The investment in the EU semiconductor market includes both public and private funds
The European Union (EU) this week approved a massive semiconductor and communication technologies project that will use roughly €8 billion ($8.6 billion) in state funds. The public investment encouraged another €13.7 billions ($14.7...
New York headquartered GlobalFoundries and Switzerland-headquartered STMicroelectronics (STMicro) have confirmed a deal to build a jointly-operated semiconductor manufacturing facility in Crolles, in France, at a total project cost of €7.5 billion – of which around €3 billion will reportedly be provided by the French...
Qualcomm views on-device AI as key to reducing cloud costs associated with AI processing
As bullishness, or at least perceived bullishness, around artificial intelligence (AI) drives up stock prices and market caps for companies like NVIDIA, AMD and Marvell, Qualcomm Technologies CFO Akash Palkhiwala this...
Broadcom will develop 5G radio frequency components for Apple
Broadcom has agreed to develop 5G radio frequency components, including FBAR filters, for Apple in a new multi-year, multibillion-dollar deal announced this week.
According to the companies, the FBAR filters will be designed and built at several...
Micron failed to pass a cybersecurity review, says the Cyberspace Administration of China
Tensions between China and the U.S. escalated over the weekend when the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) announced its decision to ban Idaho-based memory chipmaker Micron from selling to Chinese companies.
According...
Oppo established its in-house chip unit, called Zeku, in 2019
With the global semiconductor market still facing shortages, political tension and other setbacks, Chinese smartphone maker Oppo has announced the abrupt closure of its in-house chip design unit.
"Due to the uncertainties in the global...
STMicroelectronics has updated its STM32 family of Industry 4.0 microprocessors (MPUs) with a new architecture and higher performance. The new STM32MP25 product line combine 64-bit core processing units with on-device edge AI acceleration, advanced multimedia features, graphics processing, and “digital connectivity”, said a statement....
US chip maker Analog Devices is to invest €630 million into its European headquarters in Limerick, Ireland, to build a new research and manufacturing facility in order to spur development of semiconductor solutions for the industrial, automotive, and healthcare sectors. The firm expects to...
The acquisition of Autotalks is meant to bolster Qualcomm Snapdragon Digital Chassis, speed adoption of V2X
Although stagnant handset demand is currently coloring its business, Qualcomm continues its strong growth in the automotive segment, reporting last week a 20% quarterly year-on-year increase in revenue despite...
Handset demand down "at a magnitude greater than we previously forecasted," Qualcomm CEO said
Citing “further demand deterioration” in its core handset business, Qualcomm this week reported second quarter financials in line with its guidance but down 17% from the same quarter last year to...
The new suite of products include the Qualcomm QCS8550, Qualcomm QCM8550, Qualcomm QCS4490 and Qualcomm QCM4490 processors
Qualcomm Technologies announced new IoT solutions with the aim of expanding the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem and IoT use cases.
The announcement was made at the Hannover Messe...
No single company, network or technology can build the metaverse. Instead, the industry will have to tap into every available foundational technology across the ecosystem, from the very edge of the network all the way to the devices themselves. 5G and Wi-Fi, high-powered cameras...
Qualcomm SVP of Engineering talks 5G, AI and IoT at Mobile World Congress 2023
In addition to its long-standing leadership in smartphone and other mobile devices, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is a driving force in the research and standards work that has defined 5G New Radio, 5G...
Qualcomm is leveraging automotive connectivity for assisted and autonomous driving, digital cockpit, and more
As Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said during CES, the company is “all in on auto.” With its Snapdragon Digital Chassis, a platform designed to facilitate the transition to software-defined vehicles via...
Air interface innovations and new services on the way with 5G Advanced and 6G
In addition to driving the ongoing standardization of 5G Advanced and early scoping of 6G, Qualcomm engages in long-term foundational research geared toward identifying and solving problems facing ever-evolving mobile networks....
Huawei replaced these parts with components developed by itself and other Chinese companies over the last three years
Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies has replaced more than 13,000 components that had been affected by the restrictions imposed by the U.S government, Chinese press reported, citing the...
Samsung Electronics has announced its first ultra-wideband (UWB) chipset, the Exynos Connect U100, for use in mobile, automotive, and IoT devices. The new hardware solution offers precise distance measurements, down to “single-digit centimetres”, reckons the South Korean firm. It has introduced the U100 as...
As diversification strategy plays out, Qualcomm tells shareholders about momentum in automotive, edge networking, IoT
“We’re very excited about the future of Qualcomm,” CEO Critiano Amon said earlier this month at the company’s annual shareholders meeting. “And we continue to believe that the best of...
Samsung Electronics plans to make a massive $230 billion investment in South Korea's chip-making capacity, in the form of a new "mega cluster" of silicon manufacturing that could end up being the world's largest such hub.
The investment, to be made over the next...
To propel Open RAN, vRAN and public and private 5G networks, Qualcomm is drawing on domain expertise in connectivity and low-power compute
Qualcomm again demonstrated the ongoing strength of its diversification push during Mobile World Congress with a number of partner announcements highlighting the semiconductor...
The White House is pondering more extensive U.S. limitations on the sale of chips and chip-making equipment to Chinese companies, and those could have substantial impacts on Nvidia's ability to sell to Huawei and a lesser impact on Qualcomm, according to press reports on...
BARCELONA--Every year at the MWC (Mobile World Congress) event in Barcelona, the world’s biggest telecom operators gather among the smartphone OEMs and chip vendors to show off their latest achievements. This year, many of the telcos coalesced around Qualcomm’s XR platform, Snapdragon Spaces. Seven...
Delivering a 5G Advanced-ready modem/RF system will help Qualcomm continue to deliver on its diversification strategy
Qualcomm today gave a first look at its new Snapdragon X75 Modem/RF System that is being positioned as providing device OEMs an evolutionary path forward to 3GPP Rel. 18...
5G NR-Light is considered ideal for use cases like surveillance cameras, wearables and consumer IoT devices
Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon X35 5G Modem-RF System chipset, a 5G NR-Light — or reduced capability (RedCap) — modem designed for lower-cost, smaller form-factor devices. According to the...
