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Xilinx announced delivery of its Zynq® UltraScale+™ RF SoC family, a breakthrough architecture integrating the RF signal chain into an SoC for 5G wireless, cable remote-PHY and radar. Based on a 16 nm UltraScale+ MPSoC architecture, the programmable RF SoCs monolithically integrate RF data converters, for up to 50–75 percent system power and footprint reduction, and soft-decision forward error correction (SD-FEC) cores to meet 5G and DOCSIS 3.1 standards. With silicon samples already shipping to multiple customers, the early access program for the Zynq UltraScale+ RF SoC family is now available.

Continuing its rollout of broadband internet service to rural and underserved regions, part of the FCC’s Connect America Fund, AT&T has added service to regions in nine new states, bringing the service to some 160,000 locations in 18 states. AT&T plans to cover more than 400,000 locations by the end of 2017 and over 1.1 million by 2020.

ViaSat Inc. announced completion of the critical design review (CDR) of the ViaSat-3 payload last week, following the bus CDR conducted with Boeing in mid-August. ViaSat and Boeing will now build, integrate and test the first two satellites.

Silicon Labs has introduced a new family of high-performance clock generators offering the industry's most highly integrated timing solution for 10/25/100G applications.

At the recent IBC exhibition in Amsterdam, MaxLinear, Inc. demonstrated its proprietary echo cancellation technology for full duplex (FDX) DOCSIS. The combination of FDX and DOCSIS 3.1 will enable cable operators to offer up to 10 Gbps data rates over existing hybrid fiber-coaxial networks.

IDT is sampling millimeter wave beamformer ICs developed for 5G phased arrays. The first two products are half duplex transmitter/receiver ICs covering 25 to 31 GHz and 37 to 41 GHz.

MaxLinear Inc. announced a technology to transfer up to 2.5 Gbps wirelessly through typical building materials. The wireless scheme avoids drilling holes and running cables through external walls.

Anokiwave, Inc. has completed a Series C funding round led by a new investor, Gefinor Capital with US Boston Capital Corporation and its affiliate Pear Tree Partners. The funding will support the development of silicon-based RFICs for 5G, satellite communications and aerospace and defense markets.