114 news items tagged Bluetooth
ChipMOS, OSE to see 4Q19 revenues surge on flash chips demand
Tuesday 1 October 2019NAND and NOR flash demand for TWS devices, gaming consoles and smartphones has been rising along with the approaching of traditional shopping seasons, providing significant growth...
TWS earbud chip prices falling
Wednesday 28 August 2019Unit prices for SoC chips used in true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds have been falling, due mainly to stiff competition among chip suppliers, according to industry sources.
Realtek posts record profit in 2Q19
Friday 2 August 2019Networking IC design specialist Realtek Semiconductor has reported net profit surged nearly 80% on year and 33.8% sequentially to NT$1.85 billion (US$58.8 million) in the second quarter...
Realtek, Novatek post record May revenues
Tuesday 11 June 2019IC design houses Novatek Microelectronics and Realtek Semiconductor both saw their May revenues climb to respective record-high levels, thanks to shipments of their new products.
Dialog announces Wi-Fi SoC
Wednesday 5 June 2019Dialog Semiconductor has introduced the FC9000, the company's first Wi-Fi SoC since its acquisition of Silicon Motion's mobile communications product line was recently completed.
Wi-Fi 6 outlook: Q&A with Cees Links from Qorvo
Monday 3 June 2019Along with Skyworks and Broadcom as the world's top-3 providers of RF (radio frequency) solutions for advanced wireless devices, US-based Qorvo is keen on promoting Wi-Fi 6 (IEEE...
Unisoc rolls out new solution for TWS headsets
Thursday 30 May 2019Unisoc has rolled out its new Bluetooth 5.0-certified solution, dubbed RDA5882, to support dual-mode BLE module designs for true wireless stereo (TWS) headsets.
Pixart 2Q19 revenues to rise on robust Bluetooth audio chip shipments
Friday 10 May 2019Fabless IC firm Pixart Imaging expects to see its second-quarter revenues increase substantially, driven by robust shipments of its Bluetooth audio chips, according to industry sou...
IoTize TapNLink for NFC, Bluetooth available through Digi-Key
Wednesday 8 May 2019IoTize's line of TapNLink products for Bluetooth and NFC communication is available to customers around the world from Digi-Key Electronics, a global electronic components distributor...
Holtek to see MCU shipments driven by robust demand for Bluetooth headsets
Thursday 2 May 2019Microcontroller unit specialist Holtek Semiconductor is expected to see its 32-bit MCU shipments for wireless Bluetooth headsets surge and likely hit the five million mark in 2019,...
VCSEL makers gaining from thriving Bluetooth headset sales
Friday 19 April 2019Driven by sales boom for voice-controlled and smart speakers, Bluetooth headphones have seen growing popularity, prompting web giants and consumer leectronics vendors to jump on the...
Taiwan consumer IC shipments start ramping up in March
Wednesday 20 March 2019Taiwan consumer IC designers are enjoying a significant shipment ramp-up in March, which may last into the second quarter, traditionally the high season for consumer electronics shipments,...
Silicon Motion announces sale of FCI to Dialog Semiconductor
Friday 8 March 2019Silicon Motion Technology has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its mobile communications product line, branded as FCI, to Dialog Semiconductor.
Holtek enters wireless headset supply chains of China handset vendors
Tuesday 29 January 2019Despite lackluster sales performance of iPhones, Apple's Airpods have ushered in a new market for wireless Bluetooth headsets, prompting China smartphone vendors such as Huawei and...
Synergy expects rising battery demand from true wireless earbuds
Friday 11 January 2019With the strong popularity of the Apple AirPods, and chip developers including Qualcomm and Realtek offering solutions for true wireless earbuds, more earphone brands are expected...
Taiwan networking specialists highlight 5G, IoT applications at CES 2019
Thursday 10 January 2019As part of their efforts to embrace the 5G era, many Taiwan network equipment makers including Sercomm, Zyxel Communications and Wistron NeWeb (WNC) are showcasing the latest 5G and...
UnlimiterHear and Airoha to jointly develop Bluetooth chips with hearing protection technology
Monday 10 December 2018UnlimiterHear, a Taiwan-based hearing technology specialist, has teamed up with Airoha Technology to develop Bluetooth chips for hearing aids.
Mobvoi touts disruptive man-machine interaction
Monday 10 December 2018New-generation man-machine interaction in the post-smartphone era will be dominated by mobile + voice, with voice-control mobile devices to enjoy huge sales opportunities, according...
Synergy ScienTech listed on TWSE
Thursday 6 December 2018Li-ion battery and Li-ion polymer battery maker Synergy ScienTech was listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) at an initial price of NT$18 (US$0.58) per share on December 5, according...
SiP emerging as mainstream packaging process in 5G, AIoT era
Wednesday 21 November 2018System in package (SiP) will continue to gain momentum to become the mainstream IC packaging process in the future as it can further complete heterogeneous integration of diverse...
Taiwan startup Coolso unveils muscle bio sensors integrating AR, VR
Friday 16 November 2018Coolso Technology has used its patented muscle bio signal technology to develop wearable gesture control device that can detect individual finger movement for precise gesture recognition,...
NextDrive and partners jointly release IoT gateway-based smart lock
Tuesday 16 October 2018Taiwan startup NextDrive has recently announced the latest application of its cube devices, a smart IoT gateway, to remote-control smart locking system developed in cooperation with...
Microsoft unveils new-generation Surface family
Thursday 4 October 2018Microsoft has unveiled four new Surface products: a 2-in-1 device, a notebook, an all-in-one PC and a headphone.
Rafael Micro diversifying product line
Thursday 27 September 2018Radio-frequency (RF) chip specialist Rafael Microelectronics has been enhancing and diversifying its products to include Bluetooth 5.0 solutions, optical tuners and receivers, and...
Wireless technologies to comprise 55% of connectivity IC shipments in 2018, IHS says
Thursday 14 June 2018Driven by the colossal Internet of Things (IoT) opportunity, wireless technologies - including wireless local area network (WLAN), Bluetooth, cellular and low-power wireless - will...
- Bluetooth is bad and you should stop using it (Aug 22) - Mashable
- Google and Qualcomm launch a dev kit for building Assistant-enabled headphones (May 9) - TechCrunch
- Apple developing modem as chip efforts expand (Dec 12, 2018) - The Information
- Apple has an idea for car sensors that could drastically reduce crashes (Aug 17) - CNBC
- China's shifting sands spell trouble for Qualcomm, Broadcom (Jan 16) - EE Times
- NXP acquires Wearable and Bluetooth Low Energy IC Business of Quintic (Nov 24) - Company release
- Broadcom not threatened by Samsung's CSR buy (July 25) - EE Times
- New TI chip could spread NFC in smartphones (February 13) - PC Magazine
- PlayBook to allow tethering to BlackBerry smartphones (Jan 13) - Computerworld
- Dell's new Inspiron offers Bluetooth 3.0 (Aug 5) - PC World