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Archive for the ‘Applications’ Category

By Charlie Ashton, VP of Marketing – 6WIND

Some news items from last week should be of great interest to readers of this blog:

In one of many stories from CES, FierceWireless reported on the wide range of LTE devices introduced at the show as well as aggressive pricing plans. As the article states, “With AT&T’s increased number of LTE devices coupled with Verizon’s data pricing promotions, it appears that the race to attract subscribers to LTE networks just got a little bit more interesting.”

Another CES report, from ComputerWorld, discusses the emergence of non-traditional applications for LTE. As an example, “Alcatel-Lucent…. manned a booth showing several high-tech examples of how LTE wireless technology can support consumers, industry and government, such as providing police departments with the ability to transmit high definition, real-time video and data on crime suspects to officers in patrol cars.”

Microsoft’s announcement of Windows LTE smartphones received wide coverage, for example in this article from InformationWeek that describes the Nokia Lumia 900 which will be available from AT&T.

Lastly, a couple of non-CES items…..

Congratulations to NetLogic, who announced here that they received the distinguished 2011 Most Respected Emerging Public Semiconductor Company Award for the third consecutive year from the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA).

Finally, Cavium and Kontron announced here the availability of the second generation of the Kontron AMC Packet Processor module AM4211 for MicroTCA platforms, based on the 10-core OCTEON II CN6645 series.

What are the trends that you’re seeing in multicore platforms? What recent interesting news have you seen in this area?