Ericsson needs Intel inside to support mid-band 5G in its Cloud RAN
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson has continued its shuffle towards a commoditized, open Radio Access Network by using Intel chips to do its mid-band 5G computing.
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson has continued its shuffle towards a commoditized, open Radio Access Network by using Intel chips to do its mid-band 5G computing.
Smartphone shipments are expected to bounce back this year as the pandemic eases, but component supply issues will limit the recovery.
5G is flourishing in the smartphone market, but that is not enough for Qualcomm, which has launched chipsets designed for use in all sorts of other gadgets..
Taiwanese chip manufacturer TSMC reckons semiconductor demand is only going to increase in the coming year and it’s determined to meet it.
Mobile chip giant Qualcomm reckons it has identified some issues around wireless audio streaming, so has made a new portfolio of products to resolve them.
New US President Biden is reportedly working on an executive order designed to make various US supply chains less reliant on China.
Orders put into the smartphone component supply chain indicate Huawei going to make a lot fewer devices this year due to US sanctions.
Huawei is benefiting from the popularity of the latest iPhone model, whose success demonstrates the strength of the Chinese vendor’s 5G networks in Europe, insists the Huawei founder.
Gadget giant Apple has launched its first Macs using a souped-up version of its mobile chip instead of Intel ones.
The US embargo has made it almost impossible for Huawei to buy chips, so it has no alternative but to develop the capability to make them for itself.
Performance chip maker Nvidia wants to buy chip designer Arm, but with many of Nvidia’s direct competitors also Arm customers it’s hard to see how the deal could be approved.
Korean component makers Samsung and SK Hynix will be forced to stop supplying Huawei on 15 September if they don’t get a special license from the US.
There are further signs that Softbank wants to flog UK mobile chip designer Arm to compensate for its reckless investment strategy.
The all-stock transaction will value Analog Devices at more than $68 billion, though crucially, it offers the firm a bigger footprint in the automotive and data centre semiconductor segments.
Rumours have emerged to suggest Huawei has asked suppliers to halt production of components as it assesses the damage inflicted by political tension.
The world’s biggest contract chip manufacturer thinks it wouldn’t be a problem to replace Huawei as a customer.
The mobile industry’s default semiconductor manufacturer is building its next fab in the US, a move that could have major geopolitical implications.
It looks like Huawei is seeking to diversify its supply chains beyond US influence by partnering with Franco-Italian STMicroelectronics.
After reports emerged suggesting MediaTek has been cheating the benchmarking system, the chipset manufacturer has vehemently defending its position.
If the objective of the White House was to destroy Huawei by undermining its supply chain, the strategy is seemingly heading towards failure.
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