NEC has demonstrated multiple highly stable simultaneous  terminal connections and transmission capacity in a real office environment through distributed-MIMO  in the 28 GHz millimetre- wave frequency band. This demonstration achieved approximately 3 times the number of simultaneous connections and transmission capacity compared to cases without distributed-MIMO in the 28 GHz frequency band. Moreover, transmission deterioration ...

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Infineon has  broadened its EiceDRIVER portfolio with the new 24 V dual-channel low side gate driver with an integrated thermal pad. It can be operated with high switching frequencies as well as highest peak output currents and offers an enable function. The gate driver is suitable for applications with higher switching frequencies such as power ...

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Pat Gelsinger (pictured) spooked Wall Street  on Friday by saying he’s committed to Intel regaining process technology leadership when he takes over on February 15th. ‘Clearly, we’re not interested in just closing gaps,” said Gelsinger, “ we’re interested in resuming that position of the unquestioned leader in process technology, and that’s our commitment.” The financial ...

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GlobalWafers of Taiwan has bid €4.4 billion for Germany’s Siltronic. The bid of €145 a share topped a previous bid of €125 made on December 10th. GlobalWafers said its latest offer represents fair value and is final. Siltronic shares rose 4% to close at €145.05 on Friday. The Siltronic board said it “considers the tender ...

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Newport Wafer Fab aims to raise $50 million to increase production from 8000 wafers a week to 14,000 wafers a week, reports The Telegraph. The company has had record orders for its power ICs. CEO Drew Nelson (pictured) says demand has “absolutely sky-rocketed’ in the last three months. The company is talking to private equity ...

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German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier has sent a letter to Taiwan’s Minister for Economic Affairs Wang Mei-hua asking her to help solve the chip shortage being suffered by the German car makers. “I would be pleased if you could take on this matter and underline the importance of additional semiconductor capacities for the German automotive industry ...

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Fujitsu says it has developed vein and facial recognition ID authentication technology for shoppers which has a 99% success rate even when people are masked. Users wearing masks present challenges to conventional facial recognition filtering technologies however, with Fujitsu’s technology, differences in the appearance depending on the presence or absence of the mask can be absorbed ...

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Project Loon is to be scrapped. The nine year-old Google project to beam internet from balloons is being closed down in the face of little interest from governments and potential investors. The progress of Elon Musk’s 12,000 satellite Starlink constellation to deliver worldwide broadband may also have put off potential Loon backers. The amount of ...

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