Murata launches world’s smallest 100nF MLCC ceramic capacitor for 5G smartphones
https://www.electronics-lab.com/murata-launches-worlds-smallest-100nf-mlcc-ceramic-capacitor-5g-smartphones/
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has developed the GRM011R60J104M, the world’s first multi-layer ceramic capacitor to feature a maximum capacitance of 0.1µF in 008004 inch size (0.25×0.125mm). Mass production of this new product is scheduled to begin in 2020. As smartphones supporting 5G become more widespread and devices such as wearable devices become increasingly multifunctional and […]
Samsung announces 5G-capable Exynos processor
https://www.electronics-lab.com/samsung-announces-5g-capable-exynos-processor/
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has announced the Exynos 980 processor with an integrated 5G modem capable of download speeds of up to 2.55Gbps. report by Peter Clarke @ eenewsembedded.com The chip is designed in Samsung’s 8nm manufacturing process technology and the CPU has a six-two split little-big architecture divided between two 2.2GHz Cortex-A77 cores and […]
Beyond 5G: Wireless Transceiver With Ultra-Fast Data Processing
https://www.electronics-lab.com/beyond-5g-wireless-transceiver-ultra-fast-data-processing/
A new wireless transceiver invented by electrical engineers at the University of California, Irvine boosts radio frequencies into 100-gigahertz territory, quadrupling the speed of the upcoming 5G wireless communications standard. by Jens Nickel @ elektormagazine.com Labeled an “end-to-end transmitter-receiver” by its creators in UCI’s Nanoscale Communication Integrated Circuits Labs, the 4.4-millimeter-square silicon chip is capable […]
Samsung 12Gb LPDDR5 DRAM now in mass production
https://www.electronics-lab.com/samsung-12gb-lpddr5-dram-now-mass-production/
Samsung Electronics announced it has begun mass producing the industry’s first 12-gigabit LPDDR5 mobile DRAM, optimized for enabling 5G and AI features in future smartphones. The new mobile DRAM memory comes just five months after announcing mass production of the 12GB LPDDR4X. The company also plans LPDDR5 packages combining up to eight 12Gb chips for […]
u-blox announces NB-IoT module ready for 3GPP Rel 14 and 5G
https://www.electronics-lab.com/u-blox-announces-nb-iot-module-ready-for-3gpp-rel-14-and-5g/
u-blox, a global provider of leading positioning and wireless communication technologies, has announced the SARA-N3, a multi-band NB-IoT module that supports a preliminary set of 3GPP Release 14 features (LTE Cat NB2). The SARA-N3 is available in two variants: one dedicated to China and another that can operate across multiple bands on any NB-IoT network […]