Anritsu signs agreement with Bureau Veritas for 5G testing

The Bureau Veritas customer products service division in Taiwan has set up Anritsu’s 5G test station MT8000A for device verification. It’s also using the test platform ME7834NR for protocol conformance testing and test system ME7873NR for RF/RRM conformance testing. By adopting MT8000A with modular configurations, Bureau Veritas can construct stable test systems for both conducted ...

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2019 was third largest year for semi M&A, says IC Insights

2019 was the third largest-ever year for semiconductor M&A, says IC Insights, with seven deals valued at $1 billion or more helping to increase the total value of all deals by 22% from 2018. Semi M&A   strengthened in 2019 after pulling back in the two previous years from historic high levels of M&A agreements ...

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Apple is biggest buyer of silicon

Apple  reclaimed its position as the biggest buyer of chips  last year, overtaking Samsung. Apple bought  8.6% of  the market, says Gartner, Samsung dropped to the second spot with 8% market share. Leading original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) reduced their semiconductor spend in 2019, influenced by declining memory prices. Apple took the top rank from Samsung, ...

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Silicon slips 7%

Silicon shipments fell 7% measured by area in 2019 from the 2018 record high, reports SEMI, while revenues from wafer sales fell 2%. Silicon wafer area shipments in 2019 totaled 11,810 million square inches (MSI), while the industry logged shipments of 12,732 million square inches in 2018. Revenues in 2019 totaled $11.15 billion, edging down ...

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