Articles tagged with: Mediatek

MediaTek Launches Platform for Entry Smartphones Featuring Dual-Core HSPA+

­mediatek -- a fabless semiconductor company -- has announced the launch of its latest dual-core smartphone platform. The company said that the platform is the world's first dual-core SoC with integrated Wi-Fi, FM, GPS and Bluetooth functions targeted at the entry segment and also enables a cost-effective 4-layer PCB design.  more

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MediaTek Helps Power Smartphone Adoption in Brazil

­Fabless semiconductor vendor, mediatek says that its chips are to power a new range of affordable Android smartphones being sold in Brazil.  more

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Qualcomm, MediaTek and Intel Held 75% of Cellular Baseband Revenue Share

Global cellular baseband processor market registered an impressive 15 percent year-over-year growth in 1H 2012 to reach $8.1 billion, according to Strategy Analytics. ­Qualcomm topped the cellular baseband market with 51 percent revenue share in the first half of 2012 on the strength of its leading position in CDMA, W-CDMA and LTE basebands.  more

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More than 2 Billion Wireless Connectivity Combo ICs are Expected to Ship in 2017

­As wireless connectivity attach rates increase in many markets and OEMs continue to push for cost savings, IC vendors such as Broadcom, Qualcomm, TI, Marvell, mediatek, and others, have created integrated wireless connectivity solutions to gain market share. These solutions known as Wireless Connectivity Combo ICs have already seen rapid adoption in smartphones and are now seeing strong usage growth in many other end applications including laptops, flat panel TVs, and automotive infotainment systems. Total annual market shipments are expected to surpass 2 billion units by 2017.  more

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Telkomsel to Promote Low-Cost Smartphones

­Indonesian mobile network, Telkomsel has signed a deal to promote low-cost smartphones supplied by local handset manufacturer, IMO and based on a semiconductor platform from mediatek.  more

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Smartphone Apps Processor Growth Lifts Broadcom, MediaTek and ST-Ericsson

Global smartphone applications processor market showed a robust 61 percent year-on-year growth in 1H 2012 to reach $5.5 billion, according to Strategy Analytics. ­Qualcomm maintained its dominance in the smartphone applications processor market with 48 percent revenue share in 1H 2012. However, the applications processor market saw the most intense competition yet during this period.  more

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NQ Mobile Buys One-third Stake in Hesine Technologies

­NQ Mobile has announced that it is buying a one-third stake in Hesine Technologies, a mobile messaging solution provider, and wholly owned subsidiary of mediatek.  more

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MediaTek to Embed Twitter App into Semiconductor Designs

­Fabless semiconductor company, mediatek says that it will be embedding support for the Twitter website directly into its mobile platform solutions, which the company says will make the Twitter service available on more basic handsets.  more

Related Tags: unified-communications, UK


Qualcomm Shipped the Most Mobile Devices GPUs Last Year

­Shipments during the fourth quarter of 2011 of graphics chips (GPUs) in mobile devices had a CAGR for the year of 18% according to Jon Peddie Research (JPR).  more

Related Tags: broadcom, freescale, intel, marvell, qualcomm


MediaTek to Embed Yahoo Services into Mobile Platforms

­Wireless semiconductor vendor, mediatek has announced a deal that will see Yahoo's mobile services embedded into its mobile platform solutions.  more

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