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60GHz technology opens door to WiGig® and 5G applications

Imec July 5, 2017 Comments Off on 60GHz technology opens door to WiGig® and 5G applications

The 5th generation of mobile networks (or 5G) promise higher data rates and lower latency, and will support a higher density of mobile broadband users than the current 4G standards.... Read More

Simplifying Sub-GHz IoT

Andreas Laute, Melexis July 5, 2017 Comments Off on Simplifying Sub-GHz IoT

The internet reached a major milestone a little over 10 years ago. Around 2004/5, according to Cisco, we reached the point that there was one device (‘thing’) per person on... Read More

Taking the Risk Out of SW-Driven Networking SoCs

Ron Squiers July 5, 2017 Comments Off on Taking the Risk Out of SW-Driven Networking SoCs

The massive adoption of software-driven networking (SDN) architectures has been driven by the upsurge of new markets such as cloud computing, big datacenters, and mobile. In turn, SDN dramatically pushes... Read More

Next-gen MCUs enable better design techniques, add functionality and use less power

Jin Xu, Microchip Technology Inc. July 5, 2017 Comments Off on Next-gen MCUs enable better design techniques, add functionality and use less power

Deck The rise in popularity of portable, battery-powered applications over the years has pushed designers to add more features into smaller form factors.  This increase in functions, particularly wireless communication,... Read More

5G – It’s Not Here Yet, but Closer Than You Think The race to define 5G may be ending, but the process to design and deploy 5G technology is just beginning

Sarah Yost, National Instruments July 5, 2017 Comments Off on 5G – It’s Not Here Yet, but Closer Than You Think The race to define 5G may be ending, but the process to design and deploy 5G technology is just beginning

It’s all about 5G. No matter where you go who and you’re talking to, 5G is at the center of conversations about exciting new technology. While recent announcements from Mobile... Read More

Stack based solutions for image processing at the Edge and Cloud

Nick Ni & Adam Taylor, XILINX July 5, 2017 Comments Off on Stack based solutions for image processing at the Edge and Cloud

One of the beauties of image processing is its wide range of end applications from autonomous drones and cars, to medical and scientific imaging. This diverse range of applications brings... Read More

A Perspective on the Definition of Value in the RF Supply Chain

Harvey Kaylie, Founder and CEO, Mini-Circuits July 5, 2017 Comments Off on A Perspective on the Definition of Value in the RF Supply Chain

Whether you’ve been in the RF and microwave world for five years or fifty years, we’ve seen the industry change at a continuously accelerating pace.  We’ve watched consolidation on a... Read More

Hardware-based trust provides key to IoT security

Mark Patrick, Mouser Electronics July 5, 2017 Comments Off on Hardware-based trust provides key to IoT security

As the internet of things (IoT) develops, the issue of security is taking centre stage. The connectivity and protocol standardisation that the IoT entails increases the threat to devices and,... Read More

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF SECURE BOOT AND SECURE DOWNLOAD: HOW TO PROTECT FIRMWARE AND DATA WITHIN EMBEDDED DEVICES

Scott Jones, Christophe Tremlet, and Michael Jackson June 30, 2017 Comments Off on THE FUNDAMENTALS OF SECURE BOOT AND SECURE DOWNLOAD: HOW TO PROTECT FIRMWARE AND DATA WITHIN EMBEDDED DEVICES

Abstract: To ensure that the target embedded device runs only authorized firmware or uses only authorized configuration data, we need to provide a way to verify both authenticity and integrity... Read More