STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor provider serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has revealed a wireless power receiver with the industry’s highest available power rating of 100 Watts. Ensuring the fastest wireless charging times in the market today, ST’s new STWLC99 device can recharge high-end smartphones with the largest battery capacity in less than 30…

Samsung Electronics announced that Bixby, and its artificial intelligence (AI) voice assistant, supports Latin American Spanish as a language option. Latin American Spanish-speaking Bixby users around the world now have the option to interact with their Samsung Galaxy devices in their local language — as Brazilian Portuguese was previously the only Latin American language supported…

Many things push the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) further; one among them is LoRa—a proprietary wireless communication technology developed and owned by Semtech Corporation, which stands for extended range. The key characteristics of LoRa are super long range, low power consumption, data encryption, multiple usage, and low cost. With coverage of up to 10…

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader provider, is helping increase industrial productivity and reduce waste and pollution with its smart wireless module. Conceived for Industry 4.0 applications, this module, the STM32WB5MMGH6, simplifies using ST’s innovative wireless microcontrollers in powerful use cases like I-care Group’s intelligent equipment condition monitoring. The module provides a complete subsystem for wireless communication using popular…

Imagine data transferring over your local wireless network at the speeds of light. Light Fidelity or Li-Fi is a ground-breaking innovation that has made it possible. Data communication through optical fibers has already made data communication available at light speeds over long distances. Light Fidelity has filled the space for optical communication in the wireless…

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. announced that its flagship Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 Mobile Platform is powering Samsung Electronics’ latest foldable smartphones, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 and Galaxy Z Flip4. The company’s newest flagship platform, Snapdragon 8+, is a premium-tier powerhouse delivering performance enhancements for a boost across all on-device experiences. The new Galaxy Z series…

Texas Instruments (TI) has expanded its connectivity portfolio with a new family of wireless microcontrollers (MCU) that enable high-quality Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) at half the price of competing devices. Featuring best-in-class standby current and radio-frequency (RF) performance, the SimpleLink Bluetooth LE CC2340 family is built on the foundation of TI’s decades of wireless connectivity expertise.…

Renesas Electronics Corporation announced the SmartBond DA1470x Family of Bluetooth low energy (LE) solutions ― the world’s most advanced, integrated System-on-Chip (SoC) family for wireless connectivity. The DA1470x Family is the only solution in the Bluetooth LE space to integrate a power management unit, a hardware voice activity detector (VAD), a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), and Bluetooth LE…

Samsung Electronics announced the launch of Samsung Wallet, a new platform that enables Galaxy users to organize digital keys, boarding passes, identification cards, and more, in one, easy-to-use and secure mobile application. Samsung Wallet is protected by defense-grade security from Samsung Knox and takes advantage of an open Galaxy ecosystem by integrating with Samsung Blockchain…

Qualcomm Technologies has announced another milestone in making extended reality (XR) the next computing platform with the Wireless AR Smart Viewer Reference Design, powered by the Snapdragon XR2 Platform. The cord-free reference design helps OEMs and ODMs more seamlessly and cost-efficiently prototype and bring to market lightweight, premium AR glasses to enable immersive experiences that…

Rohde & Schwarz has announced the launch of the R&S UMS400 universal monitoring system for spectrum monitoring and radiolocation of frequencies from 8  to 8 GHz (extendable up to 20 GHz with the R&S CS-MC20 microwave converter). R&S UMS400 meets 8 GHz (optionally 20 GHz) monitoring station needs in the ever-increasing frequency ranges demanded by wireless communications services. Before…

Broadcom Inc. has announced the sample availability of its complete end-to-end chipset solutions for the Wi-Fi 7 ecosystem — spanning Wi-Fi routers, residential gateways, enterprise access points, and client devices. These Wi-Fi 7 chips more than double the speed of Wi-Fi 6 and 6E solutions on the market today while, simultaneously, delivering reliable low-latency communications…

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has announced that its wireless power-charging technology is integrated in the Active ES pen solutions from Wacom. Renesas’ single-chip, wireless power-receiver IC delivers a small size and high efficiency when compared to alternative high-frequency charging solutions. The charging technology is small enough to fit into digital…

Brought to you by ESL Gaming and Qualcomm Technologies, the Snapdragon Pro Series welcomes players and fans to the “Era of Everyone.” Both aspiring mobile gamers and veteran esports athletes from around the world are invited to compete in the three tiers of competition: Snapdragon Mobile Open, Snapdragon Mobile Challenge, and Snapdragon Mobile Masters. “The…

Renesas Electronics Corporation announced 10 new winning combinations that combine Wi-Fi 6 and 6E chipsets from recently acquired Celeno Communications — with a broad range of solutions from Renesas including embedded processing, analog, power, timing and connectivity. The new winning combos include solutions for IoT, Industrial, Infrastructure, and other applications. Renesas’ combinations are engineering-vetted designs…

Trimble and Qualcomm Technologies have announced the availability of Trimble RTX GNSS technology for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Snapdragon 888 Mobile Platforms. This technology enables superior location capabilities in premium Android smartphones worldwide. The integration of Trimble RTX GNSS technology, a correction services platform, with Snapdragon contributes to a higher quality, more accurate…

Broadcom Inc., a global provider in PCIe, SerDes, and switching technology, announced its broad PCIe Gen 5.0 portfolio is setting the foundation for the ecosystem to build high-performance, next-generation servers. Broadcom PCIe Gen 5.0 SerDes, switches, and custom silicon products — which are now available to OEMs, ODMs, and cloud providers — are actively being…

Toshiba America Business Solutions is simplifying the printing process for organizations of all shapes, sizes and sectors. The new cloud-based Encompass Managed Print as a Service (MPaaS) subscription program is accomplishing this objective, enabling today’s distributed workforces to print more securely, sustainably, efficiently, and affordably. Whether working from a corporate or home office, or at…

Qualcomm Technologies, Vodafone, and Thales have joined forces to demonstrate a working smartphone, featuring iSIM (based on the ieUICC GSMA specification), a new technology enabling the functionality of a SIM card to be integrated into a device’s main processor. This milestone paves the way for commercialization of the technology, which could be rolled out in…

Infineon Technologies and Deeyook have announced their collaboration on location solutions. The location-as-a-service (LaaS) company has invented and patented an award-winning tracking solution to determine indoor and outdoor locations of items, assets, and employees. Both companies fuse Deeyook’s ultra-precise, innovative algorithms into Infineon’s best-in-class, low-power AIROC Wi-Fi portfolio to enable an accurate, passive, ubiquitous, and efficient…