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NI, NanoSemi get power amplifiers in line

National Instruments and IP-software startup NanoSemi are collaborating to add NanoSemi’s linearizer to NI’s PXI systems to help test 5G New Radio front-end designs. The addition will streamline some of the advanced 5G testing and add machine-learning capabilities through digital pre-distortion algorithms. The target customers...

GlobalFoundries stacks the chips for machine learning

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — 3D chips are the next frontier for machine-learning chip design, said Globalfoundaries CTO of ASICs, at the IoT DevCon and Machine Learning Conference this week. Wireless networks and equipment on them, even internet of things equipment, will likely have machine learning...

Commerce Department confirms terms of ZTE deal

ZTE must pay up to $1.4 billion, replace its entire board of directors and senior leadership, and submit to a decade of embedded U.S. trade monitors in order to resume receiving exports from U.S. tech companies, in what the Department of Commerce is calling...

ZTE inks preliminary deal with the U.S government to resume business: report

Under the new deal, ZTE would pay a combined fine of nearly $1.7 billion Chinese vendor ZTE has signed an agreement that would lift a U.S. Commerce Department ban on buying from U.S. suppliers, Reuters reported, citing sources with knowledge of the matter. However, a Commerce...

Intel looks to marry 5G and PCs

5G-connected laptops, 2-and-1s highlighted by Intel at Computex From distributed computing and artificial intelligence to enterprise-enablement and 5G, Intel is pushing hard into the next-generation of mobility, which is poised to be about a lot more than just smartphones. This week at the Computex event in...

Computex: NXP securing the edge, Qualcomm pushing always-on PCs

Qualcomm pushing for acquisition of NXP As Qualcomm continues its bid to acquire Dutch silicon firm NXP, the two major global companies this week in Taipei, Taiwan, for the annual Computex event, made big product and partner announcements that highlight the reach, in terms of...

Qualcomm focuses on cognitive intelligence to coordinate AI research

Although Qualcomm has been doing AI research for more than 10 years, a dedicated R&D unit will help to coordinate AI development efforts across the company In a week where Qualcomm, Microsoft, and Intel are all holding simultaneous artificial intelligence (AI) developer conferences, Qualcomm announced...

Qualcomm, Facebook plan to trial fixed wireless access at 60 GHz

Facebook's Terragraph focused on multi-gigabit wireless in urban areas Densely populated urban areas are centers for demand of more bandwidth and faster wireless speeds. At the same time, these areas are challenging environments to replace legacy copper, deploy costly fiber or quickly stand up cellular...

Qualcomm to Offer 5G NR for Small Cells, Sampling in 2019

Qualcomm tells world that its FSM product line will include 5G NR for small cells, multi-gigabit throughput. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. announced that it will offer a 5G NR version of its 3G and 4G FSM technology for small cells and remote radio heads at the...

China’s review of Qualcomm/NXP deal still murky

Some media reports say China's review of Qualcomm/NXP deal is on, some say it's off. The review, however, could move fast in coming days, depending on larger trade issues between United States and China. China's Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom) has approved two semiconductor company acquisition...

Trump justifies decision to save ZTE, arguing the vendor is a big buyer of US components

  The U.S government is allegedly negotiating with China a deal to lift sanctions on ZTE in exchange for the removal of duties on U.S agricultural products President Donald Trump has justified his decision to help find a solution to help Chinese vendor ZTE get back...

5G silicon: 3 chips with big ideas

Fabless semiconductor startups are making interesting 5G silicon by converting big ideas into practice 5G is a complex problem: how to create 100x faster networks that can handle 1000x more traffic with low latency using fewer, and sometimes more problematic, resources. Spectrum is a finite...

ZTE suspends operating activities due to US ban

  The Chinese vendor said that the next two weeks will be key to find a solution to the conflict Chinese vendor ZTE announced that it has ceased its major operating activities due to the export ban imposed by the US government. “As a result of the...

Qualcomm rumored to consider server exit

Mobile phone chips may become main focus if Qualcomm makes data-center server exit. Qualcomm may leave the data-center server business, reports Bloomberg.  Qualcomm did not confirm the rumor, when contacted for comment. “The reports are valid,” said Linley Gwennap, president of The Linley Group, in a...

ZTE prepares its case to reduce impact of U.S ban

  The Chinese vendor has received instructions from the U.S government on how to submit additional evidence Chinese vendor ZTE has been notified on how to proceed with its efforts to try to avoid a ban recently imposed by the U.S government which would potentially cause...

MediaTek suspends chipset shipments to ZTE

  MediaTek said it will need to obtan government permission to resume shipments to the Chinese vendor Taiwanese chip maker MediaTek confirmed that it has suspended delivery of products to Chinese vendor ZTE, after Taiwanese authorities issued an order for all the country's companies to temporarily...

U.S Department of Commerce to accept additional evidence from ZTE

  Report: Commerce says new evidence to be presented by ZTE would be analyzed through an informal procedure The U.S Department of Commerce will allow ZTE to present additional evidence after the agency recently issued an order banning American firms from selling components and software to...

From ivory towers to cell towers: Verizon-backed Kumu is making the move

First-generation chips deployed, first full-duplex chips on the way When Vijay Doradla first introduced Kumu Networks to his partners at Verizon Ventures, the reception was lukewarm at best. "It's a science project, a bunch of Stanford guys," Doradla remembers his colleagues telling him, and he...

ZTE says U.S ban could affect the survival of the company

  Chinese vendor says the restriction would also affect the interests of some U.S firms Chinese vendor ZTE said that a U.S. ban on the sale of components and software to the company is unfair and threatens its survival but will also potentially affect the interests...

ZTE to be heavily damaged if it fails to reach agreement with the U.S, analyst says

U.S ban on ZTE could also negatively impact China’s 5G program Chinese vendor ZTE’s business could be heavily impacted if the company fails to reach an agreement with the U.S government over a ban which prohibits U.S companies from exporting components to ZTE for a...

U.S. bans American firms from selling to Chinese vendor ZTE

Department of Commerce says the ban on ZTE will last until March 2025 The U.S. Department of Commerce has banned American companies from selling telecommunications equipment to Chinese vendor ZTE after the firm allegedly did not live up to the terms of an agreement that...

Qualcomm pushing for NXP deal as Apple legal battle continues

Chinese regulator Mofcom hasn't signed off on Qualcomm proposal With the direct intervention of President Trump, Qualcomm withstood a hostile takeover attempt waged by rival Broadcom, but the San Diego, Calif.-based chipmaker is still very much at a transition point--Looking to diversify its vertical focus,...

IBM unveils world’s smallest computer with eye toward blockchain

IBM announces new system-on-a-chip IBM introduced what it claims to be the world’s smallest computer for blockchain technology at IBM Think 2018, according to a report by Mashable. The miniature computer IBM premiered is a complete system-on-a-chip (SoC) reportedly “smaller than a grain of salt.” The chip...

With Broadcom out of the picture, Qualcomm reportedly courting buyout

Financial Times reporting that Qualcomm director has approached SoftBank and other potential buyers Paul Jacobs, former executive chairman of the Qualcomm Board of Directors and son of company founder Irwin Jacobs, is reportedly looking to sell the San Diego, Calif.-based silicon and R&D giant. The...