Analysts cite five opportunities in mobile data
Systems and semiconductor companies have a handful of opportunities for growth in mobile data networks despite the fact most carriers will keep a lid on capital equipment spending over the next two years, according to analysts from Barclays Capital.
Beamforming Wi-Fi startup raises $15 million
Quantenna Communications Inc., a developer of silicon for wireless networking that delivers guaranteed bandwidth, has raised $15 million in a Series D round of financing from its current investors Grazia Equity, Sequoia Capital, Sigma Partners, Southern Cross, Swisscom, and Venrock Associates.
ESC: Panel to debate wireless sensor networks
A panel of experts has been drawn together to discuss the future of wireless sensor networks at the Embedded Systems Conference, which take place April 26 to 29 at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California.
Semico: Good times are here for ICs
Good times are here for the IC industry, according to Jim Feldhan, president of Semico Research, who predicts a two-year growth cycle for ICs.
Mil/aero group foresees shift to optical in 2012
The VITA Standards Organization, a leading standards group for military and aerospace markets, will announce as early as next week a call for participation in a group to explore the feasibility of deploying in 2012 products with optical backplanes and system interconnects.
Short-range wireless ICs shipments to rise 20% in 2010, says ABI
Global shipments of short range wireless ICs (Bluetooth, NFC, UWB, 802.15.4, Wi-Fi) are expected to surpass two billion units this year, increasing approximately 20 percent compared to 2009. Shipments are forecast to total five billion in 2014, according to new market data from ABI Research
ESC Silicon Valley: A semester-worth of embedded education in 4 days
On April 26-29 at the Convention Center in San Jose, Ca., you're invited to a banquet of courses, speakers, and panels looking at new technologies, opportunities, and problems that will be coming at you in the near future, as well as opportunities to be inspired, to get into arguments or just have idea-laden discussions
Junctionless transistor could simplify chip making, say researchers
In a move that could revolutionize nanoelectronics manufacturing and the semiconductor industry, scientists at the Tyndall National Institute (Cork, Ireland) have designed and fabricated what they claim is the world's first junctionless transistor.
Analysts: Five observations on mobile from MWC
Apple and software are in the driver's seat in the mobile market but platform fragmentation may be ahead, according to analysts from Barclay's Capital who shared their observations from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week.
Zigbee ready to certifiy sub-1GHz devices
The ZigBee Alliance is offering certification for ZigBee platforms designed to operate in the regional sub-1 GHz unlicensed frequencies.
U.S.: Fake parts threaten electronic market
Electronic parts counterfeiters are taking advantage of numerous loopholes within the industry supply chain to infiltrate the system and pose a significant threat to the entire market, according to a U.S. government finding.
Opinion: Is 'climate science' really science?
Is man-made climate change happening or not? The author isn't sure one way or the other, but is skeptical when proponents look at the data and rationalize what they see to fit their hypothesis.
Six things that surprised us at ISSCC
The pervasive focus on power management, the lack of papers on nanotechnology and software and the slow recovery of attendance were among the surprises for EE Times editors at the 2001 ISSCC last week.
Teardown: Falling costs to make femtocells soar in 2010
As chip, software and system vendors gather to regale carriers at next week's Mobile World Conference, falling costs and proven viability will give many the courage to declare 2010 the year of the femtocell, and quietly, eagerly, put 2009 behind them.
Intel's Gargini pushes III-V-on-silicon as 2015 transistor option
A presentation prepared by Paolo Gargini, Intel's director of technology strategy, to give to the Industry Strategy Symposium Europe, held in Dublin, Ireland, earlier this week, stressed Intel's progress in adding compound semiconductor layers to silicon as a means of continuing scaling and reducing power consumption.
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