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Short Clips Ember (www.ember.com) closed an additional $25 million in funding led by Vulcan Capital. Joining Vulcan in this latest round were three new strategic investors: ChevronTexaco Technology Ventures, Hitachi Ltd., and WestAM. Other... — Nancy Friedrich October 2004 Mobile Multimedia Gathers Speed With a single mobile device, today's consumers can create their own multimedia worlds. They can enjoy streaming video and audio, digital photography, and 3D gaming almost anywhere they go. In fact, mobile devices are now the sole targets of many... — Nancy Friedrich October 2004 SoC Design Gains Flexibility For The Future Don't let the innocuous title of this book fool you. Chris Rowen, President and CEO of Tensilica, has prepared a technically accurate but accessible work that explains why the systems-on-a-chip (SoCs) of tomorrow won't be designed like today's SoCs.... — John Blyler October 2004 Short Clips Magee Group has become a member of the UCLA-affiliated Wireless Internet for the Mobile Enterprise Consortium (www.winmec.ucla.edu). Magee Group founder, Jack Grubman, will join the WINMEC Carrier Advisory... — Nancy Friedrich September 2004 Sensors Save Industrial Energy The industrial sector may not be the flashiest or most talked about wireless application area. Yet it is experiencing a high rate of growth and development. Thanks to recent support from the U.S. government, wireless' potential for industry should... — Nancy Friedrich September 2004 Short Clips The Open Source Development Labs (www.osdl.org) announced a milestone: 22 major companies are now participating in and supporting the development of Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) specifications. Wireless Valley Communications, Inc.... — Nancy Friedrich September 2004 Integration Spells Relief For Mobile Workers In many ways, the mobile-user experience remains clumsy and unsatisfying. A major part of the problem is the lack of integration between wireless local-area networking (WLAN) and wireless wide-area networking (WWAN). To make wireless access more... — Nancy Friedrich September 2004 Java Comes In A New Blend Mobile devices can thank Java for the popular mobile games, ringtones, and other features that are currently driving the handheld market. As smart phones and personal digital assistants are showing, however, Java also feels at home in the enterprise... — Nancy Friedrich September 2004 Design IrDA Products The Right Way Sometimes, it's easy to forget that infrared technologyas embodied by the IrDA communityis every bit as wireless as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. In fact, IrDA is pervasive throughout today's electronic mobile systems. The most recent IrDA report... — John Blyler July/August 2004 Wi-Fi Takes To The Sky Move over, telematics. Although wireless innovations for automobiles will continue to foster development for years to come, a new target has emerged in the transportation industry: passenger airplanes. With the release of its wideband... — Nancy Friedrich July/August 2004 Networks Find Home When we imagine the home of the future, every possible aspect of it is seamlessly networked. Many practical issues must be resolved, however, before such visions can come to life. In an effort to tackle some of the currently known obstacles to... — Nancy Friedrich July/August 2004 Camera Phones Shift Into Auto-Focus Since the arrival of camera phones, consumers have shown a clear interest in these devices andmore importantlya willingness to buy them. Now, cell-phone makers are excitedly touting the improved resolution of the next wave of... — Nancy Friedrich July/August 2004 Solution Aligns ICs And Their Packages With the continued rise of densities and I/O counts, integrated-circuit (IC) packages face a multitude of demands. If they don't satisfy these needs, the packages could stand in the way of IC progress. In fact, the semiconductor industry's move to... — Nancy Friedrich July/August 2004 3D EM Simulation Goes Mainstream Instead of competition and dirty dealings, recent cutbacks and smaller staffs have often led to cooperative partnerships between different companies. By sharing, co-developing, and integrating their products, companies are spawning innovations that... — Nancy Friedrich July/August 2004 Short Clips TechnoConcepts, Inc. (www.technoconcepts.com) was issued Patent No. 6,748,025 from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. This patent, which covers 19 different claims, is for the conversion of RF signals directly into high-speed... — Nancy Friedrich July/August 2004 Consumers Vote On Future Games In the entertainment industry, previews are a common thing. Whether it's a new movie or the pilot episode of a potential television show, selected audiences get to offer their input on it. Now, consumers also will have a chance to preview and... — Nancy Friedrich July/August 2004 Win The Battle Of FPGA Design If you've never read any books written by Clive "Max" Maxfield, then you're in for a treat. True to form, his latest book on FPGAs is enjoyable to read. Yet it's also rich in the technical details that any modern designer would need. This tome... — John Blyler June 2004 DSP + ARM Device Seeks Portable Data Terminals Often, people think that the wireless space is comprised solely of cell phones, PDAs, and wireless-networking devices. In truth, however, such products represent only a segment of this market's far-reaching potential. Take the fast-rising... — Nancy Friedrich June 2004 DFS Series Beats Cost Constraints At this month's IEEE International Microwave Symposium (www.ims2004.org) in Dallas, Texas, attendees witnessed the latest in digital-frequency synthesizers (DFSs): the Low-Cost DFS Series Synthesizer from Elcom Technologies, Inc. (www.elcom-tech.com).... — Nancy Friedrich June 2004 Full-Internet Phones Reach Japan The keys to success for a "wireless Internet" have been inspiring debate for years. Although consumers used the limited version of the mobile Internet, they didn't adopt it in droves. Many concluded that the consumer population was "spoiled" by its... — Nancy Friedrich |
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