
ITU RA-15 Sets Future Direction on IoTs, 5G and Small Satellites
The ITU Radiocommunication Assembly concluded after deliberating this past week on new directions in radiocommunications, including IoT, 5G and small satellites. Held every three to four years, the Radiocommunication Assembly deliberated the future direction of radiocommunications and reached significant decisions that will influence the future development of radiocommunications worldwide in an increasingly wireless environment...

Tsinghua Unigroup to Acquire Powertech’s Shares of 25%
TAIPEI, Taiwan – The trend of China's semiconductor industry to cooperate with Taiwanese firms is getting more and more obvious, while the level of cooperation is deeper. Powertech Technology Inc. (Powertech), a Taiwanese outsourced assembly and test services provider, announced today that the company has reached a strategic alliance agreement with Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd...

Automobile Becomes a High Growth Market of NOR Flash Memory
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Vehicle telematics systems are seeking for high-performance memory solutions, which motivates the proportion of NOR Flash in automotive applications to grow rapidly. The relevant suppliers have launched a series of new NOR Flash products to meet the automotive industry's needs...

MediaTek Reports Third Quarter Revenue of NT$56,962 Million, Up 21.1%
TAIPEI, Taiwan - MediaTek Inc. today announced financial results of third-quarter ended September 30, 2015. Third quarter revenue was NT$56,962 million, up 21.1% sequentially, and down 0.9% year-over-year. The quarter-over-quarter growth was mainly due to seasonal demand, rising high-end product mix and favorable foreign exchange rate...

Smartphone Vendors Ship over 340 Million Units in Q3, as Chinese Market Slackens
According to Juniper Research, the number of smartphone shipments reached 342.5 million in Q3 2015, with a slowed y-o-y growth of 8.4%. Juniper Research noted that Apple posted another record-breaking quarter, with 48 million unit sales, compared to 39 million iPhones sold in Q3 2014...

Keysight Collaborates with China Southeast University on 5G Massive MIMO Research
Keysight Technologies today announced it will collaborate with China Southeast University to research test and measurement technologies for 5G Massive MIMO in China. Massive MIMO uses a large numbers of antenna elements, working coherently, to generate steerable signal beams for multiple simultaneous users...