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It is another busy week, and let’s take a look at this week summary: Headlines: Samsung Galaxy Note 7 recall due to battery issue estimates costs Samsung around USD1 billion or less Apple reportedly has issued a request for quotation… Read more ›

Chipset MediaTek has reported consolidated revenues of NTD25.87 billion (USD827.9 million) for August 2016, up 4.2% sequentially and 36.1% on year. The monthly results were also a record high. MediaTek generated revenues of NT$72.53 billion in 2Q16 – a record… Read more ›

Chipset Intel has plans to spin off its security unit McAfee into a new company that will be owned in-part by private equity firm TPG. Intel will retain a 49% ownership stake of the entity with TPG taking the majority… Read more ›

Chipset Intel acquires computer vision startup Movidius to build up its RealSense platform. Movidius has seen a great deal of interest in its radically low-powered computer vision chipset, signing deals with major device makers, including Google, Lenovo and DJI. (Android… Read more ›

Chipset Apple reportedly has issued a request for quotation (RFQ) to MediaTek recently for wireless charging chips for an iPhone case. (163, Hexun, Phone Arena, Digtimes, press) SoftBank is announcing that the transaction is complete. The total acquisition price of… Read more ›

Chipset Silicon Valley is rethinking the circuit board, in a bet that flexible, form-fitting alternatives could reshape electronics and spur more manufacturing in the U.S. manufacturing specialists like Jabil Circuit and Flextronics International keep facilities in the U.S. to help… Read more ›

IFA 2016 is happening in Berlin Germany (2~7 September 2016) with a series of new products announced, and last week information summary: Products announced in IFA 2016: New smartphones from Huawei (Nova / Nova Plus), Acer (Liquid Z6 / Z6… Read more ›

Chipset AMD has entered into a long-term amendment to its wafer-supply agreement with Globalfoundries for 2016~2020. The amendment establishes a comprehensive framework for technology collaboration between AMD and Globalfoundries for the 7nm technology node. (Digitimes, press, MoneyDJ, Toutiao) Consumer IC… Read more ›

Chipset [IFA 2016] Qualcomm debuts Snapdragon 820-Based VR reference platform, Snapdragon VR820. Working with Chinese ODM Goertek, the standable headset is equipped with integrated eye tracking cameras and dual front-facing cameras (6DOF), 4 microphones, gyro, accelerometer, and magnetometer sensors. (Android… Read more ›

Chipset Qualcomm indicates that Snapdragon 821 has a 10% improvement from the Snapdragon 820. 821 also delivers a modest 5% power savings, supports Google Daydream via a Snapdragon VR SDK. (Android Authority, Qualcomm, CN Beta) Qualcomm China chairman Meng Pu… Read more ›

Chipset Intel launches 7th-gen Core series, formerly known by the code name Kaby Lake, for laptops and 2-in-1 tablets. Kaby Lake is Intel’s 3rd generation of chips to be based on 14nm process. Kaby Lake Core Series processors will offer… Read more ›