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On September 30, 2022, Qualcomm Inc. quietly filed a counterclaim to Arm’s lawsuit against Qualcomm/Nuvia. It was a long-awaited rebuttal as it seemed Qualcomm had gone dark after the company’s …

The MediaTek Dimensity 9200 supports seamless switching between mmWave 5G and sub-6GHz connectivity MediaTek this week unveiled its latest 5G chipset — the Dimensity 9200 — which will take up …

mmWave 5G Standalone tests saw 7.1 Gbps download, 3.6 millisecond latency Chinese network equipment vendors CICT Mobile, Nokia Shanghai Bell and ZTE have tested the performance of mmWave 5G Standalone …

As automotive architectures evolve to support electrification, Qualcomm focused on automated driving, digital cockpit and vehicle connectivity Vehicles are evolving very quickly and along multiple vectors—complex systems of cameras, LIDAR, …

The Dimensity 1080 chipset supports sub-6GHz 5G and Wi-Fi 6 MediaTek says its newest chipset, called the Dimensity 1080 (D1080), offers 5G smartphones a “nice performance bump and significantly upgraded …

Executives from BMW, General Motors, Great Wall Motor, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis talk tech partnerships with Qualcomm At a recent Automotive Investor Day event in New York City, Qualcomm executives updated …

First came the challenge program focused on exploring autonomous, real-time spectrum sharing. Now, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency has put together a new program aimed at supporting the foundational …

Mercedes-Benz taps Qualcomm Snapdragon Digital Chassis for digital cockpit and automotive connectivity Providing its Snapdragon Digital Chassis to the automotive industry has been a major driver of Qualcomm expanding its …

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Google have signed an agreement to cooperate on semiconductor development for license-free, domestically produced chips to support technology and product …

The new factory will be built in the Indian PM’s home state of Gujarat Taiwanese semiconductor giant Foxconn and Indian mining conglomerate Vedanta have announced a deal with the Indian …

Qualcomm updates on diversification strategy, including automotive, XR, IoT and PCs Ahead of an Automotive Investor Day event on Sept. 22, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano provided an update on the company’s …

Meta and Qualcomm entering into multi-year engineering collaboration to shape metaverse technology During his keynote presentation at IFA 2022 in Germany, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon continued his characterization of Qualcomm’s …

If the courts side with Arm, Qualcomm could be forced to destroy any designs it has produced with the licenses in question Arm is suing Qualcomm and Nuvia, the startup …

Qualcomm is looking to leverage growth of cloud to expand reach of connectivity, processing and AI portfolios Since CEO Cristiano Amon took the helm at Qualcomm, the company–traditionally associated with …

“Growth in 5G adoption” drove $600M in annual wireless revenue – CEO Semiconductor maker Marvell Technology posted results for its second fiscal quarter on Thursday, with revenues of $1.52 billion …

Picocom President: “We need a healthy ecosystem of semiconductor vendors in the Open RAN world selling chips that are freely available to anyone that wants to buy them.”  The RAN …

While Mavenir’s John Baker, senior Vice President of business development, is clear-eyed about challenges, both technical and business, the Open RAN ecosystem and other stakeholders need to work through, he …

Brazil is looking to diversify its chip supply chain as a result of Taiwan’s growing tensions with China and the U.S. Brazil and South Korea have signed a memorandum of …

‘A once-in-a-generation investment in America itself,’ he said President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed the $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act into law. The bipartisan bill, approved by Congress in …

The CHIPS Act proposes $59 billion of funding for semiconductor manufacturing and research in the U.S The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed the CHIPS bill, or the Creating Helpful Incentives …

Qualcomm exec: ‘We changed everything about our wearable chipsets’ Last week, Qualcomm unveiled the latest additions to its suite of wearable platforms, Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1 and Snapdragon W5 Gen …

Qualcomm and Samsung extend patent licensing agreement through 2030 Qualcomm revenues are up across the company’s handset, RF front-end, IoT and automotive businesses based on Q3 earnings released this week …

Intel established its foundry business unit in March 2021 Intel’s nascent foundry business — Intel Foundry Services (IFS) — has taken a huge leap forward with a deal to produce …

TSMC captured nearly 70% share of the global chipset market share, according to Counterpoint According Counterpoint’s latest Foundry and Chipset Tracker, several factors contributed to a decline of 5% YoY …