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Japan: Smartphone Shipments & Marketshare by Model: Q4 2023
Japan is the world's fourth largest smartphone market by value. It delivers high revenues to device makers, component suppliers, and operators. Our extensive report shows the top-50 best-selling smartphone models in Japan in the fourth quarter of 2023. Besides popular Apple, Google, Sharp, and Sony flagships, which brands and models have made their way into the bestsellers list, and what is the secret behind their success?
RF Industry Review Q4 2023: Financials
With an uptick in mobile phone shipments in Q4, sales increased an average of 5.4% for radio component suppliers reporting results. Despite this, median profitability as defined by net income divided by sales decreased slightly from 10% to 8% sequentially for the companies in our sample.
NAND Sales jumped 48% YoY the week ending Feb 23, 2024
Semiconductor sales were up 4% last week and increased 20% from this time last year. Zooming in on NAND IC, the 13-week MA jumped 48% YoY last week. TechInsights forecasts NAND IC sales will increase 73% to $68 billion in 2024.
Spring Blossoms with Optimism (Upgraded 2024 IC Forecast)
There were some major changes to our IC forecast this month. IC sales are now expected to surge nearly 24% in 2024 compared to 16% in the last update. The major driver for this significant change was Memory, where sales were upgraded to a whopping 71% from 41% in the previous update.
The Chip Insider®– Gordon Moore Tribute - SPIE ALP
Like in The Wizard of Oz, we were told to follow a yellow brick road -- ours paved with gold. It's a road where the wicked witch of fizzled-out technology -- like x-ray and 157nm -- lurk to stop us. And there were plenty of unknowns. We would have been stopped dead in our tracks had we not broken through Robert Doering's Red Brick Walls on the roadmap.
Consumer Electronics Trends
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Renesas SoC Targets Location Tracking
The DA14592 is Renesas’s smallest multicore BLE SoC, featuring a power-thrifty radio transceiver that drops power by more than 23% for send and receive compared with Renesas’s other BLE chips.
Neureality Builds DPU for AI
NeuReality, an Israeli startup, is building an offload engine for AI-application pre- and postprocessing that removes the need for a CPU in a server and works directly with an accelerator.
BrainChip Adds Temporal Networks
Edge-AI vendor BrainChip has updated its Akida event-based IP offering. Its new Akida 2 architecture, available only as IP, supports temporal networks and Transformer encoders at low power.
MWC 2024: TCL wins praise for NXTPAPER displays and Lenovo’s welcome move towards a sustainable future
TCL's NXTPAPER Tablets: TCL impresses with NXTPAPER technology, offering eye-friendly displays. Priced at $549, the NXTPAPER 14 Pro, powered by MediaTek's Dimensity 8020, expands to more markets in 2024.
Telecom Trends
Unlock the future of telecom with the 2024 Telecom Trends report. Explore 11 key industry shifts, from 5G Advanced to AI integration, offering opportunities and strategies for success.
MWC2024: Next wave of technologies-6G, RedCap, AI and Industry 5.0
MWC 2024 showcased intense discussions on cutting-edge technologies. AI took the lead, dominating conversations along with 6G, RedCap, and Industry 5.0. Key takeaways.
Toshiba TH58LKT3V46BA8S (KIOXIA/Western Digital Corp. FXZ0_1T die) 162-Layer 3D NAND Flash Memory Advanced Memory Essentials
This is an Advanced Memory Essentials (AME) summary document of the Toshiba TH58LKT3V46BA8S (KIOXIA/Western Digital Corporation FXZ0_1T die). This sixth-generation 3D flash memory based on the bit cost scalable flash technology (BiCS6) features advanced architecture beyond conventional eight-stagger memory hole array.
Survey Plus Teardown of the Samsung Galaxy A25 5G SM-A256E/DSN Smartphone
The Samsung Galaxy A25 5G is a device from the Galaxy A series which is a line of mid-range smartphones. It has a 6.5" Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels and a 120 Hz refresh rate.
Deep Dive Teardown of the Huawei MDC Pro 610 ADAS Controller 3600080-EP50 Automotive
The Huawei MDC Pro 610 ADAS Controller is a smart driving domain controller capable of processing environmental information collected by sensors. It performs fusion, identification, and classification tasks. Additionally, it handles map positioning for path planning and driving decision-making, enabling precise control of the vehicle and autonomous driving.
Global Internet Device Installed Base Forecast 2018–2028: A Summary
In 2023 Smart Home devices overtook Smartphones to become the second largest Internet connected device domain after Internet of Things (IoT). This report complements and discusses the recently published Global Connected and IoT device Installed Base forecast report covering the entire universe of Internet connected products including Smartphones, Mobile PC and Tablets, Smart TVs, Game Consoles, Digital Media Streamers, Wireless Speakers, and more.
Basic Floorplan Analysis (BFR) of the Silicon Labs EFR53000A0 Die
This report contains detailed information on the Silicon Labs EFR53000A0 die including selected teardown photographs, measurements of vertical and horizontal dimensions of major microstructural features, and cost of die and tested packaged die.
Deep Dive Teardown of the Nokia HMD Global X30 5G TA-1450 Smartphone
The Main Frame in Nokia X30 5G is made of aluminum (41.90g). To make the shape of the Main Frame producer used machine processing anodizing, laser printing, and spot welding. The average weight of used plastic in the Nokia X30 5G main enclosure is 11.5g.