Chip news for 12/19/16
1. SIMCom Wireless said it will use Sequans’ LTE chip technology for a series of modules. The maker of "internet of things" and machine-to-machine modules said it will use both of Sequans' low-power LTE solutions, Calliope and Monach. Calliope is a...
Enterprise IT departments have learned a lot about wireless in recent years, with one of the primary things being technology changes fast. While many corporate technology buyers are evaluating the costs and benefits of 802.11ac Wi-Fi, chipmakers are already touting their 802.11ad solutions that...
Qualcomm Technologies plans to add support for Google's new Android Things operating system to its flagship Snapdragon mobile processor. Based on ARM's low-power cores, Snapdragon processors are the brains inside most of today's top-of-the-line smartphones.
The chipmaker said its partnership with Google will create a...
The flags of Mexico and the United States fly side by side above Lopez & Sons Tire Shop, a bright yellow building on an otherwise dreary street in Houston's East End. The busy tire shop is hard to miss, but it’s easier to overlook...
The White House blocked the sale of a California maker of gallium nitride technology to a company partly controlled by the Chinese government. Gallium nitride is a power-efficient alternative to silicon that is being used to make chips used for envelope tracking for LTE...
1. Broadcom and Macom are both expected to sell business units that have been trying to compete with Intel in the market for chips that power data center servers. Macom is buying Applied Micro for $770 million and will sell that company's X-Gene unit,...
Intel is hiring ARM's EVP of strategy, Tom Lantzsch, to head up "internet of things" initiatives for the world's largest chipmaker. ARM and Intel are bitter rivals when it comes to designing cores for mobile processors, a market ARM has dominated for years. Lantzsch...
Sony's Altair Semiconductor said it has successfully completed a trial with Raspberry Pi to provide LTE connectivity on the system for the first time. Altair makes LTE modems and has been a pioneer in the development of low-power, inexpensive connectivity chips for "internet of...
CloudAir manages spectrum, power and channels in the cloud.
Huawei is developing a new technology it says will allow different air interfaces to operate in a single spectrum band. The company says its CloudAir solution will dynamically allocate spectrum resources based on fluctuations...
Connecting everything: news bytes for 11/18
1. Samsung will manufacture Qualcomm's newest processor, the Snapdragon 835. Samsung says it will be the first chipmaker to enter mass production of 10 nanometer FinFET technology. FinFET is a 3D chip manufacturing technology expected to become a new...
"5G" technology is all about big ideas: incredibly high speeds, low latency and complex multitechnology networks expected to support new, demanding use cases and billions of new devices.
One of the fundamental challenges for 5G will be fitting those big ideas into very small spaces –...
Future Electronics announces new franchise agreement with Gemalto
Future Electronics, a supplier of electronics components, recently announced a new franchise agreement with Gemalto. The new agreement includes Gemalto’s portfolio of machine-to-machine products, cellular technologies and "internet of things" solutions.
“The addition of Gemalto to our line...
Connecting everything: news bytes for Nov. 16
1. Japan's largest telecom operator, NTT DoCoMo, is demonstrating two low-power LTE chipsets at its annual open house in Yokosuka. Sequans is set to demonstrate its LTE Category M1 Monarch chipset in live communication with a Rohde &...
Connecting everything: news bytes for 11/7/16
1. Samsung plans to add voice-activated artificial intelligence to wearables and home appliances. The world's largest smartphone maker is also a major manufacturer of TV sets, washing machines, dishwashers and vacuum cleaners, as well as of course its Gear...
Cat M1 will allow operators to expand cellular-based IoT capabilities
Swedish vendor Ericsson and U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm successfully executed network and device testing of data communications on Cat M1 for Australian operator Telstra.
The demo, which took place at Ericsson headquarters in Sweden, used the MDM9206...
Ruckus Wireless is back in play thanks to another wireless technology merger. Broadcom Limited is looking to acquire Brocade Communications for $5.9 billion, with plans to divest Ruckus, which Brocade purchased for $1.2 billion this spring.
Broadcom, a California company that designs chips for wireless...
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Wearables and wireless have helped Matt Du Puy conquer mountains.
Du Puy, a software engineer at ARM, earlier this year used ARM-powered technology during his summit of Annapurna, the 10th-tallest mountain peak in the world. Du Puy, who has also summited...
Apple on Thursday released a new MacBook Pro design, the first time the model line has seen a refresh in four years. The company has all but killed off its popular MacBook Air line of portable computers, replacing it with the 13-inch version of the...
IoT processors from Intel
Earlier this week at IoT Solutions World Congress, Intel announced the next generation of the Intel Atom processors for "internet of things" applications. The new Intel Atom E3900 series is designed to support the rapid development and the growing complexity of IoT businesses. Intel claims...
Acquisition of NXP will bolster Qualcomm portfolio around autonomous driving and industrial IoT
Pending regulatory and closing machinations, San Diego-based Qualcomm announced today it will pay $39 billion to acquire Dutch semiconductor manufacturer NXP. Qualcomm is a leader in chips for smartphones and other wireless communications...
SANTA CLARA, California – SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son likened the impending boom in "internet of things" devices to the evolutionary period known as the Cambrian explosion: a turning point for life on earth.
"The next big paradigm shift is coming from mobile into the IoT....
The ELAA demo used 2.6 GHz licensed spectrum band and 5 GHz unlicensed spectrum band
Qualcomm and SK Telecom are claiming the first over-the-air demonstration of enhanced licensed assisted access and licensed assisted access that utilizes both licensed and unlicensed spectrum.
The demo took place at SK...
5 things to know today...
1. Qualcomm is in talks with NXP Semiconductors about a possible acquisition, according to The Wall Street Journal. A takeover of NXP would likely cost Qualcomm about $30 billion, or approximately a third of its current market capitalization.
NXP, based in the...
Smartphone sales are expected to peak in North America and Europe next year, and then start to decline as the smartphone becomes just one of many connected devices. No one is more aware of this forecast than Qualcomm, the leading supplier of mobile processors...
