Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and NEC Corporation have demonstrated a 39 GHz transceiver that could be used in the next wave of 5G wireless equipment, including base stations, smartphones, tablets and IoT applications. Although research groups, including the current team, have until now largely focused on developing 28 GHz systems, 39 ...

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SiFive, the leading  RISC-V specialist, is partnering Avatar Integrated Systems for physical design IP. The partnership enables SiFive to use Avatar’s physical design implementation tools within the SiFive cloud design environment. Avatar’s  physical design implementation IP delivers top-level prototyping, floor-planning, chip assembly, and full function block-level implementation. The integration of place and route tools into the ...

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Analog Bits has put its analogue and mixed signal IP design kits on Globalfoundries’ 12nm Leading-Performance (12LP) process technology. The  IP portfolio includes wide range fractional Phase-Lock Loop (PLL) with Spread Spectrum Clock Generation (SSCG), PCIe reference clock PLL subsystem, Process, Voltage, and Temperature (PVT) Sensor and Power-On-Reset (POR) circuitry. Silicon Reports based on these ...

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Kyocera has bought the ceramics business  of Friatec, the German manufacturer of ceramic and plastic components. Friatec has over 150 years of experience in ceramics innovation dating back to its founding in 1863.   Since its founding in 1959, Kyocera has provided ceramic components for a wide range of markets, including industrial machinery, information devices, medical ...

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A Japanese government proposal to be considered by Japan’s Cabinet next week is to give the four main Japanese telcos, NTT, KDDI, Softbank and Rakuten, permission to instal 5G base stations on traffic lights. The idea was included in the government’s IT strategy as a route to accelerating the roll-out and reducing the cost of 5G deployment. The plan covers around 200,000 traffic signals ...

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Renesas has launched Perception Quick Start Software for its R-Car V3H SoC which delivers camera obstacle detection (COD), LiDAR obstacle detection (LOD), and road feature detection (RFD) – three key recognition areas for sensor-based Level 2+ autonomous vehicle systems. The R-Car V3H SoCs deliver a combination of high computer vision performance and artificial intelligence processing at low power ...

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H&D Wireless of Sweden and the Korea Institute for Advancement and Technology (KIAT), have formed an alliance called C-PALS (Cyber-Physical, Assembly and Logistics Systems). Other project partners from Sweden are Ericsson, Scania and the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH). The project starts on July 1 and continues for 3 years. The purpose of the project ...

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