chips

Retail Asia13/10/2020

VinSmart, a subsidiary of Vietnam’s largest listed company Vingroup, has received a contract manufacturing order for two million smartphones from a major U.S. carrier. Le Thi Thu Thuy, general director of VinSmart, without identifying the U.S. company, said Thursday at a press conference that the first consignment was sent a month ago. The phones carry […]

Retail Asia03/07/2020

Taiwan’s Foxconn wants to build housing for workers in northern Vietnam and has made a proposal to the government. The world’s largest contract manufacturer, a contractor for Apple and other global giants seeks to develop three housing projects at a cost of about VND7.4 trillion (nearly $319 million), and has apprised the Ministries of Construction and […]

Retail Asia09/08/2019

Apple announced that it has agreed to purchase the majority of Intel’s smartphone modem chip business in a transaction that is being valued at $1 billion. Besides the patents, equipment, and leases that will move from the chipmaker to Apple, 2,200 Intel employees will now work for the iPhone manufacturer. The deal is expected to […]

Retail Asia25/06/2019

Last month, Judge Lucy Koh finally issued a ruling in a case that could force Qualcomm to change the way it does business. The case, known as the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) v. Qualcomm was originally heard during a ten-day period at the beginning of this year. With no jury seated, the FTC essentially put Qualcomm’s […]

Retail Asia08/05/2019

When Apple agreed to use only Qualcomm’s modem chips for the iPhone, it worked out an annual $1 billion “incentive fee” that it would receive from the chip maker. But there was an important condition. If Apple decided to use a second modem chip supplier, it would have to pay Qualcomm back the “incentive fees” […]

Retail Asia20/07/2016

SoftBank has entered a deal to buy chipmaker ARM for a whopping $31 billion to help cement the company’s future in the burgeoning IoT sector. The boards of both SoftBank and ARM have unanimously recommended the proposed deal to buy out 100% of ARM and turn the company into a wholly-owned SoftBank subsidiary. The proposed […]

Retail Asia27/03/2016

Japanese snack brand Calbee has joined with Four Seas Mercantile Holdings to open its first overseas concept store “Calbee Plus” in Hong Kong, where customers can buy its famous potato chips straight from the deep fryer. Located in Lee Tung Street in Wan Chai, the Okashi Galleria x Calbee Plus store offers customers potato chips […]

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VinSmart produces smartphones for US mobile service provider

Foxconn eyes development of $319 million workers housing

Apple spends $1 billion to buy most of Intel’s smartphone modem chip business

Qualcomm might be able to continue its anticompetitive chip selling policies

Apple had a Plan to end Qualcomm’s licensing policies

SoftBank arranges to buy ARM for $31b

Calbee’s famous fried chips & made before your very eyes