Broadcom is supplying its Wi-Fi 6E chip BCM4389 to Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra smartphone, the company said.The S21 Ultra is the first ever phone to support Wi-Fi 6E.Wi-Fi 6E adds 6GHz spectrum to Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax). This allows Wi-Fi 6E to support up to 2.4Gbps speed, double that of Wi-Fi 6’s 1.2Gbps.

South Korean firms Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix has ranked second and third place, respectively, in worldwide semiconductor sales in 2020, according market research firm Gartner.Samsung marked US$56.197 billion in semiconductor sales, a rise of 7.7% from 2019. The company had a market share of 1

Intel announced on Wednesday that CEO Bob Swan will step down on February 15 and be replaced with Vmware CEO Pat Gelsinger.Swan joined Intel as a CFO in 2016, he was CFO at eBay for 9 years prior to joining. After previous CEO Brian Krzanich was fired in 2018, Swan took over as interim CEO for seven

NXP on Tuesday introduced a slew of technologies at CES 2021.These include its technologies in Wi-Fi6, radar, ultra wide band (UWB), time-sensitive networking (TSN) and computer numeric control (CNC) machines.NXP has Wi-Fi6 and Wi-Fi 6E chipsets that can make life more convenience at homes, which ar

Intel announced its 10nm SuperFin processor Alder Lake at CES 2021.The chip giant also unveiled its 11th Gen vPro platform, 11th Gen mobile H processors and N-series 10nm Pentium Silver and Celeron processorsThe 11th Gen vPro platformed is aimed at the enterprise. It uses Intel’s 10nm SuperFin techn

AMD on Tuesday unveiled its new Zen 3-based Ryzen 5000 Series mobile processor at CES 2021.The CPU will be based on the 7n process. The processor will offer 17.5 use time in notebooks. It will also allow up to 21 hours of straight movie watching experience from a single charge, CEO Lisa Su said.Ryze

Samsung Electronics on Tuesday launched its 5nm processor Exynos 2100.The chip will power the company’s Galaxy S21 smartphones, which will be unveiled on January 14.Exynos 2100 integrates the CPU, GPU and 5G modem chip.Samsung said the chip consumes 20% less power compared to chips made in the 7nm p

Intel's autonomous driving subsidiary Mobileye unveiled its autonomous vehicle strategy and latest technology gains at CES 2021.Mobileye CEO Amnon Shashua said the company has been focusing on Mobileye's automatically generated, crowdsourced high-definition maps, a driving policy based on Responsibi

Two factories of UMC in Taiwan had suffered a power outage lasting five to six hours, according to state-owned Taiwan’s Central News Agency on Sunday.The company said the outage may negatively effect 8-inch wafer production and operations. UMC is the fourth largest foundry in the world. The outage s

Japanese electronic parts manufacturer Rohm Semiconductor is planning to expand its silicon carbide (SiC) power device production.The company has finished construction its new production building for SiC power device at its Apollo Plant in Chikugo, Japan in December of last year, Rohm said on Thursd

Abov Semiconductor will supply specific absorption rate (SAR) sensors to Samsung Electronics for the Galaxy S21 smartphone series and Galaxy Buds Pro earphones, TheElec confirmed.SAR sensor, or proximity sensor, is used to reduce electromagnetic waves of electronic devices when the human bodies are

China’s locally produced integrated circuits (IC) will represent only 19.4% of its IC market in 2025, according to market research firm IC Insights.This falls short of the country’s Made in China 2025 goal of 70%, the firm said.Last year, China-produced ICs accounted for 15.9% of the country’s IC ma

Qualcomm on Tuesday said Cristiano Amon will succeed Steve Mollenkopf as CEO, effective from June 30.Mollenkopf had been the CEO since 2014 and faced patent dispute with Apple, anti-trust investigation from the Fair Trade Commission.He also led Qualcomm in the years of its rapid growth and high prof

Shortage in large-sized display driver IC (LDDI) is expected to continue to the third quarter of 2021, according to TrendForce.In the upstream semiconductor supply chain, various foundries’ 8-inch wafer capacities have mostly been allocated to other chips with higher profit margins, in turn lowering

The South Korea government is expecting semiconductor export to surpass US$100 billion in 2021.The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said on Tuesday that export is estimated to increase 10.2% this year to US$109.3 billion from last year’s US$99.2 billion.This will be the second highest ever fig

Qualcomm on Sunday unveiled its new application processor aimed at budget 5G smartphones.The Snapdragon 480 is its first AP to have a 5G modem. It comes with Snapdragon X51 5G modem that supports both mmWave and sub-6GHz spectrum. It also supports both TDD and FDD connectivity.The CPU has eight core

Samsung Electronics said on Monday that vice chairman Lee Jae-yong visited the company’s Pyeongtaek semiconductor plant.According to Samsung, Lee told executives and employees that they must collaborate with partners, academia and research institutes to build a healthy ecosystem to make history in s

The South Korean government is planning to increase funding in research and development of materials, components and equipment in 2021.The Ministry of Science and ICT and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said they plan to increase funding for related projects by over 20%.The South Korean g

A shortage in production capacity compared to demand in semiconductors is expected to increase their prices in 2021. Some companies have already notified their customers of the price hike.TSMC, the world’s largest contract chip maker, recently scrapped its price cut policy (up to 3%) for major custo

Global foundry sales in 2021 will grow 6% from 2020 to US$89.6 billion, market research firm TrendForce said.Notebook, TV and other electronics devices and 5G will lead this growth it said.The foundry market is 2020 is expected to grow 23.7% from a year ago to be worth US$84.6 billion. This is thank