China to double 5G network next year

China is to instal over 600,000 5G base-sations in 2021, almost doubling its 5G capacity reports the Xinhua news agency. Xiao Yaqing, China’s Minister of Industry and Information Technology, announced the plan saying it comes on top of at least 718,000 base stations nationwide. While shares of  domestic switchgear providers Like Huawei, ZTE, Datang Telecom, Peers ...

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LG to show mini-LED-based TVs at CES

LG is to show a number of 4k and 8k TVs based on mini-LED I technology at virtual CES 2021. Mini-LEDS increase the number of light sources on the panel which improves brightness and contrast accentuating the difference between light and dark areas of the screen and making the difference more controllable. LG will designate ...

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Alpine Opto fabs PAM4 engine on Tower process

Alpine Optoelectronics has begun production of its 400G PAM4 nCP4 optical engine on Tower Semiconductor’s PH18 Silicon Photonics technology platform. Alpine’s nCP4 chip converts 4 lanes of 56Gbaud electrical input into 4 lanes of optical output for use in 400Gbps DR4 transceivers to support high-speed connectivity in data center applications. “We were able to develop a ...

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