With 86% of the 47 million LTE cellphone modems shipped last year, Qualcomm will certainly continue its domination in 2013, says Forward Concepts. "Samsung followed with 9% of the shipments, while tiny GCT Semiconductor managed to grab 3% ...
STMicroelectronics is making application processors on its FD-SOI process running at 3GHz with ‘greater power efficiency at a given operating frequency than alternate technologies,’ says the company.
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Tablets and smartphones will give a much-needed boost this year to the worldwide microprocessor market, which is undergoing a fundamental change with a shift to low-power processors used in energy-efficient devices, research firm IC ...
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The worldwide microprocessor market will be given a boost by tablets and smartphones in 2012, amidst a fundamental shift to low-power processors used in energy-efficient devices, research firm IC Insights said this week. Worldwide ...
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Microprocessor sales are expected to grow 12% to $65.3bn after only 5% growth in 2012 because of weakness in standard PCs, says IC Insights. However, the microprocessor market will gain strength between 2013 and 2016 with modest growth ...
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The first mobile devices with Qualcomm’s new quad-core Snapdragon chip, which features an integrated modem, will be shown off later this month, the firm said on Monday. Device makers will show tablets and smartphones with the new ...
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Samsung was the third largest foundry in 2012 and expects to be the second largest foundry in 2013, says IC Insights. TSMC's 2012 sales were almost 4x that of second-ranked GlobalFoundries and more than 10x the sales of the fifth-ranked ...
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Samsung's Exynos-branded quad-core processors have been deployed by two Chinese smartphone makers, Meizu and LePhone-maker Lenovo. Samsung Electronics is aiming to increase chip supply to more Chinese and other emerging smartphone ...
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Samsung Electronics said its operating profit nearly doubled in the fourth quarter,on strong sales of high-end smartphones and the growth of its processor business for mobile devices. The world's largest handset,memory chip and TV maker ...
Texas Instruments has partnered with AllGo Embedded Systems to announce a reference design that will allow Android 4.0 tablets to be built for under US$70, the companies announced Wednesday. The Etab reference design is for a basic tablet ...
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Toshiba has developed a low-power, high-speed version of MRAM memory that it says can cut power consumption in mobile CPUs by two-thirds. The company said Monday that its new MRAM (magnetoresistive random access memory) can be used in ...
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STMicro's new plan is aimed at boosting operating margin rapidly to a targeted 10% Swiss semiconductor firm STMicroelectronics has confirmed its plans to conclude mobile chip venture with Swedish telecoms equipment manufacturer Ericsson ...
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The European semiconductor industry is missing the point,Maria Marced,President of TSMC Europe,told Future Horizons'IEF2012 meeting in Bratislava this morning. "Europe is shifting-changing towards analogue mixed signal rather than digital ...
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Taipei, Dec. 6, 2012 (CENS)--Intel Labs and the Taiwan government-backed Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) recently co-announced a low energy experimental memory array that could significantly advance 3-D stacking and system ...
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Light - not electric signals - is the future of information transfer, says IBM as it reveals a "major advance" in chip technology. Calling the tech "silicon nanophotonics", IBM reckons it integrates optical components alongside electrical ...