MediaTek has completed validation (interoperability tests) of NarrowBand IoT connectivity (NB-IoT) with SoftBank to set the stage for future commercial NB-IoT applications within...

MediaTek has reported revenues surged 21.8% sequentially to NT$60.48 billion (US$1.99 billion) in the second quarter of 2018, which topped the company's guidance range from NT$55.6...

Taiwan as a country with high value-added supply chains can hardly avoid being impacted by the imminent trade war between the US and China, according to Matthew FC Miau, chairman...

Global shipments of smart speakers and other voice-activated smart home devices by brand vendors are expected to double in 2018 from 2017, drastically driving up demand for related...

Taiwan-based first-tier IC-design houses MediaTek and Novatek Microelectronics are set to sustain continued revenue growths in the third quarter of 2018, powered by the release of...

It remains to be seen whether Apple will commit to buying modem chips from MediaTek for its next-generation iPhone devices despite mounting speculations that the US vendor is considering...

As part of their efforts to develop a preemptive presence in the 5G era, global chipmakers are stepping up the development of IoT chipset solutions as a warm-up game for exploring...

MediaTek and Ericsson have announced a collaborative effort to extend the commercial ecosystem for NB-IoT devices. This announcement follows months of work by both companies to test...

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...

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...

Smartphone SoC specialist MediaTek plans to pour in additional investments to its advanced technology R&D as the company expects to speed up deployments in emerging sectors such...

Apple and China-based smartphone vendors are expected to compete fiercely to ramp up their market share in India, China and other emerging markets in 2018 before the advent of the...

MediaTek has reported consolidated revenues of NT$20.41 billion (US$684.2 million) for May 2018, up 7.3% sequentially and 10.7% on year.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is likely to move its 7nm process technology to mass production ahead of schedule to meet growing demand from its fabless clients...

MediaTek is expected to introduce an enhanced version of its Helio P60 SoC designed for midrange smartphones that come with artificial intelligence (AI) features in the second half...

MediaTek has newly released its 5G modem chipset solution, the Helio M70, to be fabricated using TSMC's 7nm process incorporating EUV technology, and will kick off official shipments...

The global smartphone applications processor (AP) market declined 5% on year to US$20.2 billion in 2017, while the tablet AP market grew 3% to US$2 billion, according to Strategy...

The IC industry in Hefei is one of the fast-growing IC industry clusters in China. In less than three years, a total of 129 IC companies including fabless firms, foundries and backend...

Taiwan-based IC design houses have expressed caution about their gross margin performance in the second half of 2018, as they will encounter rising costs including higher quotes asked...

Powertech Technology (PTI) with its fan-out panel-level packaging (FOPLP) technology has obtained orders for power management ICs from MediaTek, according to industry sources.

MediaTek is expected to see its shipments of IoT chips expand significantly in the second half of 2018, buoyed by Google's release of Android Things 1.0, according to industry sour...

IC design house ALi, which specializes in set-top box (STB) chipset solutions, has reported a 9th consecutive quarterly loss in the first quarter of 2018 in which net losses came...

MediaTek has announced consolidated revenues for April 2018 fell 5.5% sequentially but grew 7.1% on year to NT$19.02 billion (US$637.9 million).

Shipments of smartphone-use application processors in China are expected to increase 17% sequentially to 173.8 million units in the second quarter of 2018, Digitimes Research estim...

About half of new smartphone models launched by China's smartphone vendors, including the top-four players Huawei, Xiaomi Technology, Oppo and Vivo, as well as other brands, by the...