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Top 10 disruptive startup tech plays
Peter Clarke
1/23/2013 10:20 AM EST
#8. Four companies prep 60-GHz chips
At #8 is Four companies prepare wave of 60 GHz chips by Rick Merritt.
In July 2012 Rick Merritt wrote about four companies that were on course to be shipping 60-GHz wireless chips in less than a year. The devices will deliver data at rates of more than 3-Gbits/second while consuming less than two watts of power, but will still face hurdles building new markets, he said. It looks like it is going to be a race to market once again, much like the one for Wi-Fi. But which startup or startups can gain a podium finish and sufficient market traction to ensure survival?

Wilocity next to Qualcomm Atheros on a Dell communications board.
Related links and articles:
Startup Peraso samples 60-GHz transceiver
Startup Nitero demos 60-GHz Wi-Fi
IMEC: 60-GHz transceiver offers 7-Gbps short range data rate
At #8 is Four companies prepare wave of 60 GHz chips by Rick Merritt.
In July 2012 Rick Merritt wrote about four companies that were on course to be shipping 60-GHz wireless chips in less than a year. The devices will deliver data at rates of more than 3-Gbits/second while consuming less than two watts of power, but will still face hurdles building new markets, he said. It looks like it is going to be a race to market once again, much like the one for Wi-Fi. But which startup or startups can gain a podium finish and sufficient market traction to ensure survival?

Wilocity next to Qualcomm Atheros on a Dell communications board.
Related links and articles:
Startup Peraso samples 60-GHz transceiver
Startup Nitero demos 60-GHz Wi-Fi
IMEC: 60-GHz transceiver offers 7-Gbps short range data rate
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daustins
1/25/2013 11:37 AM EST
I am an Anglophile and have been all my life. Still, is it necessary to call a Brit or anyone by a title? Americans do not have nobility or royalty, de jure. Call him, or any other ennobled Brit, by his last name, or first, if you're familiar. As I said, I'm an Anglophile but we don't use fancy titles for Rothchilds and anyone in the Almanach de Gotha.
No reason for an American to fawn over someone, even a cousin.
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R. S. Moore
1/25/2013 11:42 AM EST
But he is brave Sir Robin.
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TJones
1/25/2013 12:36 PM EST
My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
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trm1945
1/25/2013 12:53 PM EST
Hello there, what's your name?
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Pedro. That's Mexican, isn't it?
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hari.tadepalli
1/25/2013 1:00 PM EST
Appreciate these techonology development insights. But, . . ., one quarter column worth of reading material in each click? My 1920 x 1080 laptop screen can fit at least six of these slides in a screenful. I understand the need for sponsors and advertisements; but with all the formatted content on this page, inclidng the ad, occupy less than 50% of my screen, with two large white margins left open on either side. For reading convenience, please consider posting at least two of these slides on each page.
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RAJEEV.KRISHNAMOORTHY_#1
1/25/2013 1:15 PM EST
I completely agree with the comment about the irritating format. I frequently stop reading articles because I get turned off. In this case, I stopped after just a couple of slides.
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William Miller
1/28/2013 2:59 AM EST
Agree. Slides are not convenient for reading..
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jjgray
1/28/2013 6:39 AM EST
Agree! These articles always prick my interest and then prick my bubble as I recognise the tedious "1 of 10" format.
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TJones
1/25/2013 2:20 PM EST
I, on the other hand, enjoy clicking once for each word in the article.
This is especially effective on slower browsers, where the densely-populated and expertly-coded EET web page takes torturous seconds to load and I stop reading the article, but am _sure_ to read the advertisements, v e r y s l o w l y.
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alex7ko
1/27/2013 7:57 AM EST
I used to click "Print" when reading such multi-page articles as this.
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hari.tadepalli
2/5/2013 2:22 AM EST
Thanks for the suggestion. I missed the tip. Yes, clicking print takes you to an ad-free version with all the 10 slides on the same page. Some websites don't allow this, but works in EETimes.
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joyhaa
1/30/2013 3:15 PM EST
at least there should be a quick jump-to list for the 10 items.
also, on item 7 for servergy.com, I think they're using Freescale silicon, not sure why IBM was mentioned there.
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John_Galt
2/5/2013 10:51 AM EST
I read the Cyclos white paper with great interest. The resonant concept is simple but it may be too simple. The white paper focuses heavily on clock tree power and skew - to be sure these are vitally important aspects of IC design - but so is jitter. In certain applications jitter can be a show-stopper and my engineering sense tells me that a parallel resonant tuned clock tree (being of high impedance) would be very susceptible to jitter generated from crosstalk.
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selinz
2/12/2013 2:13 PM EST
Perhaps a drop-down menu (similar to those used in product reviews) that enable jumping to an arbitrary page would make the format less irritating.
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