Wireless chips embedded into every device could transform an ordinary home into a distributed computing system.
The result: wireless chips that deliver longer battery life and can be crammed into thinner, lighter handsets.
FORBES: As Apple Fights Samsung, Qualcomm Wins; RIM, HTC Lose
Whether MediaTek can compete with Qualcomm and ST-Ericsson, Europe's new champion for wireless chips, remains to be seen.
Picture-taking, music-playing, television, movies, videogames--Qualcomm engineers are integrating as much of this fun stuff as possible into their wireless chips.
Although sales of Intersil's wider portfolio of wireless chips were down 8.6% for the quarter, sales of wireless networking chips held steady with the previous quarter.
They also have wireless chips that will use the ZigBee standard, a sort of longer-range version of Bluetooth, to communicate with a future generation of wireless appliances and thermostats.
The San Diego-based communications chip vendor is shifting production of the wireless chips it sells to a new manufacturing technology that will allow it to build parts with features as small as 28 nanometers across.
FORBES: As Apple Fights Samsung, Qualcomm Wins; RIM, HTC Lose
In 15 years' time, when everything from shoes to shirts to sunglasses could well contain tiny wireless chips, people may use their phones to communicate with objects as well as talking to people, suggests Mr Lindoff.
Similar to how many credit cards have wireless chips built into them for tap-and-pay, people with newer Android phones from Sprint Nextel will be able to do the same at the 311, 000 stores worldwide that have installed MasterCard terminals.
In January of last year, cybersecurity researcher Travis Goodspeed gave a presentation at the S4 conference in Miami where he described a way to bypass encryption on Zigbee wireless chips, which some smart electric metering systems would use to communicate.
FORBES: Researcher Throws A Wrench In IBM And HP's Sensor Networks
Eric Kim , who made his reputation at Samsung by taking the Korean giant from a cheap copycat to a Sony competitor and is now pulling the marketing strings at Intel, studied the success of Centrino, the now ubiquitous wireless chips that were marketed heavily starting in 2003.
The change came as Itron's research group in Paris realized it could exploit inexpensive new wireless chips and open-source software to create a so-called mesh network of electric meters that passed information among themselves, like firemen in a bucket brigade, instead of relying on expensive and less reliable individual connections to the Internet.
Eric Kim , who made his reputation at Samsung by taking the Korean giant from a cheap copycat to a Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people ) competitor and is now pulling the marketing strings at Intel, studied the success of Centrino, the now ubiquitous wireless chips that were marketed heavily starting in 2003.
The Atheros acquisition, which closed on May 24, is expected to give Qualcomm an edge in wireless networking chips that integrate several kinds of Wi-Fi into one chipset.
FORBES: Smartphones Help Qualcomm Beat Estimates, Raise Guidance
At the TED conference this week, Jawbone CEO and cofounder Hosain Rahman unveiled a new product called UP, a handsome-looking flexible bracelet packed with vibration and motion sensors and wireless radio chips.
FORBES: Jawbone Moving Into Personal Health, Getting IPO-ish
Its wireless networks of chips, sensors and cameras turn ordinary structures into smart buildings that use less energy and are easier to maintain.
Chicory plans to license its speedy design to chipmakers so they can add muscle to low-end chips for wireless devices.
The move marks a major shift for Windows Phone devices, which up to now have used chips from wireless technology giant Qualcomm.
FORBES: Nokia To Use ST-Ericsson Chips For Windows Phone 8 Handsets
Now they draw a bead on more sophisticated services--engineering, research and development, and designing auto parts, sections of aircraft wings and chips for wireless services.
Dr. Lee is a leader in the field of computer chips for wireless technologies such as mobile phones, short-range wireless devices, and global positioning systems (GPS).
WHITEHOUSE: DARPA Recruits World-Class Engineer to Lead Key Technology Office | The White House
Only now with the speed offered by faster chips, wireless connectivity and the ease of using tablets like the iPad has the real power of the Medcin Engine begun to be appreciated.
One of those is 4G wireless infrastructure, in particular chips used in LTE base stations.
FORBES: Integrated Device Tech FY Q4 Tops Street Estimates; Shares Rally
CSR, originally known as Cambridge Silicon Radio, makes wireless connectivity components, including chips for Bluetooth and other radio technologies.
FORBES: Merger Monday: Chipmaker CSR To Buy Zoran In Stock Deal
Qualcomm (nasdaq: QCOM - news - people ), which develops chips and other wireless technology, owns a slice of 700 Mhz spectrum, which it uses for its mobile TV application, mediaFLO.
The handsets need to be equipped with chips that support the wireless communication technology Near Field Communication (NFC).
FORBES: How AT&T, T-Mobile And Verizon's Mobile Payment App Will Work
Intel says it will use DSP to design chips that will enable wireless phones to connect to the Internet.
It will try harder to make chips for consumer goods and wireless.
It also expanded its wireless product portfolio with NFC quad-core chips, which targets growth in mass market mobile phones as well as high-end mobile phones and devices.
The company also expanded its wireless product portfolio with NFC quad-core chips which targets growth in mass market mobile phones as well as high-end mobile phones and devices.
In fact, wireless bandwidth may soon surpass the bandwidth of broadband to the home, and the Centrino chips from Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) that enable wireless access on PCs, will become obsolete.
应用推荐