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Advantest Five Star ATE Supplier
Advantest five star ATE supplier Advantest Awarded RANKED 1st 10 BEST Supplier
Companies Are Hacking Their Way Around the Chip Shortage
The supply chain issues have no end in sight, so manufacturers are being forced to improvise.
THE HIGHEST- RATED SUPPLIERS OF TEST CONNECTIVITY SYSTEMS ⃰ - PROBE CARD SUPPLIERS
Technoprobe, FormFactor, and Nidec SV TCL earn 5 Stars by customers as the 2022 Highest-Rated Test Connectivity Suppliers in the TechInsights Customer Satisfaction Survey.
Webinar: mmWave Antenna Module Implementation Considerations for 5G Smartphones
TechInsights’ Radu Trandafir takes a closer look at the three mmWave antenna modules used by Apple in the iPhone 12/13 which mark an interesting departure from the “traditional” Qualcomm-based architecture at the implementation level.
Computer chip giant ASML places big bets on a tiny future
ASML’s $400 million machine for next-generation chips is a high-stakes gamble. TechInsights’ Dan Hutcheson weighs in on this potential game-changer.
10 BEST Semiconductor Equipment Supplier Rankings for 2022
Advantest, ASML, FormFactor, Plasma-Therm, and EV Group earn 5 Star Ratings in the 2022 10 BEST Suppliers
THE BEST Semiconductor Equipment Suppliers of 2022
Take a look into what THE BEST suppliers of 2022 are best at, and their ratings.
Samsung SmartTag+ & Apple AirTag: An Ultra-Wide-Band Device Comparison
Like Bluetooth, the UWB is a short-range, low-power, radio-based communication technology whose primary purpose is for location discovery and device ranging. However, UWB offers a multitude of different functions, such as fast and reliable file-sharing features and secure transactions.
The EPC 2152 – A Fully Integrated GaN Half-Bridge IC
TechInsights comments on what the main reasons for this integration are, other innovations throughout the GaN die, and how there is not a ‘one size fits all’ approach in regard to power semiconductor devices.
Pat Gelsinger Takes us on a Trip Down Memory Lane – and a Look Ahead
Dick James, a Senior Fellow and Technology Analyst with TechInsights, entered the semiconductor industry in 1970, working for Philips Semiconductor. In this blog, he presents a retrospective of gate technology, ranging from 1971’s 10-micron design rules (!) through to the more modern 5-nanometer.
Main and Periscope Camera Trends at Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi, Vivo, Huawei, and Sharp
If you want to understand the progress of competitors and the recent situation of the market, this presentation reviews selected structural and feature highlights of Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi, Vivo, Huawei, and Sharp cameras, focusing on main & ultrawide cameras, and the periscope camera trends.
Sony Xperia 5 III uses a periscope camera with two Zoom settings
The Package channel continued building its periscope camera report database with a look inside the Sony Xperia 5 III smartphone. Notably, this is the first periscope camera TechInsights has examined that has a variable zoom; the magnification of the camera has two zoom settings.
Memory Components in Your Smartphones
Jeongdong Choe, TechInsight's Senior SME on Technology, compares China, Apple, and Samsung’s memory and storage components.
TechInsights partners with Cipher
TechInsights partners with Cipher to harness ML to leverage patent intelligence to reveal insight about the future direction of the Semiconductor industry
Linley Spring Processor Conference Features the Latest Breakthroughs in AI Silicon and Applications
TechInsights’ Linley Processor Conference – the industry’s premier technical event for microprocessors – returns this year, beginning this month with a must-see lineup of presentations revolving around the future of artificial intelligence.
Packaging Approaches to Gallium Nitride (GaN) Products
TechInsights reviews additional considerations compared to silicon to optimize device performance, the challenges associated to thermal management, and other innovative solutions related to GaN specific packaging solutions.
Huawei Mate 60 Pro Mobile RF Architecture Proves They Can Compete with Top-Tier Smartphone OEMs
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