Comment: Many happy returns to open source

The birth of open source 20 years ago considerably accelerated the development of both software and hardware. Which software initiative is supported by Facebook and Google; promoted by Microsoft and IBM? Twenty years ago the phrase “open source” was first used and the development of software – and hardware – was changed forever. Very few ...

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Comment: Perhaps 5G should be built by governments

If operators doubt the business case for 5G, why do they insist on building the network? At what stage should government intervene to get the telecoms infrastructure up to speed? You might say that if you have the 37th slowest national mobile network in the world, government intervention is justified. Indeed, even if you’re only ...

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LTC launches ZIF demodulator with 1GHz instantaneous I and Q 1dB bandwidth

The LTC5594 is a ZIF demodulator with 1GHz a wideband, high linearity true zero-IF (ZIF) demodulator with 1GHz instantaneous I and Q 1dB bandwidth. The demodulator is capable of 37dB image rejection typical. Using the on-chip serial port, the device allows correction of the I and Q phase and amplitude imbalance, hence can be tuned ...

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The Survivors

With only a small group of companies able to make advanced logic, IC Insights has produced a graphic showing the state of play in the industry. Thev industry has evolved to the point where only a very small group of companies can develop leading-edge process technologies and fabricate leading-edge ICs. There is more variety than ...

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Q4 server DRAM soars 13.9% q-o-q.

Server DRAM revenue of the top three DRAM suppliers (Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron) rose by 13.9% QoQ in 4Q17 on the back of risiing ASPs, reports DRAMeXchange. The supply of server DRAM has not kept pace with the demand although suppliers have assigned more capacity to their server product lines. Furthermore, the data center ...

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Peratech enables bezel-less phones

Peratech,  the Yorkshire 3D force sensing specialist, has a technology called Quantum Tunnelling Composite (QTC) which enables a home button based on force sensing to be fully integrated below the glass screen of the phone, without the need for a bezel of any kind. This provides a way for including a home button that offers users ...

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Avnet Silica has Arduino-compatible NB-IoT sensor shield

Avnet Silica has an NB-IoT Sensor Shield compatible with the Arduino UNO R3 connector layout. As a multi-mode connectivity board,  it supports both the LTE Cat M1 and NarrowBand-IoT (LTE Cat.NB) air interfaces and provides fall-back compatibility with the E-GPRS standard. The LPWA LTE cellular-based standards enable the connection of IoT and M2M devices that ...

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