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Category: Mobile

Mobile

  • Tunable RF

    One of the more delicate parts of a cellphone is the RF circuitry responsible for getting the signals into and out of the phone.  According…

  • What’s In a Name

    We’re all still getting calibrated on sensors, and we can sometimes get tripped up on terminology. In discussions about their sensor fusion IP, Movea explicitly…

  • Drifting Towards Hardware

    In touting their sensor fusion product offering, Movea announced their MotionCore IP in a manner that sounded like they were developing hardware. While that’s not…

  • Time to Get Loud

    It’s a classic case of upping the ante, and it’s not clear where it’s going to stop. Much consumer technology these days has been focused…

  • Benchmarking Android

    With Android adoption continuing at a quick pace, there are more and more platforms available for users to choose from. But they don’t all perform…

  • A Self-Healing Radio on a Chip

    Continuing with the occasional note about interesting ISSCC presentations, there was an interesting talk about a self-healing radio-on-a-chip – in fact, probably the best actual…

  • In some countries the cell phone

    In some countries the cell phone carrier and the land line carrier is the same company. And it is these guys who are working hard…

  • Extending Macrocell Life

    One of the ways the mobile world is trying to expand its reach and bandwidth is by moving to femtocells. Unlike macro-, micro-, and picocells,…

  • To be, or not to be – an FPGA?

    A few years ago, we shined light on the fact that FPGAs were stealthily appearing in places where they were not announced.  Namely, both Altera…

  • ARM’s Top Three Cellular Trends

    At ARM’s recent TechCon event, I heard from James Bruce, their lead mobile strategist, who gave his views on the three trends he sees underway…