Fibocom’s 5G RedCap Module Solution to Ensure the Predictable Growth of 5G FWA
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Fibocom’s 5G RedCap Module Solution to Ensure the Predictable Growth of 5G FWA

　　Introduction　　The latest statistic from GSA’s 5G Infographic reveals that as of August 2023, there were 265 commercial 5G launches globally, and 543 operators are investing in 5G network rollout. Driven by technological innovations, it is expected to add new 5G network deployments in more than 30 countries in 2023, most of which will be 5G standalone networks. While the operators are propelling the implementation of 5G infrastructure, the adoption of 5G applications will be presented in a more mature business model for consumers, and enterprises to engage in the beneficiary bandwidth and millisecond latency.　　Another statistic from GSA has identified 535 operators from 186 countries and territories are providing FWA service using LTE or 5G worldwide. These powerful figures also mark the stance of FWA as the "Killer App" in 5G's commercialization attributed to the rapid deployment in recent years.　　Why RedCap and How to Position the Role in the FWA Market?　　The evolution of 5G technology is an ongoing process, from 3GPP Release 15 to 17, every evolution empowers 5G with multiple advancements. RedCap was introduced under the category of 5G NR in 3GPP Release 17 but leveraged fewer 5G NR capabilities for the balance of 5G functions and costs. This new tier of 5G will technically contribute to the acceleration of the 5G use cases adoption rate by providing optimized hardware design, extended battery life, lower power consumption and better spectrum utilization.　　Source: Ericsson FWA Handbook 2023 Edition　　FWA (Fixed Wireless Access), is addressed to close the digital divide and offer fiber-like wireless connectivity services eliminating the barriers led by geography locations. 4G FWA has benefited from the comprehensive 4G infrastructure built in the past ten years, the shipment accounted for more than 70% of the total FWA device shipments. Driven by the implementation of 5G network deployments, 5G share is predicted to exceed 4G in the next few years, and the 4G existing market will seek for a 5G solution for smooth transition. Therefore, 5G RedCap is considered to be the ideal solution to take over the 4G FWA market with the multiple enhancements introduced at the beginning.　　Fibocom’s 5G RedCap Module Solution to Ensure the Predictable Growth of 5G FWA　　As the industry-leading provider of wireless modules and solutions, Fibocom launched the 5G RedCap module solution for the global FWA market earlier this year. Integrated with Snapdragon X35 5G Modem-RF, which is the world's 1st 5G NR-Light Modem-RF, Fibocom FG131 is a high-performance RedCap module with a maximum peak rate of up to 226Mbps on the downlink and 121Mbps on the uplink in 5G SA. Furthermore, it is also backward compatible with LTE networks, delivering up to 195Mbps downlink and 105Mbps uplink speed. Adopting an LGA form factor measured at 39.5*37mm, the package ensures the 100% compatibility of Fibocom LTE Cat 6 module series FG101 and FG621, and is also pin-compatible with Fibocom LTE Cat 4 module series, greatly reducing the barriers for customers to replace the 4G FWA devices with the latest 5G technology. Notably, FG131 incorporated numerous hardware innovations by employing a highly-integrated PCB layout, enabling customers' devices to support more frequency bands at a global scale, encompassing regions such as North America, Latin America, Europe, Australia, Japan, China, etc.　　The simplified design of the 5G RedCap module will ultimately lead to cost optimization. In hardware utilization, FG131 realize the balance of cost performance and end device scalability. Catering to the demand for larger bandwidth and higher throughput in the FWA scenarios, FG131 is equipped with a 1.25Gbps SGMII portal for users to develop the wired connection. Additionally, it expands wireless capability to Wi-Fi 5/Wi-Fi 6 by docking to QCA6174/WCN6856 Wi-Fi chipset via a PCIe 2.0 port. In terms of software comparability, FG131 supports OpenWRT, allowing customer who adapts Open CPU to develop the FWA end devices flexibly. Most importantly, Fibocom FG131 RedCap module shows no compromise on the 5G capability such as network slicing, 5G LAN, which is essential for specific use cases like private networks, industrial automation, mission-critical applications, etc.　　In Conclusion　　Among the plenty of capabilities outlined in the above chapter, 5G RedCap will shine as the spotlight in the FWA industry as it eases the way for customers to build a more competitive terminal based on the up-to-date 5G technologies. Fibocom has the confidence to provide the best-in-class RedCap module solutions to help our customer's FWA devices such as CPE, ODU, mobile hot spot, USB dongle adapt to the transition seamlessly.
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Top 10 Foundries Experience 7.9% QoQ Growth in 3Q23, with a Continued Upward Trend Predicted for Q4, Says TrendForce
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Top 10 Foundries Experience 7.9% QoQ Growth in 3Q23, with a Continued Upward Trend Predicted for Q4, Says TrendForce

　　TrendForce’s research indicates a dynamic third quarter for the global foundry industry, marked by an uptick in urgent orders for smartphone and notebook components. This surge was fueled by healthy inventory levels and the release of new iPhone and Android devices in 2H23. Despite persisting inflation risks and market uncertainties, these orders were predominantly executed as rush orders. Additionally, TSMC and Samsung’s high-cost 3nm manufacturing process had a positive impact on revenues, driving the 3Q23 value of the top ten global foundries to approximately US$28.29 billion—a 7.9% QoQ increase.　　Looking ahead to 4Q23, the anticipation of year-end festive demand is expected to sustain the inflow of urgent orders for smartphones and laptops, particularly for smartphone components. Although the end-user market is yet to fully recover, pre-sales season stockpiling for Chinese Android smartphones appears to be slightly better than expected, with demand for mid-to-low range 5G and 4G phone APs and continued interest in new iPhone models. This scenario suggests a continued upward trend for the top ten global foundries in Q4, potentially exceeding the growth rate seen in Q3.　　TSMC’s 3nm process contributes substantially to revenue as it claims 58% market share in Q3　　TSMC’s revenue grew by 10.2%—reaching US$17.25 billion—supported by strong demand in the PC sector and for smartphone components, including new iPhones and Android devices, as well as urgent orders for restocking mid-to-low end 5G and 4G inventories. The 3nm process alone contributed 6% to TSMC’s Q3 revenue, with advanced processes (≤7nm) accounting for nearly 60% of its total revenue.　　Samsung Foundry also experienced robust growth, with its revenue reaching US$3.69 billion in Q3, a 14.1% QoQ increase. This was driven by orders for Qualcomm’s mid-to-low range 5G AP SoC, 5G modems, and mature 28 nm OLED DDI processes.　　GlobalFoundries maintained a stable performance in Q3, with its revenue approximating US$1.85 billion, similar to the previous quarter. The company's revenue was predominantly supported by the home and industrial Internet of Things (IoT) sectors, which accounted for approximately 20% of its total revenue. Furthermore, a significant portion of this revenue boost was due to orders from the US aerospace and defense sectors.　　UMC benefited from the support of urgent orders, which largely offset adjustments in automotive orders. Despite a slight decline in overall wafer shipments, UMC’s revenue experienced a minor quarterly decrease of 1.7%, amounting to approximately US$1.8 billion. Notably, the revenue from its 28/22 nm products saw a near 10% increase, representing 32% of UMC’s total revenue.　　SMIC benefited from seasonal consumer product demands, especially urgent smartphone-related orders, leading to a 3.8% revenue increase fo US$1.62 billion in Q3. However, due to the diversification of the supply chain and the relocation of American customers outside China, the revenue share from American clients decreased to 12.9%. Conversely, revenue from Chinese clients increased to 84% due to the government’s localization initiatives and urgent orders for smartphone components.　　IFS makes debut in rankings with highest revenue growth in Q3　　Notable changes in the rankings from sixth to tenth position include VIS and IFS, with the latter entering the global top for the first time since Intel’s financial restructuring. VIS’ Q3 revenue increased by 3.8% to US$333 million—surpassing PSMC to take the eighth position—thanks to a recovery in LDDI and panel-related PMIC orders and prebuilt wafer shipments. IFS benefited from seasonal laptop orders in 2H23 and contributions from its advanced high-priced processes, recording a 34.1% increase in revenue to approximately US$311 million.　　Other companies like HuaHong Group saw a 9.3% decrease in Q3 revenue to about US$766 million. HHGrace maintained steady wafer shipment levels from the previous quarter, but a roughly 10% decrease in ASP led to a decline in revenue. Tower Semiconductor saw stable demand in the smartphone, automotive, and industrial sectors, maintaining revenue at around US$358 million in Q3. PSMC witnessed a 7.5% drop in revenue to US$305 million, with PMIC and Power Discrete revenues declining nearly 10% and 20%, respectively, impacting overall performance.
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Arm Releases IoT Predictions for 2019
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Arm Releases IoT Predictions for 2019

The end of the year brings predictions galore, and Arm has jumped on this bandwagon with its view on what it thinks will happen in the internet of things (IoT) in 2019. It also carried out a consumer survey to find out what end users think about IoT, machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), and 5G.Here are Arm's IoT predictions:Intelligent home goes mainstream. There’ll be more availability of IoT home products available to consumers from mainstream household brands, expanding past leading consumer brands and whitegoods to encompass mainstream lighting, irrigation, heating/cooling, and other household names — bringing increased automation and efficiency to everyday tasks.Personalized delivery. Delivery options will start to see increasing flexibility. The combination of smartphones with GPS positioning data and the increased deployment of low-cost sensors to provide visibility and tracking of assets could allow delivery to customers anywhere, not just at specified hardcoded locations like a home or office.Better health-care service. Deployment of sensors and better connectivity in hospitals will mean that hospital personnel will have real-time visibility into the location of their equipment and orders, bringing a better quality of service to patients and reducing the time to find critical medical equipment.Smart cities look to improve revenue streams and citizen engagement. Drivers for smart cities will mature from just cost reductions (e.g., LED lights or better waste management) to better citizen engagement and more revenue streams (e.g., red-light violation detection, Wi-Fi hotspot, 5G services, smart towers, crime detection/analysis, information broadcast) with the help of advanced technologies like computer vision and ML.Smart buildings use more tech for efficiencies. Smart buildings will increasingly move toward space optimization, object detection for safety/security, wayfinding, and asset tracking with the help of advanced technologies like locationing, computer vision, and ML.In addition to the predictions, an Arm-sponsored global survey of 2,000 consumers (by research firm Northstar) found the following consumer insight on their perspectives on 2018 technology trends and 2019 consumer expectations.The last 12 months have seen a general increase in technology adoption. A global average of 66% of the respondents claimed that technology had become “more a part of my life” in 2018, and only 3% said that it was “less important” than a year ago.The rapidly rising quantity and quality of smart technology products is likely to drive a credit card spree this holiday. More than half of the respondents (54%) expect to spend more on tech-based gifts. Almost one in five (18%) said that they would spend “a lot more than last year,” and 36% are looking to spend “a bit more.”The public also foresees AI spreading rapidly in the next 12 months. Ninety-two percent of the respondents expect AI to be more widespread than it is currently.The main reason to “love” (26%) or “like” (37%) smart technology in cities is “convenience.” Twenty percent of the respondents appreciate what it is doing for their city experience. Many (15%) also cited “quality of life,” with one in 10 (11%) stating that they feel that a smart technology upgrade is the “modern/progressive” thing to do.Opinion is split over whether companies are taking improvements in data security and privacy seriously. Though less than 10% feel that companies are making no effort at all, the majority (70%) of respondents want to see this effort increase in the future.
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Smart Car Test Facility Sees the Big Picture
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Smart Car Test Facility Sees the Big Picture

Testing various electronics components such as memory to make sure that they can withstand the rigors of the automotive environment has long been standard operating procedure. But today’s smarter cars and emerging autonomous vehicles must be put through their paces as a complete package.In Europe, this can now be done at the AstaZero 5G test facility, a joint venture of Swedish state-owned Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) and Chalmers University. In a telephone interview with EE Times, AstaZero CEO Peter Janevik said that it’s the most advanced testing environment for self-driving vehicles, designed to provide the data necessary to predict vehicle behavior in real-life situations without the need for on-the-road testing.AstaZero uses a unique mixed-reality test environment to simulate virtually any traffic situation in any city on the planet, he said, and can blend a virtual world full of recognizable city streets and landmarks such as the Arc de Triomphe with real vehicles and real people stationed around the track. Today, the facility can test vehicles in five key environments: a bike test area, a city area, a multi-lane road, a rural road, and a flexible high-speed area. Test vehicles can be mixed with virtual vehicles, and a realistic level of traffic complexity can be generated in the test loop, said Janevik, including scenarios in which autonomous vehicles share roads with cyclists, pedestrians, and even drones.The AstaZero 5G test facility is a joint venture of Swedish state-owned Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) and Charmers University that runs autonomous vehicles through their paces using mixed-reality environments. (Image: AstaZero)Key to supporting this mixed reality are distributed cloud services on a 5G network developed in partnership with WARA-CAT, Ericsson, and PTS. Because RISE is a joint venture owned by a state-owned research center and a university, the revenue generated by testing at AstaZero is plowed back into the facility, he said. Through its various partnerships in the automated vehicle ecosystem such as telecom operators, end-user equipment developers, phone manufacturers, and third-party developers, the facility is capable of creating complex, distorted environments with huge amounts of airborne data to test the effectiveness of vehicles.The partnerships help RISE tap into the varied expertise needed to test a modern vehicle, said Janevik, whose own professional experience goes back more than 20 years, when he was an engineer designing a crash test facility. In those days, the focus on was crash test structures and safety features such as airbags. “Back then, everything was about passing safety,” he said. Discussions around more active safety possibilities developed around 2003, while the initial genesis for what AstaZero is today goes back to 2011.Going from testing just safety features to testing an automated transportation system means that more diverse skill sets are required. As a mechanical engineer, Janevik is glad that he did some extra university reading on software programing. “We still need the vehicle dynamics people, for instance; they are the ones who know what the vehicles can do in an emergency situation,” he said. “And then we need the sensor people to understand what the sensors can provide when it comes to data about the surroundings.”Also needed are software developers and experts in deep learning to program vehicle systems, said Janevik, and Chalmers University is an important pipeline for talent. “This is getting more and more cross-functional by the day.” Having a broad base of experts is also necessary for designing a society around autonomous vehicles. The vision of the AstaZero facility is to not only test vehicles but help influence how cities are planned so that they can best incorporate them. “How do they know how to plan the city to maximize the benefits that the automated vehicles offer? We can work with that, too.”
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Chinese chipmaker's ambitions hit hurdle with U.S. indictment
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Chinese chipmaker's ambitions hit hurdle with U.S. indictment

Chinese state-backed semiconductor maker Fujian JinhuaIntegrated Circuit Co Ltd billed itself as a national leader in the tech industry. It planned to drive a shift towards locally made chips and end a heavy reliance on imports, especially from the United States."The era of Chinese chips has arrived," it said in a recent promotional online pamphlet to attract chip industry talent. Underneath was a picture of a circuit board emblazoned with the Chinese flag."China once relied on chip imports, but the tireless work of untold numbers of chip experts has meant that from 90 percent imports we have been able to attain localised production," it said, highlighting a high-skilled global workforce harking from the United States, Japan and South Korea."Jump with us into an chip era that belongs to China."That bold ambition now faces major hurdles.The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday indicted Fujian Jinhua and Taiwan-based United Microelectronics Corp (UMC) for industrial espionage.The indictment said the companies conspired to steal trade secrets from U.S. semiconductor company Micron Technology Inc relating to its research and development of memory storage devices.Under a technology cooperation agreement signed in 2016, UMC develops memory-related technologies for the Chinese firm.The charges came after the U.S. Commerce Department banned U.S. companies from selling hardware and software components to the Chinese firm and UMC. The Taiwan firm said shortly afterwards that it will temporarily halt its research and development activities with Fujian.The Commerce Department action could deal a significant blow to the Chinese semiconductor maker, given its reliance on U.S. supplies, and China's technology ambitions.On Saturday, Fujian Jinhua said in a statement posted on its website that it had not stolen any technology and that it "always attaches great importance to the protection of intellectual property rights."Chinese government officials have said privately that Fujian is of high strategic importance to China, which is looking to boost home-grown technology under its "Made in China 2025" plan, a bid to catch up technologically in key areas such as semiconductors, where it has long been reliant on imports - notably from America."You can't build a fab (fabrication plant) without U.S. equipment companies. You just cannot do it," said Risto Puhakka, a semiconductor industry expert at VLSI Research.The world's most important suppliers of the tools needed to make memory chips - Applied Materials Inc, KLA-Tencor Corp, and Lam Research Corp - all hail from the United States.TOP THREE CHIP MAKERChina imported $270 billion in semiconductors in 2017, more than its total imports of crude oil, highlighting the country's lack of a true rival to U.S. chip making giants like Micron, Intel Corp or Qualcomm Inc.To close the gap, analysts said earlier this year money was "raining down" from Beijing and state-backed funds, like the country's state chip "Big Fund", to support firms such as Fujian Jinhua.The Chinese firm has been working to open a giant $5.7 billion chip factory in October to produce 60,000 semiconductor wafers per month in its first stage of production, and 120,000 in its second stage, according to domestic media.Fujian is just one of a handful of Chinese semiconductor firms that have in recent years looked to crack the global chip industry. They are working on chips that can be used in smartphones to missile guidance systems.Two officials at a state-linked semiconductor fund said Fujian Jinhua was working with highly specialised semiconductor materials to make circuits, a high priority for Beijing and the country's chip fund."You could consider Fujian Jinhua a top three China chip company in terms of their research and development," one of the people said. Both asked not to be identified because they were not authorised to speak publicly on the matter.STATE TIESFujian Jinhua was established in 2016 with funding from state-owned Fujian Electronics & Information Co and Jinjiang Energy Investment Co..Other backers include municipal governments from the southern cities of Quanzhou and Jinjiang. Fujian Jinhua's former board chairman served as a provincial-level party secretary.The firm's focus was to become a manufacturing leader in DRAM, or dynamic random access memory, a chip commonly used in personal computers, workstations and servers. The sector has been long dominated by U.S. firm Micron and South Korea's SK Hynix Inc and Samsung Electronics."Once completed, the project will fill the gap in the field of DRAM memory in China," the company said in a news post last year. It added the factory had been included in a list of the country's top engineering projects supported by the state."In the information age, integrated circuits have been a strategic basic industry for China," it wrote. "Future prospects are bright."
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Micron provides statement on U.S. Department of Justice indictments relating to theft of Micron trade secretsnology Theft
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Micron provides statement on U.S. Department of Justice indictments relating to theft of Micron trade secretsnology Theft

Micron Technology, Inc., (NASDAQ:MU)received the announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice that on Nov. 1, 2018, it had issued indictments against United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit (Jinhua) and three former employees of Micron’s Taiwan unit for conspiracy to commit trade secret theft, economic espionage and related crimes.“We appreciate the U.S. Department of Justice’s decision to prosecute the criminal theft of our intellectual property,” said Joel Poppen, senior vice president, legal affairs, general counsel and corporate secretary at Micron Technology. “Micron has invested billions of dollars over decades to develop its intellectual property. The actions announced today reinforce that criminal misappropriation will be appropriately addressed.”The three former Micron employees named in the indictment are former Micron Memory Taiwan chairman Stephen Chen and engineers JT Ho and Kenny Wang.In December 2017, Micron filed suit against UMC and Jinhua in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California for the misappropriation of Micron intellectual property and trade secrets.Background about prior casesIn August 2017, Taiwan authorities filed criminal indictments against UMC and three of its employees for the alleged theft and use of trade secrets from Micron, for the purpose of developing DRAM chip manufacturing technologies in cooperation with Jinhua. Two of those charged are former employees of Micron’s Taiwan unit who have now also been indicted for trade secret theft by the U.S. Department of Justice.In December 2017, Micron filed a civil case against UMC and Jinhua in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California for the misappropriation of Micron trade secrets.In January 2018, in retaliation for the criminal indictments filed by Taiwan authorities and the civil lawsuit filed by Micron in Federal Court in California, UMC and Jinhua filed patent infringement suits in Fujian Province, China, against Micron’s China subsidiaries. On July 5, 2018, the court in Fujian notified the Micron subsidiaries that it had issued preliminary injunctions against them. Micron has asked the court to reconsider the injunctions, which the court issued without allowing Micron to present a defense. Micron strongly believes that the patents are invalid, that Micron’s products do not infringe the patents and that these suits are without merit.
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OLED display market predicted to reach $25.5bn in 2018
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OLED display market predicted to reach $25.5bn in 2018

In 2018, the OLED industry will be worth $25.5 billion, reports IDTechEx Research, rising to $30.72bn in 2019.OLEDs used in mobile devices dominate the OLED industry, comprising 88% of the market revenue this year. According to IDTechEx, these are predominately supplied by Samsung, but recent capacity additions come from china-based companies, BOE Display, CSOT, EDO, Tianman, and Visionox.The second largest sector is OLED TVs, supplied by LG, which are 8% of the total market by revenue in 2018, but 27% of the market by display area, adds IDTechEx.The report identifies the third largest OLED application in 2018 as wearables, which is 2% by market value and 0.4% by area in 2018.The OLED is anticipated to grow to $58bn in 2025, with the total area of displays to be 27.6 million sq meters.The impact of the Rec.2020 digital standard for next generation UHD displays are better satisfied by quantum dot (QD) displays, IDTechEx continues. Emissive QD displays are still in development and IDTechEx predicts the first QD emissive displays to come to market by 2026, at which point it believes the OLED industry will be more depreciated.The reports highlights that there is rapid progress from glass-based OLED displays to plastic based/flexible displays and ultimately, foldable displays. In 2017, 25.6% of manufactured OLED displays were plastic based. That rises to 35.3% in 2020 with the first foldable displays coming to market then in volume.Printed OLED displays are still in development, with JOLED having launched the world’s first commercial printed OLED display in late 2017. While others – particularly Chinese panel makers – pursue research in this area, concludes IDTechEx.
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Samsung challenges $539mn verdict in Apple patent case
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Samsung challenges $539mn verdict in Apple patent case

Samsung has filed a motion with the US District Court in San Jose, California, to appeal a verdict that asked the South Korean giant to pay Apple $539 million for copying patented iPhone designs - a legal battle that dates back to 2011.Samsung thinks the verdict is wrong and wants a refund of some damages already paid, CNET reported on Monday. It asked a court last week to either dismiss the judgment or retry the case in which the damages were decided, the report said. Samsung was given the $539 million penalty last month as it was found infringing on five patents with Android phones it sold in 2010 and 2011. The legal dispute between the two tech giants dates to 2011 when Apple sued Samsung. This led the South Korean tech giant to countersue the Cupertino, California-headquartered Apple in the same year, according to a report in The Korea Herald in May.Samsung lost the case in 2012. It was ordered to pay the US tech giant more than $1 billion for infringing on three of Apple's design patents related to mobile devices -- the quick links to phone numbers, the slide-to-unlock feature and the auto-correct function.Under the US patent law, infringement of a design patent can result in a plaintiff receiving total profits made through the product. Samsung's lawyers appealed the case, bringing down the compensation of $1 billion to $400 million in 2015 at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. In an attempt to limit the compensation to profits attributable to a specific component patent in question, Samsung then appealed the lower court's ruling to the Supreme Court.The South Korean tech behemoth argued that component design could be just a small part of a smartphone whose technologies involve more than 200,000 patents.In late 2016, the US Supreme Court agreed with Samsung and ordered the two tech giants to negotiate a date for a retrial to settle the award money for Apple, the The Korea Herald report said. The new appeal against the $539 million verdict suggests that the seven-year-old legal battle between the two tech giants is far from over.
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Trump says his push to save ZTE is part of a 'larger trade deal,' contradicting administration stance
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Trump says his push to save ZTE is part of a 'larger trade deal,' contradicting administration stance

President Donald Trump said Wednesday his reversal on Chinese company ZTE only relates to a "larger trade deal" his administration seeks with Beijing.Top Trump administration officials such as Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross had tried to separate the president's push to boost the telecommunications company from trade talks with China. Ross this week called it an "enforcement" issue, not a trade dispute.Trump's public statements have muddled that message.In a series of tweets Wednesday morning, the president said "there has been no folding" on his pledges to crack down on Chinese trade practices. He said high-level meetings on the U.S.-China trade relationship "haven't even started yet."Trump also argued that the U.S. "has very little to give" in talks "because it has given so much over the years." He added: "China has much to give!"Last month, the Trump administration barred U.S. companies from selling to ZTE for seven years. The ban came in response to the company's shipping of American goods to Iran and North Korea in violation of sanctions. It effectively crippled ZTE.On Sunday, the president said he instructed his Commerce Department to find a way to help the telecommunications equipment maker "get back into business, fast." "Too many jobs" were lost in China, the president added.Senate Democrats accused Trump of abandoning his pledge to crack down on alleged trade abuses by China. One Senate Republican, Marco Rubio of Florida, also warned of national security risks and said he hoped "this isn't the beginning of backing down to China."Trump's concessions on ZTE come as the world's two largest economies undertake trade discussions to avoid a potential trade war. Reports have indicated Trump could ease up on ZTE in exchange for a Chinese pullback on tariffs that threaten to damage the U.S. agricultural industry.Top Chinese officials are in the U.S. this week for trade talks.
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Shares of suppliers to Apple drop after an iPhone chip partner predicts ‘weak demand’ for smartphones
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Shares of suppliers to Apple drop after an iPhone chip partner predicts ‘weak demand’ for smartphones

A disappointing forecast from a key Apple chip partner drove shares of iPhone suppliers lower.Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing said Thursday that its revenue forecast range for the second quarter is $7.8 billion to $7.9 billion versus the Wall Street estimate of $8.8 billion."Moving into second quarter 2018, continued weak demand from our mobile sector will negatively impact our business," the company's chief financial officer, Lora Ho, said in a statement.TSMC is the world's largest semiconductor foundry company and manufactures chips for Apple and its component suppliers.Morgan Stanley said Apple's iPhone was a big reason for TSMC's poor guidance."Smartphone semi weakness [is] the main reason for the revenue shortfall," analyst Charlie Chan wrote in a note to clients Thursday. "Beside the order cuts from the current Apple iPhone X processor, we attribute the major revenue shortfall in the smartphone segment to key customer MediaTek ... and around a month's delay of Apple's new 7nm processor to July."As a result, the stock prices of Apple suppliers dropped Thursday.Skyworks Solutions, Qualcomm, Cirrus Logic, Qorvo and Analog Devices shares all declined more than 3 percent.Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.SymbolPriceChange%ChangeADI87.65-0.35-0.40%QCOM49.94-0.59-1.17%SWKS87.77-0.87-0.98%2330226.00-1.00-0.44%AAPL162.94-2.30-1.39%
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