August 2016 – Page 2 – IF / News

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8-15: Xiaomi is looking to set up 2 more manufacturing facilities in India through Foxconn; Global shipments of mobile devices with the iris and facial recognition features will reach 400mln units; etc.

Chipset According to Gartner, ending 3 consecutive years of double-digit growth, foundries’ revenue will increase by just 4%-6% in future years. Foundries gear up value-added services for fan-out and wafer-level packaging business. (Gartner report) The foundry growth of advanced technologies… Read more ›

8-13: Russia’s Federal Anti-monopoly Service (FAS) has fined Google USD6.75mln; Huawei will launch more entry-level and mid-range smartphones for sale in the China market; etc.

Chipset Intel’s Atom chips are on their way out of mobile devices, and the next generation of the chip line will instead be targeted toward drones, self-driving cars, and IoT devices. (CN Beta, Slash Gear, PC World, Liliputing) IBM’s TrueNorth… Read more ›

8-12 Week: This was a busy week, and let’s have a summary — Qualcomm and vivo, MediaTek Helio X30, UDC and Tianma for OLED, LeEco and Coolpad, etc.

It is another busy week, and let’s take a look at this week summary: Headlines: Qualcomm and vivo have entered into a new 3G and 4G Chinese Patent License Agreement Qualcomm claims to have licensing deals with more than 200… Read more ›

8-11: OPPO and vivo are aided by old-school brick-and-mortar stores and the kind of advertising blitz; JDI has announced a new display technology known as a “Full Active” panel; etc.

Chipset TSMC reportedly will replace Samsung as the sole supplier of chips for the new Apple Watch starting 2H16, using 16nm process technology, according to KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. (Digitimes, press, EE Focus, Laoyaoba) Spreadtrum announces its WCDMA /… Read more ›

8-10: MediaTek introduces deca-core Helio X30 processor, MP in 1Q17, by TSMC 10nm; etc.

Chipset MediaTek introduces Helio X30 processor, which features the deca-core setup (4×Cortex A73 @ 2.8GHz + 4×Cortex A53 @ 2.2GHz + 2×Cortex A35 @ 2GHz), and a tri-cluster design. It supports cameras sensors up to 40MP and video capture up… Read more ›

8-9: Discovered 4 new vulnerabilities affecting over 900mln Android devices with Qualcomm chipset; Samsung controls about 99% of the global smartphone OLED market; etc.

Chipset Mobile researchers from Check Point Software Technologies announced 4 new vulnerabilities affecting over 900 million Android smartphones and tablets built using the Qualcomm chipset. (CN Beta, Channel News, Reseller, Check Point) Qualcomm announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.… Read more ›

8-8: Qualcomm has entered into a new 3G and 4G Chinese Patent License Agreement with vivo; Samsung would make the edge display as the identity of the Galaxy S lineup; etc.

Chipset Qualcomm has announced that it has entered into a new 3G and 4G Chinese Patent License Agreement with vivo. Under the terms of the agreement, Qualcomm has granted vivo a royalty-bearing patent license to develop, manufacture and sell 3G… Read more ›

8-7: LeEco’s Jia Yueting aims to sell 100 million units of LeEco + Coolpad smartphones in 2 years; has suggested that making consumer-ready foldable phones is not exactly possible; etc.

Touch Display Universal Display (UDC) signed a 5-year OLED Technology License Agreement and Supplemental Material Purchase Agreement with Tianma Micro-electronics. UDC grants Tianma non-exclusive license rights to manufacture and sell OLED display products based on its IPs. UDC also supplies… Read more ›

8-5 Week: Another month has passed! This week summary we have Didi Chuxing and Uber, Tsinghua Unigroup and XMC, Qualcomm and OPPO, Samsung, Apple, etc.

Another month has passed. This week summary: Headlines – Didi Chuxing merges with Uber’s Chinese business unit Sony aims to launch flagship products only in India Gionee’s sub-brand IUNI has filed for bankruptcy Qualcomm and OPPO have entered into a… Read more ›

8-5: Gionee’s subrand IUNI files for bankruptcy; Xingfei Technology is acquiring Shenzhen Eastaeon Technology; etc.

Chipset IBM has created randomly spiking neurons using phase-change materials to store and process data. This demonstration marks a significant step forward in the development of energy-efficient, ultra-dense integrated neuromorphic technologies for applications in cognitive computing. (CN Beta, Phys, Computer… Read more ›

8-4: MediaTek announced consolidated revenues of NTD72.53 billion; Samsung Galaxy Note 7 sales could reach 12 million for 2H16; etc.

Chipset MediaTek announced consolidated revenues of NTD72.53 billion (USD2.29 billion) for the 2Q16, up 29.7% sequentially and 54.2% on year. The company credited the positive performance to rising chip demand for smartphones and recognition of revenues from acquired companies such… Read more ›

LCD Information Sharing (201608 Updates)

This is a simple report consolidating the market information obtained in regards to LCD display for smartphones. It mainly discusses the display technology a-Si and LTPS. IDC expects global smartphone shipment to exceed 1.48B units, merely 3% growth on-year. 2016-2019 CAGR would… Read more ›

8-3: Windows Phone still has 2.79% market share; Samsung said it is assessing the 2-metal chip-on-film from LG Innotek; etc.

Chipset United Microelectronics (UMC) has verified on silicon its 0.18-micron Bipolar CMOS DMOS (BCD) process for the most stringent AEC Q100 grade-0 automotive chips. (OfWeek, EEPW, Digitimes, press) The board of TSMC has approved capital appropriations of approximately US$D.79 billion… Read more ›

8-2: Didi Chuxing to merge with Uber’s Chinese business unit; Till end of June 2016, CNY2000 above mid-to-high end smartphone market share has increased 4.38% from 2015 to 47.59%; etc.

Chipset According to Digitimes, many wafer foundry houses in Taiwan and China are expected to join the race to ramp capacity after TSMC announced recently that it will raise its capex for 2016 to USD9.5-10.5 billion from USD9-10 billion set… Read more ›

8-1: Qualcomm and OPPO have entered into a new 3G and 4G patent license agreement for China; Didi Chuxing is reportedly taking over Uber’s local business in China; China vendors have curved display smartphones for the market soon; etc.

Chipset Qualcomm and OPPO announced that that they have entered into a new 3G and 4G patent license agreement for China. Under the terms of the agreement, Qualcomm has granted OPPO a royalty bearing patent license to develop, manufacture and… Read more ›