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RDA Microelectronics Sampling Wi-Fi Combo Chip

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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GSM turns 20 today, still rocking the world

Happy birthday, dear Global System for Mobile Communications! 20 years ago today, on July 1 1991, the world’s first GSM call was made by Finnish Prime Minister Harri Holkeri. The historic call used Nokia gear on GSM’s original 900MHz band. … Continue reading

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MediaTek expands operations in Singapore

MediaTek will be growing its presence in Singpore with a new office at One North. MediaTek will also invest more than than $94 million (120 million SGD) to expand its research and development center and business operations in Singapore. “We … Continue reading

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Nvidia’s Icera deal hides bleak outlook for EU wireless

You’ll have heard of Nvidia, the graphics and mobile chip maker. Until today, you won’t have heard of Icera, which hails from Bristol and makes data chips for mobiles. So when the former buys the latter, it’s Nvidia‘s story: rightly … Continue reading

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Huawei sues ZTE for patent violation

Huawei has thrown a spanner in the works of rival ZTE’s mobile devices plan, suing for patent and trademark infringement in a handful of European courts. The Chinese vendor claims infringement of patents covering data card and LTE technologies, and … Continue reading

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MediaTek targets local handset manufacturers

Taiwanese mobile chipset maker MediaTek has opened its office in Dubai, a move the the company believes will help it to court mobile handset manufacturers in the Middle East and Africa market. The vendor is aiming to capitalise on its … Continue reading

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[MWC 2011] MOTOROLA GLEAM

MOTOROLA Booth @ MWC 2011 Motorola 的 Razr 超薄系列手機曾經成為街上隨處可見的潮流。在這次 MWC 2011 MOTO 終於正式發佈沿襲 Razr 超薄設計的摺疊手機 — Gleam。 Motorola Gleam 外型十分簡單,面蓋並沒有印上任何標誌,取而代之是一個點陣式 LED 顯示,在露出的鍵盤下方清晰的印上 Motorola 名稱,若沒有看到這標誌,很容易誤認這款是日系或韓系的品牌。打開上蓋,可以清楚感受到 Motorola Razr 標誌性的超薄按鍵,2.4″ QVGA 螢幕已足夠顯示訊息,內建 32MB Flash 及 16MB RAM,能夠儲存 500 條 SMS 及 800 位聯絡人資料,其他功能包括藍牙,FM … Continue reading

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Spreadtrum Announces the World’s First Commercial 40nm Low Power TD-HSPA /TD-SCDMA Multi-mode Communication Baseband Processor

BEIJING, Jan. 18, 2011 — Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPRD; “Spreadtrum” or the “Company”), a leading fabless semiconductor provider in China with advanced technology in both 2G and 3G wireless communications standards, today announced the world’s first 40nm low power … Continue reading

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Feeling the heat, MediaTek seeks a comeback

Taiwanese fabless chip vendor MediaTek defied gravity during last year’s recession, growing by more than 20 percent in a year when the wider semiconductor industry declined by roughly 10 percent. But 2010 has been a different story: The wireless chip … Continue reading

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MOBIA X6+ 3G 觸控雙卡雙待手機

以前常聽到有人會說:「我幹麻買支手機來看電視啊?螢幕又小又一定會很快沒電!」等到現在我每天在公司餐廳吃飯看到週遭同事人手一支 iPhone 在看 facebook,我心想現在那位仁兄說不定是嫌說 iPhone 怎麼還沒把電視功能做上去呢~ 就像以前從沒人想過要擺兩張 SIM 卡在一支 GSM 手機上,現下在遙遠大陸上的人民卻有插三張卡(甚至更多)的需求!

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