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The Q4 enterprise WLAN market grew 3.2% to reach $2.6 billion, says IDC, but for the full year the market declined 12.7% y-o-y finishing at $9.4 billion. The Q3 market grew 5.8% on Q2 and the Q4 market grew 4.8% on Q3. The latest Wi-Fi standards are driving growth. Wi-Fi 6E, which enables Wi-Fi to utilize the 6 GHz band ...

The UK’s Satellite Applications Catapult has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Voyager Technologies to collaborate on In-Orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing (ISAM). The Catapult and Voyager – a space transport specialist – say they will explore a range of opportunities for space tech development. These include manufacturing and materials development in orbit, and advanced robotics. They will also ...

Researchers from ETH Zurich and its spin-out company Polaritron have created a moduator for infra-red that works up to 1.1THz. It is a modulator with two gold electrodes on a substrate facing each other across 10nm wide slot 10µm long (see artists impression). Inside the slot is a substance only described as a ‘non-linear organic electro-optic material’, and at opposite ...

For those seeking form fit and function replacements for Red range rack and panel connectors from ITW McMurdo, Weald Electronics offers its LMR series. The Red range “was made obsolete in 2024, Most residual stock of this widely used connector family has now been consumed”, according to Weald. “Matching the technical performance and dimensions of the Red range, Weald LMR ...

Mouser is stocking Silicon Labs’ latest series of Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth Low Energy 5.4 and Matter wireless modules, which measure 16 x 21.1 x 2.3mm. Called SiWG917Y, “the series are shielded modules with a dedicated wireless processing subsystem, an MCU and a security engine,” according to Mouser, which is stocking the parts. “The modules come with radio approvals for the ...

Google is rolling out the third beta release for the forthcoming Android 16 mobile operating system. New features include broadcast audio support, text outlining and testing apps with LNP (Local Network Protection). Note this release is for developers only, available on Pixel devices – the Android 16 Developer Preview releases are early baseline builds for programmers only, not for early ...

Softbank has bought Ampere the Santa Clara Arm-based server chip designer for $6.5 billion. Ampere’s technology derives from the Arm-based server processors of Applied Micro Circuit Corp (AMCC) which was taken over by MACOM in 2016. In October 2017, MACOM sold the computing business of AMCC, including the IP for AMCC’s X-Gene Arm-based processors, to the private equity fund Carlyle ...

Yesterday the EC charged Google with favouring its own services over rivals in its searches and has ordered Apple to further open iOS to rivals’ connected devices. The EC says it is merely enforcing the terms of the 2022 Digital Markets Act. However many will see it as the EC  throwing down the gauntlet to the new US administration which ...

Datacentre capex grew 51% to $455 billion in 2024, says Dell’Oro, with accelerated servers optimised for AI training workloads deployed by the hyperscalers accounting for most of the growth. “The top 10 hyperscalers accounted for more than half of global datacentre capex in 2024, driven largely by heightened investments in AI infrastructure,” says Dell’Oro vp Baron Fung, “while NVIDIA’s Hopper ...

Q4 server market revenues grew 91% y-o-y to reach a record $77.3, according to IDC. Revenue generated from x86 servers increased 59.9% in 2024Q4 to $54.8 billion while Non-x86 servers increased 262.1% year over year to $22.5 billion. Revenue for servers with an embedded GPU in the fourth quarter of 2024 grew 192.6% year-over-year and for the full year 2024, ...