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Europe Connected Car Market Drives Forward Despite Bumps
4G car market share will hit the high of 91% in 2022 before declining. 3G car market share will be in a continuous decline after 2021. London, San…
Infographic: Q1-2022 | Global Smartphone AP Market Share
Global Smartphone AP Market Share by Shipments MediaTek led the smartphone SoC market with a share of 38%. The company has recorded an impressive set…
Infographic: Global Foundry Revenue Share | Q1 2022
Foundry Revenue Share by Vendors TSMC reported stronger Q1 2022 revenue driven by HPC (clients including Apple, AMD, Nvidia) which exceeded…
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Guess Who Dominated Premium Android Smartphone SoCs in Q1? 19th May China’s strict COVID-19 quarantine measures have started showing up in our…
Global Semiconductor Foundry Market Share: By Quarter
Global Semiconductor Foundry Market Share (%) Q3 2020 Q4 2020 Q1 2021 Q2 2021 Q3 2021 Q4 2021 Q1 2022 TSMC 58% 58% 58% 56% 57% 56% 54%…
The uphill battle for Intel commences with its first earnings of 2022
Intel enters a year where Moore’s law has considerably slowed, supply chains are constantly under pressure from various macro and micro factors, PC…
Entry Into Flagship Segment, 5G AP/SOCs Lead to Strong Growth for MediaTek in Q1 2022
MediaTek recorded an impressive set of numbers for Q1 2022 with revenues growing 32% YoY and 10.2% QoQ to reach $4.8 billion. The company’s mobile…
TSMC’s Quarterly High-performance Computing Sales Surpass Smartphones for First Time in Q1 2022
TSMC reported its Q1 2022 revenue at $17.6 billion (up 12% QoQ). Among its different segments, the high-performance computing (HPC) segment posted…
Global PC Shipments Down 4.3% YoY in Q1 2022; Component Shortages Likely to Ease in H2
Taipei, London, Hong Kong, Boston, Toronto, New Delhi, Beijing, Seoul – April 28, 2022 Global PC shipments fell 4.3% YoY in Q1 2022 to reach 78.7…
Policy Interventions as US Tech Firms Look Inwards
On April 5th 2022, American policymakers, firms and academics met at the IP Leadership Summit to discuss the key challenges at the intersection of…
Global Semiconductor Shortage Likely to Ease Significantly in H2 2022 Despite China Lockdowns
London, Hong Kong, Boston, Toronto, New Delhi, Beijing, Taipei, Seoul – April 20, 2022 Global semiconductor chip shortages are likely to continue…
Efforts to Diversify Semiconductor Supply Chain Gather Pace
The past two years have brought out the importance of semiconductors in driving economies like never before. Whether it is the demand shock created…
NXP Sees Record Revenues in 2021; Automotive Segment Leads the Way
NXP’s automotive segment crossed $5.4 billion in revenues in 2021, surpassing the previous high of $4.5 billion in 2018. The segment will continue…
Android Smartphone SoC Market: MediaTek Leads in Low-Mid Tiers, Qualcomm in Upper
The global Android smartphone AP (Application Processor)/SoC (System on Chip) sales grew 3.6% YoY in 2021, according to the latest research from…
MWC 2022: 5G Open RAN, Private Networks, eSIM, Foldables & Sustainability Takes Center Stage
It was a great last week to physically go on the annual pilgrimage at the technology mecca GSMA MWC 2022 Barcelona after three years! It was a…
Applied Materials’ PPACt Play Drives Record Quarterly Revenues
Global secular trends in the electronics industry, like the Internet of Things (IoT), 5G, innovation in edge and cloud, are expected to continue to…
Infographic: Q4 2021 | Semiconductors
Semiconductor Top 7 by revenues, Q4 2021: Samsung took the lead in 2021 with a strong DRAM and NAND flash market performance at the expense of…