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Tag Archives: ST-Ericsson
The endgame for ST-Ericsson, other SoC vendors like Allwinner to benefit tremendously from Ericsson’s advanced thin modems
As ST-Ericsson: Fundamental repositioning for modem, APE and ModAps spaces [‘Experiencing the Cloud’, Oct 8, 2012] was considered impossible after STMicroelectronics and Texas Intruments are exiting the mobile market as there is no chance to compete with aggressive SoC vendors … Continue reading
Posted in Geopolitics, Mobile Internet, SoC
Tagged 150Mbps, advanced LTE modem, advanced thin modems, Allwinner, Carrier Aggregation, common architecture, connectivity business, contractors, CS fallback, dual mode high definition VoLTE, employees, Ericsson, FD-SOI, IMS, legacy modems, license business model, low-power, LTE multimode thin modem, LTE multimode thin modems, LTE-Advanced, LTE/HSPA+ modem, M7400, M7450, mass market, memory-less technology, ModAp, modemless SoC vendors, portable equipment, Rockchip, ST-Ericsson, STMicroelectronics, TAM, thin modem business, thin modems, Thor M7400, Thor M7450, Total Addressable Market, Voice over LTE, VoLTE
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ST-Ericsson: Fundamental repositioning for modem, APE and ModAps spaces
Rumour: Microsoft to expand ARM processor choices to Samsung and ST-Ericsson SOCs in next Windows update [Oct 5, 2012] MSNerd, long time Microsoft leaker, has passed on a little tip about the next version of Windows on ARM. Currently Windows … Continue reading
Posted in Geopolitics, smartphones, SoC, tablets
Tagged 28nm, 32nm, Android, APE, FD-SOI, finFET, GlobalFoundries, HKMG, HSPA+, L8540, L8580, LTE, M7400, Microsoft, ModAps, modem, NovaThor, Samsung, smartphones, SoC, ST-Ericsson, STMicroelectronics, Tablets, U8500, U8520, Windows, Windows Phone, Windows RT
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Qualcomm’s critical reliance on supply constrained 28nm foundry capacity
KEY UPDATES: TSMC Board of Directors Meeting Resolutions [TSMC press release, Nov 13, 2012] Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. – November 13, 2012 – TSMC (NYSE: TSM) today held a meeting of the Board of Directors, which passed the following resolutions: 1. … Continue reading
Posted in SoC
Tagged 28 nanometer, 28nm, 3-D Tri-Gate, Apple, APQ8064, Atrenta, CMOS, FD-SOI, finFET, foundry, foundry capacity, GlobalFoundries, HKMG, IDM foundry, IP portfolio, IP quality, iPhone 5, Krait, LTE, MDM9x15, Mobile Devices, MSM8960, MSM8x25, MSM8x30, quaility, Qualcomm, Samsung Foundry, semiconductor industry, semiconductor manufacturing, Snapdragon, Snapdragon S4, SoC, SoC quality, ST-Ericsson, STMicroelectronics, supply constraints, Tri-Gate, tri-gate transistors, TSMC, TSMC 9000 IP library, TSMC IP Alliance, TSMC IP portfolio, TSMC Soft-IP Alliance, TSMC9000 IP library, UMC, United Microelectronics Corporation
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Boosting the MediaTek MT6575 success story with the MT6577 announcement — UPDATED with MT6588/83 coming in Q4 2012 and 8-core MT6599 in 2013
Follow-up: MediaTek MT6589 quad-core Cortex-A7 SoC with HSPA+ and TD-SCDMA is available for Android smartphones and tablets of Q1 delivery [Dec 12, 2012] The MT6588 was recently renamed MT6589. Update: Sold 70 million in the first three quarters, MediaTek smart chip dominates China … Continue reading
Posted in consumer computing, consumer devices, Geopolitics, smartphones, SoC
Tagged 2012 smartphone war, 40nm, Android 4.0, Apple, China, China Mobile, China Unicom, Coolpad, Cortex A9, Cortex-A7, dual SIM, HSPA+, HTC, Huawei, Ice Cream Sandwich, ICS, iHTC, Lenovo, MediaTek, Motorola, MStar, MT6575, MT6577, MT6583, MT6588, MT6589, MT6599, MTK6589, Nokia, Oppo, PowerVR, PowerVR Series5, Qualcomm, retail channels, Samsung, SGX544, Shanda, smartphones, ST-Ericsson, TD-SCDMA. WCDMA, white-box vendors, ZOPO, ZTE
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Tech investment banking expertise to strengthen the unique value focus of growing the HTC brand and to achieve high growth again
Updates #2: - HTC sees revenues down sharply on-year in July [DIGITIMES, Aug 7, 2012] HTC saw its revenues dip 16.7% on month and 44.5% on year to a five-month low of NT$25 billion (US$834.45 million) in July. For the … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud Computing strategy, Geopolitics, Reflectivity/Sunlight readability, smartphones
Tagged 2012 smartphone war, Android 4.0, audio technology, Beats, Beats By Dr. Dre, Beats By Dre, brand, CFO, China, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Cortex-A5, Dual card, dual standby, Goldman Sachs, HTC, HTC Desire, HTC One, HTC Rezound, HTC Sense 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, investment banking, MSM7227A, MSM7627A, smartphones, ST-Ericsson, Super AMOLED, Super LCD
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ST-Ericsson NovaThor SoCs for future Windows Phones from Nokia
Updates: STMicroelectronics’ COO Presents at UBS Global Technology and Services Conference – Conference Call Transcript Q&A [Seeking Alpha, Nov 24, 2011] Gareth Jenkins Okay. Before we come on to some of the shorter term questions, I was just wondering whether … Continue reading
Posted in smartphones
Tagged 28nm, 32nm, cloud client, GlobalFoundries, GPU, HKMG, HSPA+, Joint Development Alliance, Microsoft, Nokia, PowerVR Rogue, SoC, ST-Ericsson, STMicroelectronics, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 8
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Qualcomm’s new partnership with Nokia
Follow-up: Nokia Lumia (Windows Phone 7) value proposition [Oct 26, 2011] Note: The “affordable” Nokia Lumia 710 is the one produced by Compal (the 800 is by Nokia itself). Snapdragon S2 MSM8255 @ 1.4GHz is used in both models. From being … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, smartphones, SoC
Tagged CDMA, CDMA 2000 EV-DO, China Telecom, China Unicom, cloud client, ecosystem, Microsoft, Nokia, Qualcomm, SoC, ST-Ericsson, Tablets, Windows Phone 7, Xbox
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