Tag: 5g
RISC-V Wants All Your Cores
RISC-V is no longer content to disrupt the CPU industry. It is waging war against every type of processor integrated into an SoC or advanced package, an [more…]
Leveraging Vehicle-To-Everything Sidelink Communication For Relative Localization Of Connected Automated Vehicles
A technical paper titled “V2X Sidelink Localization of Connected Automated Vehicles” was published by researchers at CNR-IEIIT and WiLabCNIT (Italy). Abstract: “Future automated driving relies on two [more…]
Flexible Hybrid Electronics: Future Standards For Next-Gen 5G/mmWave Wearable and Conformal Applications
A technical paper titled “Additively manufactured flexible on-package phased array antennas for 5G/mmWave wearable and conformal digital twin and massive MIMO applications” was published by researchers at [more…]
Implementing Fast Barriers For A Shared-Memory Cluster Of 1024 RISC-V Cores
A technical paper titled “Fast Shared-Memory Barrier Synchronization for a 1024-Cores RISC-V Many-Core Cluster” was published by researchers at ETH Zürich and Università di Bologna. “Synchronization is [more…]
Demand For Timing Innovation Grows
The semiconductor industry has begun exploring a range of timing options as demand for increased performance and more features exceeds the ability to design chips using the [more…]
China’s Guangdong Province Aims to Lead in Quality and Innovation by Embracing Blockchain and AI Technologies
In a recent move, the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government have issued the “Outline for Building Guangdong Province as a Strong Quality-driven Province,” outlining their [more…]
How Sub-THz Will Impact the Future Of 6G
By Alejandro Escobar Calderon and Gerardo Orozco The world is more connected than ever before and, while this notion isn’t new, many of us fail to fully [more…]
Challenges Of Packaging 5G And 6G
Millimeter wave frequencies are essential for transferring more data more quickly, but it also requires different packaging technology to minimize loss and drift. That opens up a [more…]
What’s Next In Wireless Standard Adoption?
By Chen Chang and Alejandro Escobar Calderon Although each generation in wireless technologies often introduces enhanced capabilities, the broad adoption of any new technology requires both technical [more…]
Growing Challenges For Increasingly Connected Vehicles
Automobiles will become increasingly connected over the next decade, but that connectivity will come at a price in terms of dollars, security, and constantly changing technology. Connectivity [more…]
Revising 5G RF Calibration Procedures For RF IC Production Testing
Modern radio frequency (RF) components introduce many challenges to outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) suppliers whose objective is to ensure products are assembled and tested to [more…]
Process Innovations Enabling Next-Gen SoCs and Memories
Achieving improvements in performance in advanced SoCs and packages — those used in mobile applications, data centers, and AI — will require complex and potentially costly changes [more…]
Week In Review: Auto, Security, Pervasive Computing
The U.S. Department of Defense updated the directive that governs the development and fielding of autonomous and semi-autonomous weapon systems. The revisions include an expanded focus on [more…]
As Edge Computing Expands, Trust is at the Center
Edge computing is on the verge of a breakthrough. So, how can companies connect it to value? The answer is a critical mix of technology and trust. [more…]
Remote possibilities
The technology sector is beginning to assess the ramifications of the 2020 lockdown for long-distance interaction. For years, members of parliament in the UK fought to preserve [more…]
Qualcomm Converges XR Tech With New Snapdragon XR2
This morning Qualcomm introduced its next-generation Snapdragon XR2 platform, powered by a powerful new chip set (not a single chip), the Snapdragon 865. The company’s prior generation, [more…]