68 news items tagged baseband
Tsinghua Unigroup readies CNY370 billion for chip deployments in next 5 years, says chairman
Wednesday 11 April 2018China's Tsinghua Unigroup has readied CNY370 billion (US$58.74 billion) to support its semiconductor deployments in the next five years, and plans to inject up to US$100 billion into...
Compound semiconductor suppliers set to benefit from 5G
Monday 5 March 2018Taiwan suppliers of compound semiconductor devices are poised to gain significant growth momentum from the increasing market demand for radio frequency (RF) and power amplifier (PA)...
Mobile SoC designs, embedded processing lift microprocessor market
Friday 2 February 2018The fastest growing types of microprocessors in 2012-2017 were mobile system-on-chip (SoC) designs for smartphones and tablets, and microprocessors used in embedded-processing applications,...
MediaTek may land modem chip orders from Apple in 2018
Tuesday 26 December 2017Taiwan IC designer MediaTek has a chance of winning orders for baseband modem chipsets from Apple, which is seeking additional modem chip capacity support after transferring half...
Qualcomm faces antitrust fine in Taiwan
Thursday 12 October 2017Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has concluded an investigation into wireless chipmaker Qualcomm, finding that certain of the company's business practices are in violation of...
Staying focused on profitability: Q&A with UMC co-president SC Chien
Monday 2 October 2017United Microelectronics (UMC) recently disclosed plans to expand its 28nm process offering by launching 28nm HPC and 28nm HPC Plus nodes, and introduce a further improved version...
Qualcomm to extend tie-up with TSMC, says executive
Monday 21 August 2017Qualcomm has been working with Taiwan's semiconductor firms for years, including an almost 10-year collaboration with TSMC, said Sudeepto Roy, VP of engineering for Qualcomm Technology...
Globalfoundries and VeriSilicon to enable single-chip solution for next-gen IoT networks
Monday 17 July 2017Globalfoundries and VeriSilicon have announced a collaboration to deliver a single-chip IoT solution for next-generation Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) networks. Leveraging GF's 22FDX...
TSMC secures 7nm chip orders from Qualcomm
Wednesday 21 June 2017TSMC has regained chip orders from Qualcomm for baseband chips produced on its 7nm process, but not application processors, according to industry sources.
Global 2016 handset baseband market increases 5%, says Strategy Analytics
Wednesday 14 June 2017The 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...
Handset baseband IC market decreases 2% in 1H16, says Strategy Analytics
Friday 14 October 2016The global cellular baseband processor market declined 2% on year to US$10.5 billion in the first half of 2016, according to Strategy Analytics.
TSMC 28nm utilization rate to fall on slowdown in Intel orders
Wednesday 24 August 2016With Intel decelerating its pace of orders for baseband chips, utilization rates for TSMC's 28nm processes are set to drop slightly in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to industry...
Handset baseband IC market decreases 5% in 2015, says Strategy Analytics
Wednesday 24 February 2016The global cellular baseband processor market declined 5% on year to US$21.1 billion in 2015, according to Strategy Analytics. Shipments of LTE baseband chips exceeded one billion...
Handset baseband IC market declines 12% in 3Q15, says Strategy Analytics
Friday 29 January 2016The global cellular baseband processor market declined 12% from a year earlier to US$5.1 billion in the third quarter of 2015, according to Strategy Analytics. Qualcomm, MediaTek,...
Global cellular baseband chip market rises 27% in 1Q15, says Strategy Analytics
Wednesday 1 July 2015The global cellular baseband processor market registered a strong 27% on-year increase to reach US$5.8 billion in the first quarter of 2015, according to Strategy Analytics.
Aviacomm adopts M31 MIPI M-PHY IP for 4G-LTE RF transceiver solutions
Monday 9 June 2014M31 Technology and Aviacomm have jointly announced the availability of M31's MIPI M-PHY-based DigRF v4 interface for Aviacomm's 4G-LTE RF transceivers for mobile devices.
MediaTek likely to take up Broadcom baseband business, says paper
Wednesday 4 June 2014MediaTek is likely to take up the baseband business unit of Broadcom after the US-based chipmaker announced recently that it plans to sell or wind down the business for cost savings,...
Apple reportedly to develop baseband chips for iPhones in house, say sources
Monday 7 April 2014Apple reportedly plans to form a R&D team to develop baseband processors for use in iPhones to be released in 2015 and will place the baseband chip orders with Samsung Electronics...
Qualcomm continues cellular baseband processor market lead, says Strategy Analytics
Wednesday 26 February 2014The global cellular baseband processor market grew 8.3% on year to US$18.9 billion in 2013, according to Strategy Analytics.
Intel reportedly places 28nm chip orders with TSMC, Globalfoundries and UMC
Thursday 9 January 2014Intel has contracted Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to manufacture its forthcoming Atom mobile processor series codenamed SoFIA, and also placed orders for entry-level...
LTE dominance raises Qualcomm baseband market share to two thirds in 3Q13, says Strategy Analytics
Monday 23 December 2013The global cellular baseband processor market grew 10.3% on year to reach US$4.9 billion in the third quarter of 2013, according to Strategy Analytics.
LTE and TD-SCDMA drive cellular baseband growth in 2Q13, says Strategy Analytics
Friday 4 October 2013The global cellular baseband processor market grew 5.4% on year to reach US$4.4 billion in the second quarter of 2013, according to Strategy Analytics.
Nufront introduces ARM-based CPU and dual-mode baseband chipset solutions to meet the needs of various types of mobile smart products
Wednesday 6 June 2012Guangdong Nufront CSC is a China-based IC chip provider. The firm mainly produces chips for devices such as tablet PCs, all-in-one (AIO) PCs, and set-top boxes (STBs). Nufront will...
MediaTek to acquire Coresonic
Wednesday 11 April 2012Fabless IC firm MediaTek has announced plans to acquire Coresonic, a Swedish company developing digital signal processor (DSP) technology for the wireless industry. Financial terms...
Spreadtrum intros TD-LTE baseband modem for China market
Wednesday 11 January 2012Spreadtrum Communications has introduced its first TD-LTE baseband modem, the SC9610. Designed with 40nm CMOS silicon, the SC9610 integrates multiple communication standards into...