The biggest 5G opportunity for the electronics supply chain — infrastructure — is also its biggest inhibitor, according to one industry expert. Base stations, towers and data processing centers require a lot of industrial electronics, but nobody — literally — wants them in their backyard. “2020 will be the year that 5G scales,” Qualcomm Inc. President…
Fremont, Calif. — Addressing the need for battery innovation to keep pace with the demands of modern mobile devices, Enovix is in the pilot-production phase of a new 3D Silicon™ Lithium-ion Rechargeable Battery. The modern Enovix platform frees lithium-ion battery design, materials, production, and performance from the constraints of outdated, conventional battery construction. Patented 3D cell…
Buyers of NAND flash may face tight supply in the third quarter of 2016 for a few key reasons, according to DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce. Shipments are being diverted from the channel to meet demand in eMMC/eMCP and SSD markets, and the output of 2D NAND products are declining due to the migration to 3D…
Thanks in part to Apple, low-temperature polysilicon (LTPS) TFT LCDs are now hot. LTPS TFT LCD shipments in September outpaced other contenders toward the end of Q3, according to IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS). Demand for LTPS TFT LCDs rose 30 percent in September to reach 51.6 million units, due to strong demand from Apple and Chinese brands.…
Thanks to strong demand for smart phones and tablets, the global application processor (AP) market grew in the double-digit range in 2014. The smart phone application processor market grew 21 percent year-over-year, reaching $20.9 billion in 2014, according to Strategy Analytics. This was followed by 18 percent year-over-year growth for tablet application processors, reaching $4.2…
Dallas, Tex. – Texas Instruments (TI) has claimed the industry’s first fully integrated 5-A single-cell lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery-charger circuit with proprietary MaxCharge technology that reduces charge time up to 60 percent compared to existing battery chargers, according to the company. The bq25892 switch-mode charger is said to provide a safer charging experience while still maximizing the benefits…