| Judge affirms SiRF's patent infringement
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2008-08-12 |
| The pending case whether SiRF has infringed some patents of Broadcom is over. The U.S. International Trade Commission judge has ruled that SiRF has infringed six patents related to improving GPS processing and sensitivity |
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| Xsens receives assets of UWB specialist Utellus
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2008-08-11 |
| Xsens Technologies B.V. has completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Utellus B.V., a privately held technology company with deep knowledge of impulse-radio UWB technology and applications. |
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| SiRF asks for reexamination of Broadcom patents
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2008-08-11 |
| SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. has completed filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office respective Requests for Ex-Parte Reexamination of each of the four patents that Broadcom recently asserted against SiRF. |
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| Mobile memories advance to lower voltage use
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2008-08-01 |
| Low-power DDR2 (LPDDR2), a next-generation low-power memory technology for mobile and embedded designs being defined by companies participating in JEDEC standards, offers higher speed, lower-voltage operation, larger capacities and lower pin count than the current generation. This lets NVM share the same bus as SDRAM. |
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| Chips work on improving GPS signal levels
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2008-08-01 |
| As mobile handset providers include GPS functionality into their phones at more promising levels, attention is turning to the design and drop-in capability of its functions. Although presently much attention has been directed toward GPS DSPs, they are only part of the GPS success story |
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| ST-NXP Wireless is all set to do business
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2008-07-30 |
| NXP and STMicroelectronics have closed the deal that brings together key wireless operations of both companies into ST-NXP Wireless. |
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| LabView examines structural health of Olympic venues
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2008-07-28 |
| The China Earthquake Administration (CEA) has selected a structural health monitoring (SHM) solution developed by National Instruments Alliance Partner CGM Engineering Inc. based on the NI LabVIEW graphical system design platform and NI CompactRIO programmable automation controllers. |
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| MTNet taps Aeroflex platform for CDMA, A-GPS test
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2008-07-18 |
| MTNet, the CDMA Certification Forum (CCF) accredited conformance test lab established within China's Ministry of Information Industries, has standardized on the Aeroflex 6402 AIME CDMA test platform for 1xEV-DO Rev A and A-GPS testing |
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| iPhone 3G still packs some surprises
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2008-07-15 |
| Aside from some very surprising component choices in key parts of the upgraded communications section, the old adage 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' has clearly shaped the design of the iPhone 3G. |
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| Toshiba integrates Ericsson broadband modules in notebooks
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2008-07-08 |
| Toshiba Corp. has selected Ericsson's High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) mobile broadband modules for its business laptop range in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). |
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| EC, ESA open bidding to build Galileo system
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2008-07-04 |
| The European Commission and European Space Agency (ESA) have launched the procurement process for the construction phase of Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system. |
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| Guide to low-power wireless network specs
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2008-07-01 |
| Chipmakers need high volume sales to generate meaningful return, and high volumes require global markets. For a global technology market to take off, history has demonstrated that standards are essential. This was true for both Wi-Fi wireless Internet and Bluetooth. It will also be true for sensor networks. |
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| Galileo sets to achieve cosmic expectations
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2008-06-18 |
| Satellite navigation system, Galileo, has a wealth of R&D under way to ensure there will be working terminals available before the system is in its commercial operation by 2012 or 2013. |
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| TI, Qualcomm set to dominate MID sector
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2008-06-17 |
| The market for integrated circuits for inclusion in mobile Internet devices is set to grow from $29 million in 2008 to $2.6 billion in 2012, with Texas Instruments and Qualcomm as leading suppliers of silicon, according to Forward Concepts. |
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| ITC favors Broadcom on patent suit against SiRF
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2008-06-17 |
| The U.S. ITC has rejected claims by SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. that two of its GPS patents were infringed by Global Locate, a company Broadcom Corp. acquired in July 2007 |
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