BROWSING: Chipsets

Samsung's plans to capitalize on the exploding internet of things include a narrowband IoT radio, LoRaWAN technology base stations, an IoT operating system, an $8 billion purchase of Harman Kardan to support connected-car technologies, and now a chipset custom-built for the IoT. Samsung's Exynos...

Shares of u-Blox are lower this morning after the Swiss company called off its deal to buy SIMCom's cellular module business. The two companies said they were unable to "close the deal as originally intended," but that they are parting amicably and will continue...

Sony's Altair Semiconductor will supply modem chips for AT&T's $7.50 Category M1 LTE modules, which the carrier announced late last week. Altair was also an AT&T modem vendor for its Category 1 LTE modules, which were priced at $14.99. "A&T has been a very strong...

The Chinese vendor also signed an agreement with a Taiwanese firm to start developing its next-generation NB-IoT chip Chinese vendor Huawei expects to start shipping large volumes of its NB-IoT chip, the Boudica 120, in June, Asian press reported, citing Jiang Wancheng, vice president of...

Global chip companies are creating ever-smaller solutions not only for cellular IoT but also for dedicated low-power wide area networks. The latest comes from Switzerland's u-Blox, which has reduced the size of its random phase multiple access modules by 65%. u-Blox said the smaller...

From Target to Yahoo to Ashley Madison, major corporate names are getting hacked, and the public knows it. When companies look at the opportunity to connect more devices to the internet of things, the subject of security invariably arises. "Security, that’s the greatest concern of...

Samsung has been cleared to test a self-driving car on the roads of Korea, according to The Korea Herald. The world's largest smartphone maker joins about 20 other companies that have already won this privilege in South Korea, including Hyundai, which will make the...

Microchip is targeting connected home, smart city and industrial applications with its new SAM R30 RF microcontroller. The company sees growing demand for wireless solutions that can be powered by one small battery for an extended period of time. The SAM R30 leverages the...

Silicon Valley's internet of things developers conference has laid claim to a key audience within the IoT ecosystem: the developers who create the software and embedded systems to connect devices to the internet and analyze the data they generate. The show filled a wing of...

Sensors are small pieces of hardware which enable the “internet of things” by monitoring processes, collecting huge amounts of data and taking several measurements. The falling prices of these sensors is helping drive down IoT deployment costs and is enabling an increasing number of...

The chip technology architects at ARM, which was acquired by Japan's SoftBank last year for $32 billion, have created an image signal processor that targets advanced driver assistance systems. The company said ADAS will require not only more cameras inside vehicles, but more powerful...

Chinese company set up an AI lab in March China's Lenovo Group said it plans to invest $1.2 billion in the research and development of artificial intelligence, big data, and internet of things (IoT) technology in the next four years, according to Chinese press reports. The...

Kinex applications are built on the ThingWorx industrial internet of things platform IoT technology provider PTC has launched the Kinex product family, a new brand that will consist of industrial internet of things (IoT) applications. This new generation of IoT apps are designed to unify data...

With both AT&T and Verizon Wireless expected to roll out LTE-M internet of things networks in the U.S. this year, makers of low-power connectivity chipsets are busy forging partnerships and launching trials. Sequans Communications and STMicroelectronics announced the most recent partnership. The companies said they...

The Dutch firm’s solution offers support for consumer and industrial IoT devices Dutch digital security specialist Gemalto is supplying Com4, a dedicated M2M / IoT operator, with an On-Demand Connectivity solution that will support secure remote SIM provisioning in the Internet​ of Things (IoT) market....

How long will it be until self-driving cars become part of daily life? For some Americans, the future is literally right around the corner. Google parent Alphabet is preparing to put Chrysler Pacifica minivans that drive themselves onto public roads in Phoenix and Mountain...

Altair Semiconductor, a provider of LTE chipsets, announced earlier this month that its ALT1160 LTE Cat-1 chipset successfully completed interoperability testing with the Open Mobile Alliance's Lightweight machine-to-machine protocol. The test took place at the recent OMA TestFest, where vendors had the opportunity to test the stability...

5G trial to take place in Tokyo using the 28 GHz band Ericsson reached an agreement with Japanese telecommunications operator NTT DoCoMo and U.S. chipmaker Intel to build a "5G" trial network in various areas of Tokyo beginning in 2017. Ericsson said the main goal of...

Apple on Thursday released a new Macbook Pro design, the first time it has seen a refresh in four years. It has all but killed off its popular Air line of ultra-portable computers, replacing it with the 13-inch version of the Macbook Pro or 12-inch...

IoT processors from Intel Earlier this week at IoT Solutions World Congress, Intel announced the next generation of the Intel Atom processors for IoT applications. The new Intel Atom E3900 series is designed to support the rapid development and the growing complexity of IoT businesses. Intel claims...

SANTA CLARA, California – SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son likened the impending boom in "internet of things" devices to the evolutionary period known as the Cambrian explosion: a turning point for life on earth. "The next big paradigm shift is coming from mobile into the IoT....

HONG KONG — Qualcomm today introduced three new Snapdragon processors aimed at supporting enhanced user experiences and connectivity for high and mid tier mobile devices. The Snapdragon 653, 626 and 427 processors are designed to deliver higher levels of processing performance than their predecessors, the 652,...

Intel announced its intention to acquire machine vision specialist Movidius, to further strengthen its position within computer vision, deep learning. In a move to strengthen its position in the growing computer vision market, Intel announced its intention to acquire machine vision specialist Movidius. Machine vision uses cameras...

Qualcomm this week reported strong quarterly earnings, and CEO Steve Mollenkopf said the chipmaker is poised to be a leader in "5G." During an earnings presentation, executives explained that revenue for the third quarter, which ended June 26, amounted to $6.03 billion, beating Wall Street...