MediaTek’s Turnkey Empire: Feature Phones, Shanzhai, and the Acquisition Machine (2006 to 2015)
Give a workshop in Shenzhen, one of MediaTek’s complete phone kits, the chip already sitting on a reference board with the firmware and test…
The physical layer. PCs and components, the peripherals nobody markets well, and the consumer electronics that live or die on a single design decision. Less unboxing theater, more on what the hardware actually does once the launch hype burns off.
Give a workshop in Shenzhen, one of MediaTek’s complete phone kits, the chip already sitting on a reference board with the firmware and test…
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Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 aims to rectify issues from the overheating 810 with custom Kryo cores and a move to a 14nm FinFET process. Despite…
TSMC's 16nm FinFET delivered the first 3D transistor the 20nm shrink withheld, drew level with Intel on structure, and split the Apple A9 with…
Samsung 14nm FinFET shipped before TSMC's 16nm, powering the Galaxy S6's Exynos 7420 and winning back Qualcomm and a share of Apple's A9.
Forty-five billion dollars. A five-year-old company that openly sells its phones at close to cost is now the most valuable private startup on the…
Intel 14nm arrived late in Broadwell, the first schedule slip in a decade. The node was still the best in the world, but the…
Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 810 and 808 this week, and the most revealing thing in the spec sheet is what is missing. There is…
Eighteen point seven million phones this year, the fifth-biggest brand in China, and the company just poached the vice president of product management for…
Après Sanofi, Motorola, Freescale… c’est au tour de d’Alcatel Lucent d’annoncer la suppression d’emploi. Bien entendu le site de Toulouse est touché et va…
The Sony Xperia Z Ultra, powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 800, outperformed competitors with impressive benchmarks. This chip's advancements offer substantial performance, including 4K video…
Samsung 28nm built the 64-bit Apple A7 and its Cyclone core, the chip that blindsided Qualcomm and the whole industry, just as Apple prepared…
The Wii U, Nintendo's first high-definition console, faces significant challenges due to its confusing branding and marketing, leading many to mistake it for a…
The Snapdragon S4, launched in February, integrates a custom dual-core Krait CPU and LTE modem on a single chip, enhancing efficiency. Qualcomm's innovative design…
TSMC's 28nm node brought gate-last high-k metal gate just as every mobile chip designer arrived at once, triggering a capacity crunch, while Intel's Tri-Gate…
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