Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) says that its SkyOne Mini front-end solution is enabling several new smartphone launches. SkyOne Mini, a derivative of the SkyOne ...
Tags: Skyworks, SkyOne Mini devices
Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has launched its next-generation diversity receive modules (DRx) for LTE smartphones. The firm says that its newest DRx modules improve ...
Tags: Skyworks, Electronics
Qorvo Inc of Greensboro, NC and Hillsboro, OR, USA, a provider of RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and aerospace/defense applications, has announced several new high-performance RF filters that provide faster data throughput and ...
Tags: RF Filters, 4G Smartphones
Soitec of Bernin, France has introduced its eSI90 substrate, the newest high-end wafer in its radio-frequency silicon-on-insulator (RF-SOI) product family. The eSI90 is designed to improve the RF performance of mobile communication ...
Tags: chipmakers, foundries, high-end wafer, Electrical
Xiaomi is hosting an event tomorrow; we knew that much already. What we didn’t know was that there would be two new smartphones taking up centre stage. Yes, Xiaomi’s latest teaser image has confirmed that the fast-rising ...
Tags: Xiaomi, Consumer Electronics, Snapdragon 810
Keysight Technologies Inc of Santa Rosa, CA, USA has announced the latest release of its GoldenGate simulation, analysis and verification software for large-scale RFIC circuit design. Keysight EEsof EDA (which supplies electronic design ...
Tags: high-speed digital, RF system, Electrical
Vodafone CEO Jeroen Hoencamp claims that high 4G speeds don't necessarily matter, and that many UK customers neither know nor care what 4G is. In recent years, Vodafone has had to play second fiddle to EE when it comes to peak 4G speeds. ...
Tags: Vodafone, Consumer Electronics, 4G
Qualcomm has just announced that it’s bundling a killswitch onto its new flagship Snapdragon 810 chipset. Dubbed ‘SafeSwitch’, the feature will allow users to remotely disable their devices should they be lost or stolen. ...
Tags: Snapdragon 810, CES, Consumer Electronics
Shipments of 4G LTE handsets will grow from 204 million units in 2014 to 676 million in 2015, forecasts market analyst firm ABI Research in its report ‘4G Subscribers, Devices, and Networks Market Data’ (part of the firm’s ...
Tags: LTE handsets, Electrical
Category 9 or Category 10 LTE modems, which enable mobile broadband speeds in the downlink of up to 450Mbps, are expected to reach 64 million in 2019, according to ABI Research. Recently, Qualcomm unveiled its Gobi 9x45, the first mobile ...
Tags: LTE modems, Smartphones
As high-data-rate applications put more strain on LTE wireless networks, solutions such as small-cell base-stations (BTS) and carrier aggregation will be needed to bridge the bandwidth gap in high traffic areas. In response to broader ...
Tags: GaN HEMTs, LTE wireless networks
For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2014 (ended 29 March), RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has reported revenue of $256m, down 11.3% on $288.5m last quarter and 8.8% on $280.6m a year ago. Fiscal Q4/2013 Q1/2014 Q2/2014 Q3/2014 ...
Tags: RFMD, 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 ...
Tags: Skyworks, Electrical, Electronics
At the 2014 GSMA Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain (24-27 February), RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has announced the addition of multiple new products to its expanding portfolio of antenna control solutions ...
Tags: RFMD, Smartphones, Tablets
Aeroflex Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aeroflex Holding Corp. (NYSE:ARX), has launched an extended version of its TM500 industry-standard base station tester capable of emulating several thousand LTE user equipments (UE), fading ...
Tags: tester, LTE-A carrier aggregation, aggregation technology