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How 802.11b/g WLAN and Bluetooth Can Play: Without Standards-Based Solutions, ICs Must Referee Spectrum Rivalry

Bluetooth and WLAN technologies were developed to serve two quite different applications: Bluetooth offers a quick way for systems such as headsets and printers to interface with a PC or handheld device; WLANs offer wireless alternatives to local-area networks. They use the same spectrum to provide their different, highly valued...

Tags: Integrated Circuit, WLAN, Handheld Device, Standards, Wireless LANs, Bluetooth, LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Handhelds, Networking, Hardware

White papers 2005-09-01

A Single-Chip Dual-Band Tri-Mode CMOS Transceiver for IEEE 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN

Recent years have seen the rapid deployment of Wireless Local Area Networks WLANs in offices, homes, and hot spots, and numerous descriptions of single-mode WLAN CMOS transceivers have been published. However, the proliferation of multiple IEEE 802.11 WLAN standards has created the need for integrated low-cost multimode multiband transceivers that...

Tags: Integrated Circuit, Transceiver, WLAN, IEEE, Wireless LANs, LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking

White papers 2004-12-01

Wireless LAN integrated circuits to generate $2.1 bln in 2008

As businesses and consumers have sought to wirelessly network PCs and other peripherals without the cost and complexity of installing and managing a cable infrastructure, the Wireless Local Area Network WLAN IC market has grown rapidly over the past four years, reports In-Stat/MDR. The high-tech market research firm believes that...

Tags: integrated circuit, WLAN, WLAN IC

Blog posts 2004-10-18

Supply Chain Management & Beyond

As a worldwide market leader in Radio Frequency IDentification RFID, Philips is committed to an open standards approach to supply chain management. Optimized for all aspects of supply chain management, Philips ICs are already being used in hundreds of applications that use millions of ICs. RFID technologies have significant potential...

Tags: Supply Chain, Integrated Circuit, SCM, Philips Electronics N.V., Supply Chain Management (SCM), RFID, Semiconductors, Enterprise Software, Software, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Hardware

Case studies

ACT: A Cluster Co-Processor for 3G Baseband Wireless

Architectures for wireless systems have traditionally been designed to meet real-time requirements, t on a limited die area, and operate within a low power budget. These conditions are usually met by implementing compute-intensive operations in an Application Specific Integrated Circuit ASIC. ASIC design is both expensive and time consuming. ASICs...

Tags: Integrated Circuit, 3G, ASICs, Semiconductors, Wireless, Hardware

White papers

Additional Resources

News to know: Clickjacking redux; SAP pricing; BlackBerry Storm; Windows 7

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Webcam hijack demo highlights clickjacking threat Dancho Danchev: Atrivo/Intercage's disconnection briefly disrupts spam levels Adobe posts workaround for clickjacking flaw, NoScript releases ClearClick ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, SAP AG, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Pricing Strategy, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Microsoft Windows, Semantic Web, Linux, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Internet

Blog posts 2008-10-08

RIM announces BlackBerry Storm with responsive touch screen display

It was no secret that the BlackBerry Storm was coming to Verizon, but now it is official as both Verizon Wireless and Vodafone announced the device with RIM tonight. The BlackBerry Storm is the first touch screen BlackBerry device and one of the first I have ever heard of that...

Tags: Touch Screen, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, BlackBerry Storm, Keyboards, Handhelds, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Forrester fuels the SAP maintenance price hike debate

The last few days I've been exchanging email with R 'Ray' Wang, VP and principal analyst at Forrester about the kerfuffle over SAP's unilateral decision to apply a price hike to its maintenance and support fees. Ray specializes in the enterprise market and has special experience of SAP going back...

Tags: Customer, SAP AG, Forrester Research Inc., Ray, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Investment, Business Structures, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-10-07

First impressions of the Dash Express connected GPS device

I checked out a Garmin StreetPilot c580 last summer and thought it was a pretty compelling dedicated GPS system since it had MSN Direct integration to provide some wireless functionality. While it was useful for some things, the MSN Direct service is not designed for real-time wireless data and coverage...

Tags: Device, Display, Traffic Data, Maps, GPS, Wi-Fi, Handhelds, Internet, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Image Gallery: First impressions of the Dash Express connected GPS device

The Dash Express stands out from the growing pack of stand-along GPS in-car devices due to its GPRS and WiFi radios that keep it connected all the time. With this wireless functionality you can receive real-time traffic updates, road construction warnings, weather, and much more. by Matthew Miller

Tags: Handhelds, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Matthew Miller, product photos, gps, dash, wifi

Image galleries 2008-10-07

BI Crystal Ball – Next Gen BI May Be Closer Than You Think

Most modern large enterprise Business Intelligence BI tools are very robust and feature rich these days. Up until a few years ago BI users could blame vendors for most of their BI ills. This is getting harder and harder to do. Many of the BI tools, especially the ones reviewed...

Tags: Application, User Empowerment, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Boris Evelson

Blog posts 2008-10-07

From the vault: Lisa demo

From my forthcoming book, Corporations that Changed the World: Apple Inc. After a tour of the Xerox PARC Palo Alto Research Center laboratories in December 1979 and a demonstration of their Alto computer, Steve Jobs decided that the Graphical User Interface GUI was the future of computing. Apple traded...

Tags: Apple Inc., Xerox PARC, Lisa, Productivity, Podcasts, Digital Music, Digital Media, Internet, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Future wireless networks could be powered by "smart lighting"

A light bulb went off in the head of researchers at Boston University about a new wireless networking technology, which was very appropriate considering that it involves, well, light bulbs. The Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center has been created to develop technology that would allow low-powered...

Tags: Network, Light-emitting Diode, Wireless Networking, Wireless Network, Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-07

ReportsDNA (exe)

ReportsDNA is replacing ReportZilla. It extends the capabilities of Excel to allow anyone to create customized reports without programming. It is designed for users, not developers, so it is easy to use. It comes with the built-in ability to generate reports from any data source accessible to Excel: databases, Web...

Tags: Data Source, TheScripter, ReportsDNA, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2008-10-07

The color that shall not be named. AMD's Vertal downplays green credentials, plays up efficiency arguments

I realize Advanced Micro Devices has some news in the offing this week that likely will supersede the urgency of this blog's content, but I wanted to recount some high points from a conversation I had about two weeks ago with Larry Vertal, the company's senior strategist when it comes...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Larry Vertal, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-06

News to know: Green PCs, IT; IBM; Nokia; Apple

 Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: IBM launches beta of 'Bluehouse,' eyes Cisco's WebEx Matthew Miller: First impressions of the Nokia N96. Gallery right. Mary Jo...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., PC, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, IBM Corp., Podcasts, Linux, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-10-06

JCODER Lite (exe)

JCODER Lite free Java IDE is an Integrated Development Environment IDE for Java developers. It allows you to compile and debug your Java program from the editor environment, as well as browse through your classes. You will get all the tools you need to create professional programs: project management, wizards,...

Tags: Java Community, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2008-10-05

Hands-on review of the Logitech Squeezebox Boom

After seeing my mildly skeptical post about the release of its Squeezebox Boom Internet radio device, Logitech offered to send me a sample unit to review, promising me I'd be pleasantly surprised with the audio output from the compact unit. I've been testing it out over the last few weeks,...

Tags: Station, Radio, Logitech, Boom, Music Services, Advertising & Promotion, Engineering, Wireless, Marketing, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-04

RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 (Verizon Wireless)

RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 Verizon WirelessLove my Curve 8330I love my new Curve so much that I'm blogging about it at http://newBBie.com. I also own a Pearl 8130 and am undecided which of the two models I prefer. The Pearl I like for its smaller size, and GET THIS: I...

Tags: Curve 8330, Research In Motion Ltd., Verizon Wireless, RIM BlackBerry

Discussion threads 2008-10-04

Image Gallery: First impressions of the Nokia N96-1

The Nokia N96 is the new flagship product for the Nseries line that is the successor to the wildly popular N95. The N96 brings a large 2.8 inch display with impressive memory options that includes 16GB of flash and a microSD slot that currently supports up to 32GB. The device...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Nokia N96, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Matthew Miller, product photos, nokia, n96, smartphone, s60

Image galleries 2008-10-04