2019-11-28 - Alan Patterson

MediaTek Announce 5G Modem Alliance with Intel

Competing with Qualcomm and Huawei, MediaTek introduces the first 5G smartphone chip to support dual SIM cards.

2019-11-13 - Junko Yoshida

The Road to Smartphone Dominance

In fall 1995 camera phones made their little-noted debut on the global stage. The combination was an unthinkable marriage of…

2019-11-08 - Junko Yoshida

Are Smartphones Equipped to Control a Vehicle?

Are consumer-grade handset designs safe enough to control mission-critical systems? Have we thought through all the potential boobytraps from using…

2019-10-08 - Junko Yoshida

Apple iPhone 11 and Watch 5 Teardown

There are several curious and smart design choices made by Apple for its new iPhones and Apple Watch. It's not…

2019-10-04 - Amy Guan

Arm Reaffirm Their Relationship with Huawei

After their meeting, execs from Huawei, Arm, and Arm China staged a photo op designed to reassure that business among…

2019-09-24 - Judith Cheng

Taiwan Startup Hopes to Take on Google in Gesture Recognition

Google is on the verge of introducing gesture recognition with its Pixel 4 phones, but KaiKuTek of Taiwan has created…

2019-09-10 - Nitin Dahad

Integrated 5G Chips Unveiled by Samsung, Huawei and Qualcomm

5G gets boost from mobile processors integrated with modem in SoC, and platform with integrated RF system.

2019-09-10 - Prakash Sangam

Apple’s Desire to Build a 5G Modem Is Thwart with Challenges

After buying Intel's modem business, Apple has a steep hill to climb to build a premium 5G modem. And it…

2019-09-09 - Gina Roos

Is 5G Ready to Meet Expectations?

There are nearly two dozen 5G smartphone designs expected to be available this year and researchers are forecasting over 1…

2019-08-22 - Rick Merritt

Huawei: Covering all the Bases in AI

Huawei's DaVinci AI accelerators aim to serve everything from wearables to data centers, said an R&D engineer at Hot Chips.