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New Samsung UWB chipset for auto and IoT; plus new short-range portfolio brand

Samsung Electronics has announced its first ultra-wideband (UWB) chipset, the Exynos Connect U100, for use in mobile, automotive, and IoT devices. The new hardware solution offers precise distance measurements, down to “single-digit centimetres”, reckons the South Korean firm. It has introduced the U100 as...

NXP expands UWB portfolio for IoT smart locks and RTLS tags

Dutch chip-maker NXP Semiconductors has expanded its ultra-wideband (UWB) portfolio to include new integrated circuits (ICs) for IoT use cases including smart locks and real-time location system (RTLS) tags. UWB technology, a one-time competitor of Wi-Fi and some-time facility for military surveillance, has seen a...