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Saturday 28 April 2012
Broadcom launches first 100Gbps full duplex network processor
Broadcom recently announced the industry's first 100Gbps full duplex network processor unit (NPU). Targeting the next wave of 100GbE switches and routers for service provider networks,...
Thursday 29 March 2012
MediaTek to face tough competition in China smartphone market
China's domestic smartphone market is expected to flourish in 2012. Taiwan-based mobile chip maker MediaTek is expected to meet strong competition from firms such as Qualcomm, Broadcom...
Thursday 1 March 2012
March shipments of 4G mobile phones to reach over 1 million
Mobile phone makers Samsung and HTC both target 4G phone shipments in March to exceed one million units. Shipments in second-quarter 2012 are likely to reach 5-10 million units. Suppliers...
Tuesday 7 February 2012
Alltek looks to wireless and LED products for 2012 revenue growth
IC distributor Alltek Technology expects products used for wireless and LED applications to drive its revenue growth in 2012. Overall, the company is more optimistic about its sales...
Wednesday 18 January 2012
802.11ac to become mainstream WLAN standard in 2013-2014, says Broadcom vice president
802.11ac will become the mainstream WLAN technology standard as early as the second quarter of 2013 or as late as the first quarter of 2014, according to senior vice president Michael...
Friday 30 December 2011
Intel to adopt TI, Broadcom wireless chips for Medfield, Clover Trail-W platforms
Intel will adopt the Texas Instruments-developed (TI) WL1283 Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/GPS chips for its Medfield platform to be launched in the second quarter of 2012 and Broadcom-developed...
Friday 21 October 2011
Standalone transceiver chips to dominate the smartphone market, says Petrov Group (part 1)
Transceivers are essential to the performance of mobile devices. They are designed to detect weak signals at a specific frequency when receiving and to send signals at a specific...
Thursday 13 October 2011
GigaFast announces the smallest HomePlug AV and IEEE1901 PLC Ethernet Bridge on the market using Broadcom's new BCM60321 chipset at the 2011 China Sourcing Fair in Hong Kong
GigaFast E Ltd, a OEM/ODM manufacturer of HomePlug power line communications (PLC) equipment, has launched a new HomePlug AV 200Mbps nano Ethernet Bridge (PN928-EB) at the China Sourcing...
Wednesday 28 September 2011
MediaTek, MStar may benefit if Broadcom quits TV chip production
Broadcom reportedly plans to call it quits from the chip market for TVs and Blu-ray players due to low gross margins and return on equity (ROE) generated from the product lines –...
Tuesday 13 September 2011
Broadcom to buy NetLogic for US$3.7 billion
Broadcom and NetLogic Microsystems have entered into a definitive merger agreement, under which NetLogic shareholders will receive US$50 per share in a transaction of approximately...
Tuesday 31 May 2011
Peer-to-peer Wi-Fi: Talking Wi-Fi Direct with Broadcom VP Michael Hurlston
Late last year the Wi-Fi Alliance introduced the Wi-Fi Direct peer-to-peer specification that allows Wi-Fi devices to talk to each other without the need for wireless access points...
Monday 25 April 2011
TSMC utilization rate drops to 85-90% in 2Q11
With orders from the communications sector slowing down, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to generate a 5% drop sequentially in total wafer starts in...
Wednesday 16 March 2011
Integrated mobile processors to challenge standalone application processors, says Petrov Group (part 2)
Recently several handset IC companies have announced integrated mobile processors – products that integrate baseband processor and application processor together with graphics...
Tuesday 8 March 2011
Standalone application processors are wining in mobility markets, says Petrov Group (part 1)
Several years ago there was a widely accepted expectation that application mobile processors would be fully integrated with baseband processors on a single chip. However, today we...
Thursday 24 February 2011
Competition heats up in VDSL semiconductor market, says IHS
Long dominated by Ikanos Communications, the VDSL semiconductor market recently has become much more competitive, according to IHS iSuppli. The market researcher also projects that...