Fujitsu,NEC and Docomo are to set up a Yen 100m jv calledAccess Network Technology,to develop baseband ICs for 4G. The rationale is that,with Qualcomm becoming ever more dominant,and ST-E sinking like a stone,it is vital that Qualcomm ...
Tags: Fujitsu and Docomo set up LTE IC JV, baseband ICs for 4G
Three major Japanese technology companies are investing in a new "fabless" semiconductor startup, intended to capture a share of the burgeoning market for smartphone chips. The venture, called Access Network Technology, has been set up ...
Tags: Fujitsu, NEC, Docomo, smartphone chip
IDG News Service-After more than 25 years the venerable VGA port is finally disappearing from computers,but the interface is proving tough to phase out completely and will linger for years in projectors,monitors and TV sets. The VGA(Video ...
Tags: VGA Ports, VGA hardware, home computers, Digital Flat Panel
IDG News Service-Box has received$125 million in funding,an infusion the company will use to boost its international expansion and strengthen its cloud-hosted enterprise collaboration,storage,file-sharing and content management software. ...
Tags: private equity funds, investment, enterprise collaboration, file-sharing
Qualcomm is thinking of buying 10%of the No.2 foundry UMC in order to try and secure advanced IC fabrication,according to industry rumours. Qualcomm has been the most proactive in seeking alternative sources among those customers of ...
Tags: Qualcomm, UMC, fabrication
Apple is falling sharply behind Samsung in smartphones as Samsung out-shipped Apple 2-to-1 in the quarter,according to IDC. IDC estimated Samsung's Q2 shipments at 50.2m units with a market share of 32.6.Apple says it sold 26m iPhones ...
Tags: Apple, Samsung, smartphone, IDC
The wireless IC market will grow 10%to$72.6bn in 2012,says IHS,compared to the 3%growth expected for the overall semi industry,however 'The continual adoption by IDMs of an asset-light manufacturing model is now working against their ...
Tags: Semi Industry, IC, IHS, IDM, Semiconductor
Apple will have to postpone the launch of iPhone 5 because Qualcomm can't supply enough 28nm ICs,according to the Shanghai-based newspaper First Financial Daily. Apple's shares fell earlier this week because of slipping sales of the ...
IDG News Service-Wi-Fi chip makers are lining up to add WiGig technology to their wireless LAN products,preparing the way for tri-band equipment that can deliver multi-gigabit speeds within a room. On Monday,Marvell Technology Group ...
Tags: chip partnership, WiGig wireless, wireless LAN, Wi-Fi Alliance
Qualcomm has dropped Mirasol,its colour e-ink display technology,saying it was difficult to manufacture. Mirasol had the advantage of being readable in bright sunlight. In 2004,Qualcomm paid$170m for Iridigm which invented the Mirasol ...
Tags: Qualcomm, Lighting, manufacture
Qualcomm will be constrained on 28nm supplies until the end of the year,the company's COO,Steve Mollenkopf,said at the Q2 results calls. "We continue to be supply constrained on our 28nm products but are ramping supply with multiple ...
Tags: Qualcomm, Steve Mollenkopf, 28nm supplies, until the end of the year
Sony began sales today of unlocked versions of its Xperia NXT series of smartphones in the U.S., with prices ranging from $299.99 to $559.99. The three Android 2.3 smartphones -- the Xperia S, Xperia P and Xperia U -- all work over HSPA ...
Tags: Sony Xperia, Smartphone, US market, Android
The post 2000 decade was a Lost Decade for Europe's semiconductor industry,Malcolm Penn,CEO of Future Horizons,told IFS2012 yesterday."It's been quite shameful,"he said. "If the Big Three companies had stayed at the same market share that ...
Tags: Lost Decade, Europe, semiconductor
Amit Rohatgi,principal architect for mobile at MIPS Technologies, considers the Android apps development landscape and offers a positive view of the significant progress that has been made towards unification. We often hear in the media ...
Tags: android apps, unification, apps marketplace, low prices
Qualcomm does not rule out the possibility of fabbing its own ICs if the current shortages of 28nm product persist,according to the Taiwan Economic News. The newspaper reports that Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs said that the restricted supply ...