Qualcomm has developed a prototype radio system for 5G mobile communications research and first network trials. Interestingly, this latest 5G prototype system from Qualcomm operates in the sub-6GHz spectrum bands and not in the millimetre-wave (28-65GHz) frequency bands. However, this just confirms the likelihood of a two stage introduction of 5G services over the next …

Qualcomm offers 6GHz radio chips for early 5G launch

Recent company acquisitions in the component distribution sector may only be the start of things. Since selling over the internet changed the way companies and so-called “maker” designers find and buy new components, the distribution business has been turned on its head. For decades the component distribution business was straight-forward. Supply companies with components for …

Makers make their mark with distributors

Intel, having failed to sell its VC arm, is now putting McAfee on the block, reports the FT. No one could ever explain why it bought McAfee in 2010 in for $7.7 billion. Especially when the EC then extracted an undertaking that any special protection developed for x86 processors would also be offered to AMD. …

Intel Said To Be Selling McAfee

When I tell you that I am looking at the Spendwallet, “The thinnest electronic wallet that consolidates all your cards”, you’ll not be surprised to know that the first thing I wanted to know about was security.

Spendwallet style takes care of your substance

We know Raspberry Pi stories for high-end audio often prove popular, so check out the RaspTouch audio project on KickStarter, from France.

Raspberry Pi powers RaspTouch open source music player

Microchip has created the lowest power and least costly family of PIC32 microcontrollers (MCUs), positioned between the PIC24F XLP and PIC32MX families, and the first PIC32s to have the firm’s ‘core independent’ peripherals. Called PIC32MM, the family is aimed at IoT, consumer, industrial and motor control applications. Key figures are: sleep down to 500nA and a 4x4mm package. …

Microchip extends PIC32 range downwards

BlueInGreen unveiled three completed installations in Jefferson Parish, La., Fayetteville, Ark. and Parkville, Mo., as well as two upcoming projects.

The company has agreed to spend approximately $7 million to improve environmental measures at its brewery operations.

Strategic actions promote safe and reliable water supplies for decades to come.

The Chinese are about to feel the lash of Qualcomm’s fearsome legal department. At the height of Qualcomm’s litigious spree towards the end of the last decade the company was spending $200 million a year on legal fees trying to assert its rights to exploit CDMA technology which it was obliged to license under FRAND …

China To Feel Qualcomm’s Legal Lash