India and Vietnam are to become the biggest beneficiaries of smartphone supply chain migration out of China, according to DIGITIMES Research analyst Luke Lin, who estimates that India will produce 45-50% of Apple’s iPhones by 2027, on a par with… Read more ›
Samsung is expecting its annual operating profit from semiconductor sales in 2023 to be around KRW13.1T. If Samsung’s own expectations are met, its operating profit in 2023 would be around half of its annual operating profit in 2022, which is… Read more ›
The remaining buildings of OPPO Global Computing Power Center completed the complete acceptance and will soon be fully operational. The total investment is CNY4.5B, covering an area of 387 acres, which will be used to build chip research and development… Read more ›
Affected by weak consumer demand and the upstream supply chain, TSMC lowered its capital expenditure in 2022 to USD36B, which was previously expected to be USD40-44B. In terms of demand, the company also expects that the industry’s inventory level will… Read more ›
Google Pixel roadmap leaks, revealing every smartphone the company has planned from 2023 to 2025. For 2025, the company could go in different directions depending on how successful (or not) its strategy for 2023 and 2024 turns out to be.(Android… Read more ›
OnePlus and OPPO have announced a new strategic partnership for the coming years which will see OPPO invest CNY10B (USD1.43B) in OnePlus over the next 3 years. The new “dual-brand” strategy will see OnePlus as the pioneer brand for flagship… Read more ›
The global smartphone market will see 2% YoY growth in 2023, according to Counterpoint Research. The latest forecast has been revised downwards from the previous forecast of 6% YoY growth in 2023, as macroeconomic headwinds and consumer weakness continue to… Read more ›
According to DigiTimes, TSMC’s overall fab capacity utilization rate in 1H23 is expected to drop to 80%, with the 7 / 6nm process capacity utilization rate falling further, and the 5 / 4nm capacity utilization rate declining MoM from Jan… Read more ›
Apple CEO Tim Cook has confirmed that Apple will buy U.S.-made microchips. The chip factories will be owned and operated by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). The plants will be capable of manufacturing the 4nm and 3nm chips that are… Read more ›
Intel Research has showcased how Moore’s Law is alive and how Intel plans to offer next-gen chips with a Trillion transistors by 2030. Intel targets new 10x density improvement in packaging technology and uses novel material just 3 atoms thick… Read more ›
Global semiconductor revenue is projected to decline 3.6% in 2023, according to the latest forecast from Gartner. In 2022, the market is on pace to grow 4% and total USD618B. Currently, the semiconductor market is polarized between the consumer-driven markets… Read more ›
EU ambassadors gave their unanimous backing to an agreement that could unlock the EUR43B (USD44.8B) funding intended to boost research and development and deliver greater self-reliance in semiconductor supplies for European nations. This is the latest move in the saga… Read more ›
SuperGaming, a Pune-based game development firm, has announced that it is collaborating with Google’s cloud unit Google Cloud to bring its game engine SuperPlatform to developers worldwide, allowing them to create better games. The platform will be available to game… Read more ›
Facebook will enable more private settings by default for anyone under the age of 16 who signs up for the platform. As for teens who already have accounts, Facebook will display a prompt encouraging them to use these settings, as… Read more ›
Qualcomm has unveiled its new flagship, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Qualcomm has focused on improving power efficiency, but the new chip still brings appreciable speed-ups. The new Kryo CPU trio delivers up to 35% higher performance with up to 40%… Read more ›
The global smartphone applications processor (AP) market grew 26% to USD8.9B in 2Q22. Strategy Analytics estimates that Qualcomm, MediaTek, Apple, Samsung LSI and Unisoc captured the top-5 revenue share rankings in the smartphone applications processor (AP) market in 2Q22. Qualcomm… Read more ›