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‘Wave’ Plasmons Proposed to Power a New Class of Sensing and Communication Technologies at Nanoscale

‘Wave’ Plasmons Proposed to Power a New Class of Sensing and Communication Technologies at Nanoscale

A study co-led by Berkeley Lab has shown how wavelike plasmons could be used to power an entire new class of nanoscale sensing and photochemical technologies.


News May 22, 2020 by Luke James
The International Telecommunication Union Announces a New Architecture That Incorporates MI Mechanisms

The International Telecommunication Union Announces a New Architecture That Incorporates MI Mechanisms

Recently, a study into the architecture has been presented by members of the Wireless Networking and AI&ML research groups and described as a “new standard” for telecommunications networks.


News May 21, 2020 by Luke James
Internet from Solar-Powered Balloons? Loon Brings Mesh Connectivity from 12 Miles Up

Internet from Solar-Powered Balloons? Loon Brings Mesh Connectivity from 12 Miles Up

A Google subsidiary, Loon, is sending solar-powered balloons twelve miles into the stratosphere to beam LTE down to sparsely-populated or disaster-struck regions.


News May 18, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
U.S. Naval Research Lab Discovers Electronic Diodes That Claim to Exceed 5G Speeds

U.S. Naval Research Lab Discovers Electronic Diodes That Claim to Exceed 5G Speeds

U.S. Navy researchers have developed a new component with performance that they claim exceeds the anticipated speed of 5G.


News May 15, 2020 by Luke James
MATLAB and Simulink Get a Major Deep Learning Facelift

MATLAB and Simulink Get a Major Deep Learning Facelift

MathWorks has revamped MATLAB and Simulink with a host of deep learning development tools—and they say these updates will be a major boon for automotive and wireless designers.


News May 09, 2020 by Robin Mitchell
With an Eye on Intelligent Next-Gen Data Centers, NVIDIA Acquires Mellanox for $7 Billion

With an Eye on Intelligent Next-Gen Data Centers, NVIDIA Acquires Mellanox for $7 Billion

The powerful combination augments NVIDIA's computing expertise with Mellanox’s networking know-how.


News Apr 28, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
A Combination of Microwave Engineering and Optoelectronics to Improve Signal Processing

A Combination of Microwave Engineering and Optoelectronics to Improve Signal Processing

Researchers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), an institute in Switzerland, created a process that uses deep ultraviolet stepper lithography that outperforms current nanofabrication techniques.


Which Electrical Engineers Are Considered “Essential Workers” During COVID-19?

Which Electrical Engineers Are Considered “Essential Workers” During COVID-19?

If healthcare workers are on the front line of the pandemic, engineers may be on the second.


News Apr 18, 2020 by Tyler Charboneau
How Far Along Is Narrowband IoT in 2020?

How Far Along Is Narrowband IoT in 2020?

It’s soldiered through 2G, 3G, and 4G, and is now beginning its journey into the 5G era.


News Apr 17, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Xilinx Helps Samsung Push 5G Commercial With Its Network-on-a-Chip

Xilinx Helps Samsung Push 5G Commercial With Its Network-on-a-Chip

What do these two powerhouses plan to do with Xilinx's adaptive compute acceleration platform?


News Apr 17, 2020 by Cabe Atwell
Bringing 5G Back to the Hardware: An Overview of RF Front-End Modules

Bringing 5G Back to the Hardware: An Overview of RF Front-End Modules

Who will be the masterminds behind the 5G "magic?" And how will RF front-end SiP come into play?


News Apr 16, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Cell Towers Burn, Telecom Engineers Harassed as Conspiracy Spreads of COVID-19 and 5G Link

Cell Towers Burn, Telecom Engineers Harassed as Conspiracy Spreads of COVID-19 and 5G Link

Amidst conspiracies that 5G perpetuates COVID-19, some telecom engineers are experiencing a backlash.


News Apr 14, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
The FCC Releases New Wi-Fi 6 Rules—And NXP’s Wi-Fi 6 Portfolio Is Ready to Meet Them

The FCC Releases New Wi-Fi 6 Rules—And NXP’s Wi-Fi 6 Portfolio Is Ready to Meet Them

What does Wi-Fi 6, including its new rules, mean for designers?


News Apr 13, 2020 by Robin Mitchell
Stay-at-Home Orders are Overburdening Data Centers. Micron’s New NAND Tech May Help

Stay-at-Home Orders are Overburdening Data Centers. Micron’s New NAND Tech May Help

With classes and work moving online, people are spending more time at home gobbling up bandwidth—pushing data centers to their brink.


News Apr 09, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Are Perovskite LEDs an Up-and-Comer on the Display Scene?

Are Perovskite LEDs an Up-and-Comer on the Display Scene?

Maybe you've heard of perovskite for solar cells. But what about perovskite LEDs? Can a team of researchers make them a viable alternative to organic LEDs or quantum-dot LEDs?


News Apr 07, 2020 by Robin Mitchell
Transphorm and Microchip Highlight the Virtues of GaN for Bridgeless Totem-Pole PFC

Transphorm and Microchip Highlight the Virtues of GaN for Bridgeless Totem-Pole PFC

The new evaluation board opens a discussion on the pros and cons of continuous conduction mode PFC circuits and bridgeless totem-pole PFC circuits. What's your take?


News Apr 07, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Historical Engineers: Harry Nyquist, a Trail Blazer in Digital Communications

Historical Engineers: Harry Nyquist, a Trail Blazer in Digital Communications

Nyquist’s contributions were the intellectual building blocks essential to the birth of modern information theory


News Apr 06, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Will Communications-as-a-Service Become a New Normal for IoT? u-blox Seems to Think So

Will Communications-as-a-Service Become a New Normal for IoT? u-blox Seems to Think So

u-blox recently acquired Thingstream, a "communication‑as‑a-service provider." What does this service entail? And how might it affect future designs bound for IoT devices?


News Apr 02, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Light and PCB Design: The Future of Optical Interconnects Is Bright

Light and PCB Design: The Future of Optical Interconnects Is Bright

How do optical interconnections help defy Moore's law while pushing toward optics?


News Mar 27, 2020 by Robin Mitchell
What Is Open RAN Technology? And What Does It Mean for 5G?

What Is Open RAN Technology? And What Does It Mean for 5G?

Openness and intelligence are the names of the game at the O-RAN Alliance.


News Mar 25, 2020 by Matthew Innes