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Sony Blames Qualcomm for Flagship Overheating

by Tom Allen

Following tests by Dutch website GSMinfo, Sony has admitted that its Z3+ smartphone (Xperia Z4 in Japan) is suffering from overheating issues. The company has blamed Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 chip for the problem. Sony …

Taiwan Makers Look to VR Market

by Tom Allen

Himax worked with Google on Google GlassWe hear that Himax and Etron Technology are looking to enter the virtual reality market. According to Asian sources, Etron has been working with customers to develop 3D-sensing …

Broadcom Raises UltraHD Efficiency

by Tom Allen

Broadcom’s new chip, for home gateways and UltraHD STBs, is said to raise UltraHD video decode efficiency, with a 25% reduction in bandwidth use (compared to Broadcom’s previous generation). As well as raising decode …

Thunderbolt Switches to USB, Reaches 40GB

by Tom Allen

Big news from Intel at Computex was the introduction of the third generation of the Thunderbolt interface, which can transfer 40Gbps of data per second. In context, that is an UltraHD film in 30 …

Analogix Prepares for Ubiquitous USB

by Tom Allen

Analogix Semiconductor has shown a new family of single-chip USB-C solutions at Computex. Intended for mobile devices, the ANX74xx products each contain a cable configuration controller, a port controller and manager and a high-speed …

Realtek Scores Skyworth Win

by Tom Allen

Skyworth has announced that it using Realtek’s chips in its UltraHD HDR TVs. Around 30% of Skyworth’s TVs shipped this year (the company is aiming to 13.2 million units) will use Realtek’s devices, said …

UltraHD Playback SoC Now Sampling

by Tom Allen

Japan’s Socionext is now sampling a new UltraHD media playback SoC, which supports high-res content at 60fps using HEVC and VP9. The MN2WS03101A is a single chip IC, with built-in HDMI-Tx/Rx. It is compatible …

Rumour: Apple Plans New Supplier

by Tom Allen

Apple plans to take on a new LCD driver IC supplier, according to sources in the supply chain. Taiwanese suppliers including Novatek, Himax and FocalTech are being linked with the rumour.

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Skylake Brings Huge Efficiency Gains

by Tom Allen

A report from Kitguru, citing an Intel document, shows that Intel’s upcoming Core-M Skylake chips – the next micro-architecture – will consume up to 60% less energy than comparable Broadwell devices. An image from …

MStar Explains its Business

by Bob Raikes

Patrick Molin is from MStar in Taiwan. The company was only formed in 2002 by some engineers from TSMC and started with simple chips, but quickly got into TV SoCs and was one of …

Qualcomm Denies Snapdragon Issues

by Tom Allen

LG chose the Snapdragon 808 chip to power its G4 smartphone, providing more fuel to fire the rumours of overheating that have plagued the Snapdragon 810 (Samsung Drops Qualcomm). Qualcomm has since spoken out …

Global Semiconductor Sales Increase in February 2015, says SIA

by Tom Allen

Both the Semiconductor Industry Association and Gartner have released their most recent semiconductor sales estimates – for February 2015 from the SIA, and the year 2014 from Gartner. Worldwide semiconductor sales reached $27.8 billion …