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E-Biz and Technology AMD Developing Supercomputer for HD Games AMD is planning a revolution in the cloud -- a gaming revolution. The chipmaker's International Consumer Electronics Show buzz revolved around a plan to develop, deploy and deliver high-definition content through the AMD Fusion Render Cloud, a massively parallel supercomputer.
AMD plans to provide the hardware and engineering resources for the cloud, with OTOY providing technical software development and a middleware layer.
AMD is designing the system to enable content providers to deliver video games, P...
BWE Magazine Atheros Demonstrates Broadband Wireless Chipset Connectivity Portfolio at CES 2009 Atheros Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHR) is demonstrating its
industry-leading connectivity portfolio at the 2009 International Consumer
Electronics Show (CES). Atheros' showcased technologies will demonstrate the company's
commitment to providing customers in the PC, home networking and mobile
markets with performance options that enable product differentiation,
design features that enhance ease-of-use, and comprehensive solution sets
that enable complete platforms.
BWE Magazine Ultrawideband Broadband Wireless Chipset Manufacturer Secures $24 Million in Funding Wisair, a leading provider of single-chip based Ultra Wideband (UWB) and Wireless USB (WUSB) solutions, announced that it has secured $24 million in its latest round of funding. The financing included four new international investors and was led by Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE), a US-based private equity fund investing in growth capital and late stage venture opportunities. SGE was joined by European-based Advent Venture Partners, Bridge Capital Fund of Japan (an affiliate of Nikko Antfactory), and Yasud...
BWE Magazine UltraWideband Rollout Continues Pace by Electing CSR to WiMedia Alliance Board CSR (LSE: CSR) announced that Kristine Overlaur has been appointed to the board responsible for bringing UWB (Ultra Wideband) Bluetooth to the mass market, the WiMedia Alliance. The appointment underlines CSR's UWB technology for worldwide use in mobile phones and other battery powered portable devices, with single chip silicon available in H208 with volume ramping in 2009.
BWE Magazine WiMedia Certifies First PHYs for High Band Operation, Paving the Way for Global UWB Adoption The WiMedia Alliance announced the certification of the first three Ultra Wideband (UWB) physical layer chipsets (PHYs) to support the WiMedia Spectrum Extension Release (SER) announced in August. The chips from Alereon, Realtek and Staccato Communications support operation in Band Groups 1 and 3 (3.1 to 4.8GHz and 6.3 to 7.9GHz, respectively). The Alereon and Staccato chips also support operation in Band Group 6 (7.4 to 9.0GHz).
FreshPatents.com Wireless ic device A wireless IC device includes a wireless IC chip having a power supply circuit including a resonant circuit having a predetermined resonant frequency and a radiation plate that externally radiates a transmission signal supplied from the power supply circuit and that supplies a reception signal externally transmitted to the power...
Wi-Fi News Wee-Fi: Intel's Wi-Fi PAN Released; Eye-Fi iPhone App Intel releases driver update to create simultaneous peer-to-peer Wi-Fi network and local area network connection: Intel started talking about its Cliffside project months ago, and EE Times reports that the silicon manipulator has released software for Centrino 2 laptops that allows simultaneous PAN (Personal Area Network) and LAN (Local Area Network) use. PANs are used for gadgets and syncing: cameras, keyboards, printers, and such; LANs are used for network connections for file transfer, Internet access, ...
Wi-Fi News Looking Back at 2008 and Forward to the Years Ahead Let's look back and forward: It's traditional to wrap up the year, during a quiet news period, by looking at what just went by. This is the one time of year that I also prognosticate, and I got lucky: My forecast for 2008 made a year ago turns out to be weirdly accurate. I don't mean to take too much credit, though: I was expecting big news from things in 2008 that were much quieter affairs. In-flight Internet (over Wi-Fi). It took almost until the end of the year, but this expectation finally became fulfi...
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