NVIDIA and Qualcomm: Shaping the Software-defined Vehicle
Both NVIDIA and Qualcomm are working to exploit autonomous driving and the in-vehicle experience. NVIDIA has announced a new SoC – Drive Thor –…
Infographic: Global Foundry Revenue Share | Q2 2022
Foundry Revenue Share by Vendors TSMC gained 200 bps in terms of market share in Q2 2022, driven by leading technology nodes for iPhone AP and…
BoM Analysis: Xiaomi’s 12S Ultra Costs $516 After Camera, SoC, Display Upgrades to 11 Ultra
With the release of the Xiaomi 12S series in early July, Xiaomi has further expanded its flagship portfolio in its home market. The new series is…
Qualcomm Gains Share in Smartphone AP/SoC Shipments in Q4 2021; MediaTek Continues to Lead
Qualcomm’s share reached 30% driven by the premium tier. UNISOC had a strong Q4 with its share reaching 11%. Qualcomm led the 5G baseband market…
Whitepaper – 5G Smartphone SoC Development Trend
Overview: Globally, 5G smartphones have seen fast adoption rates in the past two years. For 2022, Counterpoint expects the worldwide 5G smartphone…
MediaTek Captures Record 43% Share of Smartphone AP/SoC Shipments in Q2 2021
Qualcomm dominated the 5G baseband market with a 55% share. Qualcomm has started dual sourcing from foundries to mitigate the supply chain…
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…
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…
Podcast: SoC Players Democratizing 4G & 5G Mobile & IoT Experiences
We are living in an interesting time where 5G is finally making inroads in the mature markets like the US, the UK, China, and South Korea, among…
Pixelworks Iris 5: A Tiny Chip That Brings Premium Visual Experiences to Affordable Smartphones
As smartphones become an important part of our daily lives, the environment has got highly competitive as it is driven by a handful of brands with…
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…
AMD Ready to Shake Up The Mobile GPU Market
It is extremely rare these days when a corporate announcement catches everyone by surprise. But in early June, AMD and Samsung shocked the tech…
Huawei Kirin 980: First Look
In the world of mobile SoCs, the heavyweight players from a market share point of view are all providers of merchant solutions. The standout leader…
LTE devices made up 77% of total shipments in Peru
Peru smartphone shipments grew 27% annually in Q3 2017, and 10% compared to the previous quarter. Since the entrance of Entel, the 4th operator, Peru…
Run-up to CES 2017
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) gets under way on 5th of January. We have a team of analysts present at the event meeting with tech companies…