The "Internet of Things: will connect billions of wireless devices in the years ahead, but only a small subset of those things will be connected using cellular networks. According to the Ericsson Mobility Report, a projected 28 billion devices will be connected by 2021,...
Altair discusses TCO as it relates to the Internet of Things
LAS VEGAS – Category 1 chipsets, produced by companies like Altair, offer the low price point and long lifespan essential for large scale industrial "Internet of Things" deployments.
While flashy consumer-facing IoT devices grabbed the...
IoT was a clear theme in the announcements coming from major chipmakers ahead of this week's CES 2016 event. Connected cars, connected home appliances and sensors to connect virtually everything else are all shaping up as major trends across the "Internet of Things" space...
Half of all smartphone owners believe internal sensors will update us on our well-being within 3 years, according to Ericsson’s Consumer Trends Report. But until now, those health sensors have not been able to process the information they collect from their human hosts. Sensors...
Connected car creates growth opportunity
The merger of NXP Semiconductors and Freescale has created the world's largest automotive chipmaker at a time when vehicular technology is taking on new dimensions and scale. Millions of lines of software code power today's vehicles, 90% of which are...
NXPÂ today announced the launch of its RF chip family to advance long-range smart car keys. The chip family offers two-way RF link functionality to enable bidirectional communication between the key fob and the car at a distance of up to 500 meters. In addition...
This week we look at an alternative to LTE-U: It’s called LTE/Wi-Fi Link Aggregation or LWA. Qualcomm’s Gerardo Giaretta explains how LWA brings Wi-Fi and LTE together into a single data stream to serve consumers better. LWA is anchored in LTE but lets carriers...
Chipmaker’s Drive PX computer being used by manufacturers like Aston Martin, Rolls Royce
Nvidia previewed its self-driving vehicle platform, Drive PX, at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year and began shipping units earlier this month to manufacturers including Aston Martin, Tesla, Rolls Royce and...
