Chinese OEMs Oppo and Vivo are expected to launch devices featuring the Dimensity 9400 this month
MediaTek this week launched the 4th generation of its Dimensity flagship smartphone chipset family that it said is optimized for edge-AI applications. The Dimensity 9400 is built on TSMC’s...
Qualcomm will also expand its portfolio to address the safety, operating environment and mechanical handling requirements for industrial grade solutions
Qualcomm Technologies has released a “breakthrough micro-power” Wi-Fi system-on-chip (SoC) for battery-powered IoT, plus new “AI-ready” IoT and industrial platforms at this year's Embedded World,...
Huawei warned black-listing would impact its U.S. suppliers
The U.S. Commerce Department has received over 130 applications from U.S. firms for licenses to sell goods to Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies, Reuters reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.
However, the U.S. authorities have not yet granted...
Huawei has launched its artificial intelligence (AI) processor – the Ascend 910 – as well as an all-scenario AI computing framework, dubbed MindSpore.
"We have been making steady progress since we announced our AI strategy in October last year," said Eric Xu, Huawei's rotating chairman....
U.S Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross confirmed that the U.S. government will issue licenses to local companies seeking to sell components to Chinese vendor Huawei where there is no threat to national security, Reuters reported.
Speaking at a conference in Washington D.C, Ross affirmed that the...
Huawei says new 5G chipset supports sub-6 GHz and millimeter wave frequencies
2019 is set to be a big year for 5G smartphones. Right now device availability is quite limited--Verizon has a CPE to support its 5G Home residential broadband service and AT&T's mobile service...
Autonomous machines will use AI to transform manufacturing, logistics, agriculture and other verticals
At the ongoing Computex event in Taipei, Taiwan, Nvidia announced a new artificial intelligence (AI) system designed to power autonomous machines and industrial robotics. The chipmaker specifically called out manufacturing, logistics, agriculture,...
Integrated RF front end and certification from operators like Verizon and AT&T creates powerful development platform
The internet of things (IoT) space is a dynamic market that lends itself to disruption given the relatively low-cost and collaborative development community. To take advantage of the myriad...
5G NEW HORIZONS WIRELESS SYMPOSIUM
Hosted by 5G Americas, for the first time the bi-annual Global 5G Event was held in the U.S. and co-located with 5G North America and the Big Communications Event in Austin, Texas, May 16-17, 2018. Many thanks to RCR Wireless News...
MediaTek said it will need to obtan government permission to resume shipments to the Chinese vendor
Taiwanese chip maker MediaTek confirmed that it has suspended delivery of products to Chinese vendor ZTE, after Taiwanese authorities issued an order for all the country's companies to temporarily...
Report: Commerce says new evidence to be presented by ZTE would be analyzed through an informal procedure
The U.S Department of Commerce will allow ZTE to present additional evidence after the agency recently issued an order banning American firms from selling components and software to...
802.11ax ecosystem starting to shape up
The race to IEEE 802.11ax Wi-Fi is on. Qualcomm’s recently unveiled WCN3998 solution is the latest addition to a growing number of pre-standard or 802.11ax- “ready” chipsets hitting the market, following previous announcements by Qualcomm, Broadcom, Marvell, Quantenna, Intel,...
Qualcomm pushing to support rapid commercialization of 5G NR in 2019
HONG KONG--Qualcomm Technologies announced it has successfully achieved a 5G data connection on a 5G modem chipset for mobile devices. The 3GPP is working to standardize 5G New Radio in mid-2018.
The San Diego, Calif.-based...
The long view on autonomous driving is vehicles that can effectively see and communicate with the world around them--pedestrians, infrastructure, other vehicles, etc...While full-blown self-driving vehicles are still in their infancy, Qualcomm has announced a new chipset that lays the groundwork for supporting multi-faceted...
The Taiwanese firm also announced NB-IoT cooperation with China Mobile
Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek has recently unveiled its first narrow band internet of things (NB-IoT) system-on-chip (SoC).
MediaTek’s new low-power MT2625 SoC supports a full frequency band (from 450MHz to 2.1GHz) of 3GPP R13 (NB1) and R14...
Altair Semiconductor, a provider of LTE chipsets, announced earlier this month that its ALT1160 LTE Cat-1 chipset successfully completed interoperability testing with the Open Mobile Alliance's Lightweight machine-to-machine protocol. The test took place at the recent OMA TestFest, where vendors had the opportunity to test the stability...
New chip supports seamless handoff between LTE, LTE-U and Wi-Fi networks
NEW YORK – Qualcomm is looking to make a splash with its new Snapdragon 820 processor, a chipset that could be used in an array of mobile devices all competing for bandwidth on increasingly...
South Korean authorities also investigating Qualcomm for antitrust issues
WASHINGTON – Qualcomm is looking to reestablish its importance in China following a $975 million fine imposed by China’s National Development and Reform Commission.
Qualcomm President Derek Aberle told the Financial Times during the Boao Economic Forum...
Sequans announces Verizon-certified LTE modules
Sequans new Colibri LTE chipset, along with two of the French company’s LTE modules, designed for "Internet of Things" and machine-to-machine deployments have been certified as carrier grade by Verizon Wireless.
The new Colibri chipset is rated category four, meaning it...
Qualcomm earlier this week announced a 14% increase in its quarterly cash dividend.
The San Diego-based chipmaker’s board also authorized the company to buy back up to $15 billion of its common stock. The program replaces a previous one that had a $2.1 billion authorization...
Possible investigation comes on heels of $975M Chinese settlement
Just days after agreeing to a nine-figure settlement with the Chinese government, chipmaker Qualcomm is now under investigation by South Korean commerce authorities, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission...
