Qualcomm is struggling. From a peak of $80 its shares are now under $60, it still seems to have unresolved issues in China, ASPs are falling, licensing revenues are flat and calendar Q3 chip sales fell 25% y-o-y. Despite a year of wrangling with the Chinese authorities and Chinese handset makers, it is reporting that ...
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IDT and Digi-Key set up wireless charging contest
IDT and Digi-Key set up wireless charging contest
IDT and Digi-Key have Set up a contest to find the most innovative use of IDT’s wireless power technology using IDT’s 5W kits. Judges will be looking for designs that demonstrate the advantages wireless charging systems offer, such as convenience, the ability to develop a waterproof charging system, or the elimination of failure-prone charging contacts. ...
Undo now supporting 64-bit ARM v8 cores
Undo now supporting 64-bit ARM v8 cores
Undo Software and ARM have extended their partnership to the 64-bit ARMv8-A architecture. 64-bit ARM versions of Undo’s Live Recorder and UndoDB products are being shipped to select customers and will be generally available from Q1 2016. Undo’s portfolio of Linux and Android reversible debugging tools support 64-bit ARM processors, enabling companies to simplify the ...
Ultrahaptics raises £10m funding round
Ultrahaptics raises £10m funding round
Ultrahaptics, the Bristol developer of mid-air haptic technologies, today announced a Series A funding round of £10.1 million led by Woodford Investment Management alongside existing shareholder IP Group. “The company is engaged with Tier 1 manufacturers in multiple markets and the investment from Woodford Investment Management will allow us to fulfil this demand and address ...
Blu Wireless licenses Arteris FlexNoc
Blu Wireless licenses Arteris FlexNoc
Blu Wireless Technology, the Bristol 60GHz WiGig specialist, is to use Arteris FlexNoC interconnect IP for use in its HYDRA WiGig and 60GHz millimeter wave baseband IP. Blu Wireless designs and licenses semiconductor intellectual property to telecommunications semiconductor companies for gigabit rate wireless modems operating in the millimeter wave frequency bands. “Our use of Arteris ...
Small cell gets big
The small cell market became big this year with the value of the ICs which go into them increasing by 5x which is likely to bring in more suppliers. The Semiconductor for Small Cells market study by analysts Mobile Experts has found that MIMO, Carrier Aggregation, LAA/LWA, and multi-mode requirements have driven up the value ...
Imec breakthrough may commercialise silicon photonics
Imec breakthrough may commercialise silicon photonics
Imec and Ghent University have monolithically integrated arrays of indium phosphide lasers on 300mm silicon substrates in a CMOS pilot line. It provides a path toward high-volume manufacturing of cost-effective photonic integrated circuits (PICs) with monolithically integrated laser sources. Such laser-powered PICs will revolutionize data transfer between future logic and memory chips. Silicon photonics enables ...
Imec breakthrough may commercialise silicon photonics
Imec breakthrough may commercialise silicon photonics
Imec and Ghent University have monolithically integrated arrays of indium phosphide lasers on 300mm silicon substrates in a CMOS pilot line. It provides a path toward high-volume manufacturing of cost-effective photonic integrated circuits (PICs) with monolithically integrated laser sources. Such laser-powered PICs will revolutionize data transfer between future logic and memory chips. Silicon photonics enables ...
ST Q3 down 6.5% y-o-y; expects 6% sequential fall in Q4.
ST Q3 down 6.5% y-o-y; expects 6% sequential fall in Q4.
ST’s Q3 revenue was 6.5% down on Q3 2014 at $1.76 billion with a gross margin of 34.8%. It expects a 6% drop in Q4 revenues on Q3 to about $1.66 billion with a gross margin of 33.5%. ST blamed lower consumer spending in China for the weak Q3 revenues. Compared to Q3 last year, ...
ST Q3 down 6.5% y-o-y; expects 6% sequential fall in Q4.
ST Q3 down 6.5% y-o-y; expects 6% sequential fall in Q4.
ST’s Q3 revenue was 6.5% down on Q3 2014 at $1.76 billion with a gross margin of 34.8%. It expects a 6% drop in Q4 revenues on Q3 to about $1.66 billion with a gross margin of 33.5%. ST blamed lower consumer spending in China for the weak Q3 revenues. Compared to Q3 last year, ...