Broadcom gets bigger bite of iPhone 7
Broadcom hasn’t been able to get enough chips to fill a surge in demand for 4K set-top boxes and a…
Price increase to boost MCU sales through 2020
Brace yourself for increasing prices of MCUs as ASPs 'stabilise' in IC Insight's 2015-2020 forecast period.
Global smartphone sales grew 4.3% in Q2
The five vendors that has seen growth include Chinese manufacturers Huawei, Oppo, Xiaomi and BBK Communication Equipment, and South Korea’s…
44% of smartphone owners plan buying new devices in 6 months
Strategy Analytics says 44% of smartphone owners plan on replacing their devices in 6 months. For a company, like Apple,…
Global information security spending to rise 7.9%
Gartner says that the biggest opportunity for growth will come from security testing, IT outsourcing and data-loss prevention.
Silicon wafer shipments set new record with 6.6% QoQ rise
Total silicon wafer area shipments reach 2,706 million square inches during the most recent quarter.
Samsung smartphones shine as Apple’s iPhones slip
Samsung has shipped about 72 million smartphones in the second quarter this year, although Apple still leads in terms of…
Smartwatch market nosedives amidst Apple decline
Worldwide shipments has fallen 32% in the second quarter of 2016, according to IDC.
Semiconductor capex to see 0.7% drop in 2016
The PC, ultramobile and smartphone production forecast for the second half of 2016 has been lowered from 2015 as the…
Chip sales struggle amidst soft demand, market malaise
Global chip sales hit ₹ 1.74 lakh crore in May, an increase of 0.4% from April. It was the largest…