• The Global Semiconductor Crunch

    A supply chain is only as strong as its weakest link The global shortage of semiconductors that has been plaguing the automotive market since 2020 is now being felt by ...

  • This Start-Up Wants to Change Mobile Imaging

    Metalenz plans to make multiple lenses in cameras redundant Metalenz, a start-up based in Boston, plans to disrupt smartphone camera technology by using a single flat-lens system that it calls ...

  • Enabling 5G for the Masses

    Qualcomm launches 5G-capable Snapdragon 480 chip If there's anything that the pandemic has highlighted, it's the importance of technology in our daily lives, especially to help us stay connected with ...

  • Qualcomm Acquires Nuvia in Custom CPU Push

    Move broadly supported by smartphone, PC and auto manufacturers Yesterday, the news flow from CES 2021 got completely blown out of the water with two big announcements in the semiconductor ...

  • Assessing Apple Silicon

    New M1-powered MacBook Pro lives up to promises I finally found some time over the holiday break to put Apple's new 13-inch MacBook Pro through its paces. At face value, ...

  • Eight Is the Magic Number

    Snapdragon 888 debuts at Qualcomm's Tech Summit 2020 Last week's fifth annual Snapdragon Tech Summit may not have had the same allure of a beach-side location in Maui, Hawaii, as ...

  • Apple Shows New Levels of RF Design Complexity

    Our teardown of the iPhone 12 reveals how Apple crafted its 5G radio CCS Insight has recently acquired expertise in a new service area of device teardown and cost benchmarking. ...

  • Augmented Expectations

    Virtual and augmented reality poised to build on a positive year As we reach the close of 2020, many will be glad to see the back of a difficult year. ...

  • AMD Takes on Intel with Big-Ticket Acquisition

    Xilinx deal is a push for cloud computing This week, AMD announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire semiconductor maker Xilinx for $35 billion. The proposed deal is ...

  • 5G Momentum Impossible to Ignore

    Qualcomm summit flags progress in 5G's evolution Much has changed since Qualcomm's 2019 5G Summit in Barcelona. A global pandemic has had a dramatic impact on people's lives and transformed ...