In this briefing, we capture market headlines from the previous months, including acquisitions and investments, major supply chain agreements, collaboration agreements, facility and capability expansions, and updates on the new and on-going patent litigations between Infineon and Innoscience, as well as EPC and Innoscience, respectively.

Complete with links to relevant Wi-Fi/IoT device reports from the TechInsights Platform, this Analysts’ Briefing is the essential companion the subscribers to discover the challenges and advancements in today’s mobile wireless connectivity outside the cellular domain.

In all the discussions around China’s effort to gain leadership in semiconductors, the question of how Japan lost its position – with such a huge advantage – keeps coming up. In the end, there were six strategic causes behind the long-term failure of Japan’s semiconductor industry.

Consumer electronics often grapple with battery pack swelling in lithium-ion batteries, attributed to factors like rapid charging, inadequate thermal regulation, and prolonged full charge states. This study compares swelling control mechanisms in MacBook Pro M3 and Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11.

Synaptics’ new Astra platform aims to ease the integration of more AI compute capability in IoT edge devices with Arm-based SoCs featuring AI acceleration engines and an ecosystem of supporting software and development tools.