WiFi needs access to 6GHz band
With over half of all the connections to the Internet starting or ending with Wi-Fi access, and demand for broadband connectivity surging worldwide, Wi-Fi urgently needs access to the 6 GHz frequency band; this is the conclusion of a new paper published by the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) and Policy Impact Partners (PIP), which represent multiple digital companies.
This article was posted on Dec 7, 2020Edge IC integrates 5G and AI computing
EdgeQ, which aims to integrate AI and 5G in an IC for edge applications, has raised $51 million in total funding, including $38.5 million in a Series A round.
This article was posted on Dec 7, 2020Buckshee ASICs
SkyWater Technology, the US DoD sponsored fab, and Efabless, a crowdsourcing design platform for custom silicon, are accepting designs for a series of Google-sponsored open source MPW shuttles that will run at SkyWater.
This article was posted on Dec 3, 2020Digi-Key event to enable the world’s ideas
Digi-Key Electronics will bring together innovators and suppliers from across EMEA on Thursday, November 19 at 14.00 p.m. CET for a first-of-its-kind virtual keynote event focused on enabling the world’s ideas in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This article was posted on Dec 3, 2020SiGe, Ge-on-Si and CMOS combined at Bristol for quantum record
Researchers from the University of Bristol have made a detector to measure quantum features of light in more detail than ever before, with a sensor “clocked at an order of magnitude faster than the previous state-of-the-art,” said Bristol.
This article was posted on Dec 3, 2020Apple, Google and LG join 6G development group
Apple, Google and LG have joined the Next G Alliance, a coalition of companies founded in October by The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) with the aim to establish North America as a leader in 6G.
This article was posted on Dec 3, 2020Latest WPA3 security on WiFi4 chips
Infineon is shipping Wi-Fi 4 chips which conform with the latest WPA3 security standard.
This article was posted on Dec 3, 2020Solderless compression mount connectors
Amphenol Ardent Concepts has launched a line of solderless compression mount connectors, the micro-LinkOVER (P/N: mLO-XXXXX) Series.
This article was posted on Dec 3, 2020Alps Alpine to supply positioning system evaluation kit
Alps Alpine will commence supply of a High-Accuracy Positioning System Evaluation Kit employing a BLE chip in November 2020 in recognition of heightened positioning needs.
This article was posted on Dec 3, 2020Raytheon Intelligence & Space buying Blue Canyon Technologies
Raytheon Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the privately held Blue Canyon Technologies, a provider of small satellites and spacecraft systems components.
This article was posted on Dec 3, 2020Raytheon Intelligence & Space buying Blue Canyon Technologies
The US government gave Qualcomm a licence to sell 4G chips to Huawei last Friday, reports Reuters, but not to sell 5G chips.
This article was posted on Dec 3, 2020Electronica: 11GSample/s ADC supports direct sampling in 26GHz Ka band
At Electronica, Grenoble-based Teledyne e2v revealed a 12bit 11Gsample/s ADC proof-of-concept “able to deliver performance parameters that are beyond the scope of anything currently on the market”, it claimed, “It can achieve SHF [super-high frequency] direct sampling, reaching all the way into the Ka frequency band.
This article was posted on Dec 3, 2020Renesas shuns Bluetooth for UWB in social distancing watch
Renesas has teamed up with consultancy Altran to develop a social distancing wearable platform based on ultra-wideband (UWB) radio technology – earlier this year Renesas licensed UWB technology from fabless chip firm 3db Access.
This article was posted on Dec 2, 2020Farnell signs Metcal for GT soldering systems
Farnell is expanding its range of soldering products with the GT family of soldering systems from Metcal. The GT90 and GT120 soldering stations claim to offer new levels of functionality and efficiency to Original Equipment Manufacturers and Contract Electronics Manufacturers, electronic design and bench engineers involved in the manufacture and service of electrical and electronic equipment.
This article was posted on Dec 2, 20201.7kV and 1.2kV silicon carbide power diodes
UnitedSiC has added four silicon carbide junction barrier Schottky (JBS) diodes complement its SiC FET and JFET transistor products.
This article was posted on Dec 2, 2020Updated: Tag travels with vaccines, watching for poor storage
For the safe transport of vaccines, drugs and medical samples, Timestrip of Cambridge has developed a tell-tale temperature monitor that permanently indicates if storage temperature rules have been transgressed.
This article was posted on Dec 2, 2020Kyocera buys SLD Laser
Kyocera has bought SLD Laser of California.
This article was posted on Dec 2, 20206.8mΩ 170V GaN power transistor for 48V synchronous rectification
Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) has launched a 170V GaN power transistor with a 6.8mΩ channel.
This article was posted on Dec 2, 2020Thermoelectric coolers protect cinema projectors
Offering precise temperature control, ambient liquid cooling systems featuring thermoelectric coolers are ideal for spot cooling of laser projector applications.
This article was posted on Dec 2, 2020TSMC October dip
TSMC revenues dipped 6.5% in October compared to September.
This article was posted on Dec 2, 2020China Q3 mobile phone market down 14.3% y-o-y
The China Q3+smartphone market dropped 14.3% y-o-y to 84.8 million units.
This article was posted on Dec 2, 2020