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Teardown: K-Touch T619 Smartphone
The K-Touch T619 is the lowest-priced smartphone yet encountered by the IHS teardown team.
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Apple Supplier Cirrus to Buy Samsung Supplier Wolfson
Two rivals in the supply of audio ICs for smartphones and tablet computers are set to become one as Cirrus moves to takeover Wolfson.
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Crocus Nano Electronics Raises Another $60M for 300 mm Fab
Bulk of funding comes from Rusnano, a Russian government-funded corporation to commercialize developments in nanotechnologies.
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Industrial, Automotive Drive Infineon's Strong Quarter
Infineon sees bright prospects for the rest of the year as its focus on automotive, industrial and power electronics is paying off amid global economic recovery.
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ST Promotes Chery to COO as Outlook Improves
As STMicroelectronics emerges from the shadow of a failed mobile chip joint venture, it has appointed Jean-Marc Chery as COO and plans to give Carlo Bozotti three more years as CEO.
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The Internet of Things and Its Web of Connectivity
To accommodate the diverse nature of the IoT, the market must field a heterogeneous mix of communication technologies.
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ADAS Chip Market to Grow 20% in 2014
Annual ADAS chip market is heading towards $2 billion in 2017, according to IHS Technology
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Foxconn Sells IP to Google
Hon Hai Precision Industry, the world's largest contract EMS provider, has sold a number of communications technology patents to Google.
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MediaTek to Integrate Wolfson Audio
Fabless chip company Wolfson Microelectronics, which specializes in audio and power management chips for smartphones has cut a deal with mobile chipset firm MediaTek.
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Top 25 Chip Company Ranking Shows Solid Growth
Micron, SK Hynix, Qualcomm and MediaTek benefited from the global economic recovery in 2013 as mobile phone demand persisted and rising ASPs helped drive memory markets forward.
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Avnet's Q3 Sales Rise 6.1%
Distributor increases sales 6.1 percent to $6.7 billion in its fiscal 2014 third quarter compared to the third quarter of 2013.
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Xilinx to Demonstrate FPGA Acceleration Technology at IBM Conference
Xilinx will demonstrate the industry’s first FPGA-based acceleration technology using the IBM CAPI protocol at the upcoming IBM Impact 2014 Conference
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Custom Processor Development Team Raises Funds
Private Czech firm secures funds to roll out its application-specific instruction-set processor (ASIP) technology to the rest of the world.
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Fujitsu, Panasonic Deal Makes Slow Progress
First mooted early in 2013 in line with the larger re-organization of Japan's struggling electronics sector, the FujiPana deal has moved one step closer to completion.
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NXP's China Automotive Chip JV Begins Operations
As NXP turns in a profitable first quarter the first shipments have left the warehouse of China's first dedicated automotive chip company.
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ARM's Royalties Dip, Licenses Boom
ARM has returned to profit in the first quarter of 2014. Licensing activity was particularly strong although royalty revenue declined year-on-year.
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Hybrid Carbon Nanostructures Could Lead to Better Ultracapacitors
A combination of carbon nanomaterials shows promise for high-performance ultracapacitors.
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Toshiba Starts 15nm NAND Production
Starting this month Toshiba is moving mass production of NAND flash non-volatile memory down to a 15nm minimum geometry manufacturing process.
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TSMC Targets Mobile With 'InFO' Multi-Die Assembly
TSMC is refining its CoWoS 3D IC assembly offering to lower cost and extend appeal to the mobile chip companies and has called it InFO, for integrated fan-out.
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Arrow Receives R2 Certification for Facility in Brazil
The Arrow Electronics facility in Brazil has been certified to several quality and environmental standards for electronics asset disposition.
