10-9 Week: After National Holiday, here is 2-week summary – MediaTek Helio X30, P20 and P25; Qualcomm Snapdragon 410E and 600E; Spreadtrum to use Intel’s 14nm; etc.
After a long Oct-1 National Holiday, this is 2-week summary.
Headlines:
- MediaTek has officially unveiled flagship deca-core Helio X30, as well as mid-range P20 and P25
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 410E and the 600E are announced targeting IoT application
- Intel is making 14nm application processors for Spreadtrum
- TSMC will start 7nm trial production in 2017
- Japan Display (JDI) may release a portion of its shares to Sharp
- Sharp unveils Corner R smartphone concept using Sharp Free Form Display created with IGZO
- Sharp to invest JPY57.4 billion (about USD568 million) in its OLED business as soon as 2Q18
- Apple and Sharp are reportedly currently in talks regarding OLED displays in future iPhone models
- Panasonic has demoed an “invisible TV”
- Sony will bring production of image sensors to full capacity in the October-March half-year
- Lenovo has no plans to release a Microsoft Windows Phone
- Lenovo has officially announced the lay-off
- BlackBerry plans to end all internal hardware development and will outsource that function
- Samsung is indeed looking at all-in-one VR solutions
- China local smartwatch vendor InWatch allegedly has not paid 3~4 month wages to its employees
- Partnership on Artificial Intelligence to Benefit People and Society is formed
Numbers:
- Average contract price of PC DRAM rose 7.4% monthly in Sept. 2016 to USD14.5, says TrendForce
- Gartner says worldwide combined shipments for devices are expected to decline 3% in 2016
- Gartner projects global sales of head-mounted VR displays will jump to 39.87 million units in 2020
Products: Xiaomi Mi 5S and 5S Plus, Samsung Galaxy A8 (2016), Google Pixel and Pixel XL, Gionee P7 Max
