Mobile phone ICs Last update:8th Jan 2012
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Shipment of 566M projected capacitive touch screens in 2011 for mobile phones
Mobile market need 3.1 billion SoC semiconductor ICs by 2015, forecasts In-Stat
Android leads in 115M smartphones sold in 3rd Q, sales grew -7% q-o-q and +42% from year ago
ZTE's Blade and Skate phones uses TriQuint's power amplifier modules
Certified touch interface reference design for NVIDIA's Tegra 3 for tablets
Murata to own high power amplifier business of semiconductor chipmaker Renesas
CRI licenses its DPA patents to a mobile device maker
Lenovo's IdeaPad uses Atmel's touch interface controller
Steve Jobs; Excellent human who pioneered in making the machine more human
In-Stat: Tablet shipments to reach 250 Million units in 2017
Google to acquire Motorola Mobile to fully android it
Wireless applications to consume more semiconductor devices than the computers
Qualcomm acquires gesture recognition IP from GestureTek
New PC phones from Fujitsu uses Cypress touch chips
The semiconductor device content in tablet to approach $14B by 2015, estimates In-Stat
Asian mobile-phone makers lead in growing market share
MIPS-Based Smartphone passes Android CTS
Qualcomm to acquire Rapid Bridge
Samsung uses ANADIGICS' power amps in Droid Charge smartphone
MIPS and Ingenic collaborate to bring new 1GHz MIPS-based mobile SoC
Fairchild to launch devices for mobile audio
Half of all IMS equipment sold going to mobile networks in 1st Q 2011
Samsung adopts Silicon Motion's LTE transceiver chip in its 4G mobile phones
Semiconductor vendor ranking in 2010; the movers and shakers as per IHS iSuppli
Cellular subscriptions in Asia/Pacific to cross 3 Billion in 2015
Mobile phone sales in rural India to grow at a CAGR of 19% from 2011-12 to 2013-14
Mobile phone sales revenues in India to reach Rs 350.05 billion in 2016
The app processor market for smartphones grew by 77% in 2010
Japan tremors and tsunami will pass through the global semiconductor industry
18% of global semiconductor devices are used in mobile phones
Samsung employs its Exynos app processor in its Galaxy S II mobiles
Apple keeps hold on its mobile apps and the content to generate revenue
Amalfi semiconductor records 5 million 2G GSM/GPRS TxM IC
TSMC announces silicon success of Spreadtrum's 3G TD-SCDMA baseband processor
Cellular modules for M2M communications related market-research findings in 2010
Research says consumer devices with cellular connectivity doubled in 2010 by reaching 22M
AuthenTec DRM secures Alcatel OT-980 Android phone
Mulitcore processors as market differentiators for smartphone makers
2.3 million femtozone subscribers in 2012 forecasts ABI
SoC design software packages ready for 28nm process of common platform alliance
LCD Display panel industry to face the demand-supply risk of Tablet computers
Strategy Analytics's tech predictions for 2011
Global cellular baseband revenues reached $3.4 billion in Q3 2010, estimates by analyst
3D may grow more in mobile domain rather than in TV market, says researcher
Android supporting 3G smart phone design platform and chip from Broadcom
The innovation tracks of smart phone and notebook converged as tablet computers
TriQuint Semiconductor's 3G chips RF-power iPhone and Galaxy
Broadcom revenues going up due to demand in mobile and wireless semiconductor chips
DisplayPort and HDMI to obsolete VGA and other analog video interface by 2015
Cloud up in the air pouring content to handheld computers
Mobile phone accessories to generate close to $35 billion in revenue in 2011, says study
Market for mobile TV SoC chips is growing fast
Market forecast: Mobile phone semiconductor market to grow by 12% in 2013
Fairchild Semiconductor Increases Focus on Mobile Handset Market
Ericsson equipment for Aircel's 3G in 6 of its circles in India
ANADIGICS power-amps power Samsung's GALAXY Tab Devices
ABI predicts about 3 million 4G handsets to be shipped in 2010
LGS Innovations and Wavesat to jointly develop 4G mobile devices for network apps
In-Stat: Worldwide mobile TV tuner market to exceed $400 Million by 2014
Demand for 3G/4G semiconductor chips enable 18.6% revenue growth for Anadigics
Report says smartphone shipments in 2nd quarter 2010 grew 12% over previous quarter
CSR integrate its wireless platform onto Infineon's cellular reference designs
SIM card market will grow 10% in 2010 reports ABI
Mobile video calling revenue will exceed $1 billion by 2015 says In-Stat
Broadcom acquire Percello to enhance its femtocell technology
TI's processors powers IP phones for Microsoft Lync
Sony Ericsson ups its smart phone shipments by 15.4%, says iSuppli
Samsung's Wave 2 and Galaxy phone use Cypress' touch tech
Baseband-integrated app. processors usage is growing in smartphone, says report
ABI: Cellular M2M connections to reach 232.5 million by 2014
ABI: 11 million media tablets and 43 million netbooks to ship worldwide in 2010
Green Plug supports universal power adapters for mobile phones
In-Stat: Consumers are demanding wireless charging solutions for mobiles devices
MEMS based motion sensors making smartphones more smarter
Mobile phone accessories' revenue forecasted to exceed $50 Billion in 2015
Mobile phone buying trends at the bottom of the pyramid: Not just cost
ABI: Mobile phones and its accessories accout for 75% of the Bluetooth enabled products
Sony introduces the 'single wire interface technology' for mobile devices
MoSys, Radiocomp and GDA partnering to serve 3GPP LTE and 4G semiconductor market
Femtocell shipments to cross 54 million in 2015
Global cellular M2M module market forecast to reach $3.8 Billion in 2015
Dell'Oro forecast: Mobile infrastructure market to reach $43 Billion in 2014 due to 3G
Mobile phone's new avatar is Internet on hand
Report:Global mobile phone shipments to reach 321.2 million in 2nd quarter of 2010
Mobile data usage surpasses voice traffic
picoChip partners with Entuple to enter India's 3G and 4G market
ADI collaborates with Xilinx to make the base station more programmable and flexible
NXP semiconductor releases its own iPhone application featuring access to its chips
ABI Research: Unprecedented growth of mobile subscriptions in India
55 Million Smartphones sold in first quarter of 2010
Semiconductor industry sales forecast for 2010: SIA; 28.4%, Gartner; 27%
ABI Research: Ultra mobile devices adoption rate of 55% per year
ANT+ and TI working together in connecting low power sensors to smartphones
Samsung selects Broadcom's 'Combo' Chip to drive its new mobile handsets
ST-Ericsson building support for Adobe Flash Player10.1 on its smart-phone chips
Smatphones adopt Trusted Foundations in big way
LG selects Dialog Semiconductor's power management IC for Android Smartphone
Dell'Oro reports 10% of decline in China mobile infrastructure market in third quarter 09
Mutare selects Ditech's PhoneTag automated voicemail-to-text service
FXI and Atmel develops microSD gaming console for mobile phones
WCDMA power amplifier from Anadigics powers Samsung's 3G Handsets
Methanol fuel cell based external power source from Toshiba for mobile devices
SAMSUNG Electronics' TV chip for North American mobile digital TV
LG Electronics implements Rayspan's metamaterial antenna in its mobile phones
Instat says GPS enabled phones to capture PND market opportunities
Joint development of LTE based mobile-terminal platform
Samsung adopting Skyworks' RF front-end devices to power its 3G mobile handsets
Fujitsu is now shipping SAW filter-less 3G transceiver for mobile phones
Myriad's homescreen widget solution for low cost mobile phones
Freescale's new unified common platforms enable 3G to support LTE and other 4G standards
Zarlink's VE880 chipset powers Gigaset mobile convergence product
SPMT's abridged technology specifications for mobile devices
ARM, Chartered, IBM, Samsung, and Synopsys joining hands to develop next level 32/28nm Mobile SoCs
IC supporting environment and money saving mobile phone charging adapters
Ericsson completes delivery of new GSM base station hardware to VodaFone Essar
Intel processor chips inside Nokia phones
TI's processors to support femtocell software from Continuous Computing and mimoOn
Motorola and Vocera to provide wireless VoIP smart phones for medical-staff
LG selects touchscreen solution from Cypress Semiconductor for KS360 mobile phone
Q4 2008 revenues freeze semiconductor industry to a dope less silicon
Cypress Semiconductor's new module can download a movie to a phone in a minute
Fabless wireless IC vendors SiRF and CSR are merged
Alvarion to demonstrate WiMAX broadband at Mobile World Congress event
ZTE unveils new Unified Open Environment platform for telecom operators
Single-Chip GPS receiver jointly developed by Seiko Epson and Infineon
TRIQUINT Semiconductor posts impressive full year 2008 results
Broadcom EDGE Platform gets a customer
ZTE launching new telecom technologies at brisk pace
Broadcom WiFi/Bluetooth software supports Google's Android platform
Centillium acquisition add up to the TranSwitch revenue growth in 4Q08
ST Microelectronics has bought NXP's 20 % stake in ST-NXP Wireless JV with Ericsson mobile
China's ZTE aims to be one of top 3 GSM vendors in this year
A new finger vein authentication called "mofiria" from Sony for laptops and phones
WiMAX IC market opportunities in India
Qualcomm and LT Mobile sign CDMA subscriber unit license agreement
Wireless IC expert Marvell revises its Q4 fiscal 09 financial outlook
ZTE products receive WiMAX Forum 3.5GHz Wave2 certification
U.S. ITC has affirmed infringement ruling against SiRF on GPS-related patents
ST Microelectronics and Paratek to jointly develop tunable products for mobile phones
A new security system to watch real time video of home/office on phones
Broadcom demonstrates Bluetooth at data-rates of 24 Mb/sec
Qualcomm and Tianyu sign 3G subscriber unit and modem card license agreement
NXP and Renesas expand license agreement on NXP's MIFARE technology
Infineon and Micron to develop high-density subscriber identity module (HD-SIM) cards
Qualcomm opens test center in Singapore
ZTE Selects Cavium's OCTEON processors for 3G routers
Enea's OSE RTOS to support for AMCC's PowerPC architecture
India is playing important role in WiMAX success
Security tools for any unauthorized data transfer through USB flash drive
Elpida and NEC to form a new company to exclusively manufacture Display Driver ICs
OpenKODE 1.0 specs from Khronos to develop media apps on mobiles
Micron has acquired image sensor business of Avago Technologies. Qualcomm expands it's WLAN portfolio by acquiring Airgo
Anadigics, The “powerful supplier” of mobile rf power amplifiers has shipped production volumes of it’s power amplifiers to Nokia and Samsung.
New Products
Touchfree gesture recognition database design for consumer Electronics OEMs
iPad and iPhone can be enabled with USB connectivity using Silex Tech
AS364X series family of LED flash drivers for mobile devices
Thin auto-focus IC for compact cameras and phones
Low power embedded flash controller for Smartphones and Tablet Computers
Chip-to-Chip Link tech is licensed by 10 SoC vendors for mobile phone apps
Samsung selects Cypress' optical navigation sys for its Android phones
TMS320C66x and ARM Cortex-A8 based SoCs for multistandard basestations of any size
500 MHz 3dB bandwidth quadrature modulator ICs for cellular infrastructure
Quad-band transmit modules for the multi-mode 3G entry handsets
VHF/UHF LNAs for mobile devices
RFMD unveils new front-end modules for 3G/4G
Two new LTE base station SoC chips for designing scalable and portable sys
TI chip for 3G/4G costs less than FPGA
Multicore DSP with eight 1.25 GHz DSP cores with 320 GMACs and 160 GFLOPs performance
Audio chip from ST can deliver quality audio even from damaged speakers
Carry your base station along with your phone
GPS chip from ST Microelectronics for portable devices
Quality sound delivering MEMS microphone at condenser microphone's price
Mobile display shipments grew 31% y/y and reached $5.4billion in Q2'10
New device from ST integrates multiple functions on a single microphone interface chip
WCDMA single-band power amplifiers from ANADIGICS
New audio codec IC from Cirrus for smartphones and mobile consumer electronics applications
Active Noise Canceling (ANC) ICs for mobile-phone headphones
Bidirectional current-limit device to protect phones from faulty charging
New HSPA+ chip solution from Infineon for 3G smart phones
TriQuint Semiconductor expands its RF portfolio for 3G/4G
Dual-band CDMA power amplifier from Anadigics for mobile handsets
RF power amp modules from Triquint Semiconductor for WCDMA and GSM/EDGE
'3G phone-on-a-chip' from Broadcom targets low cost smartphones
SoC with CMOS sensor from NEC Electronics for camera phones
Smart-reset chip from ST Micro to restart system-crashed phones and devices safely
ST Micro announced quarter-inch 5MP CMOS image-sensor roadmap for mobile phones
New GPS location processor with built-in CPU from CSR
Miniature dual band power amplifier modules for mobile apps from Avago
3.3V, 2.5Gbps single-chip transceiver for GEPON and GPON ONU/ONT module apps
New Single-chip for Bluetooth, FM and GPS and a WLAN IC for mobile phones
Dual-downconverting SiGe mixers with high linearity for wireless base stations
UMTS femto base-station devices with PHY interface for WCDMA/GSM networks
CMOS transmit module for mobile handsets from Amalfi Semiconductor
RF power devices for TD-SCDMA wireless networks from Freescale
CM6100 from CMD provides ESD protection for mobile handset interfaces
The new protection IC from ST Micro for headphones of mobile phones
ADI's new white LED flash driver for mobile-phone cameras
Dual LDMOS integrated power amplifiers supporting doherty mode
New Doherty amplifier based on the LDMOS transistor
Current sensors for smart phones and netbooks
ST-Ericsson's single-chip solutions for low cost mobile phones
Atmel's low priced touch sensor IC for mobile phone has 4 o/p channels
New magnetic sheets with high permeability for mobile phones and portables
ESD protection devices for mobile phones
Miniature FM antenna in the form of surface mount chip for mobile phones
New UMTS femto base-station transceiver chipset
Hall effect switch with microwatt power consumption for mobile phones
WCDMA power amplifiers with integrated directional couplers
LTE power amplifiers and FEMs for 4G handsets & PC cards
New 3G-platform solution enables enhanced mobile Internet access
Integrated multimedia SoC & flash platform for mobile phones
TI to sample new multicore OMAP SoCs for mobile devices in mid-09
New HSPA+ chipset for 3G mobile phones
Mobile phone chip for mass smart phone market
RF module for 3G Internet access on either HSPA or CDMA2000
Bluetooth, GPS and FM radio in a 65nm SoC device
NXP's doherty amplifiers for CDMA basestations eliminates extra tuning
Low cost single chip GSM mobile phone IC
2G/3G/LTE RF transceiver supports data rates up to 150 Mbps
Small size filter devices to protect LCD screens on 3G phones
3G transceiver IC for femtocell base-station with FMC service
P-Channel MOSFET in CSP for slimmest cell phones
4-Channel LED drivers targets entry-level cell phones
32-bit ARM-Based MCUs for cellular-phone SIM cards
Integrated battery charger for cell phones and bluetooth devices
Fully integrated frequency translator for in wireless communications
Radio IC with GPS RF front end and bluetooth 2.1 + EDR controller
Agilent's new Ultra Mobile PC solution for handheld wireless measurements
New 17 to 34 GHz up-converter from Mimix Broadband
Fujitsu to release Wimax chipsets for mobile phones
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and RF front-end in a single chip
Samsung's new 8GB NAND is shipping in samples to mobile-phone makers
Three core DSP from TI for CDMA base stations
CDMA phone Single chip IC to support EV-DO. Neomagic's TV companion chip for mobile phones. AAT2830/31 does all the lighting functions for the cellphone. Intel’s WIMAX SOC supports both fixed and mobile networks. New Wimax Transceivers from NXP
Cypress has improved the performance of capacitor sense interface devices.
Toshiba’s 3.2 and 2.0 Mega-pixel image sensors with built in image processor.
