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Thursday 8 May 2014
Digitimes Research: China smartphone application processor shipments to grow 13.6% sequentially in 2Q14
Shipments of smartphone application processors in the China market are expected to grow 13.6% sequentially and 10.9% on year in the second quarter of 2014, according to Digitimes...
Tuesday 6 May 2014
Digitimes Research: Smartphone application processor shipments in China dip over 4% sequentially in 1Q14
Shipments of smartphone-use application processors in China slid 4.2% sequentially but grew 10.8% on year in the first quarter of 2014, according to Digitimes Research.
Thursday 3 April 2014
Digitimes Research: Over 50% white-box tablets to come with phone functions in 2H14; MediaTek to benefit most
China white-box tablet players' shipments increased sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2013 thanks to strong demand from mature markets worldwide. Demand from emerging markets...
Wednesday 2 April 2014
Digitimes Research: 3-mode smartphones to dominate China entry-level market
When announcing its LTE product lineup in 2013, China Mobile originally set 5-mode support for five major networking standards in China as a basic requirement for its 4G products,...
Thursday 20 March 2014
Digitimes Research: MediaTek to continue eating into Spreadtrum market share
Despite the slow-season performance of China's smartphone market, chipmaker MediaTek's smartphone application processor (AP) shipments in the first quarter continue to see strong...
Tuesday 4 March 2014
Digitimes Research: Cortex-A17 to take over ARM high-end/mid-range 32-bit business
Digitimes Research considers ARM's new Cortex-A17 and existing Cortex-A12 processors to be basically the same based on their architectures, except for the Cortex-A17's support for...
Tuesday 25 February 2014
Is a US$25 smartphone possible?
Mobile World Congress (MWC) kicked off with a bang, with Mozilla announcing a US$25 smartphone built around a turnkey solution that features silicon from China-based Spreadtrum and...
Friday 21 February 2014
Explaining the Chaiwan model for the mobile device supply chain: Q&A with Digitimes Research director Joanne Chien
While Digitimes is known as a media outlet, the company also includes a business unit that solely focuses on market research. Run independently from the Digitimes news organization,...
Tuesday 18 February 2014
Seasonality sets in for China smartphone AP market; shipments to drop 3% on quarter says Digitimes Research
Global smartphone AP suppliers will see their shipments to China grow only 13.5% on year and drop 3.1% on quarter in the first quarter of 2014. Shipments will total 91.8 million in...
Monday 10 February 2014
Taiwan suppliers concerned about competition from China in 2014
With Acer rumored to be planning to outsource its tablet OEM orders to China-based makers, Asustek Computer has reportedly also been seeking partnerships with China component makers...
Friday 7 February 2014
Digitimes Research: China smartphone shipments to decline slightly in 1Q14
China-based handset companies are expected to see their shipments of smartphones decline lightly in the first quarter of 2014, after combined shipments posted a 13% sequential growth...
Friday 7 February 2014
Digitimes Research: Global AP market shipments to top 1.5 billion in 2014, but growth slows on maturing smartphone market
After experiencing annual growth of 43% in 2013 on shipments of 1.32 billion, the global application processor (AP) market is forecast to see decelerated growth in 2014, with shipments...
Wednesday 5 February 2014
Smartphone solution prices to drop in 2Q14
Prices of 3G and 4G smartphone solutions are likely to drop significantly in the second quarter of 2014 as chipset vendors are expected to adopt more aggressive pricing strategies...
Wednesday 5 February 2014
Digitimes Research: Apple triggers 64-bit AP battle
Why is Apple so eager to adopt 64-bit technology for its processors? Digitimes Research believes it is because in the 32-bit segment, Apple is unable to use the existing architecture...
Wednesday 29 January 2014
Digitimes Research: MediaTek hikes turn-key value by virtue of Hotknot
Why has MediaTek stepped into NFC (near field communication) technology? Digitimes Research thinks that there are two main motivations, one to increase the exclusiveness of its platforms...