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USA holds 55% of total global IC market for IDMs & fabless
IC Insights recently released its Marchupdate to the 2015McClean Report,including a review of IC company sales by headquarters location.As shown in the image below, U.S. companies held a 55% share of thetotalworldwide IC market in 2014, which includes sales from IDMs and fabless IC companies but not foundry sales.
Midrange processors feature high-end enhancements & speed
Qualcomm has announced that it has introduced four Snapdragon processors, aimed at enhancing user experience and connectivity for high-performance and high-volume mobile devices. TheSnapdragon 620and 618processors feature improved performance with integrated 64-bit ARM Cortex A-72 CPUs and the X8 LTE modem, whilst the425and 415processors both feature octa-core CPUs.
CW technology & engineering conference
The inaugural Cambridge Wireless Engineering and Technology Conference (CWTEC) recently set out to look at whether the wireless industry needs to integrate or differentiate and concluded that it should do both. Leading industry experts explored the future of the UK’s telecommunications infrastructure, spanning mobile, satellite, TV, IoT and wearable technology, focusing on the impact on licensed and unlicensed spectrum and the design of nex...
Top 10 semiconductor R&D rankings 2014
More than any other industry, the semiconductor business is defined by rapid technological change. As a result, a constant and high level of investment in R&D is essential to the competitive positions of semiconductor suppliers. The figure below shows IC Insights’ 2014 ranking of semiconductor companies by R&D spending.
Embedded modules support worldwide LTE-A networks
Sierra Wireless has introduced fourAirPrime embedded modules, based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon X7 LTE Modem and the first to support LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) networks worldwide. LTE-A is the latest generation of 4G LTE network standards, aimed at improving network capacity, throughput, data speed and operational cost-efficiency.
Conference to discuss wireless technologies & their impact on spectral value
The inaugural Cambridge Wireless Technology and Engineering Conference will bring together speakers to discussthe future of mobile, satellite, TV, IoT and wearable technologies and their impact on spectral value.Taking place on Tuesday 24thMarch, the one day event sponsored and hosted by PwC is set to debate the changes, challenges and opportunities within the wireless technology engineering sector.
CW to explore the future of telecomms infrastructure
The London CW inaugural Technology & Engineering Conference (CW TEC), which takes place on 24th March 2015, will bring together engineers, financial analysts and executives from the wireless industry to discuss the future of the UK’s telecomms infrastructure and its impact on the value of licensed and unlicensed spectrum from VHF to KA band and beyond. This will span mobile, satellite, TV, IoT and wearable technology.
LTE Category 9 interoperability testing is successful
Qualcomm (QTI), EE and Huawei have successfully completed inter-company interoperability testing of LTE Category 9 connectivity with 3-carrier downlink aggregation and download speeds of up to 410Mb/s. To test LTE Category 9 connectivity, the company’s used QTI’s Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor with integrated LTE-Advanced next-gen modem, and Huawei’s commercial infrastructure solution, across EE’s LTE-A ‘4G+&rsquo...
Cambridge Wireless experts make 2015 predictions
Industry experts from Cambridge Wireless (CW) have made their personal predictions for 2015. CW Special Interest Group (SIG) Champions comment on a wide range of topics from the evolution of wearable devices and the promised launch of the Apple iWatch to the hype surrounding the IoT and the roll out of LTE.
Processor offers speeds of up to 450Mb/s
The Snapdragon 810 processor from Qualcomm Technologies now supports LTE Category 9 Carrier Aggregation connectivity. Speeds of up to 450Mb/s over three 20MHz LTE carriers have been demonstrated by the processor, which integrates a next-gen LTE-Advanced modem.