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Jeffrey Mathews
| Sep 15, 2020
The smartphone industry has been witnessing constant innovation in terms of product offerings focused on the imaging capabilities of the device. This is purely...
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Sravan Kundojjala
| Sep 14, 2020
In a $40 billion deal, NVIDIA has agreed to buy Arm from Softbank and the company promises to preserve Arm's independent business model while trying to expand i...
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Chris Taylor
| Sep 11, 2020
Automobile makers Ford, Honda, Daimler AG and Tesla, joined by chip makers Intel and MediaTek, called for a rehearing of the FTC case against Qualcomm in what i...
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Chris Taylor
| Sep 09, 2020
Menlo Micro (Irvine, CA) has developed a high-reliability, metal contact MEMS switch that the company claims does not suffer from stiction. The voltage-ac...
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Jeffrey Mathews
| Aug 29, 2020
Overview
In 2016, Apple loaned Japan Display Inc. (JDI) $1.5 billion to enable JDI to construct the Hakusan plant and further ensure Apple a stable supply of L...
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Chris Taylor
| Aug 06, 2020
5G was off to a great start in the first year, 2019, and the year 2020 is shaping up be the year of 5G. Qualcomm, the cellular baseband processor and cell...
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Sravan Kundojjala
| Aug 06, 2020
5G was off to a great start in the first year itself and the year 2020 is shaping up be the year of 5G. Qualcomm, the baseband market leader, has established it...
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Chris Taylor
| Jul 09, 2020
Qualcomm announced its ultraSAW filters in February 2020, claiming them to be “groundbreaking.” Frankly, without any details from Qualcomm, th...
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Eric Higham
| Jun 24, 2020
I had the opportunity to write the cover article (Semiconductor Trends in Sub-6 GHz 5G Networks) for the June 2020 issue of Microwave Journal. As always, a grea...
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Chris Taylor
| Jun 04, 2020
A new U.S. trade policy against Huawei unravels the network of relationships that have tied the electronics industry and global trade together, and threatens th...
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Jeffrey Mathews
| May 19, 2020
Amidst all the current challenges, the year is shaping up to be a big year for the image sensor vendors as they continue to drive new product announcements and ...
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Chris Taylor
| May 12, 2020
The following blog written by Igor Tovberg, Director of Product Marketing at Altair Semiconductor, promotes Altair’s chipsets. Other cellular IoT so...
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Eric Higham
| May 04, 2020
COVID-19 emerged in China at the end of 2019 and the effect on global economies has been profound, but still unclear. Countries around the world have implemente...
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Jeffrey Mathews
| Apr 28, 2020
Smartphone cameras are evolving at a rapid pace due to the availability of high resolution and large format image sensors, offering optimal camera capabilities ...
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Jeffrey Mathews
| Feb 20, 2020
The market for High Pixel image sensors is intensifying as component vendors are starting to offer image sensors with high-resolution capture capabilities in or...
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Jeffrey Mathews
| Feb 19, 2020
Recently Samsung made an announcement for its new 108MP image sensor along with the launch of the Samsung S20 series, signifying its intent to drive innovations...
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Jeffrey Mathews
| Feb 04, 2020
The demand for high pixel image sensors has continued to gain momentum as smartphone OEMs are adopting this as a key differentiator and selling point for their ...
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Stephen Entwistle
| Jan 10, 2020
Broadcom to Sell PA and Filter Unit
Today the Wall Street Journal reported that Broadcom wants to sell its RF chip business unit, which had $2.2 billi...
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Eric Higham
| Dec 19, 2019
I’ve borrowed a line from the Austin Powers movies to introduce myself and some of my new responsibilities to you. I’m Eric Higham and I’ve be...
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Eric Higham
| Dec 19, 2019
In the holiday spirit, I couldn't resist borrowing a line from "Do you hear what I hear". After a long absence created more by a lack of time than a lack of int...
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