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The millions of people who spend hours every day on a cell phone may have a new excuse for yakking. A surprising new study in mice provides the first evidence that long-term exposure to electromagnetic waves associated with cell phone use may actually protect against, and even reverse, Alzheimer’s...

As 4G network deployments gather momentum, a substantial 22 percent of device subscription revenues will come from suites of operator-branded premium services. Total 4G mobile consumer service revenue – including mobile Internet services - will grow rapidly to exceed $70 B worldwide in 2014. According to ABI Research practice...

The IEEE 802.16 working group is focused on developing standards for Broadband Wireless Access. As a part of this work, a physical layer specification has been written for mobile devices, 1 which uses Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) in combination with advanced techniques such as Adaptive Modulation and...

Because of the unique characteristics of the specification, LTE mobile infrastructure will require components with high linearity and low loss in very small form factors; they must also operate with low power consumption. Manufactured using UltraCMOS, the Peregrine PE43204 digital step attenuator (DSA) meets these complex demands. It is...

The year is leaving us nothing short of dramatic events. While the world is mired in the worst economic slump, China defies the gloomy reality with bold moves and fanfare. Some are indeed commendable, like unstoppable Huawei in the international market, but others are not so glamorous despite unrelenting...

Rogers Corp. will feature a variety of its advanced materials solutions for the electronic design and semiconductor industries at DesignCon 2010 in Santa Clara, CA (February 2-3, 2010). Members of Rogers Advanced Circuit Materials (ACM) Division will be available at booth 811 to discuss a number of innovative electronic...

In 2009, connectivity chips showed the greatest growth within the mobile phone semiconductor market, according to new data from ABI research. The total revenue for handset Bluetooth, GPS and WLAN in 2009 is forecasted to grow 16 percent compared to 2008, exceeding $1.9 B, and with a CAGR of...

As part of the company’s exhibition at this week’s 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, NV, Cambridge Consultants announced a “Whitespace TV” technology demonstration. “Whitespace TV” will showcase Cambridge Consultants’ novel cognitive radio technology by enabling wireless television streaming to many different television sets over whitespace frequencies....

Remcom announces a new partnership with a computer supplier to provide custom XFdtd® systems and brand name hardware solutions to customers. Link Computer Corp. , Bellwood, PA, has created a hardware solution designed to fully exploit XFdtd’s graphics processing unit (GPU) capability. Outfitted with the latest in GPU technology,...

DKN Research , an engineering firm specializing in micro electronics and packaging technology, is now offering a Fine Silver Conductor Trial Kit (capable of producing fine lines down to 80 microns) to companies interested in producing high density thick film circuits. The Trial Kit provides a low cost practical...