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Broadcom is top supplier of SoC chips for small cells
ABI finds Broadcom as number one supplier of baseband SoCs for small cells. Intel, Texas Instruments, and Freescale are ranked next 3 top vendors in this market. “The year 2013 saw two significant acquisitions in the small cell ecosystem with Cisco acquiring leading equipment vendor Ubiquisys an
1 min read802.11n/ac with MU-MIMO to give a big push to Wi-Fi market
Strategy Analytics has reported that 802.11n/ac with MU-MIMO will help propel the Wi-Fi market to 3 billion systems shipped in 2018, at the same time pushing the market for external RF power amplifiers for Wi-Fi up by more than 50 percent from 2013 sales, to the benefit of Skyworks, RFMD, TriQuint a
2 min read5G speed on 4G air interface standards
Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE has suggested 5G-like user experience on 4G terminals without changing the air interface standards. ZTE says in 5G, CSI-RS (channel state information reference signal) should be modified to support hundreds of antenna ports, and the terminals should also be m
1 min read920IP, an update to ZigBee IP supporting IPv6
The ZigBee Alliance has completed testing and development of 920IP, an update to ZigBee IP, the first open, global standard for an IPv6 based full wireless mesh networking solution to control low power, low cost devices. Alliance members have been developing 920IP in response to Japan's Ministry
4 min readStandalone operation capable Bluetooth module
The new Bluetooth 4.1 Low Energy module RN4020 from Microchip is Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) certified. The stack-on-board module RN4020 supports the common SIG low-energy profiles. The module is also pre-loaded with the Microchip Low-energy Data Profile (MLDP). RN4020 can connect to
1 min readRFID modules from SenseAnywhere uses ST's single chip balun
SenseAnywhere has qualified the world’s first wireless devices incorporating ST’s new single-chip balun, which integrates essential circuitry for radio systems in a footprint of only 2.1mm2. “The cooperation with ST made it possible to realize significant improvements in the output performance,
3 min readWiFi SOCs for enabling IoT in embedded systems
When designing IoT enabled embedded electronic devices/systems, it requires development efforts in both hardware and software. Design engineers look for simple to design SoC device which can get connected to popularly used interfaces such as USB, SPI, I2C, or sometimes directly to the microcontrol
4 min readTI's WiLink 8Q automotive connectivity family now available in production quantities
Texas Instruments started mass production of its automotive-grade wireless connectivity devices supporting Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Bluetooth LE and GPS/GNSS technologies with AEC-Q100 qualification. WiLink 8Q offers features such as four concurrent HD video streams over Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Miracas
1 min readCost effective, easy to use wideband application serving microwave mixers
M/A-COM Technology Solutions has added three new discrete mixers to its offerings. The new mixers are praised for small size, frequency bandwidth in standard surface mount, plastic packages. These mixers are suitable for applications covering test and measurement, electronic warfare, point to point
2 min readWiFi and Bluetooth biz to benefit from wearable market growth
The wearable device market is highly dependent on wireless technology mainly Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to communicate with wireless n/ws, cloud or nearby smart phone/tablet. Due to the significant growth expected in the wearable device market, the semiconductor device makers who are into Wi-Fi and Bluet
2 min readSecurity embedded Bluetooth SoC support iBeacon
The new Bluetooth Smart system-on-a-chip (SoC) from Broadcom features RSA 4000 bit encryption and decryption support protecting the devices from critical security threats and to security-code the data during transfer. The BCM20737 chip support Apple's iBeacon technology which Bluetooth Low Energ
4 min readSierra Wireless, Gemalto/Cinterion, and Telit lead in m2m module market
Market research firm Infonetics Research has reported For the full year 2013, the global mobile machine-to-machine (M2M) module market totaled $1.4 billion, up 6% from the previous year. The other findings releases by Infonetics include: 2G remains a key foundation, comprising the majority of u
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