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恆通高科人員、業務全部縮編　凌陽認列資產減損 4 億元

Posted on March 2, 2012 by mtlin

借款子公司恆通高科恐難回收　凌陽認列減損 4 億 萬惠雯 / 精實新聞 IC 設計公司凌陽 (2401) 借款子公司恆通高科約 4 億元的借款，因為恆通高科於昨 (29) 日臨時董事會決議業務縮編，將退出研發 3G 手機晶片事業，凌陽評估借款恆通高科 4 億元恐難回收，故依照會計準則 34、35 號認列資產減損約 4 億元，對 EPS 影響約 0.67 元，將會反應在 2011 年的財報中顯現。 恆通高科原為凌陽旗下開發 3G 解決方案為主的廠商凌陽電通，研發方向為兩大領域，包括 3G WCDMA 手機晶片，以及 3G USB Dongle 數據卡晶片，但過去在研發 WCDMA 晶片投資金額龐大，對凌陽負擔也相當沈重，凌陽於 … Continue reading →

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Orange to Sell Co-Branded Intel Smartphone Reference Design Directly to Customers, Codename: Santa Clara

Posted on February 27, 2012 by mtlin

At CES Intel announced both Lenovo and Motorola would be bringing Atom based smartphones to market in 2012. Lenovo showed off its K800 for the China market at the show, while Motorola offered a more vague commitment to bring multiple … Continue reading →

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Rumor: Nokia to start using MediaTek chipsets in an effort to reduce costs?

Posted on February 15, 2012 by mtlin

Now that Nokia’s decided to make all their phones in Asia in order to try and save some money, why not also go with cheaper Asian components? According to DigiTimes, who has a mixed track record, but have proved themselves … Continue reading →

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RDA Microelectronics Sampling Wi-Fi Combo Chip

Posted on December 19, 2011 by mtlin

3-in-1 Connectivity Chip Designed to Support 3G/4G Smartphone Growth SHANGHAI, China, Dec. 19, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — RDA Microelectronics (Nasdaq:RDA) (“RDA Microelectronics” or the “Company”), a fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops and markets Radio Frequency (RF) and mixed-signal chips … Continue reading →

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MediaTek friends Facebook with feature phone

Posted on November 8, 2011 by mtlin

Feature phones costing under $50 will soon come with Facebook functions built in

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簡評小米手機這個品牌 Brief comments on the new brand MIUI

Posted on August 17, 2011 by mtlin

這是個以山寨精神為底的 own brand

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Google to Acquire Motorola Mobility 谷歌買下摩托羅拉手機業務部門

Posted on August 15, 2011 by mtlin

Google 官方部落格：Supercharging Android: Google to Acquire Motorola Mobility Larry Page 的聲明中提到： Our acquisition of Motorola will increase competition by strengthening Google’s patent portfolio, which will enable us to better protect Android from anti-competitive threats from Microsoft, Apple and other companies. … Continue reading →

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Samsung Is Said to Examine InterDigital’s Patents After Approach for Bid

Posted on August 3, 2011 by mtlin

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-largest maker of mobile phones, is examining InterDigital Inc.’s patent portfolio after being approached to make a bid, according to two people familiar with the matter. Samsung is looking at the patents along with Apple … Continue reading →

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WiMAX 產業的下一步…

Posted on July 18, 2011 by mtlin

WiMAX 曾是全球矚目之 4G 行動通訊技術之一，也可成為開發中國家寬頻上網的一種替代方案。政府幾年前 M-Taiwan 及 WiMAX 產業政策推動計畫，也促進台灣成為 WiMAX 終端設備重要供應商基地。然而新世代通信技術與標準與時俱進，互相競爭，推動全球主要電信營運與系統設備業者在 4G 時代相繼投靠 LTE 陣營，預計 2015 年全球 LTE 用戶將達數億，而 WiMAX 僅可達數千萬用戶之規模。對於台灣未來電信營運商之 4G 通信技術將如何推進，與現有 WiMAX 電信營運商及上下游產業的未來發展是什麼，此時應是審視 WiMAX 產業政策之執行成果、與決定未來方向的最佳時機。 當初政府推動 WiMAX 到現在所面臨之挑戰，乃是任何新技術推廣所必面對的二大經典挑戰：技術不確定與市場不確定，這也是過去幾十年科技產業競爭的常態本質。當初政府有魄力推動 WiMAX，值得肯定，也想藉此跳脫過度依賴硬體設備代工製造思維。但全球營運商最終投向 LTE，連最初大舉投入的英特爾也拔營退出，這都只能說是科技產業不確定性之實例。此可分產業二大方向：上下游晶片、終端設備製造，與電信營運商來檢討。 在 WiMAX 電信營運方面，國內 WiMAX 網路建設時，主要 3G 電信業者均觀望而未投入，目前六家營運商只擁有四萬餘用戶，造成頻譜利用率過低與公眾資源的浪費。反觀對岸大陸，全球最大規模營運商「中國移動」一舉扛下 TD-SCDMA 國家電信政策之重責大任，台灣 … Continue reading →

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Nokia ruined in the hands of two Taiwanese companies

Posted on July 14, 2011 by mtlin

According to Taiwan media reports, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Vice President Tang Mingzhe accept the concept of “Business Week” interview, said Nokia is hited down by two Taiwanese companies, the two companies are MediaTek and HTC. According to “Business Week” … Continue reading →

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