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Chris Taylor
| Nov 25, 2013
Moore's Law may stop, or at least dramatically slow, around 2022 at the 7 nm CMOS node thanks to quantum effects and transistor threshold variability, according...
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Chris Taylor
| Aug 28, 2013
With the recent announcement of a multimode LTE chipset from Intel, it seems likely that Qualcomm and Intel will maintain their status as the top two cellular r...
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Chris Taylor
| May 03, 2013
On April 30, 2013, Avago Technologies Limited announced that it had acquired Javelin Semiconductor for an undisclosed sum. Javelin (Austin, TX) supplies 3...
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Chris Taylor
| Mar 19, 2013
Qualcomm’s new “RF360” family of RF front-end cellphones products includes multiband, multimode CMOS power amplifiers capable of transmittin...
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Sravan Kundojjala
| Mar 18, 2013
Today, Ericsson and ST Micro announced the breakup of the ST-Ericsson JV with ST-Ericsson taking over the 4G LTE multi-mode slim modem product line, while ST...
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Stephen Entwistle
| Nov 30, 2012
Several popular smartphones shipped in 2011 with compact, integrated antenna tuners, the first of a wave of such tuners from Peregrine Semi, RFMD and others. We...
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Chris Taylor
| Jul 31, 2012
On 27 July, 2012, Intel announced the SMARTi UE2p, the first commercial cellular transceiver with on-chip PAs. Intel has confirmed that the SMARTi UE2p in...
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Chris Taylor
| Jun 19, 2012
RF & wireless component suppliers announced a blizzard of new products in Q1 ’12, many coming out during two of the largest industry trade shows, the ...
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Stephen Entwistle
| Jun 14, 2012
We're sure you'd like to know about two key GaN sessions featuring Strategy Analytics and industry leaders at MTT-S Montreal, Canada in June.
Firstly, don't mi...
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Chris Taylor
| Jun 04, 2012
Opinions vary on whether ST-Ericsson can survive in its present form, but the latest financial results are not encouraging.
In the company’s Q1 ’12 ...
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Stephen Entwistle
| Feb 02, 2012
Many leading suppliers use PriceTRAX to track and compare smartphones, mobile phones, tablets and dongles across 100 carriers in 31 countries. Weekly upda...
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Chris Taylor
| Jan 21, 2012
Late in 2011, Fujitsu announced the MB86C83, a CMOS PA that has the potential to firmly establish CMOS PAs in UMTS devices and accelerate the acceptance of CMO...
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Stephen Entwistle
| Sep 22, 2011
Meet Strategy Analytics at EUROPEAN MICROWAVE WEEK 2011
We'll be there from Monday 10th - Wednesday 12th October
European Microwave Week is here again and this ...
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Chris Taylor
| Aug 23, 2011
Merger and acquisition activity in the RF & wireless component industry increased in Q1 2011, with Qualcomm’s proposed acquisition of Atheros for $3.1...
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Chris Taylor
| Jul 19, 2011
Until recently WiMAX was doing remarkably well. Now the momentum in mobile broadband has shifted quickly to LTE, which will now surpass WiMAX in terms of both s...
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Sravan Kundojjala
| Jan 05, 2011
Qualcomm announced the acquisition of Atheros Communications today to strengthen its market presence in the non-handset markets and to unlock the value of its c...
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Sravan Kundojjala
| Oct 13, 2010
Broadcom announced today that it will acquire privately held 4G chipset vendor Beceem Communications for $316 million. Beceem, founded in 2003, is the leading p...
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Sravan Kundojjala
| Oct 07, 2010
Last week we published our cellular baseband market share estimates for 1H 2010. By our estimates, cellular baseband unit shipments grew 23 percent and revenues...
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Chris Taylor
| Oct 01, 2010
In a five to zero vote, the US FCC approved the use of so-called “white space spectrum,” which consists of spaces between TV channels and unused TV ...
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Sravan Kundojjala
| Sep 01, 2010
Consolidation in the baseband market continued with Intel acquiring Infineon's wireless business on Monday for $1.4 billion. Infineon's takeover is the fourth h...
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