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Articles tagged with: Texas and WCDMA
Qualcomm and ST-Ericsson Shine, Even as Wireless Chip Market Tanks
How bad was the fourth quarter of 2008 for the global wireless communications semiconductor industry? So bad that the accumulated 10 percent revenue growth during the first three quarters of 2008 was wiped out by a 23.3 percent decline during the last three months of the year, causing annual growth for wireless semiconductors to go flat with a marginal 0.7 percent increase. more
Related Tags: isuppli, qualcomm, st-ericsson, semiconductor, hspa, ericsson, semiconductors, memory
Europe to Remain the Fastest-Growing Market for WCDMA in 2008 - Report
Forward Concepts has announced the publication of its newest annual study of the worldwide cellphone market and virtually all of the chips that go into them. Market metrics are the central focus of the study, but some key findings are: more
Related Tags: wi-fi, mobile-tv, texas-instruments, nfc, qualcomm, bluetooth, gps, driving, mp3, mediaflo
Wireless Semiconductors Outgrow Overall Chip Market in 2007
Riding the momentum of continued strong demand growth for mobile handsets, sales of semiconductors for wireless products rose at a faster pace than the overall chip market in 2007, according to iSuppli. The global wireless semiconductor market generated $29.5 billion in revenue in 2007, up 7.6 percent from $27.4 billion in 2006. These figures consist of revenue from sales of application-specific semiconductors - excluding memory - for wireless applications, including mobile handsets, wireless infrastructure equipment, wireless LANs and connectivity products. more
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Wireless-Chip Market Outpaced Wireline-Chip Market in 2007
Growing adoption of 3G technologies and feature-rich cell-phone chips led to a 13% increase in sales of cellular baseband processors in 2007, according to The Linley Group. Sales of networking chips, in contrast, declined by about 1% during the same period according to their new report. The slowdown in wired-communications chips is also reflected in the FPGA market as sales of FPGAs for communications systems declined 7%. more
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Qualcomm and Texas Instruments Solidify Lead in Wireless Chip Sales
Qualcomm and texas Instruments in the second quarter outpaced the wireless semiconductor market, boosting their share of global sales, according to iSuppli. In the second quarter, market-leader Qualcomm achieved wireless semiconductor revenue of US$1.37 billion, up 8.6 percent from $1.26 billion in the first quarter. No. 2 player texas Instruments sold US$1.23 billion worth of wireless-oriented semiconductors, up 7 percent from US$1.15 billion in the first quarter. more
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Qualcomm Overtakes Texas Instruments as Top Mobile-Handset Chip Supplier
After relinquishing the top spot in the global wireless semiconductor market in the first quarter of 2007, did texas Instruments (TI) manage to regain its customary lead in the second quarter? Qualcomm in the first quarter replaced TI as the world's top supplier of semiconductor for all types of wireless products - including mobile handsets - according to iSuppli. This marks the first time that TI has not occupied the leadership position in this area since iSuppli began tracking handset market share in 2004. more
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Qualcomm CEO Says iPhone Will Force Rivals To Upgrade
SAN DIEGO (AP)--Qualcomm has nothing to do with making Apple's iPhone, but the chief executive officer of the world's No. 2 cell phone chipmaker said Thursday that he has plenty to gain. more
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