New Texas Instruments chipsets won’t help your device run longer on a single charge, but they will allow for 30 percent faster recharging. And the Li-Ion battery in your mobile device… Read more »
As part of STMicroelectronics and Ericsson’s break-up, the companies say they’ve found a buyer for their GPS and GLONASS receiver business. It’s a “leading semiconductor company” – but that’s all we… Read more »
Chipmakers are eying the maker community as a possible development community for the internet of things. Texas Instruments has two new offerings for this crowd. Read more »
Despite the shuttering of its only announced customer, ST-Ericsson, the German AR firm Metaio says it expects its dedicated processors to be in mobile devices by the end of the year. Read more »
LED production has grown tremendously, accompanied by a significant fall in prices that will further propel the sale of this energy-efficient digital-lighting technology. But challenges remain on the road to widespread… Read more »
LSI is the latest silicon vendor to incorporate an ARM architecture into its mobile base station chips. And it’s going all out, combining 16 ARM cores onto a single module. Read more »
While they may be selling the “picks and shovels” associated with the internet of things gold rush, the world of connected devices is a rich opportunity for semiconductor companies. Read more »
Dual-core applications processors are old hat by now, but as the industry moves on to quad-core processors Samsung has decided to turn the dial up to eight cores with its Exynos… Read more »
In some cleantech sectors we’re nearing the end of painful times, but 2013 will still be a challenging year. VC funding remains tight, solar is seeing further consolidation, and the production… Read more »
Sales of semiconductors are expected to fall this year. The only sector that didn’t see a decline year-over-year is the wireless business, and in that sector Qualcomm has seen sales grow… Read more »