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Ethernet Turns 50 Today: A Day to Review the Feats of Robert Metcalfe, Co-Inventor of Ethernet

Ethernet Turns 50 Today: A Day to Review the Feats of Robert Metcalfe, Co-Inventor of Ethernet

50 years ago today, on May 22, 1973, Robert Metcalfe wrote a memo to management at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center explaining how Ethernet could work.


News May 22, 2023 by Chantelle Dubois
Robert Watson-Watt, the Engineer Who Saved Great Britain

Robert Watson-Watt, the Engineer Who Saved Great Britain

Britain’s fight for survival in World War II may have ended differently without Robert Watson-Watt’s contributions to radar technology.


News May 09, 2023 by Robert Keim
5G Base-Station-on-a-Chip Company EdgeQ Closes $75M in Series-B Funding

5G Base-Station-on-a-Chip Company EdgeQ Closes $75M in Series-B Funding

With its 5G base-station-on-a-chip SoC leading the way, EdgeQ has closed a $75 million round of investment funding.


News Apr 19, 2023 by Jeff Child
TI Launches Pair of Wi-Fi 6 Companion ICs to Serve IoT System Designs

TI Launches Pair of Wi-Fi 6 Companion ICs to Serve IoT System Designs

As Wi-Fi 6-enabled IoT devices proliferate into the billions, TI’s new Wi-Fi 6 companion chips are aimed at meeting the challenges associated with this crowded landscape.


News Apr 18, 2023 by Jeff Child
Nordic Reveals “Revolution” of Wireless SoC Line: The nRF54 Series

Nordic Reveals “Revolution” of Wireless SoC Line: The nRF54 Series

Aiming to change the game of Bluetooth LE design, Nordic’s latest wireless SoC is said to offer unprecedented performance in a single chip.


News Apr 17, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Semtech Unveils Chip That Eases 5G Mobile Device Compliance

Semtech Unveils Chip That Eases 5G Mobile Device Compliance

A new IC from Semtech hopes to improve 5G device performance in the face of Specific Absorption Rate compliance.


News Apr 17, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Renesas Adds First 22nm MCU to Popular RA 32-bit Cortex-M Family

Renesas Adds First 22nm MCU to Popular RA 32-bit Cortex-M Family

By moving to 22nm, Renesas hopes to improve performance and power consumption in its RA family.


News Apr 12, 2023 by Jake Hertz
AMD Rolls Out 5 nm ASIC-based Accelerator for the Interactive Streaming Era

AMD Rolls Out 5 nm ASIC-based Accelerator for the Interactive Streaming Era

With next-gen interactive live video streaming in mind, AMD’s new accelerator card is powered by dual purpose-built ASIC-based VPUs.


News Apr 06, 2023 by Jeff Child
iPronics Commercializes Easily Programmable Photonic Processors

iPronics Commercializes Easily Programmable Photonic Processors

The Spanish company has created programmable photonic chips for wireless signal processing, data centers, machine learning, and other advanced computing applications.


News Mar 24, 2023 by Ingrid Fadelli
From a New Chip to Broader Ranges—The Push for Terahertz Technology Continues

From a New Chip to Broader Ranges—The Push for Terahertz Technology Continues

Since terahertz technology is being looked at as the next step toward 6G, companies like Cannon, universities such as Harvard, and agencies like NASA aim to keep this technology advancing.


News Mar 18, 2023 by Kristijan Nelkovski
MIT Presents Mobile Receiver Chip to Block Interfering Signals

MIT Presents Mobile Receiver Chip to Block Interfering Signals

MIT’s receiver architecture offers effective harmonic cancellation all in the RF domain.


News Mar 02, 2023 by Aaron Carman
MWC Barcelona Unfurls a Red Carpet for RAN Announcements

MWC Barcelona Unfurls a Red Carpet for RAN Announcements

Some of the industry’s biggest names, including Intel, Samsung, ADI, Marvell, Nokia, and Fujitsu, took the MWC stage to release new RAN products.


News Mar 01, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Targeting 6G, “World’s First” Compact Amplifier IC Breaks 100 GHz

Targeting 6G, “World’s First” Compact Amplifier IC Breaks 100 GHz

A new high-frequency amplifier could play a significant role in future high-speed communication networks.


News Feb 28, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Vodafone Showcases Portable 5G Network Built on Raspberry Pi

Vodafone Showcases Portable 5G Network Built on Raspberry Pi

For the price of a Wi-Fi router, small business owners may soon have access to a 5G mobile private network.


News Feb 23, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Ahead of MWC 2023, AMD Unveils RF SoC Duo for 4G/5G Radio Unit Designs

Ahead of MWC 2023, AMD Unveils RF SoC Duo for 4G/5G Radio Unit Designs

Targeting emerging 4G/5G radio unit markets, AMD has released two new members of its Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC digital front-end (DFE) family.


News Feb 23, 2023 by Jeff Child
Arctic Semiconductor’s Hot Goal: The “Most Energy Efficient 5G RF ICs”

Arctic Semiconductor’s Hot Goal: The “Most Energy Efficient 5G RF ICs”

Shipping analog circuits with built-in smarts, Arctic Semiconductor’s first 5G RF chipset offers the best of both worlds in its mixed-signal RF IC.


News Feb 22, 2023 by Aaron Carman
MediaTek Ventures Further to High-end Chip Market With Dimensity 7200

MediaTek Ventures Further to High-end Chip Market With Dimensity 7200

MediaTek is upping the competition in the high-end smartphone market with the release of a new mobile processor.


News Feb 17, 2023 by Jake Hertz
MIT and Caltech Team Up on Ingestible Sensor That Pinpoints GI Issues

MIT and Caltech Team Up on Ingestible Sensor That Pinpoints GI Issues

The two powerhouse research centers developed an ingestible capsule containing a magnetic sensor and wireless transmitter to monitor GI motility.


News Feb 17, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Share Files With a Fist Bump: Wi-R Confines Signal to a User’s Body

Share Files With a Fist Bump: Wi-R Confines Signal to a User’s Body

The latest wireless protocol ditches radiation and focuses on a new medium: your body.


News Feb 14, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Wi-SUN Alliance Certifies Silicon Labs’ Wi-SUN SoC for Smart Metering

Wi-SUN Alliance Certifies Silicon Labs’ Wi-SUN SoC for Smart Metering

Silicon Labs' Wi-SUN SoC is now available and fully certified by the Wi-SUN Alliance for smart city applications.


News Feb 14, 2023 by Jake Hertz