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Renesas MCU Tests RISC-V Demand
Renesas is testing demand for RISCV-based microcontrollers, introducing the first of what could be a series of such processors, the R9A02G021, targeting low-cost applications.
Notebook PC Market Surges: 7% Growth Signals Strong Start to 2024
The first quarter of 2024 witnessed a resilient performance in the notebook PC market, with shipments growing compared to the same period last year.
Touching New Heights: The Booming Smartphone Fingerprint Sensor Market of 2023
In 2023, the Smartphone Fingerprint Sensor market saw a notable 4% annual unit growth, driven by a surge in adoption of Fingerprint-On-Display (FoD) and Capacitive sensor products.
A Tale of Three Phone Chips: Eco Edition
TechInsights discovered a 20% gap in carbon emissions from manufacturing the semiconductors of three flagship phones, despite smartphones being typically evaluated based on screen size, processor speed, and camera resolution.
Huawei Pura 70 Series: Redefining 5G Connectivity and Premium Innovation
Featuring four distinct models and boasting cutting-edge technology like Kirin 5G chipsets and innovative camera systems, these smartphones are poised to make a significant impact.
Global Digital Media Streamer Forecast 2018-2029
The global market for digital media streamers attained maturity in 2021 and declined by 1.5% year-on-year for second consecutive year in 2023, with global shipments at 95.9 million units. The category is in its declining phase and CAGR is anticipated to fall 2.6% between 2024 and 2029.
Automotive Semiconductor Market
Automotive semiconductors grew to 12% of total semiconductor sales in 2023, up from 10% in 2022. Infineon and NXP continue to lead the automotive semiconductor supplier sales with STMicroelectronics closing in. Infineon gained over a full percentage point of market share compared to 2022, reaching 13.7% of the automotive semiconductor market in this year. NXP fell by almost a percent to a 10.8% share.
Huawei Pura70 – Key Event Brief
The release of the Huawei Pura 70 Ultra has sparked a number of questions about the rebranded Huawei P-series with TechInsights analysts investigating its properties and capabilities.
Huawei Pura 70 Series: A New Hit for 5G and Premium Tier
Following the huge success of the Mate 60 Pro, Huawei launched another flagship smartphone—the Pura 70 series on April 18, 2024 in China. The Pura 70 series includes four models—Pura 70, Pura 70 Pro, Pura 70 Pro+ and Pura 70 Ultra. The Pura 70 Pro and Pura 70 Ultra hit the shelves the same day, and the Pura 70 and Pura 70 Pro+ will become available on April 21 in China.
AMD Launches Gen-2 Versal SoCs Targeting ADAS
AMD launched the second generation of its Versal SoCs, emphasizing heterogeneous solutions encompassed in a monolithic form factor. Designed to leverage flexibility offered by programmable logic, the new generation of devices will incorporate pre-processing, artificial intelligence (AI) inference and post-processing in single chip solutions.
Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2024: Key Takeaways
This complementary Insight summarizes the main themes and highlights of the 2024 Optical Fiber Communications Conference (OFC). In recent years, OFC featured a balance of telecom and data center talks and products. This year, telecom took a secondary role. Instead, Artificial Intelligence (AI) sucked all the oxygen out of the room.
Forecasts: Smart Speakers and Smart Displays
Smart speakers and smart displays provide smart homes with a convenient and intelligent interface through which to control and manage their smart home needs, spanning entertainment, information, and automation.
Global Fitness Band Sales Forecast for 88 Countries: 2012 to 2029
We expect global fitness band sales to decrease by 8.1% to 16.4 million units in 2024 and further by 3.7% to 15.8 million units in 2025. Following this period of substantial decline is relative stabilization from 2027 (0.6% decline) through 2029 (0.7% decline) globally.
Huawei Pura 70
Discover the inner workings of the Huawei Pura 70 with TechInsights' comprehensive teardown analysis. From processor comparisons to satellite implementation strategies, take a deep dive into the latest tech revelations.
Deep Dive Teardown of the Eero Max 7 V010001 Router
The Eero Max 7 is based on Qualcomm’s WiFi SoC, supporting WiFi 7. The device was equipped with eight antennas, it features both 5 and 6 GHz WiFi 7 with 4x4 MIMO connectivity. Two antennas support 2.4 GHz WiFi 6 and another one for Zigbee, Thread, and Bluetooth LE 5.0.
Deep Dive Teardown of the Samsung Galaxy SM-S921U1 Smartphone
Qualcomm has the most design wins for the Samsung Galaxy S24 SM-S921U1, supplying 20 of the 43 major designs. The Samsung Galaxy S24 SM-S921U1 comes equipped with advanced connectivity features including WiFi 7, Bluetooth 5.3, GPS support for L1 and L5, 5G mmWave technology, NFC, and wireless charging capability.
FREE MPR Report: Apple, ADAS, And Spatial Computing
Discover how Apple's Vision Pro AR headset leverages advanced sensor processing, drawing inspiration from autonomous driving technologies like ADAS.
Dylan McGrath
Dylan McGrath Industry Analyst As an Industry Analyst at TechInsights, Dylan McGrath has over 25 years of experience reporting on the semiconductor and electronics industries. In this role, Dylan is responsible for covering microprocessors for the