By supporting concurrent communication over BLE and Sub-1GHz wireless, the ST STEVAL-FKI001V1 dual-radio development kit gives the flexibility to envision, build and connect IoT devices like smart sensors, finders and trackers which can be configured, updated, remotely monitored and tracked using various network topologies, protocols and services. Built to unleash creativity for smart-home or smart-building scenarios ...

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CEVA has opened an R&D facility in Bristol to access the engineering talent the city has to offer, to strengthen its R&D capabilities and to expedite the development of new digital signal processing and AI products.  ‘Bristol has one of the strongest talent bases in the U.K. for digital signal processing, with many highly-skilled and experienced engineers,” says ...

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Wiliot, a two year old semi start-up based in Israel and San Diego, has raised a $30 million series B funding round backed by Amazon Web Services, Samsung Venture and Avery Dennison. Wilt is developing a battery-less Bluetooth transponder for tagging, labelling and tracking goods. It could be embedded in clothes to tell the washing ...

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Bill Jewell’s Semiconductor Intelligence went to the CES last week and this is what it reported: The US Consumer Technology Association (CTA) projected the overall U.S. consumer technology market will hit $398 billion in 2019, up 4% from 2018.  Smartphones, laptop PCs, and televisions total $131 billion in 2019 but are growing only 0% to ...

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The semiconductor industry is expected to allocate the largest portion of its capex spending for flash memory again in 2019, marking the third consecutive year that flash has led all other segments in spending (Figure 1), says IC Insights, Flash memory trailed the foundry segment in capex in 2016, but took an extra-large jump in ...

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US VC investment was $99.5 billion last year – the second highest level since the peak of the dot.com boom, reports PwC and CB Insights’ quarterly MoneyTree Report. Meanwhile, the number of completed deals dropped to the lowest level since 2013, a trend that was offset by an increase in $100+ million mega-rounds, of which a ...

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Amphenol RF  has extended its 12G product line designed for 4K/Ultra-HD broadcast applications. This expansion features additional adapter configurations and cable mount connectors for Canare L-5.5CUHD and Belden 4694P, 4731R, and 4731P cables. The most recent additions to the 12G adapter line includes both in-series and between-series configurations: BNC plug to BNC plug, HD-BNC Jack to ...

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