Switches are the last bastion of the vertically integrated box inside the data center. Many companies want to change that and Cumulus Networks hopes to help by offering a Linux-based OS for switches.
The wide array of wireless radio technologies used to get devices online may soon shrink as major players in the chip world start choosing the standards they will support for the internet of things.
Not content with open sourcing the server and storage hardware inside data centers, Facebook’s Open Compute Project has teamed up with others to build an open source top of rack switch. Here’s why it matters.
Chipmakers are eying the maker community as a possible development community for the internet of things. Texas Instruments has two new offerings for this crowd.
Intel has big plans in the networking –plans that will upset the status quo from merchant silicon vendors like Broadcom to box makers like Cisco and Juniper who are dependent on custom ASICs.
Roku is adding wireless mirroring to its hardware: Broadcom’s Miracast technology could be part of Roku’s streaming stick, as well as the next-generation Roku boxes.
Nvidia has scored a design win for its latest Tegra chip. ZTE will use both the Tegra 4 and Nvidia’s modem in its next smartphones due out in 2013.
LTE adoption is really just getting started but Broadcom isn’t waiting for the next big thing. It has a new chip that can bring super-fast mobile broadband speeds to tablets and phones.
Silicon Image has developed a new, smaller WirelessHD chip to let mobile gamers project their games from their smartphones or gaming devices onto their TVs. Will the same company that pushed HDMI be able to popularize a new wireless standard?
High-def digital video recorders, which can use as much power as a small refrigerator, are about to become a lot more efficient, thanks to chip innovations that put these devices to sleep. But will your cable company let your set-top box get the best sleep possible?
