SDR platform speeds up development of multi-protocol radios
Nov 16, 2006
At the recent SDR Forum, Texas Instruments Inc., along with its development partners Xilinx, Lyrtech and other third parties, unveiled a small form factor software defined radio development platform. ...
Freescale joins MoCA
Nov 16, 2006
The latest semiconductor vendor to join Multimedia over Coax Alliance consortium is Freescale Semiconductor. ...
Wi-Fi equipment forms the fabric of seamless indoor/outdoor networks
Nov 9, 2006
The extended range of Wi-Fi access points developed by Xirrus now provides indoor/outdoor coverage across entire campuses, and this will also eliminate data wiring infrastructures for other types of electronic equipment, such as advanced security cameras, in those environments....
Vendor ships 1000th ZigBee evaluation kit
Nov 9, 2006
Jennic has shipped 1000 of its IEEE802.15.4 and ZigBee wireless microcontroller evaluation kits, which provide the tools to develop and monitor complex tree or mesh network topology wireless sensor networks using the company's JN5121 wireless microcontroller. ...
Protocol wirelessly transfers photos from digital cameras
Nov 9, 2006
FotoNation has been selected by Trimble to provide wireless PTP-IP technology for Trimble's Mapping & Geographic Information System handheld product line. ...
UWB wireless hub gets Japanese certification
Nov 2, 2006
By Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director Using Wisair's WiMedia ultrawideband chipset solution, Japan’s Y-E Data Ltd. has unwrapped an UWB wireless hub for the Japanese market....
Wireless USB 4-port hub gets FCC approval
Nov 2, 2006
WiQuest Communications Inc. has announced that its second reference design, the wireless USB 4-port hub, has been approved by the FCC. ...
Multi-stack packaging technology accomodates 16 chips
Nov 2, 2006
Advanced memory supplier Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has improved its process to enable production of 16-chip multi-chip package of memories. ...
K&L Microwave launches new 941 MHz pager interference notch filter
Oct 26, 2006
K&L Microwave's WSN-00256, 941 MHz Pager Interference Notch Filter mitigates signal interference caused by co-location of paging and cellular systems in buildings and businesses of all types....
Technology enables face detection for camera phones
Oct 26, 2006
FotoNation's "Face Tracker" is a face detection and tracking technology for camera phones that employs advanced digital image capture technology....
Training program includes Wi-Fi arrays
Oct 26, 2006
Xirrus has announced that the CWNP Program has added Xirrus' solution to their coursework and special referral program which allows CWNP instructors to purchase Xirrus products at discounted rates....
Universal DVD player employs video scaling
Oct 26, 2006
Anchor Bay Technologies has announced that its ABT1010 Precision Video Scaling technology has been chosen by Arcam for use in its DiVA DV137 1080p, up-scaling universal DVD player....
Contact mask aligners diversify fabrication capabilities
Oct 26, 2006
By Mark Valentine, Technical Editor, RF Design While CMOS processor ICs have used step-and-repeat photolithography techniques for some time, the contact lithography it largely displaced has remained useful in the development of more exotic semiconductor technology, such as certain RFICs, optical devices, and MEMS....
Simplifying and accelerating deployment of ZigBee networks
Oct 19, 2006
By Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director System software developer Tendril and semiconductor supplier Atmel Corp. will combine strengths to create a wireless networking platform with IP networks for PC/PDA based applications and enterprise computing systems....
Start-up focuses on SoC solution for PC to TV connection
Oct 19, 2006
Fabless semiconductor start-up Quartics, Inc. has unveiled plans to develop codec and transport agnostic media processors to wirelessly link PCs with any television or
projection systems. ...
K&S enters die bonder market
Oct 19, 2006
Semiconductor wire bonding assembly equipment supplier Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. has inked an agreement to acquire Alphasem, a major supplier of die bonder equipment...
