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Jeffrey Mathews
| Feb 10, 2021
We recently published an insight on the Top Trends in Smartphone Component Technology for 2021 and Beyond where we note that smartphone technology is witnessing...
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Sravan Kundojjala
| Feb 03, 2021
After experiencing fifteen consecutive quarters of shipment decline, the smartphone applications processor (AP) market returned to growth in shipment terms in Q...
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Sravan Kundojjala
| Feb 02, 2021
The baseband market has seen sluggish growth in recent years as rapid price erosion in 4G and stagnant smartphone market affected the industry. That is beginnin...
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Sravan Kundojjala
| Jan 28, 2021
In the middle of the pandemic, the trade-war, the stagnant device market and the potential game-changing semiconductor acquisition, the year 2020 saw record-bre...
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Jeffrey Mathews
| Jan 07, 2021
The smartphone camera technology is now entering the next phase of innovation as the focus is now on achieving next-level smartphone photography. CIS vendors ha...
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Jeffrey Mathews
| Oct 13, 2020
The evolution of today's smartphone camera capabilities is driven by the significant strides made in pixel technology by component vendors, ensuring high-resolu...
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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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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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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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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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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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Jeffrey Mathews
| Sep 24, 2019
The focus on cameras in the smartphone has grown tremendously among both smartphone vendors and component suppliers. Samsung continues to be at the forefront of...
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Jeffrey Mathews
| Sep 06, 2019
The global smartphone display panel market revenue grew by 8 percent but shipments dropped by 4 percent YoY in Q1 2019. The saturation in the smartphone market ...
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Jeffrey Mathews
| Aug 13, 2019
The race for the highest smartphone megapixel count continues to see dramatic shifts in both technology and the pace of development. Just months after announcin...
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Sravan Kundojjala
| Jul 29, 2019
Apple has finally made its move into baseband chip design by acquiring Intel’s 5G smartphone baseband division, having passed up the opportunity to buy se...
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Sravan Kundojjala
| Apr 18, 2019
On April 16, 2019, Apple and Qualcomm settled their bitter legal battle just one day after opening arguments were exchanged in a US Federal court. On a momentou...
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