IoT

CSEM has proposed the first commercial solution based on Semtech’s LoRa technology for GPS-free geolocation of connected devices. This technological breakthrough allows the geographical tracking of LoRaWAN end-nodes without any material impact on BOMs or battery life and will help enhance the industrial development of the IoT.

"Smart grid" technologies significantly reduce greenhouse gases and other emissions resulting from power production and usage. Taken together, smart grid and intelligent buildings mechanisms could reduce national carbon emissions by 12% by 2030, according to one estimate. But, surprisingly, sometimes the opposite is true for an individual project.

It has been announced by Synopsys that it has reduced the power and area of its DesignWare USB 2.0 Type-C Controller and PHY IP for cost-sensitive and energy-efficient IoT edge applications targeting 40 and 55nm ultra-low power processes. The IP cuts silicon area by up to 50% compared to competitive offerings, saving on average $0.03 per die. 

An institute of CEA Tech, Leti, and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have announced an agreement to jointly explore a variety of technologies, including monolithic 3D, neuromorphic architectures, non-volatile 3D memory, spintronics and ultra-low power semiconductors.

Eurotech has announced a design win from FreeWire Technologies for the Eurotech Everyware Cloud, ReliaGATE and ReliaCELL to power the Mobi Charger. The Mobi Charger is a mobile and portable Electric Vehicle (EV) charging station that can be moved between vehicles to allow for flexible and convenient charging at a workplace, mall or public parking structure.

An associate member of the Intel Internet of Things Solutions Alliance, Avalue Technology, brings HPC-BYT embedded system to the market to catch the trend of IoT development. This new machine is featured with Intel Bay Trail platform to meet the requirements of IoT-relevant applications include exceptional video and graphics performance, high speed data processing with low power and low profile design.

Cypress has announced that it has closed its previously announced acquisition of the Wireless IoT business and related assets of Broadcom in an all-cash transaction valued at $550m. 

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The launch of an open source Eclipse Foundation project to manage IoT edge devices, from connectivity and configuration to application lifecycle has been announced by Red Hat and Eurotech. The co-sponsored project, Eclipse Kapua, combines with the existing Eclipse Kura project to offer IoT developers and end users an open platform for end-to-end IoT implementations, helping them to avoid costly, proprietary lock-in and accelerate community-d...

Full support of the new SMARC 2.0 specification, which was released by the Standardisation Group for Embedded Technologies e.V. (SGET) just a few days ago has been announced by congatec. This major technology adaption extends congatec’s leading and extensive COM portfolio to include a brand new solution which is perfectly positioned between Qseven and COM Express.