Articles tagged with: Semiconductor and Wlan

2009 GPS Market To Be Up Over 25% Despite Poor Semiconductor Outlook

The 2009 outlook for many semiconductor manufacturers is worsening by the day. Share prices have taken a severe hit with millions shaved from companies' market capital over the last 12 months. However, IMS Research projects the GPS market represents one of the few areas of growth in 2009.  more

Related Tags: google, microsoft, nokia, intel, apple, apple, gps, ericsson, ims-research, ims, mozilla, nokia,, cagr


Worldwide Bluetooth Semiconductor Revenue to Nearly Double by 2012

Worldwide Bluetooth semiconductor revenue is expected to grow from $1.7 billion in 2007 to $3.3 billion by 2012, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.5%. Bluetooth will continue to be identified with mobile phones and mobile headsets, but will find a growing footprint in other applications such as PC and PC peripherals, car audio kits, personal navigation devices, and fitness and medical devices.  more

Related Tags: smartphone, bluetooth, smartphones, hands-free, personal, semiconductors, navigation


Teardown Report Reveals Manufacturing Cost of BlackBerry Bold

..arvell processor represents 21.8 percent of the Bold's total BOM cost. This device uses a highly integrated design, combining almost all communications processing functions on a single chip, including applications processing, digital baseband  more

Related Tags: sandisk, iphone, texas-instruments, flash-memory, samsung, isuppli, gps, blackberry, rim, touch-screen, battery, blackberry-bold, memory, analog, rogers, operating-system, displays, andrew, flash, rogers-communications, downlink, display, microsd, music, qwerty, touch-screen, marvell, television


Apple Stresses Manufacturing Cost Reduction for iPhone 3G

The new iPhone 3G sports an evolutionary design that favors cost reduction instead of cutting-edge features, supporting Apple's goal of expanding its market share and achieving a worldwide presence for the product, according to a physical teardown analysis conducted this weekend by iSuppli.  more

Related Tags: flash-memory, samsung, wcdma, bluetooth, isuppli, infineon-technologies, gps, toshiba, apple, edge, infineon, battery, memory, samsung-electronics, iphone-3gs, nand, andrew, flash, dram, cambridge, power-amplifier, true, marvell


Rohde & Schwarz and Sequans Collaborate on WiMAX Production Test Optimization

WiMAX semiconductor vendor, Sequans Communications is collaborating with testing kit supplier, Rohde & Schwarz (R&S) to enable WiMAX large scale deployments, by taking manufacturing test of Sequans Wave 2 chipsets to the next stage.  more

Related Tags: mobile-wimax, bluetooth, mimo, sequans, sequans-communications, chipsets, chipset, wave, antenna


Apple's iPod touch is More Than an iPhone - Without a Phone

..r. The BoM has decreased somewhat since October due to declines in pricing for memory semiconductors and other components in the iPod touch, with the cost falling to the $147 level during the intervening period. When adding the iPod touch's di more

Related Tags: flash-memory, ipod, bluetooth, isuppli, samsung, semiconductors, touch-screen, memory, nand, displays, andrew, flash, research-and-development, apple-ipod, wireless-lan, touch-screen


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