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Report Overview: 2024 Lidar Market Update
As we navigate through the dynamic landscape of the lidar market, characterized by technological innovation, regulatory challenges, and shifting industry dynamics, it becomes critical for stakeholders to remain agile and adaptive.
Automotive Semiconductor Market Shares 2023
Automotive semiconductors grew to 12% of total semiconductor sales in 2023, up from 10% in 2022.
Q1 2024: Samsung: Record-High Smartphone ASP
Samsung shipped 60.0 million smartphones globally in Q1 2024, down 2% YoY, blaming the intensified competition in emerging markets such as Asia Pacific and Central & Latin America.
ODM Sales Soar as Hyperscalers and Cloud Providers Go Direct
TechInsights' 2023 server market analysis shows that the world spent $120 billion on over 13.5M servers in 2023.
Survey Plus Teardown of the Motorola Moto G Play Gen 3 XT2413-2 Smartphone
The Motorola Moto G Play XT2413-2 3rd Gen is the latest model in the Moto G Play series, succeeding the 2nd Gen Moto G Play. This smartphone boasts a Qualcomm Octa-Core Snapdragon 680 Applications/Baseband Processor built with 5 nm technology, as well as 4 GB Mobile LPDDR4X SDRAM from Samsung and Samsung’s 3D TLC V-NAND Flash Memory with a capacity of 64 GB. The previous model, on the other hand, was equipped with MediaTek’s Helio G37 with 12 nm technology.
NAB 2024: Key Takeaways for Connected TV
This report summarizes major ASTC 3.0 related announcements at the 2024 National Association of Broadcasters Show (NAB). Companies mentioned include LG, Samsung, Sony, TCL, Hisense, Mediatek, iWedia, Realtek, ADTH, Stavix, Velo, Zapperbox, and Zinwell
Market Shares: Compute Servers Q4 2024
This workbook breaks down the revenue from the sales of servers in 2023 by vendor. In 2023, 13.6M servers were shipped globally, with a combined value of $121B. With cloud providers selling access to infrastructure, and hyperscalers providing services from vast server estates, its perhaps not surprising that the role of original design manufacturers (ODMs)—which ship custom servers to large entities—is becoming more relevant.
Smartphones: Global Artificial Intelligence and Sensor Technologies Forecast to 2029
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an integral part of a modern smartphone. Edge AI computing is pushing more processing on-device as vendors use more AI in several areas. Virtual assistants such as Siri, Bixby and Google Assistant are already becoming commonplace and on-device AI is increasing their abilities. Generative AI has emerged to turbocharge AI capabilities.
Analysis: As TV Manufacturers’ Revenue Models Evolve, Samsung, LG, and Vizio Shift Their Focus to Advertising
The television manufacturing business is changing. Long a high volume (units sold), high gross revenue, low margin business, the development of connected TVs and free ad-supported TV (FAST) services, is fundamentally changing the TV manufacturer business model, at least for those manufacturers that have an in-house (i.e., first-party) TV operating system (TV OS).
Analysis: Global Foldable Smartphone Shipments Forecast and Revenues
Samsung was the leader in foldable-display smartphone shipments in Q4 2023, followed by Huawei and Motorola. Shipments grew YoY, but major markets in North America and Western Europe declined heavily because of ongoing geopolitical and economic turbulence and Samsung's softness.
Huawei Pura 70 Series Image Sensors
There are expectations that Huawei will move away from SONY to use made-in-China image sensors in the Pura 70 series. This report provides insight into the image sensors used in the Huawei Pura 70 series.
Deep Dive Teardown of the Magna Electronics ADAS GP009379212 Automotive
Launched in 2023 by the USA vehicle company Fisker, the mid-size electric crossover SUV. The Fisker Ocean is equipped with an array of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). Utilizing computer vision, radar, and diverse sensors, these ADAS features enhance safety and comfort for the driver.
Deep Dive Teardown of the Apollo Zhilian Cockpit Domain Controller CDC? Automotive
Several manufacturers share the design wins for Apollo Zhilian for Jidu Robo-01 Cockpit Domain Controller. The main processor came from Qualcomm® Snapdragon Automotive generation. The Qualcomm SA8295P is a high-end processor, made with 5 nm FinFET process, featuring an octa-core CPU. Renesas supplied the 32-Bit Microcontroller from RH850 family created among others for automotive electronics.
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James Sanders Senior Analyst James Sanders is a Senior Analyst at TechInsights with over 5 years of experience as an industry analyst, and 7 years of experience as a technology journalist. James has a passion for researching the innovations being
Survey Plus Teardown of the Honor Magic 6 BVL-AN00 Smartphone
The Honor Magic 6 comes with a 6.78-inch OLED touchscreen display offering a resolution of 2800 × 1264. The display has a frequency of 120 Hz. The phone is powered by a Qualcomm SM8650-002-AB Applications/Baseband Processor.
Survey Plus Teardown of the Vivo S18 5G V2323A Smartphone
The Vivo S18 is equipped with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen3 processor. This phone is powered by a 5000 mAh battery with support for 80 W fast charging. The SIM card tray can accommodate two nano-SIM cards.
Deep Dive Teardown of the ecobee Smart Thermostat ECB601 Home Thermostat
The ecobee Smart Thermostat ECB601 is designed to control home heating and cooling systems directly from the phone app or voice commands with Siri or Alexa to create heating and cooling schedules as well as view energy usage reports.
Analysis: Global 5G and LTE Handset Revenue and ASP by Vendor – Q4 2023
Global 5G handset industry revenues and shipments grew double digits in Q4 2023. Apple remains the leader of 5G shipments and revenues, but Samsung is growing behind Apple. Samsung is the world’s second-largest 5G vendor in terms of shipments and revenues.
