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Chris Taylor
| Sep 14, 2021
Filter suppliers recently started to ship SAW and BAW filters with higher performance based on thin-film SAW and doped aluminum nitride BAW resonators, but this...
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Chris Taylor
| Sep 09, 2021
Yesterday I moderated a Microwave Journal panel discussion about ultra-wideband (UWB) technology and applications. Representatives of Qorvo, NXP Semis, Sa...
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Jeffrey Mathews
| Sep 02, 2021
Smartphone camera performance continues to be elevated each year driven by the advanced imaging component ecosystem for smartphones. The image sensor vendors ar...
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Sravan Kundojjala
| Aug 12, 2021
Despite their dominance in smartphone and tablet markets, Arm-based mobile processor vendors have long struggled to break into the notebook computing market. Th...
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Sravan Kundojjala
| Aug 03, 2021
Just when we thought the smartphone applications processor (AP) supplier base is shrinking, Google has entered the market with its new Tensor AP. Semiconductors...
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Chris Taylor
| Jun 25, 2021
Qualcomm just posted a blog with the latest Ookla speed test results for 5G devices.
According to the results, in the U.S., 5G mmWave is thirty-eight ti...
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Sravan Kundojjala
| Jun 25, 2021
Qualcomm, the baseband market share leader, historically navigated network technology transitions well and dominated 3G and 4G markets. The company’s domi...
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Sravan Kundojjala
| Jun 11, 2021
After registering an all-time high revenue in 2020, the smartphone applications processor (AP) market continued momentum in Q1 2021. The smartphone AP market po...
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Jeffrey Mathews
| Jun 10, 2021
As we head into the peak period of new smartphone announcements and portfolio refreshes, Smartphone makers are trying to pack new technology and a host of featu...
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Chris Taylor
| Jun 02, 2021
Restricted from buying some semiconductors from the outside by the U.S. and unable to purchase critical semiconductor equipment as well, self-sufficiency has ta...
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Chris Taylor
| May 20, 2021
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, trade sanctions against China aimed at cutting off semiconductors set the stage for today’s global semiconductor shorta...
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Jeffrey Mathews
| Apr 12, 2021
The global smartphone memory market has historically been impacted by the oversupply of memory chips that led to a decline in revenue in 2019. However, the mark...
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Jeffrey Mathews
| Mar 26, 2021
The quest for the next innovative battery technology has been quite slow for the last couple of years despite witnessing several breakthroughs by research insti...
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Sravan Kundojjala
| Mar 24, 2021
Facing persistent questions over its process technology roadmap, Intel unveiled its new IDM 2.0 (Integrated Device Manufacturer) strategy under the new CEO Pat ...
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Sravan Kundojjala
| Mar 17, 2021
Cellular network technology transitions bring step changes to the baseband market and act as catalyst. Historically, 2G to 3G and 3G to 4G transitions brought s...
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Sravan Kundojjala
| Mar 12, 2021
Notwithstanding the pandemic, the smartphone applications processor (AP) market returned to growth in 2020 for the first time since 2016. The smartphone AP mark...
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Jeffrey Mathews
| Feb 23, 2021
The race for superior smartphone photography application is getting exciting every year as OEMs are looking to feature their smartphones with the latest CIS tec...
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Chris Taylor
| Feb 17, 2021
The digital connected future will arrive sooner than most of us realize, with difficult to fathom consequences that will depend how we respond as ...
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Sravan Kundojjala
| Feb 11, 2021
After seeing five consecutive years of shipment decline, the tablet applications processor (AP) market has finally turned the corner in 2020, driven by remote w...
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Chris Taylor
| Feb 11, 2021
Just eight days after MediaTek announced its first millimeter-wave capable 5G modem, Qualcomm has again upped the ante with the X65, the fastest wireless modem ...
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