TECHNOLOGY

By Ron Chen, Correspondent ASEAN Region Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company MediaTek Wednesday launched the MediaTek Dimensity 800U chipset based on a 7nm fabrication process for mid-tier 5G smartphones. MediaTek, which is globally the fourth largest fabless semiconductor maker, during the India Mobile Congress 2020, said it will collaborate with smartphone brands to launch Dimensity 800U powered smartphones in India. The first such smartphones will be launched in the Indian smartphone maker in January 2021 and will be one of the first MediaTek 5G powered smartphones available in India, it said....

By Godson Umejiego, Correspondent USA and Ifeoma Asika, Correspondent Campuses Wednesday, at the Qualcomm Smart Cities Accelerate 2020 event, Qualcomm announced the Qualcomm® Smart Campus in San Diego, a complete end-to-end offering replicating a smart city environment in a campus. Qualcomm’s Smart Campus includes a 5G network, multiple verticals with a variety of intelligent capabilities, comprehensive support for IoT-enabled parking, lighting, transportation, logistics, trash cans, and edge-AI cameras for security. All capabilities can be viewed and controlled via an app and corresponding command and control center, which serves as the...