MediaTek chip shipments for smart voice devices to soar over 50% in 2018

MediaTek is expected to post an up to 10% revenue decrease sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2018, as shipments of the company's mobile SoC chips will stay flat on quarter at between 100 million and 110 million units, according to market watchers......»»

Global shipments of AR/VR head-mounted display (HMD) devices are expected to grow at a CAGR of 52.7% during a 5-year forecast period to reach 40 million units in 2023, according to an estimate of Digitimes Research......»»

Lextar Electronics has disclosed it began shipping VCSEL (vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser) devices for use in smartphone-based 3D facial recognition, and VR/AR devices in third-quarter 2018......»»

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Taiwan-based Weltrend Semiconductor may see its annual shipments of USB power delivery (PD) controller chips for 2018 double from a year .....»»

Global shipments of wearable devices reached 32 million units in the third quarter of 2018, up 21.7% from the previous year, according to IDC......»»

Research firm IDC on Monday predicted that wearables shipments could grow at an 11% annual clip through 2022, reaching 189.9 million devices shipped by then. IDC expects shipments to climb 8.5% in 2018. "The ris.....»»

The two largest smart phone makers in the world supply a majority of their own modem chips to help their devices connect to wireless data networks, according to evidence presented at an antitrust trial for chip supplier Qualcomm Inc ......»»

Qualcomm and MediaTek have both introduced their new 802.11ax chip solutions to support Wi-Fi 6 devices, seeking to secure a preemptive presence in both enterprise and household network chips markets in the 5G era......»»

EMS provider Lite-On Technology has reported its smart LED streetlamp shipments doubled in 2018 on year, accounting for 10% of total LED streetlamp shipments......»»

Annual semiconductor unit shipments, including integrated circuits and optoelectronics, sensors and discrete (O-S-D) devices, grew 10% in 2018 and surpassed the one trillion unit mark for the first time, according to IC Insights......»»

Smart speakers have become integral to U.S. households in a big way. The adoption rate of the devices increased from 21.5 percent in 2017 to 41 percent in 2018, TechCrunch reported, citing RBC Capital Markets. read more.....»»

Netflix’s Smart Downloads feature debuted in July 2018, but it was exclusive to Android. At the time, the company said the feature would hit iOS devices some time later that year. The streaming giant missed its deadline for some .....»»

You'd expect voice assistants to collect data whenever you control a smart home device -- that's how they work. .....»»

Taiwan's exports for April fell short of expectations, primarily due to weakened demand from China. Despite this, the United States saw a record surge in shipments, a trend that is expected to continue, according to the Finance Ministry. read more.....»»

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The supply of eMMC storage devices has been constrained by shortages of related memory chips and components so far in 2021, affecting negatively shipments of entry-level and mid-range handsets, according to industry sources......»»

Amazon's smart speaker was originally named 'Amazon Flash,' but the product was r.....»»