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Foxconn, the leading contract manufacturer of electronics, already has an iPhone factory in Tamil Nadu, which employs 40,000 people. Here are some of the areas where the company has invested, according to announcements and sources familiar with its plans.

Foxconn, the leading contract manufacturer of electronics, already has an iPhone factory in Tamil Nadu, which employs 40,000 people.

A team led by Foxconn group chairman Young Liu met Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin in the secretariat in Chennai on Monday following which a ‘letter of intent’ was signed for the deal | Latest News India

The in-house chip development programs of leading Chinese smartphone makers has been under spotlight. On May 31st, Huawei-spinoff smartphone brand Honor set up a wholly-owned subsidiary Shanghai Honor Smart Technology Development Co. (temporary translation), fueling speculation if Honor will strengthen its in-house chip design deployment. In the aftermath of Oppos recent disbandment of its in-house chip design team, there has been speculation if Honor will establish a chip design subsidiary and ...

Due to the rapid advancement in communication technology, the commercialization of 6G is expected to take place by 2030, marking a significant reduction in the innovation cycle.

The proliferation of generative AI and the growing adoption of Qualcomms in-house developed Oryon CPU will help the companys PC-related processor business achieve breakthrough results in 2024, according to Kedar Kondap, SVP and GM of compute and gaming for the US chip vendor.

Chinese smartphone maker Oppo disbanded its chip design house Zeku in May, stimulating commentary on Zeku being the latest victim of the US-China chip war among the media in China. However, blaming geopolitical pressure for Zekus failure does not help stakeholders to prevent the same mistake from recurring. Zekus CEO Liu Jun and Oppo founder Duan Yongping made it clear: with sales far lower than expected, the investment needed for self-designed chips went through of the roof and it became prohib...

With Starlink and satellite communication network growing in popularity and importance, Taiwan-based low-earth orbit (LEO) system integrators observed that the LEO satellite sector is not experiencing exponential growth, but linear growth. Nevertheless, they noted that the slope is much steeper compared to five years ago.

The success of SpaceXs Starlink has helped Taiwan-based electronics manufacturers to tap into the international satellite market. According to Taiwan-based suppliers, SpaceX is Taiwans largest source of satellite-related orders. However, these suppliers indicated that SpaceXs domination in the sector as well as its "Apple-like" closed ecosystem will offer limited long-term benefits for Taiwans supply chain, denting earlier hopes that the LEO satellite industry will replicate the succes...

MediaTek is gearing up competition with Qualcomm in the market for satellite communications, aiming to have a bigger say in standard-setting.