A newly installed Wi-Fi network at agricultural research center in California may enable researchers to view field data in real time while serving as a proof-of-concept for rural communities needing …
Intel picks up structured ASIC chip maker Intel is beefing up its portfolio of chips with the purchase of eASIC, a fabless designer of application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). Founded in 1999, …
Computer scientists from UCSB team up with citrus researchers to make a smart farm system that reports temperatures and may eventually automate the use of wind machines that keep frost …
An interview with CENIC CEO Louis Fox reveals the interconnectedness and importance of broadband and wireless to researchers and community at large. CENIC — the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California …
After China approves the merger, Marvell moves forward with plans to acquire Cavium. Semiconductor company Marvell Technology announced on Friday that it has completed the acquisition of Cavium, designer of …
Intel has reportedly lost a slot in Apple’s 2020 mobile products Apple has informed Intel that Apple will not be using Intel’s Wi-Fi and Bluetooth products in its 2020 mobile …
Micron confirms that China will ban its DRAM and NAND-related memory items. Micron has confirmed that China has banned the sale of 26 of Micron’s products in China. The Idaho-based …
IoT boosts WLAN market for enterprise-class outdoor products. The wireless local area network (WLAN) is far from dead. On the contrary, the internet of things (IoT), emerging markets and startups …
University students win a Thrive X prize for IoT beekeeping concept that helps beekeepers SALINAS, Calif. — A team of engineering students from Santa Clara University was honored by Thrive …
Two agtech startups from demo day need 5G more than others. SALINAS, California — Salinas — the “salad bowl of the world” — grows agricultural tech entrepreneurs. At the National …
Another semiconductor company fires CEO for bad behavior. Rambus’ board of directors fired its CEO, Ron Black, on Thursday. The semiconductor and intellectual property company did not disclose any specific …
Industry group puts an accelerator on cloud-RAN Lenovo, China Mobile, Xilinx, Radisys and Napatech jointly demonstrated a cloud-RAN solution that supports heterogeneous acceleration hardware and decouples software from hardware at Mobile World …
Ford’s former CEO Mark Fields and Comcast’s Vice Chairman Neil Smit join Qualcomm’s board of directors Qualcomm has appointed two new directors to its board of directors: former president and …
Qualcomm has added the faster, LTE-based Snapdragon 632, 439 and 429 to its mobile platforms. Qualcomm has added to its Snapdragon 600 and 400 tiers with the Snapdragon 632, 439 …
Drone flight companies give tips for inspecting towers by drone. Telecommunications towers are inspected many times during the lifespan of a tower. Each time a tower is touched for modifications, …
Sprint will add NXM’s blockchain security technology into its connected car module due out in fall. Cars, like any device with chips embedded and connected to the outside word, can …
Who will Intel tap as next CEO? The next CEO has to continue the company’s 5G and IoT push. Now that journalists and analysts have weighed in on the angles …
ST is accredited by GMSA to produce eSIMs; ST will ship pre-formated eSIMs directly to OEMs. Semiconductor company STMicroelectronics now has accreditation from the GSMA to produce embedded SIMs (eSIMs) …
Qualcomm engineers test Vivo’s 5G mmWave antenna in commercial form factor Chinese smartphone manufacturer Vivo and U.S. semiconductor company Qualcomm have integrated a 5G millimeter wave antenna array into a commercial-sized smartphone and measured its performance over the …
In a $1.1 billion deal, AT&T is transferring its data center operations to Brookfield. AT&T is selling its data centers to Brookfield Infrastructure for $1.1 billion and entering into a …
Intel CEO shake up: Krzanich resigns after affair with Intel employee is revealed. Intel has named CFO Robert Swan as the interim CEO to replace former CEO Brian Krzanich, who …
Solar-powered, self-driving robots that charge electric vehicles: what’s not to like? Sprint and Adaptive Motion Group (AMG) are debuting a self-driving robot that will charge electric vehicles in New York …
5G tests continue on Verizon’s pre-commercial 5G nodes. 5G shows strong use case for remote experts using virtual reality or augmented reality. If there is anything Verizon’s experimental 5G node …
Trump may have given the Apple iPhone a hall pass around tariffs thanks to CEO Tim Cook’s negotiations with Trump, according to published reports President Donald Trump has reassured Apple …
MediaTek plans to increase research into 5G and artificial intelligence. Fabless semiconductor company MediaTek Chairman and CEO Ming-Kai Tsai said MediaTek would be investing more money in research and development …
