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iPhone, Android Phone Designs Could Be Revamped by New Fingerprint Scanner
Jun 29, 2017Smartphones launched as soon as next year could feature a bezel-free design thanks to new fingerprint scanning technology announced by Qualcomm. The US chipmaker has long supplied components to major phone makers like Apple and Samsung, ...
Tags: Fingerprint Scanner, Smartphones
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iPhone 8 Might Not Be Delayed Until 2018 After All
May 9, 2017Rumours that Apple’s iPhone 8 might by delayed until next year have been challenged by a new report from China. It’s long been rumoured that Apple is going big this year; the 10th anniversary iPhone is tipped to pack all kinds ...
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Snapdragon 845 Leak: Why Next Year's Phones Could Be Seriously Quick
May 8, 2017A new top-end Qualcomm chipset is allegedly already in development, paving the way for next year’s flagship smartphones. US chipmaker Qualcomm is a global leader for smartphone processors, which explains why its chips feature in ...
Tags: Qualcomm chipset, smartphone
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Samsung's Galaxy S8 Could Get Huge Boost to Power or Battery Life
Oct 25, 2016Samsung’s Galaxy S8 has the potential to be way more powerful (or have a much better battery life) than its predecessor thanks to brand new chip technology. Starting today, Samsung is manufacturing the industry’s first chips ...
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Tsinghua Unigroup of China to Buy 25% Stake in Two More Taiwanese Chip Assemblers--Such Acquisitions Seen to Bring Ample Capital Without Management Takeover
Dec 21, 2015Tsinghua Unigroup of mainland China announced on Dec. 11 to acquire a 24.9 percent holding in Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd. (SPIL) and a 25 percent stake in ChipMOS Technologies (Bermuda) Ltd. for total cost of NT$68.8 billion ...
Tags: Tsinghua Unigroup, semiconductor, Processing Machinery
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Qualcomm's Financial Report Sending Its Shares Lower
Jan 29, 2015Qualcomm Inc said it expects its newest Snapdragon mobile chip will not be used in a major customer's flagship smartphone, sending its shares lower. The chipmaker said in a statement on Wednesday it expects fiscal 2015 revenue between $26.0 ...
Tags: Qualcomm, Snapdragon, mobile chip
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Oil Prices Fell in Early Asian Trade with Markets Expecting Gloomy Chinese Economic Data
Jan 15, 2015Oil prices fell in early Asian trade on Monday, with markets expecting gloomy Chinese economic data to be published this week. U.S. stocks closed lower, marking a fifth straight session of losses, as bank results disappointed and ...
Tags: Oil Prices, U.S.stocks
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Lextar Electronics Have Received Orders for LED Light Tubes with Urgent Shipments
Dec 31, 2014LED epitaxial wafer and chipmaker as well as LED packaging service provider Lextar Electronics have received orders for LED light tubes with urgent shipments, according to the company. LED chip prices began to slip in the third quarter of ...
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Intel Is Going to Great Lengths to Make Sure It Doesn't Miss The Boat
May 7, 2014Intel, the chipmaker that got caught napping the afternoon the mobile revolution happened, is going to great lengths to make sure it doesn't miss the boat when wearables reach critical mass, as everyone seems certain they will. “We ...
Tags: Intel, chipmaker, mobile revolution
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Epistar Have Signed a Multi-Year Extension of Their Existing Collaborative Program
Apr 23, 2014LED chipmaker Epistar Corp of Hsinchu, Taiwan and Intermolecular Inc of San Jose, CA, USA have signed a multi-year extension of their existing collaborative development program (CDP) and royalty-bearing IP licensing agreement of April 2013 ...
Tags: Intermolecular Epistar LEDs, LED
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Intel's Fourth-Quarter Net Income Rose 6 Percent
Jan 16, 2014Intel's fourth-quarter net income rose 6 percent, as the company offset flat demand for its personal computer chips with higher sales of other products. The world's largest chipmaker earned $2.63 billion, or 51 cents per share, up from ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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The New Technologies Will Raise Light Extraction Efficiency and LED Performance
Jan 15, 2014Epistar Corp (Taiwan’s largest LED chipmaker) says that lots of forward-looking technologies have been developed and now applied to LED chip production, such as novel transparent conductive thin film, compound mirror structures, and a ...
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Wearable Tech Is Spreading All Over The Body
Jan 10, 2014There's a sensor in a bra, in your socks, on your wrist, attached to your chest, in the ears: wearable tech is spreading all over the body. The growing use of embedded wearable devices connected to a smartphone is spawning a massive ...
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More Choice-and Confusion-Is Coming to The Next Generation of TVs
Jan 8, 2014More choice-and confusion-is coming to the next generation of TVs. At least three new software systems were announced Monday for Internet-connected television sets, which let viewers watch Internet video and interact with friends online on ...
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Deny Philips Investment by Epistar
Dec 27, 2013The market has been focused on whether Taiwan LED chipmaker Epistar’s private placement will draw large international investors. Epistar issued US $250 million (NT $7.5 billion) euro convertible bonds (ECB) to Philips in August 2013. ...