Smartphone shipments in Canada contracted by double-digits in Q2 2023 compared to the year-ago quarter, with just one of the leading vendors seeing shipments improving year-on-year.

Global smartwatch shipments declined for the third consecutive quarter during Q2 2023, after Q4 2022 marked the first YoY decline since 2016 as consumers reigned in discretionary spending causing a lengthening replacement cycle amid macroeconomic weakness.

Transsion nudged up the fifth position with 9% market share. It is the first time the Chinese brand entered the top five list by smartphone shipments growing +31% YoY.

Bosch, Infineon, Nordic, NXP, and Qualcomm are investing in a joint venture to advance RISC-V. Initially focusing on the automotive industry, the venture could address RISC-V’s fragmentation and accelerate its adoption.

Synopsis: Xiaomi’s smartphone shipments fell -16% YoY in Q2 2023. Though its performance improved from a quarter ago, Xiaomi still posted decline in most regions with its smartphone operations.

Released in January 2023, the Oppo A78 (CPH2495) is equipped with MediaTek’s Octa-Core Dimensity 700 Applications/Baseband Processor #MT6833V, made in 7nm technology, while in the A1 5g Qualcomm's Octa-Core Snapdragon 695 was used.

Xiaomi also provides a multi-touch TFT display compared to the Apple iPad Pro A2437 and iPad 10th Gen A2757. Based on the 45 white LEDs backlight scheme design is like the one in iPad 10th Gen A2757 (featuring 40 LEDs).

The Neoway N511-CA module emerges as a 5G wireless communication module introduced to cater to the worldwide market. This module is proficient in facilitating both the 5G standalone network (SA) and non-standalone network (NSA) network architectures.

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The recent Flash Memory Summit (FMS) 2023 provided several interesting updates —one is the SK hynix 321-L 4D NAND (3D NAND with peri under cell) prototype.