Incremental Improvements Define The 2012 Mobile World Congress |
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Louis E. Frenzel, Editor in Chief
The usual players all showed up at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with lots of improved devices, but no real game-changing breakthroughs... |
Standards body approves EPC GEN 2
The International Standards Organization has approved the EPC Gen 2 Class 1 UHF standard, a move that is expected to facilitate global RFID adoption. ...
Software radio transceiver enables complex wideband systems
Pentek’s model 7142 software radio transceiver provides complete software radio transceiver functions suitable for IF or RF communications systems and offers increased capabilities, including dual Virtex-4 FPGAs, four ADCs and 50% more memory. ...
Optical and SDR technology enables virtual WiMAX base station
ADAPTIX, an early developer of OFDMA technology, has released a family of end-to-end mobile networking products based on its SDR architecture. ...
Freescale MRAM memory product now in volume production
The first commercial Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory - MRAM - device is now in volume production and available from Freescale Semiconductor....
E-Passport’s recognition cycle is faster than two seconds
An e-passport implementation based on Atmel’s AT90SC12872RCFT contact/contactless secure microcontroller has achieved between one to two seconds recognition cycle in an e-passport reader test....
Op-amps aim at high-end video applications
ON Semiconductor has introduced seven devices designed for high-definition video applications. ...
New voltage regulator shrinks portable and battery-powered devices
STMicroelectronics has introduced an advanced high-frequency, step-down dc-dc converter that is well suited for data-storage applications. ...
Variable-gain amplifier delivers wide gain and bandwidth
Analog Devices has introduced a dc-coupled variable-gain amplifier (VGA) that is said to deliver the industry’s highest gain and bandwidth. ...
Value of U.S. Navy SeaPort-e contract will approach $47.8 billion
Paradigm Holdings has announced that Paradigm Solutions Corporation, its wholly-owned subsidiary, has been awarded a prime U. S. Navy SeaPort enhanced (SeaPort-e) indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract for engineering, technical, financial and program management services. ...
Missile warning system will protect U.S. Army fixed and rotary-wing aircraft
The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a sole-source award for its common missile warning system (CMWS) to protect Army fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft from heat-seeking missiles. ...
U. S. tax court adopts radio-frequency identification for file tracking
Following a similar move by the Tax Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Tax Court has acquired a 3M radio-frequency identification (RFID) tracking system to boost productivity and efficiency in tracking and retrieving its case files, which currently number approximately 100,000. ...
Silicon-based optical coatings will supplant organics in use today
Silecs has introduced the SC series of products for use as advanced optical coatings in state-of-the-art CMOS image sensor (CIS) production. ...
F-35 joint strike fighter is officially named Lightning II
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) was officially named Lightning II in a ceremony held in Fort Worth, Texas on July 7. ...
Medium-range target for missile defense test launch is successful
Orbital Sciences Corporation has successfully launched a medium-range target (MRT-2) vehicle on June 22 under the Lockheed Martin targets and countermeasures prime contract with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. ...
Four-year study of missile defenses discloses port vulnerability worldwide
The results of a four-year study of U.S. missile defenses by the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis details the vulnerabilities of the East and West Coast ports — as well as the rest of the world — to ballistic missile attacks by terrorist countries such as North Korea....
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