Broadcom announces second-generation Wi-Fi 7 wireless connectivity chips

Broadcom Inc. has announced sample availability of its second generation of wireless connectivity chipset solutions for the Wi-Fi 7 ecosystem, spanning Wi-Fi routers, residential gateways, enterprise access points, and client devices. The new chips build on the ecosystem of products with Broadcom’s Wi-Fi 7 chips while delivering additional functionality to a wider market.

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Semtech, Broadcom demonstrate 200G/lane electrical-to-optical link at OFC 2023

Camarillo, United States – Semtech Corporation, a high-performance semiconductor, IoT systems and cloud connectivity service provider, has announced the demonstration of a 200G per lane (200G/lane) optical transmission link enabled by Semtech’s FiberEdge 200G PAM4 PMDs and Broadcom’s latest generation DSP PHY.

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Skyworks, Broadcom to deliver power efficiency for Wi-Fi 6/6E devices

Skyworks Solutions, Inc has introduced the efficiency portfolio of Wi-Fi front-end modules (FEMs) addressing the power, performance and thermal requirements of Wi-Fi 6/6E-enabled devices in enterprise and Internet of Things (IoT) products. Leveraging Skyworks’ lab-to-fab design process and the advanced signal processing capabilities in Broadcom’s family of Wi-Fi 6/6E solutions, the Skyworks ICE (Incredible Current

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Wi-Fi 6E trial in Turkey hailed a success by Turk Telekom

London, UK. 19 January, 2022 – Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) member, Turk Telekom, announced the successful completion of Wi-Fi 6E trials designed to demonstrate how the technology can be used to enhance speed and capacity in a variety of different end-user scenarios. Wi-Fi is vital to the success of Turk Telekom, who has the Wi-Fi footprint in

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‘4×4’ quad artificial intelligence GPGPU server launched for battlefield applications

General Micro Systems has launched its Velocity “4×4” quad GPGPU artificial intelligence (AI) server designed for battlefield and government applications. These include command posts, tactical operation centres (TOCs) and protected platforms such as autonomous vehicles, wide body airborne sensor fusion, surveillance, data mining, synthetic vision and any platform than needs massive computational resources from a

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Blueprint for convergence issued by Wireless Broadband Alliance showing critical role of Wi-Fi 6

Convergence between Wi-Fi and 5G access technologies is critical for enabling new breed of services, applications and experiences such as Industry 4.0, augmented & virtual reality (AR/VR), connected cities and Edge computing. This is according to the latest report from the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), developed with input from mobile carriers, Wi-Fi providers, telecom manufacturers, and its own 5G

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Cross-Industry survey reveals 79% plan to adopt WBA OpenRoaming

According to a Wireless Broadband Alliance cross-industry survey of service providers, equipment manufacturers and enterprises, almost four out of five (79%) have adopted or plan to adopt the WBA OpenRoaming standard.

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Wi-Fi 6: It’s for the robots

Kevin Robinson learned leadership at America’s elite military academy West Point. Now, as the Wi-Fi Alliance’s marketing vice president, he is marshalling a battalion of 550 companies to weaponise Wi-fi 6.

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WBA releases Wi-Fi 6 guidelines to help operators, enterprises and cities with deployments

In preparation for the impending release of next-generation Wi-Fi technology later this year, the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has released a new white paper that provides deployment guidelines for a number of possible scenarios utilising Wi-Fi 6 technology.

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Wireless Broadband Alliance and Mettis Aerospace claim world’s first Wi-Fi 6 Industrial Enterprise and IoT trial

The Wireless Broadband Alliance, an organisation supporting the adoption of next generation Wi-Fi services across the Wi-Fi ecosystem, has claimed to announced the world’s first Wi-Fi 6 Industrial Enterprise and IoT trial, as part of its ongoing Wi-Fi 6 program.

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Alphawave IP launched in Canada to revolutionise multi-standard connectivity for the digital world

Signaling a new era in the world of multi-standard connectivity for the digital world, Alphawave IP Incorporated (“Alphawave”) is pleased to announce the delivery of its AlphaCORE 1-112Gbps multi-standard Serialiser-Deserialiser (“MSS”) Silicon IP solution to its first customers in the datacentre and networking market segments.

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Thoma Bravo to acquire application security firm Veracode Software from Broadcom for US$950m

Thoma Bravo, a private equity investment firm, has agreed to acquire Veracode, an application security testing (AST) provider, from Broadcom Inc. for $950 million (€832 million) in cash.

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GSA publishes its second GNSS User Technology Report

The second edition of the European GNSS Agency’s (GSA) GNSS User Technology Report has been published and is now available for free download, providing an exhaustive review of all the latest GNSS trends and developments. There are now more than 100 GNSS satellites now available over our heads.

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Wi-Fi Alliance introduces Wi-Fi CERTIFIED WPA3 security for personal and enterprise networks

The Wi-Fi Alliance has introduced Wi-Fi CERTIFIED WPA3, the next generation of Wi-Fi security, bringing new capabilities to enhance Wi-Fi protections in personal and enterprise networks.

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Silicon Labs introduces industry’s broadest portfolio for 56G/112G SerDes clocking

Silicon Labs has expanded its timing portfolio to meet the high-performance clocking requirements of 56G PAM-4 SerDes and emerging 112G serial applications. With this portfolio expansion, Silicon Labs is the only timing supplier to offer a comprehensive selection of clock generators,

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Broadcom completes acquisition of Brocade Communications Systems

Broadcom Limited, a semiconductor device supplier to the wired, wireless, enterprise storage, and industrial end markets, announced that it has completed its acquisition of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

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