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LTE vs LTE Advanced: What you need to know about carrier aggregation
A Method to Quickly Assess the Analog Front-End Performance in communication SoCs
Optimizing LTE deployments for increased penetration into niche markets
2018, a new year for RF FE module market
11/16/18 OUTLINES: 2018 is a new year for RF Front-End Module suppliers, and a turning point...
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The Impact of 5G on Autonomous Vehicles
10/09/18 What are the ways 5G is set to enhance High Definition (HD) mapping and more? One of the key...
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iPhone Xs Max Costs Apple $20 More in Materials Than Last Year’s Smaller iPhone X, IHS Markit Teardown Reveals
09/27/18 While most of the components have been upgraded, the physical smartphone design remains relatively...
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Artificial Intelligence Edge Device Shipments to Reach 2.6 Billion Units Annually by 2025
09/27/18 Mobile Phones, Smart Speakers, PCs/Tablets, Head-Mounted Displays, Automobiles, Drones, Robots,...
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ReRAM and AI: Q&A with Sylvain Dubois, Crossbar
07/17/18 Autonomous driving is just one of the applications hungry for processing at the edge, giving...
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The Global Semiconductor Industry Reached $115.8 Billion in Q1 2018, IHS Markit Says
06/26/18 Global semiconductor industry revenue declined 3.4 percent in the first quarter of 2018 falling to $115.8 billion. Semiconductor industry performance was negatively affected by the declining sales and first-quarter seasonality ...
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Low-Cost Cellular IoT Service: LTE Cat-M1 and NB-IoT
06/21/18 LTE Cat-M1 and LTE Cat-NB1 have been launched to replace 2G and 3G, which are slated for shutdown....
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RF Front-End Module Comparison Report by SystemPlus Consulting
06/11/18 2018 is a new year for RF Front-End Module suppliers, and a turning point for some smartphone-making original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). In 2017, we saw an important choice in adopting Power Amplifier Module integrated Duplexers (PAMiDs) that distinguished high-end and mid-range smartphones....
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New Products
Axiomtek's eBOX800-900-FL – An Outdoor Edge AI System with NVIDIA Jetson™ TX2 Module 01/10/19
MIPI Alliance Releases I3C Basic Interface Specification for Widespread Implementation in Mobile and Beyond 12/11/18
Quality is key: Infineon ships world’s first industrial-grade eSIM in miniaturized package 12/11/18
Industry’s First RISC-V SoC FPGA Architecture Brings Real-Time to Linux, Giving Developers the Freedom to Innovate in Low-Power, Secure and Reliable Designs 12/04/18
2018, a new year for RF FE module market 11/16/18
MultiTech Helps Customers Transition to LTE with Launch of Newest Cellular Modems 11/13/18
u-blox’s First Multi-Band GNSS Timing Receiver Meets 5G’s Stringent Accuracy Requirements 11/05/18
Arm Neoverse: The modern cloud to edge infrastructure foundation for a world of a trillion intelligent devices 10/19/18
Featured Blogs
IoT@Intel
Data Drives Design – Conversations in IoT Architectural Design
In 2015, there were 15.41 billion connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices around the world. By 2020,...
Electrical Engineers Talk Tech
AI and Embedded Systems: Top 5 Use Cases
Considering the top 5 potential use cases for AI and embedded systems based on current trends and advancements...
What is UL-OFDMA Random Access (UORA)? – Part 2 / (Aerohive Networks Technology Blog)
In our last Wi-Fi 6 blog, we discussed a method in which clients can allocate resource units for uplink transmissions instead of the AP making the decision 802.11ax provides for an optional UL-OFDMA random access (UORA) method. A random-access method is favorable in conditions where the AP is unaware of traffic buffered...
A New Phone Design to Facilitate the Shift From 4G to 5G / (IEEE Tech Talk Blog)
Despite limited space within a single mobile device, one group of researchers has identified a new dual antenna design that could allow phones to access both LTE and 5G networks...
Microsoft to start shipping Surface Go tablets with built-in LTE on November 20 / (All About Microsoft)
Microsoft soon will be selling both consumer and commercial models of the LTE versions of its smallest Surface devices, the Surface Go....
Project Linda proposes marriage of Razer Phone with 13.3-inch laptop dock / (Laptops and Desktops Blog)
The hybrid Android portable isn't the first phone-and-docking-system combination, but the gaming hardware company's concept is sleek and packs a "Quad HD" display and 200GB of built-in storage for its new smartphone....
Recommended Technology Papers
LTE vs LTE Advanced: What you need to know about carrier aggregation
The latest enhancement to LTE, known as LTE-Advanced or LTE-A, is an extensive set of new features that improve performance and increase reliability. Of these many features, carrier aggregation is perhaps the most important, because it simplifies traffic management while improving practical data rates and enhancing network capacity.
A Method to Quickly Assess the Analog Front-End Performance in communication SoCs
Read about a method to determine if the electrical characteristics of any given AFE are adequate for the targeted application. Also, learn about a tool to explore tradeoffs between
Optimizing LTE deployments for increased penetration into niche markets
The Aricent EPC-Lite software with the Adax Application Ready Platform provides a low-footprint LTE mobility platform with support for 200,000 simultaneous attached subscribers and data throughput of up to 260,000 packets per second per blade/server. Read more in this white paper provided by Adax and Aricent.
