• Alliance promotes battery-free wireless sensors 9/4/2008

  A number of systems promise in-building wireless sensor connection and control functions (Zigbee, other IEEE802.15.4-type radio links and others). A new alliance has been formed to enable “sustainable” ....

  FPGA IP completes solution for wireless backhaul networks 4/4/2008

  Wintegra’s third generation Universal Front End (UFE3) IP core for high channel density wireless backhaul designs, when used with the company’s WinPath2 processor and <a href=''http://www.pmc-sierra.com'' ....

  LNAs for pico, femtocells 21/3/2008

  Avago Technologies designed its latest family of MMIC (monolithic microwave IC) low noise amplifiers (LNAs) for cellular and WiMAX infrastructure applications. The MGA-12516, 13516 and 14516 occupy ....

  Arthur C Clarke's original 1945 DBS paper 21/3/2008

  Sir Arthur C Clarke, engineer, futurologist and writer of science fiction and fact, died this week (blog commentary). He was noted for a groundbreaking proposal, ....

  Programmable-chip IP block boosts mobile images 14/3/2008

  Apical is a UK-based developer of image processing products; it has a technology it calls iridix that it designed to improve the viewability of images and video displayed on mobile device LCD ....

  NXP opts for soft encryption solution 14/3/2008

  NXP has announced a co-operation with NTRU to incorporate the latter’s software-based encryption on to NXP’s ARM7-based microcontrollers. The software-based ....

  CSR hits $6 parts-cost for DSP Bluetooth headset 14/3/2008

  In the world of Bluetooth headset design, every cent of bill-of-materials counts; CSR has introduced its latest single chip solutions with BoM figures of $5 and $6 – the e-BoM, or cost of all the electronic ....

  Imaging and GPS set silicon trends at Mobile World Congress 1/3/2008

  There are several key trends coming together at this year’s Mobile World Congress. Imaging has become a much more significant part of the design ....

  ARM DEVELOPMENT TOOLSET FOR HANDSET BUILDERS 1/3/2008

  ARM has assembled a tool bundle in its RealView series; it tailored these tools for the needs of engineers creating mobile applications and services. RealView Development Suite 3.1 Professional tools provide a modelling environment ....

  Always-on GPS location data for 1 mA 1/3/2008

  When you have location data available all the time, it changes the way you can use GPS”— that is the assertion of startup fabless semiconductor company Air Semiconductor, working towards introducing ....

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