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IC Insights has released their 2013 ranking of semiconductor companies by R&D spending. Intel continued to top the list, accounting for 37% of the top-10 spending and 19% of total worldwide semiconductor R&D expenditures. Intel’s R&D spending was more than triple that of second-place Qualcomm.

Anritsu has worked with Qualcomm Technologies to successfully demonstrate peak throughput for a Category 6 LTE device and network simulator using 20+20 MHz Carrier Aggregation (CA). The two companies have jointly performed tests with a device based on the new Qualcomm Gobi 9x35 modem, the world’s first LTE Advanced World Mode Category 6 chipset solution

How can wireless technologies make a positive change to peoples’ lives and help address societal and global challenges? In June 2014, the Future of Wireless International Conference will feature leadingindustry experts, academics, humanitarian and international development specialists from all around the world trying to answer this question.

Designed for Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 power supplies, DIalog Semiconductor announcesthe iW620 AC/DC adapter interface IC. The IC resides on the secondary side of the AC/DC charger power supply and works with Dialog’s iW1760 PrimAccurate primary-side digital PWM controller.

Power Integrations has today revealed an industry first with its reference design for a Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0-enabled charger power supply. Launched by Qualcomm earlier in 2013, the Quick Charge 2.0 protocol up to 75% faster charging of mobile devices than conventional USB charging technology.

September saw the launch of the Z3700 series of Atom processors from Intel, the supplier’s latest assault on the smartphone and tablet processor market. While its market share in applications processors remains small today, Intel continues to aggressively mount a challenge and has firmly parked its tanks on ARM’s lawn.

Like the CPU or video processing unit found in today’s consumer and embedded systems, the GPU has turned from a nice-to-have feature in previous generations to a must-have necessity if you want a competitive solution for your target application. Benson Tao, Product Marketing Manager at Vivante Corporation, explore further in this ES Design magazine article.

Customers in the Americas region (primarily the U.S.) are expected to account for nearly two-thirds of pure-play foundry sales in 2013, a slight increase from 2012. IC Insights forecasts that Americas region will represent 70% of TSMC’s sales, 67% of sales from GlobalFoundries, and 47% of sales from both UMC and SMIC (Figure 1).

Lattice Semiconductor has introduced three new complete reference designs that will make it easier for electronic OEMs to deliver media-rich experiences to their end users by taking advantage of low-cost, industry-standard Mobile Industry Processor Interface camera, application processor, and display technologies. These latest FPGA-based reference designs from Lattice enable OEMs to quickly build and roll out next-generation products that are low...

Wolfson Microelectronics has today revealed that Sharp has adopted Wolfson’s WM5102 High Definition Audio Hub for its new range of AQUOS smartphone and tablet devices. The WM5102 enables exceptional audio quality in the AQUOS PHONE ZETA SH-06E and AQUOS PHONE si SH-07E, as well as the upcoming AQUOS PAD SH-08E tablet, all from NTT DOCOMO.