New Entrants to Autonomous Vehicle Solutions Will Drive the Market in the Coming Decade
Autonomous driving is one of the most important applications for semiconductors in the next five years. The artificial intelligent (AI) chip in the…
CES 2020 Quick Recap!
More than 175,000 people and over 4,400 companies exhibited at the Consumer Electronics Show 2020 in Las Vegas. This is down slightly from past…
US Q3 2019 Results Give Good Hint of What to Expect in Q4
Through the first two months (October/November) of 4Q19, there have been limited changes in the OEM structure of the US market. Apple has gained…
India Automotive Industry: Struggling in 2020?
Demand for new cars declined sharply in 2019, forcing automakers to cut production across the year. Sales were expected to revive during the annual…
Kenya, Prioritizing Banking Over Banks
Kenya is a leading example of how technology complements developing the banking and finance sector. While mobile banking is a path to financial…
China Pioneering Disruptive Cobots for Industrial Robotics
Robotics and automation will result in many job losses around the world and could be particularly severe in China, the world’s largest manufacturing…
In the “Year of the Pig” – Here’s Facial Recognition for Pigs
China’s endeavours in using facial recognition for the surveillance of its populace is well documented, as is the fact that the country boasts the…
Canada’s Decision on Huawei, a Defining Moment in Relationship with China
Canada is caught in the middle of the raging trade war between the US and China. The re-elected government under the leadership of Justin Trudeau…
Another Strong Quarter for Android’s No.1 Fingerprint Solution Provider – Shenzhen Goodix Technology
Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd. (SH: 603160), which mainly manufactures fingerprint identification chips and capacitive touch controller chips,…
iPhone XR was the Top-Selling Model Globally in Q3 2019
According to Counterpoint Research’s Market Pulse, the iPhone XR was the top-selling model globally in Q3 2019, capturing 3% market share. In fact,…
Online Channel Share in the Chinese Smartphone Market Grew in Q3 2019
Combined market share of Huawei and HONOR accounted for 46% of online market share in Q3 2019, reaching an all time high. New Delhi, Hong Kong,…
Telefónica On Sale
Telefonica’s CEO recently announced its intention to spin-off all its Latin America business, except Brazil. It will focus only on Spain, the UK,…
Apple Continues to Lead Global Handset Industry Profit Share
Overall global handset profits declined 11% YoY to USD 12 billion in Q3 2019 due to an increased mix of entry to mid-tier products and a fall in…
XR2 5G platform- Extended reality’s pivotal moment
Qualcomm launched the world’s first 5G XR platform during the annual Snapdragon tech summit, XR2. This is in addition to the XR1 platform which now…
Azure Arc: A Paradigm Shift in Hybrid Cloud Management
Microsoft announced Azure Arc on 4th November 2019 at the Ignite 2019 conference. Azure Arc enables enterprises to deploy Azure cloud services, on…
Impact of Rising Import Duties on Bangladesh’s Handset Market
The handset industry in Bangladesh has scaled rapidly over the last decade with 160.8 million total mobile subscribers at the end of May 2019.…
POST EVENT COVERAGE: DAY 3 SNAPDRAGON TECH SUMMIT :: XR2 5G platform and always connected PC (ACPC)
Qualcomm made a lot of noise in the always-on-always connected (ACPC )PC space at the Snapdragon Summit Day 3 . The key selling points remain the…
POST EVENT COVERAGE: DAY 2 SNAPDRAGON TECH SUMMIT :: Qualcomm Unveils the Snapdragon 865 5G Platform
Qualcomm unveiled its Snapdragon 865 platform at its annual coming out party, again in beautiful Maui. It is impossible to give a true critique of…