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| MediaTek reported third-quarter profit, up 54.2% |
12/27/2018 |
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“MediaTek has been putting a lot of efforts into expanding its business into broader fields such as the internet of things and TV, overall smartphone market fatigue to increase further, it’s necessary that component providers switch into new areas to seek more growth."
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| China pulled ahead of U.S. on wireless network speed |
12/27/2018 |
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Among the five largest countries in the world, China has the fastest mean mobile download speeds of 30.96 Mbps, while the US topped in terms of fastest mean fixed download speeds of 92.77 Mbps. China was second in fixed broadband download speed.
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| Micron reduces Capex by 10% |
12/26/2018 |
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The company said on Tuesday that it would cut $1.25 billion of capital expenses next year, bringing its total expenditures to $9 billion to $9.5 billion and feeding into fears that the semiconductor industry's boom is over.
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| Apple start to pull older phones off the German market |
12/24/2018 |
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In Germany, the judge ruled that phones with a chip from Apple supplier Qorvo violate one of Qualcomm’s patents around so-called envelope tracking, a feature that helps mobile phones save battery power while sending and receiving wireless signals.
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| Micron expects headwind on DRAM sales |
12/20/2018 |
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Micron reported on Tuesday quarterly sales and earnings at the low end of Wall Street estimates but said that it expects revenue to decline significantly in the current quarter due to “weak near-term supply-demand dynamics.
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| DRAM prices to erode |
12/20/2018 |
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Historically cyclical DRAM market appears to be headed for tougher times in 2019 after two strong years of growth.
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| Manufacturers have to latch on new stretagy going into 2019 |
12/20/2018 |
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Driven by the promise of greater profitability and competitiveness, manufacturers will continue to progress toward digital transformation, including connected environments that provide greater control and visibility, and forgoing antiquated processes in favor of automation and efficiency.
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| Optical finger print sensor prices fall |
12/19/2018 |
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Suppliers of TDDI chips and optical fingerprint sensors mainly China- and Taiwan-based players are set to experience a wave of price cuts in 2019 as competition among them intensifies.
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| Qualcomm launched 9205 LTE modem designed for IoT applications |
12/19/2018 |
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The US chip giant said on Monday that the modem has been purpose-built for devices and applications which operate on LPWAN, which includes wearables, asset trackers, health monitors, security systems, smart city sensors, and smart meters.
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| Semi equipment order shows concentration on logic vs memory |
12/18/2018 |
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Generally, the equipment industry saw enormous demand in 2017, and the momentum extended into the first part of 2018. But then the memory market began deteriorating in the middle of this year, causing both DRAM and NAND vendors to push out their equipment orders.
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