According to Digitimes Research's observations, 2020 global tablet shipments will show flat growth from the 2019 level as the COVID-19 pandemic spurs explosive stay-at-home demand...
Leosys AI mobile eye care solution taps smart healthcare opportunities in Southeast Asia
Tuesday 27 October 2020Leosys began its efforts in 2014 to develop an AI-based preventive healthcare platform for ophthalmoscopic eye exam through a collaboration project with Industrial Technology Research...
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical, Iteq form JV in Taiwan
Monday 26 October 2020Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company (MGC) and Taiwan-based Iteq have announced plans to jointly establish a joint venture, of which the former will hold a 51% share and the latter 49%.
Micron uMCP5 ready for mass production
Wednesday 21 October 2020Micron Technology has announced the launch of uMCP5, which the company claims is the industry's first universal flash storage (UFS) multichip package with low-power DDR5 DRAM.
China 5G phone shipments to top 150 million units in 2020
Tuesday 20 October 2020Sales of 5G phones in China, already in full swing, are expected to gain a further boost in fourth-quarter 2020 thanks to higher than expected pre-orders for iPhone 12 lineup received...
Worldwide smart home device forecast remains resilient despite pandemic, says IDC
Wednesday 30 September 2020The worldwide market for smart home devices is expected to grow 4.1% on year in 2020 with shipments totaling more than 854 million units, according to the IDC.
Ecosystem for mobile gaming: Q&A with Lenovo VP Zhao Yunming
Monday 14 September 2020Three years after the launch of its gaming sub-brand Legion, Lenovo has launched its first gaming smartphone, the Legion Phone Duel, recently. The gaming phone is crafted with a symmetrical...
- Intel just quietly launched its new Phantom Canyon NUC 11 lineup (Jan 14) - Gizmodo
- Apple loses copyright battle against security start-up Corellium (Dec 30) - Washington Post
- Samsung works its way into European 5G race to fill Huawei gap (Dec 17) - Reuters
- Huawei to build network equipment factory in France (Dec 18) - Reuters
- Nokia sees flat margins at 5G networks business in 2021 (Dec 16) - Reuters
- LG shakes up loss-making phone business, to outsource lower-end models (Dec 7) - Reuters
- Sweden's Ericsson sees 220 million 5G subscriptions by year end (Nov 30) - Reuters
- Smelling blood, Huawei's Chinese mobile rivals look to capitalise on its U.S. woes (Nov 23) - Yahoo! Asia News
- China says chips for devices using Beidou navigation system in mass production (Aug 3) - Reuters