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Qualcomm Extends 5G Smartphone Leadership with Snapdragon 778G 5G Mobile Platform
The new 7-series Snapdragon 778G SoC is built on TSMC’s 6nm node. The SoC supports Sub-6GHz and mmWave 5G connectivity. It supports a triple-camera…
Foundry Node Migration to Shape Smartphone SoC Zero-sum Game
MediaTek’s sufficient capacity support from TSMC’s 6/7nm is attributed to its market share gains in 2021. Its next flagship 5G SoCs, under TSMC’s…
Foundry Strategy & Chipsets Supply Shaping Smartphone SoC Competitive Dynamics in 2021
Seoul, Taipei, Beijing, London, Boston, Toronto, New Delhi, Hong Kong - May 3, 2021 MediaTek to lead global smartphone SoC market with 37% share…
US Smartphone Market Grows 19% YoY in Q1 2021; 5G Smartphone Sales Eclipse 53 m Units
Boston, Toronto, Denver, London, New Delhi, Beijing, Taipei, Seoul – April 30, 2021 The US smartphone market saw a 19% year-over-year (YoY) growth in…
BoM Analysis: Galaxy S21 Ultra Costs 7% Less Than Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G
Beijing, Boston, Toronto, London, New Delhi, Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul - April 22, 2021 The Galaxy S21 series makes a big leap in computing…
Quectel, Thales & Fibocom Lead the Global Cellular IoT Module Market in Q4 2020
The global cellular IoT module market continued to recover sequentially but is yet to reach 2019 levels. Quectel and Qualcomm maintained their top…
Snapdragon 780G 5G Brings Premium Features for Less, Starting with Mi 11 Lite 5G
The Snapdragon 780G mobile platform is built on Samsung's 5nm node. It brings support for Sub-6Ghz 5G and Wi-Fi 6E. The chip supports 144Hz refresh…
Global Cellular IoT Module Shipments to Cross 780 Mn Units in 2024
North America will overtake Europe in 2024 to become the second largest market after China. 5G will lead in terms of value while NB-IoT will lead in…
NB-IoT Module Share in Cellular IoT Module Shipments at Record 30% in Q3 2020
Quectel, Sierra Wireless, Thales and Telit controlled more than half of the global cellular IoT module revenue. Automotive, Router/CPE and…
Foundry Industry’s Robust Revenue Growth to Continue in 2021
The semiconductor industry’s foundry sector delivered above-expectation revenue growth in 2020. With tightening supplies from most global vendors, we…
MediaTek Becomes Biggest Smartphone Chipset Vendor for First Time in Q3 2020
More than 100 million smartphones were sold globally with MediaTek chipsets in Q3 2020. Qualcomm led the market for 5G chipsets in Q3 2020. New…
Thales, G+D, ST Micro Lead eSIM Enablement Landscape
While Idemia, Valid and Truphone are fast-emerging enablers with growing reach, Workz and software-based eSIM providers Kigen and Oasis are this…
Samsung Note 20 Ultra Top-selling 5G Smartphone Globally in Sept 2020
The Samsung Note 20 Ultra 5G was the bestselling model globally in September 2020, capturing 5% share among all 5G models, according to Counterpoint…
Oculus Quest 2 Review – The Quest for Perfection Continues
Oculus launched the second generation Quest standalone VR device, Quest 2, on September 16th. Its price is attractive, starting at $299 for the 64GB…
Quectel Widens Gap with Competition in Global Cellular IoT Module Market During COVID-hit Q2 2020
Quectel dominated global cellular IoT module market, capturing close to a third of the shipments in Q2 2020. Fibocom and u-blox made it to the top…
Qualcomm Leads Market Despite Losing Share to HiSilicon In Q2 2020
Huawei shipments in China increased, leading to a decline in Qualcomm market share. The tightening of restrictions on Huawei will hit HiSilicon…
Qualcomm to Drive 5G in Mass Market Smartphones With Snapdragon 4 Series 5G Platform
Qualcomm is the leading supplier of smartphone system-on-chip (SoC) for modem-to-RF-antenna systems and has been extending this lead in the…