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Monday 16 April 2012
JEDEC to standardize non-volatile wireless memory
The JEDEC Solid State Technology Association has announced that its JC-64 Committee for embedded memory storage and removable memory cards has formed a subcommittee focused on the...
Friday 13 April 2012
AWSC 2Q12 shipments to climb over 30%
GaAs IC foundry Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) is expected to post a shipment increase of more than 30% sequentially in the second quarter of 2012, driven by a ramp-up...
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...
Thursday 2 February 2012
Wireless displaces PC as top semiconductor spending area for OEMs in 2011, says IHS
Propelled by the red-hot appeal of items like Apple's iPhone and iPad, the wireless communications sphere surpassed computers to lead all segments in semiconductor-related spending...
Wednesday 18 January 2012
AzureWave teams with Wilocity to set 60GHz wireless gigabit networking in motion at CES 2012
AzureWave Technologies, Inc., the world's leading DMSS solution provider and module maker for versatile wireless solutions, introduced the world's first production-ready 60 GHz WiGig...
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...
Thursday 24 November 2011
Taiwan market: Penetration of wireless mice to reach 40% in 2012
With the price of wireless mice dropping from more than NT$1,000 (US$33) previously to around NT$400-500, the penetration of wireless models is expected to increase to 40% in 2012,...
Monday 21 November 2011
Wireless connectivity IC to top US$8 billion in 2011, says ABI Research
The total market for standards-based wireless connectivity ICs is expected to exceed 3.5 billion units, or surpass the US$8 billion mark, in 2011, according to ABI Research.
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...
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...
Friday 12 August 2011
OEMs to spend more on semiconductors for wireless than PC in 2011, says IHS
In another sign of the technology industry's fundamental shift away from PCs and toward mobile communications, the wireless segment is expected to overtake computers to become the...
Friday 22 July 2011
GaAs foundry AWSC migrating to 6-inch wafers
GaAs foundry Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) is expected to convert all of its production capacity to 6-inch wafers in the third quarter of 2011, according to industry...
Monday 27 June 2011
NETCOM NFC-MicroSD and WiFi-MicroSD introduce a new era of wireless applications
Netcom's NFC-MicroSD card is a new product that embodies both near field and long distance mobile payment technology. It also incorporates and integrates built in NAND flash memory...
Wednesday 15 June 2011
LSI announces new high-density multiservice processor for wireless networks
LSI Corporation recently announced a new multiservice processor that enables OEMs to reduce the physical footprint and cost of wireless backhaul, wireless controllers and media gateways...
Friday 3 June 2011
Qualcomm Atheros and Wilocity announce Tri-band Wi-Fi: Industry's first standards-compliant, multi-gigabit wireless chipset
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Jun. 1, 2011 - Qualcomm Atheros Inc., the networking and connectivity subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM),...