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Thursday 31 August 2023
Reverse engineering confirms Huawei self-designed 5G SoC capability
Chinese smartphone reverse engineering KOL Lou Bin dismantled Huawei's latest Mate 60 pro flagship smartphone real-time on his Wekihome YouTube channel, revealing Huawei's latest...
Thursday 31 August 2023
Taiwan and Japanese ICT firms join hands to help Wi-Fi HaLow cross the chasm
Representatives of information and communications technology (ICT) companies, as well as chief technology officers of telecom firms and system integrators in Taiwan, squeezed into...
Monday 28 August 2023
III-V semiconductor players see increased orders for niche applications
Against modest demand for compound semiconductors used in mobile phone power amplifiers (PA), there is still stable demand for defense and other niche applications, and Taiwan's major...
Wednesday 23 August 2023
SMIC's unspoken mission and Huawei's 5G smartphone chips
As Huawei boldly proclaimed the comeback of its flagship 5G smartphone in early August, rumors about Huawei commissioning China's largest semiconductor foundry SMIC to break through...
Friday 18 August 2023
Huawei rumored to be testing 5G chip and SoC, targeting flagship handset market
As Huawei's Executive Director and CEO of the Consumer Business Group, Richard Yu, loudly declared in early August that "Huawei's flagship smartphones are making a comeback," the...
Tuesday 15 August 2023
Niche IC distributor ANStek sees customers place orders with caution
Taiwan-based Answer Technology (ANStek), which distributes mainly ICs for niche-market applications, has seen its customers place orders with caution as a result of a slower-than-anticipated...
Tuesday 15 August 2023
Samsung set to launch latest 5G vRAN software in second half of 2023
According to reports from ZDNet Korea and official statements from Samsung, Samsung plans to launch the latest version of its 5G vRAN software technology, vRAN 3.0, within...
Monday 14 August 2023
Weekly news roundup: Another Huawei 5G chokepoint breakthrough and other top stories
China reportedly overcomes BAW filter chokepoint, sparking speculations of Huawei
Friday 11 August 2023
China reportedly overcomes BAW filter chokepoint, sparking speculations of Huawei 5G phone's return
China's Saiwei Electronics has announced sucessful mass production and "domestic substitution" of Bulk Acoustic Wave (BAW) filters. While the industry remains conservative about the...
Thursday 10 August 2023
With demand for telecom tenders in China weak, the hope is for Wi-Fi 7 to inject new momentum
Major networking chip manufacturers have been holding earnings calls to discuss the global market situation of telecommunications tenders. As China accelerates its efforts in the...
Wednesday 9 August 2023
Huawei returns to high-end 5G market; are LLM phones key factor?
Huawei has announced that it will implement generative AI LLMs (large language models) into flagship smartphones. Will this incentivize Apple's iPhone to accelerate its implementation...
Wednesday 9 August 2023
Renesas to acquire Sequans through tender offer
Renesas Electronics and Sequans Communications, a provider of 5G/4G cellular IoT chips and modules, have signed a memorandum of understanding whereby Renesas will acquire Sequans...
Thursday 3 August 2023
China's Huawei returning to 5G phone market with SMIC chips
Over the past two weeks, Reuters and Nikkei Asia have closely monitored the rumors surrounding a potential collaboration between Huawei and SMIC (Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Friday 28 July 2023
Nikkei: Huawei collaborates with SMIC on 7nm 5G smartphone chips
According to Nikkei Asia, Huawei will start mass-producing 5G smartphone chips through a collaboration with SMIC in the near future. Their goal is to resume high-end smartphone...
Thursday 27 July 2023
Reliance Jio reportedly contemplating Google partnership for 5G smartphone
Reliance Jio, India's largest wireless operator by subscribers, is reportedly considering launching a 5G phone on its own rather than collaborating with Google.