Xiaomi is known for aping the designs of big-name phones, and with its latest device it's continued this trend, unveiling the Mi Note 2 complete with Galaxy Note 7-esque curved edges. The new version of last year's Mi Note, the new ...
Samsung has unleashed a secret weapon in its quest to recoup losses from the Galaxy Note 7 debacle: a ‘Blue Coral’ S7 Edge. The new colour option for the Galaxy S7 Edge will go on sale on November 5, and will start from $1,098 ...
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General Motors (GM) and IBM have joined hands to bring the power of OnStar and IBM Watson together to create OnStar Go, the auto industry’s first cognitive mobility platform. Starting in early 2017, OnStar is expected to give ...
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ZTE has released three 4G multi-mode automotive modules to improve the powerful world of the connected car. The three modules released are for the China, Europe and North America markets, and support GNSS, EU eCall, and FOTA remote ...
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Qualcomm has unveiled its first 5G modem, promising US and Korean consumers 5Gbps download speeds in 2018. Qualcomm's senior manager of Technical Marketing, Sherif Hanna, unveiled the Snapdragon X50 to TrustedReviews during an exclusive ...
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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced that it has begun mass production of the Exynos 7 Dual 7270. It is the first mobile application processor (AP) in the industry designed ...
The biggest patent case to hit the modern tech world is back again. Apple and Samsung will appear before the US Supreme Court on Tuesday to argue why their opponent was wrong when it came to a patent case from 2012. This is the first time ...
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While the number of LTE networks around the world is steadily on the rise, improvements in LTE-based download speeds have been relatively unmoved; for example, the global average speed of 13.5Mbps in the fourth quarter of 2015 rose by only ...
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The global radio frequency (RF) IC market will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 12% from 2016 to 2020, forecasts a report by Technavio. Asia-Pacific (APAC) is expected to be the main demand-generating region and ...
Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp has developed a 220W-output gallium nitride high-electron-mobility transistor (GaN-HEMT) with what is claimed to be world-leading drain efficiency of 74% (in load-pull measurements) for 2.6GHz-band base ...
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Shipment of mobile application processors for smartphones and tablets in the China market are expected to grow 18.6% in the second half of 2016 from those shipped in the first half of the year due to seasonal demand and inventory build-ups ...
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For second-quarter 2016, NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, USA (a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of hybrid photonic integrated optoelectronic modules and subsystems for high-speed communications networks) has reported ...
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Qorvo Inc of Greensboro, NC and Hillsboro, OR, USA (which provides core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and aerospace/defense applications) says that its infrastructure solutions have supported more than twenty 5G ...
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The pan-European REFERENCE research project - created to leverage disruptive radio-frequency silicon-on-insulator (RF-SOI) technology in developing industrial solutions for the performance, cost and integration needs of RF front-end modules ...
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Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) says that Huawei's newest flagship P9 and P9 Plus smartphones are being enabled by a broad suite of its devices, ranging from highly ...