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NEW DELHI: The overall telecom equipment market grew 10% year-over-year during 1H21 and rose 5% year-over-year in 2Q21, said a new report by Dell’Oro Group. This is the fifth consecutive quarter of growth for the overall telecom equipment market, it said. “The growth in the first half was primarily driven by strong demand for both […]

MediaTek chip. (MediaTek image) MediaTek chip. (MediaTek image) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan’s fabless chipmaker MediaTek succeeded in leading the market for smartphone chipsets during the second quarter, according to analysis by Counterpoint Research. “MediaTek dominated the smartphone SoC market with its highest ever share of 43% driven by a competitive 5G portfolio

T&M expert Rohde & Schwarz and Cadence have collaborated on a solution aimed at simplifying the engineering process from RF design to implementation and enhancing accuracy by using realistic signals for both simulation and testing. The new R&S VSESIM-VSS signal creation and analysis tool speeds up the development process for RF components. It is particularly

ILLUSTRATION: LUTHER EASON Building a System on Chip: Compatibility is the key to building an SoC, as is illustrated by this fictitious IC design. To build it, a fabless semiconductor company has used blocks of intellectual property (IP) acquired from several IP houses. The fabless designers must ensure all the blocks will work together and

For many electronic design professionals, it has become clear that the industry is transitioning through an inflection point that is shifting some of the ground rules of design. The increase in the speed and integration density in today’s systems are blurring the lines between chip design and traditional board or system design. This finds its

Silicon Motion Technology Co. (NASDAQ:SIMO) has been given a consensus recommendation of “Buy” by the eight research firms that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 12 month price objective among brokers

U.S. auto sales may fall once again in August as vehicles are in short supply due to microchip shortage. The global semiconductor shortage has left carmakers crippled for quite some time now, even compelling many to halt production. – Zacks This has been great for the semiconductor industry, which is witnessing a surge in sales

Northrop Grumman tests its Arrays at Commercial Timescales Integration and Validation (ACT-IV) digital AESA system for the AFRL and DARPA at the company radar range in Linthicum, Maryland. Photo is courtesy of Northrop Grumman. Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) last month delivered the Arrays at Commercial Timescales Integration and Validation (ACT-IV) system to the Air

An employee showcases a semiconductor integrated circuit at an industry expo. File photo: VCG China has issued a notice on Monday, exempting taxes on imports of a number of semiconductor companies that are critical to the country’s integrated circuit (IC) development, including IC production equipment parts, raw materials and other consumables. An analyst said this

United Microelectronics Co. (NYSE:UMC) – Equities research analysts at Wedbush lifted their FY2021 EPS estimates for shares of United Microelectronics in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, September 7th. Wedbush analyst M. Bryson now forecasts that the semiconductor company will post earnings per share of $0.74 for the year, up from