USB's Network Control Model (NCM) Specification Approved Aug 20, 2009
With the adoption of NCM as an open standard, platform vendors and handset vendors interested in high speed data rate capabilities are expected to leverage the NCM solution to achieve truly high-speed data throughput. "MCCI, as a primary contributor to and technical editor of the NCM specification, has already deployed a preliminary version of NCM, called Early NCM (ENCM) to prove the viability and advantages of this new protocol," explains Terry Moore, MCCI CEO. "We have cell phone customers... (PR Newswire)
Ytterbium gains ground in quest for next-generation atomic clocks Aug 12, 2009
Advances in atomic clock performance support development of technologies such as high data rate telecommunications and the Global Positioning System (GPS). Optical clocks are already providing record measurements of possible changes in the fundamental "constants" of nature, a line of inquiry that has huge implications for cosmology and tests of the laws of physics, such as Einstein's theories of special and general relativity. (EurekAlert!)
Windows 7 Seen Boosting DRAM Sales in 2010 Aug 7, 2009
The trends most likely to boost DRAM makers now are the increased use of DDR3 (double data rate, third generation) DRAM chips, a newer form of DRAM, as well as new production technology that will allow chip makers to produce more DRAM on each silicon wafer. Thousands of chips can be made on a single 12-inch round silicon wafer. (BusinessWeek)
Hiroshima remembered in Visalia Aug 7, 2009
Insolvency Administrator, hereinafter as "Qimonda"), which is now in insolvency proceedings, to acquire Qimonda technology licenses and a portion of the design assets related to Graphics Double Data Rate (GDDR), a memory architecture that has a high-speed data interface for graphic processing applications. Based on the licenses and assets acquired from Qimonda, Elpida will now join the graphics DRAM business and become a memory solutions company with an expanded range of products and services. (Fresno Bee)
* Winbond forecasts improved operations this quarter Aug 5, 2009
The plan is to acquire Qimondas graphic double data rate related product design and technology that will enable Winbond to move into the graphic DRAM application market, Winbond said in a separate statement. In the first half of the year, Winbond posted a net loss of NT$7. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
SST Communications Introduces New 2.4 GHz WLAN Power Amplifier With Ultra-High Linear Output Power Aug 3, 2009
0V; Increases WiFi Transmission Range and Data Rate ... With its ultra-high linear output power, the SST12CP11 helps increase the transmission range and data rate of 802. (PR Newswire)
S2 Licensing Announces Availability of Additional Licensing Model for DVB-S2 Compliant Professional Products Jul 30, 2009
DVB-S2 enables delivery of a significantly higher data rate (e. g. 30%) in a given transponder bandwidth than the previous DVB-S standard. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
T-Mobile Dash 3G Smartphone: Good Keyboard, Small Screen Jul 29, 2009
T-Mobile says it offers download speeds of up to 1Mbps and an average data rate of 600Kbps. The carrier is planning to expand its 3G coverage to 100 more cities by the end of this year. (Datamation)
NTU unveils green and fastest supercomputer in ASEAN in collaboration with leading IT giants Jul 24, 2009
The IBM System x iDataplex cluster solution uses Quad Data Rate (QDR) InfiniBand as the Node Interconnect as well as the IBM System Storage DCS9900 Storage System. The Voltaire Infiniband QDR interconnect Director-class switches in the HPC system configuration makes NTU the first in Asia to utilise a leading-edge technology that couples input ports and output ports to realise significantly improved performance. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Samsung producing 2-Gb DDR 3 at 40-nm Jul 23, 2009
DDR3 is the third generation of double-data rate (DDR) synchronous memory ... The monolithic 2-Gb chips each support a data rate of up to 1. (EETimes)
Advanced communications satellite passes key milestone Jul 23, 2009
The planned AEHF constellation will deliver a significantly higher data rate for troops than do the Milstar satellites currently in orbit. In addition, the planned constellation will support Canada, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. (FCW.com)
iPhone 3GS 3.1 Update Due Soon Jul 3, 2009
" When the 3G came out last year, some critics took the device to task for its spotty 3G performance. A few firmware updates from Apple later, and 3G performance was notably improved. Nogee doesn't think that's possible here. "The only way they can reduce the heat is to throttle back the data rate, then you lose the benefit of the new model versus old model," he said. "S" means "shortage"? Another common problem with launches is short supplies, and the iPhone 3GS doesn't seem to be immune. In... (Datamation)
Japan props up Elpida with $1.7 billion in aid Jul 1, 2009
10 per gigabit of "double data rate 2" memory, far below the $1. 50 to $2 range Elpida has said it needs to make a profit. (EETimes)
NASA Gives Media, Public Look Inside Apollo Moon Rock Vault Jun 27, 2009
5 Mhz based on a standard C-band 5150 Mhz L.O., vertical polarity, FEC is 3/4, data rate is 6. 00 Mhz, symbol rate is 4. (NASA Watch)
SuiteLinq(TM) and Ruckus Wireless(TM) Test First Hospitality Industry VOD and HSIA Service Over Smart Wi-Fi Jun 23, 2009
This solution was used to transmit (unicast) three HD (MPEG-2) IP-based VOD (Video-On-Demand) streams, each at a data rate of 20 Mbps, and two standard definition IP-based VOD streams to five guest rooms. Testing was conducted using the SuiteVOD(TM) solution powered by InfoValue and Nighthawk Systems. (PR Newswire)
Ericsson HSPA module targets netbooks Jun 6, 2009
The High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) module is designed to offer a theoretical data rate for downloads of 7 ... Such pre-certifying with as many networks as possible is crucial in to the module market so that PC makers can incorporate 3G and its high data rate variants such as HSPA rapidly and cheaply. (EETimes)
By definition compression is going to provide a loss to picture quality. Mpeg2... Jun 5, 2009
Lower data rate, not less signal. Compression data rate and signal level are two different things. (Multichannel News)
More Air France Crash Debris Found Jun 4, 2009
The data rate probably would not be able to transmit enough of the crucial information from the last moments before a crash. Posted by bothR2blame31 at 8:04 PM : Jun 3, 2009. (CBS News)
Uppsala University and the Swedish Institute of Space Physics Collaborate with IBM In Large Scale Study of 'Space Weather' Jun 3, 2009
"IBM InfoSphere Streams is opening up a whole new way of doing science, not only in this area, but any area of e-Science where you have lots of data coming in from external sources and sensors, streaming at such high data rates you can't handle it with conventional technology," said Dr. Bo Thide, professor and head of research, Swedish Institute of Space Physics and director of LOIS Space Center ... "With this type of research, you have to be able to analyze as much data as possible on the fly.... (PR Newswire)
Utility Review: Ekahau HeatMapper Jun 2, 2009
HeatMapper also displays a sortable list of APs, described by , , channel, type max data rate, encryption (open/WEP/WPA/), and a real-time signal strength meter. These can be used to spot co-channel interference or basic configuration mistakes. (SmallBusinessComputing)
Cisco discloses server ASICs May 20, 2009
Cisco has not yet determined whether it will run the QPI bus at its full 1,066 MHz data rate or at a lower 800 MHz rate. Intel provides a reference design for two-socket Nehalem servers that support 12 DIMMs at 1,066 MHz and another that supports 18 DIMMs at 800 MHz. (EETimes)
Fujitsu Launches World's First 125 degrees-Celsius Spec. Low Power Memory for SiPs May 19, 2009
Furthermore, even for operating temperatures of 125 degrees-Celsius, these FCRAM products can provide data transfer rates that are more than twice the data rate of conventional DDR SDRAM memory, while keeping power consumption low ... 2Gbyte/second, which is twice the data rate of conventional DDR2 SDRAM memory. (JCN Network, Japan)
Dow-Key Now Offers Fiber Optic Switching Systems May 15, 2009
This model switches signals in pure optical domain with an operating wavelength of 1530-1565 nm in C-band and a data rate of 4 Gbps. The system is configured partially as crossbar and partially as fan-out, with 8x14 I/O ports using LC connectors. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
When will they broaden the band width so that motion blur can be eliminated? A... May 10, 2009
" Not so. I'm not claiming what Verizon is doing or not, but the article just says 19Mbps is recommended for good quality. ATSC for instance is 19.38mbps *maximum*. This is a raw data rate of the MPEG-TS (MPEG transport stream). If the main video isn't using 19.38mbps, the remainder could go to other channels (weather etc), or even just be filled with null packets... it wouldn't make sense for cable or FiOS to transmit these nulls and mixed streams down the line. April 4, 2008 In response to:... (Multichannel News)
Tools helps make on-chip interconnects May 6, 2009
With SNAP, chip designers simply specify the parameters of a given core's interface such as its data rate and width and the tool automatically generates the RTL for an on-chip interconnect ... It can handle data rates up to 266 MHz in a 90 nm process. (EETimes)
New Bluetooth Taps Wi-Fi Apr 28, 2009
"Consumer electronics historically has not made much use of Bluetooth because the data rate was too slow for high-res video and CD-quality music, we were stuck with a 3 megabits-per-second (mbps) data rate, but now, Bluetooth 3.0, using 802.11g and even 802.11n , we'll see much more adoption in consumer devices," Bill McFarland, CTO of , told InternetNews ... "If you have 1 to 3 mbps, it's not ideal, but now the data rate transfer is 10 times that," McFarland said. (Datamation)
Important Breakthrough Towards Silicon-based All-optical Integrated Circuits Apr 19, 2009
So far, the data rate achieved by using bare silicon waveguides was limited to only 40Gbit/s. The SOH approach overcomes this intrinsic limitation - thus enabling data rates above 100Gbit/s - by combining the best of two worlds: mature CMOS processing is used to fabricate the waveguide, and organic molecular beam deposition is used to cover it with organic molecules. (Science Daily)
Escape Communications Announces EXM-2L16 Cost-Optimized Indoor Unit (IDU) for Price-Sensitive Mobile Backhaul Point-to-Point Applications Apr 17, 2009
Flexible data rate and bandwidth occupancy up to 170 Mbps * Remotely configurable as all Ethernet or any combination of 1 to 16xE1/T1 + Ethernet * Native E1/T1 and Ethernet transmission: No packet-over-circuit or circuit-over-packet * Flexible modem and multiplexer: Programmable modulations (QPSK to 256 QAM), symbol rates and FEC * FlexBand(tm) arbitrary bandwidth selection: Flexible channel sizing up to 30 MHz * Embedded layer-2 switch with port-based VLAN security, rate limiting and QoS... (Primezone Releases)
Mars Rover Spirit Healthy, But Computer Reboots Raise Concerns Apr 17, 2009
Spirit can communicate directly with Earth via either the pointable high-gain antenna or, at a slower data rate, through a low-gain antenna that does not move. Additionally, communications can be relayed by Mars orbiters, using the UHF (ultra-high frequency) transceiver, a separate radio system on the rover. (Science Daily)
SQI Flash From SST Honored With EDN Innovation of the Year Award Apr 16, 2009
sustained burst data rate that provides performance exceeding typical parallel flash memory and other 4-bit multiplexed I/O serial interface flash memory products in the market today. To reduce access time, the 26 Series devices support 8-, 16-, 32- and 64-Byte burst mode operation with wrap around, which allows designers to execute code in burst snippets for RAM-less applications or fill cache line buffers for those applications where the system architecture uses pipelining to maximize bus... (PR Newswire)
Research team reports breakthrough in optical silicon communication Apr 15, 2009
The researchers mixed four signals with data rates of 42 ... Hitherto, the data rate achieved by using bare silicon waveguides was limited to about 40 Gbit/s. (EETimes)
Sun Debuts x86 Blades Geared for Network Apr 15, 2009
If 10 Gbits isn't enough throughput, Sun is introducing the Sun Blade 6048 Quad Data Rate InfiniBand NEM (QNEM) that quad pumps the data, all through PCI-Express connectors ... Sun claims the Sun Blade X6275 server module is the first blade server to support on-board quad data rate (QDR) InfiniBand for 40 Gbits of throughput, ideal for performance and HPC applications. (Datamation)
Bluetooth SIG set to unveil version 3.0 this month Apr 11, 2009
to achieve significantly faster data rate transfers, would be released on April 21. The Adaption Layer will allow devices to pair through an 802. (EETimes)
Test Center: Intel's Nehalem sizzles Apr 1, 2009
A raft of supporting players also enters into the mix, including updated Virtualization Technology extensions to assist in virtualization use cases; support for DDR3 memory, which can provide double the data rate of DDR2; and SSE 4. 2 instructions, a relatively minor update aimed at accelerating text processing. (InfoWorld)
Airvana User Labs Demonstrate Greater Than Five-Fold Data Speed Increase with HubBub Femtocell Mar 23, 2009
In-home Tests Show Femtocell Advantage over Macro Network in Data Rates and Consistency ... Based on the results of side-by-side testing, a typical HubBub user can expect to achieve broadband data rates throughout their house of approximately five times that of the existing wireless macro network ... From a theoretical EVDO peak data rate of 3. (PR Newswire)
OFC/NFOEC features breakthroughs in next-generation ethernet, metamaterials, networks Mar 18, 2009
The new de-multiplexing device demonstrated at the Technical University of Denmark, by contrast, can handle the high data rate, and do so in a stable manner ... With a cost close to other electronic products, the OSMOSIS system can move data through 64 ports at a rate of 40G for each port, for an overall data rate of 2. (EurekAlert!)
A better way to distinguish Wi-Fi's flavors Mar 11, 2009
There have been attempts to carve out higher-priced niches for Wi-Fi, such as with off-standard modes that provided higher raw data rates or extended range at lower rates--provided you paired two products with chip sets from the same vendor ... One of the easiest knobs to turn is to double the channel width to 40 MHz, thereby effectively doubling the data rate ... That, combined with 40-MHz channels, can take maximum raw data rates from 65 Mbits/second--just a hair's breadth better than the... (EETimes)
Upgrading to Wireless N on a Budget Feb 28, 2009
0 certification and touts the same maximum data rate of 300Mbps as more famous-name hardware ... As with the TRENDnet router, Zonet gives its Draft-N router a maximum data rate of 300Mbps with two MIMO antennas ... Well, due to having the one fewer antenna and a maximum data rate of 100Mbps for the wired connections, you'll see lower file transfer speeds compared to the routers that sport three antennas and Gigabit Ethernet (1,000 Mbps). (SmallBusinessComputing)
Counterpoint: UWB outlook certainly isn't positive Feb 26, 2009
But it did so out of the spotlight and without claims that far exceeded reality in terms of data rate. And just maybe the technology that became 802. (EETimes)
Virgin Media Reports Fourth Quarter 2008 Results Feb 25, 2009
We also launched a mobile broadband product which complements our fixed broadband offering and, by introducing a market leading fixed data rate, will meet increasing consumer demand for mobile data consumption. During 2009 we continue to proactively exploit our mobile capability and integrate mobile's ``third screen'' in the home into a comprehensive digital proposition. (Primezone Releases)
Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP -- Representing Investors Who Purchased Rackable Systems, Inc. -- Announces Update to Shareholder Lawsuit -- RACK Feb 21, 2009
The Complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period defendants' public statements were false or misleading and failed to disclose or indicate the following: (1) that the Company was experiencing competitive pressure; (2) that competition was increasing; (3) that, due to increasing competition, the Company was able to maintain and expand its customer base only by aggressively lowering its contract prices; (4) that, as such, the Company was experiencing dramatic erosion of gross margin... (Primezone Releases)
SST NANDrive and SQI Flash Named Finalists for 19th Annual EDN Innovation Awards Feb 17, 2009
sustained burst data rate that provides performance exceeding typical parallel flash memory and other 4-bit multiplexed I/O serial interface flash memory products in the market today. To provide additional system speed and performance, the 26 Series supports 8-, 16-, 32- and 64-Byte burst mode operation with wrap around, which reduces the memory's read access time, as well as memory index jumping, which reduces the number of input clock cycles. (PR Newswire)
Xilinx Demonstrates Next-Generation LTE eNodeB Targeted Design Platform at Mobile World Congress to Accelerate Wireless Infrastructure Innovation Feb 16, 2009
Adding to these capabilities are the new LTE Channel Encoder and Decoder cores that are optimized for high performance, low latency transmissions, and multiple input multiple output (MIMO) Encoder designed to improve the data rate performance of wireless networks. The cores are generated to user-specified parameters with the Xilinx CORE Generator(TM) software tool to dramatically reduce development cycles. (PR Newswire)
Broadcom Demonstrates First Android-Enabled Mobile Phone Platform Supporting High Definition Camcorder, Video Player and up to 12 Megapixel Digital Camera Applications Feb 16, 2009
1 with enhanced data rate (EDR) capabilities, and FM receive -- Provides assisted-GPS location-enabled capabilities -- Supports DVB-H/DVB-T standards for mobile TV reception -- Provides extended battery life that enables multiple hours of viewing, recording, gaming and talking. About the Android Platform. (PR Newswire)
Transmitting data@ 640 Gbps Feb 8, 2009
The new de-multiplexing device demonstrated at the Technical University of Denmark, by contrast, can handle the high data rate, and can do so in a stable manner ... The dynamics involved in the CUDOS device could even allow for still higher data rates approaching terabits/second (Tbps, or trillion bits per second), said a CUDOS release. (Sify.com, India)
Is the war on online piracy Lost? Feb 8, 2009
Is the war on online piracy Lost. The Age: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Melbourne's leading newspaper. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
