Xilinx has joined the Open RAN Policy Coalition to support the development and deployment of Open RAN 5G technologies. The Open RAN Policy Coalition membership promotes Open RAN as the solution of choice for greater interoperability and security among a multi-vendor ecosystem. Xilinx has been an active member of the O-RAN alliance and a contributor ...

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Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai (pictured) has sent this email to all staff extending the working-from-home option until June 30th 2021: Hi everyone I’m grateful for everything you’ve been doing to deliver on our mission and be helpful to our users and each other the past few months — I know it hasn’t been easy. I’m ...

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Intel’s Chief Engineering Officer Venkata (Murthy) Renduchintala is to leave on August 3rd and Intel’s process development will now be headed by Ann Kelleher (pictured). Last week it was revealed that the 7nm process was a year behind schedule. Two years ago, Intel’s process guru Mark Bohr left after the 10nm process was running several ...

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ADI has bought the HDMI  business of INVECAS. The addition gives ADI  complete audio and video solutions to address enterprise and consumer markets. “HDMI technology is in high demand for business, professional, consumer and automotive video applications,” says ADI svp John Hassett,  “the acquisition of INVECAS’ HDMI business positions ADI to deliver more complete solutions throughout ...

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Nokia and U.S. Cellular are adding 5G mmWave capabilities in the 24 GHz and 28 GHz spectrum bands. U.S. Cellular will deploy Nokia’s AirScale portfolio, with Cloud RAN capabilities, to provide enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) 5G mmWave.   The Nokia AirFrame open edge solution for Cloud RAN will also be included in the deployments, enabling ...

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HiSilicon has achieved security certification for its nuSIM-enabled NB-IoT System-on-Chip. This allows IoT devices to operate on-air without any additional SIM card or eSIM chip. The nuSIM initiative was introduced by Deutsche Telekom during Q1 2019. It allows SIM functionality to be hosted within the communications chip, thus eliminating the need for an external SIM component The security ...

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TSMC  is today committing to source 100% renewable electricity globally as part of RE100 – a global initiative led by international non-profit the Climate Group. RE100 has the support of over 240 global businesses switching to 100% renewable power.  TSMC is the first semiconductor manufacturer to join RE100.  ”As companies pursue growth, they also must take ...

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The EU is beginning to push for a non-Huawei 5G network in Europe. “Progress is urgently needed to mitigate the risk of dependency on high-risk suppliers, also with a view to reducing dependencies at Union level,” said the EC last week. France has followed the UK in banning Huawei switchgear in 5G networks by saying ...

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The US semiconductor industry is in pretty good shape, argues the Cato Institute, while the Chinese semiconductor industry is struggling to gain traction. Cato quotes Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) data which show U.S. “Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing” to have increased substantially in recent years, topping $113.4 billion in real gross output and ...

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