Imagination and BAIC Capital creates automotive joint venture
May 14, 2020
Imagination Technologies and BAIC Group Industrial Investment (BAIC Capital), have signed a joint venture agreement to initiate the establishment of an automotive fabless semiconductor company.
China enters the top-10 among semi suppliers
May 11, 2020
HiSilicon is the first China-based semiconductor supplier to be ranked in the top-10.
Macs with Apple chips on the horizon
April 24, 2020
Apple Inc. is planning to start selling Mac computers equipped with its own main processors as soon as next year.
BOE and Qualcomm enters strategic collaboration
April 21, 2020
BOE Technology Group and Qualcomm Technologies, plans to establish a strategic collaboration to develop display products featuring Qualcomm 3D Sonic ultrasonic fingerprint sensors.
Global top 10 IC designers’ 2019 revenues drop by 4.1% YoY
March 18, 2020
Under the combined influence of the U.S. Entity List and the COVID-19 pandemic, the IC design industry is unlikely to return to growth in 2020.
Leadership shuffle at TDK’s MEMS Sensors Business Group
March 02, 2020
TDK Corporation has announced that Behrooz Abdi will step down as CEO of InvenSense Inc. and general manager of TDK Corporation’s MEMS Sensors Business Group.
Qualcomm: Coronavirus may impact phone industry
February 13, 2020
Chip maker Qualcomm Inc has issued a statement that the coronavirus outbreak in China poses a potential threat to the mobile phone industry.
Gartner: Worldwide semiconductor revenue declined 11.9% in 2019
January 14, 2020
Intel reclaimed top spot in global semiconductor market; Samsung moved to no. 2.
USI's looking to accelerate expansion - acquires Asteelflash
December 13, 2019
It looks like we’re ending 2019 with a bang. One of the worlds biggest EMS providers wants to acquire one of Europe’s largest electronics manufacturers.
Intel nabs former GlobalFoundries, IBM executive
December 12, 2019
Intel Corp has hired former IBM chip exec and GlobalFoundries CTO Gary Patton to its team.
Semiconductor market suffers another plunge in Q3
December 09, 2019
With revenue plunging by a gut-wrenching 14.7% in the third quarter, the global semiconductor market appears destined for a year of double-digit decline, despite some signs of growth in the critical memory segment, says IHS Markit.
Revenue ranking of global top 10 IC design companies
December 06, 2019
The newest analysis from TrendForce shows that several U.S.-based IC design companies experienced continually expanding losses in 3Q19 revenue because of the ongoing China-U.S. trade war and because Huawei had yet to be removed from the Entity List.
Intel to reclaim No.1 semiconductor supplier ranking in 2019
November 19, 2019
IC Insights says that only three among the top-15 semiconductor suppliers are forecasted to show growth this year.
IHS Markit: 5G economy in the trillions by 2035
November 11, 2019
The IHS Markit 5G Economy Study, commissioned by Qualcomm Technologies Inc., is forecasting that 5G will generate USD 13.2 trillion in sales enablement by 2035.
Qualcomm Ventures launches 5G mega fund
October 24, 2019
Qualcomm Incorporated has commenced the Qualcomm Ventures 5G Ecosystem Fund, a USD 200 million fund focused on companies who are bolstering the 5G ecosystem.
NVIDIA leads way but competition is intensifying
October 15, 2019
Diversity is the name of the game when it comes to the edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) chipset industry. In 2019, the AI industry is witnessing the continual migration of AI workloads, particularly AI inference, to edge devices, including on-premise servers, gateways, and end-devices and sensors.
Semiconductor acquisitions regain momentum in 2019
September 19, 2019
This year’s merger and acquisition announcements are driven by deals in networking and wireless connectivity ICs and by suppliers adding products for automotive systems and other strong-growth markets into the next decade, says IC Insights.
Qualcomm acquires remaining interest in TDK joint venture
September 17, 2019
Qualcomm Incorporated says that the company has completed the acquisition of the remaining interest in RF360 Holdings Singapore Pte. Ltd., its joint venture with TDK Corporation.
US-China trade impacts global top ten IC design companies
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September 05, 2019
The global top ten IC design companies for 2Q19 ranked by revenue have just been released by TrendForce, in which we see revenues of the top five all falling YoY.
