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Rising Shipments of Chinese Branded Smartphones Led to 17.2% Sequential Increase in Mobile DRAM Revenue for Second Quarter, Says TrendForce

15 August 2016

The latest research from DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce, finds that the global mobile DRAM revenue grew 17.2% sequentially in the second quarter, benefitting all top three DRAM suppliers. Expanding Chinese branded smartphone shipments, driven by Huawei, OPPO and Vivo, as well as bit supply growth in the mobile DRAM market, attributed to this revenue increase.

China forms 27-strong alliance to grow silicon standards

12 August 2016

Alliance chips in to boost voice

12 August 2016

Acer, Asustek expecting hit from component shortages

12 August 2016

Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 Opens New Opportunities in IR LED Market, Says TrendForce

11 August 2016

In response to the rising demand for mobile payment, Samsung’s latest flagship smartphone Galaxy Note 7 includes iris recognition as a standard feature that assists in user authentication. The arrival of Galaxy Note 7 is expected to trigger a new round of hardware competition among smartphone brands as they will also likely to incorporate iris recognition into their flagship devices. According to the latest analysis from LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, iris and facial recognition features will gradually become prevalent in mobile devices. LEDinside further estimates that in 2020, global shipments of mobile devices with the iris and facial recognition features will reach 400 million units. By that time, the market value of infrared LEDs (IR LEDs) for iris and facial recognition will total around US$250 million. Thus, biometric recognition has become one of the most potentially profitable applications for IR LEDs.