For first-quarter 2014, RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA has reported revenue of $177.6m, down 34% on $267.7m last quarter (due to seasonality plus channel inventory ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
For fiscal second-quarter 2014 (ending 28 March), Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has reported revenue of $481m, down 4.8% on $505.2m last quarter but up 13% on $425.2m a ...
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Competition for higher price/performance ratios in China's smartphone space has continued to intensify and is likely to escalate into the mid-range to high-end segment, according to industry sources. Huawei, ZTE, Coolpad and Lenovo have ...
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China's white-box tablet players have been turning to adopt application processor (AP) solutions from Intel and MediaTek for their 3G and LTE-enabled models because of Intel's subsidies for tablet products and MediaTek solutions' pricing ...
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China-based white-box tablet vendors have become increasingly competitive in the face of international vendors by offering a host of hardware upgrades, such as LTE support, ultra-thin bezels and 13-megapixel cameras, according to ...
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During Intel’s first quarter, the company saw solid growth in the data center group, signs of improvement in the PC business. However, net income decreased 5% year-over-year to USD 1.9 billion. Intel Corporation reported its ...
China-based handset vendors, including Coolpad, Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo, Gionee, K-Touch and TCL, have each accelerated the launch of their 4G LTE smartphones in an attempt to grab market share from international players, notably Samsung ...
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GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components for fiber-optic and wireless networks) has claimed a leadership position in point-to-point (PtP) wireless backhaul with ...
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At the EDI CON 2014 Electronic Design Innovations Conference in Beijing (8-10 April), Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA, a fabless provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) based on silicon-on-sapphire (SOS) ...
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Freescale Semiconductor of Austin, TX, USA, which provides RF power transistors for cellular markets, has launched what is claimed to be the first 2W integrated power amplifier (PA) operating with a 5V supply and delivering more than 40dB ...
Tags: Freescale InGaP HBT, Electrical, Electronics
Cadillac, a luxury automobile and SUV division of US automaker General Motors (GM), has announced plans to improve in-vehicle connectivity by adding OnStar 4G LTE and the CUE Collection suite of applications. The company will initially ...
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China Mobile requires that all TD-LTE smartphones to be certified beginning May 31, 2014 support five mobile communication standards: TD-LTE, FDD LTE, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA and GSM, according to the company. The largest mobile telecom carrier ...
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Nokia's new Lumia Icon smartphone offers a lot of compelling features. But they don't make up for the fact that the device runs Windows Phone software, which has proved unpopular with both consumers and developers. The Icon is Nokia's new ...
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Audi of America and AT&T announced new data plans for the all-new 2015 A3 sedan, which debuts this month, and will enable the first-ever in-vehicle 4G LTE data connection in North America. The data plans will be competitively priced, ...
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