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John Glossner
Sandbridge Technologies CTO & EVP. A fabless semiconductor company building SDR baseband processors.

November 2009

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Indian startup tips SDR-based TV demodulation

November 23, 2009

EE Times reports that Saankhya Labs, a fabless chip startup based here, has announced its Universal TV demodulator IC based on Software Defined Radio (SDR) architecture, and targeted at World TV and PC-TV receiver markets. Built on an ASSP (application specific signal processor) platform, the product named Pruthvi – is made up of programmable DSPs, and [...]

ETSI’s standardization of Reconfigurable Radio Systems gets underway

November 23, 2009

ETSI announces its standardization plans for Reconfigurable Radio Systems. PRLog (Press Release) – Nov 02, 2009 – Following the completion of a phase of feasibility studies, standardization of Reconfigurable Radio Systems (RRS) is now getting underway. RRS are seen by many as the most effective response to the ever-growing demand for a great diversity of [...]

Vislink Introduces Kamelyon for Law Enforcement & Public Safety

November 23, 2009

VISLINK, plc has significantly advanced the state-of-the-art in Law Enforcement & Public Safety (LE&PS) wireless surveillance with the introduction of its software defined KAMELYON family of digital transmitters and receivers.  As a Software Defined Radio (SDR), the field upgradeable KAMELYON is compatible with legacy surveillance technology, emerging digital applications, and future technological advancements.  In fact, [...]

The 2009 Venture Capital 100

November 23, 2009

The first annual AlwaysOn Venture Capital 100 highlights the one hundred individuals who have backed the most profitable winners in the last four years. To compile the first VC 100 List, our editorial team sourced data from its research partners Morgan Stanley, VentureDeal and the 451 Group on more than 700 active venture capitalists, 1,400 [...]

ZTE SDR Base Station Records over 200,000 Volume Shipment

November 23, 2009

SDR Solution Helps Meet 3G Market Demands and Lowers Operator TCO 13 November 2009, Shenzhen, China – ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, today announced that itsSoftware Defined Radio (SDR) base stations have recorded a total [...]

Navy to develop next-generation JCREW 3.3 IED detection and electronic warfare technologies

November 23, 2009

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) in Arlington, Va., is issuing a broad agency announcement (BAA 10-003) for the JCREW 3.3 science and technology (S&T) program to improve existing JCREW IED detection and electronic warfare system hardware, software, techniques, and technologies. First off, ONR scientists are interested in improved JCREW antennas. [...]

US Leads in Scientific Publications but China is catching up

November 23, 2009

From Thomson Reuters: China’s research output has increased dramatically since 1999 while most output increased to upwards of 112,000 papers nations remained fairly stable. During the same period the USA increased by 2008 —with the nation more than doubling its output from 265,000 to 340,000 publications per year, an increase of its output since 2004 alone. [...]

glossner: Enjoyed watching spurs hammer wigan 9-1!

November 23, 2009

glossner: Enjoyed watching spurs hammer wigan 9-1!

glossner: Dinner tonight at my favorite pizza place on earth – 4 brothers in Mahopac NY

November 18, 2009

glossner: Dinner tonight at my favorite pizza place on earth - 4 brothers in Mahopac NY

glossner: Enjoying a new sheraton tonight in mahwah nj

November 18, 2009

glossner: Enjoying a new sheraton tonight in mahwah nj

SDR Forum Technical Conference Approaches (Dec 1-4)

November 13, 2009

The SDR Forum’s Technical Conference is getting ready to gear up in Washington DC. Held annually, more than 100 papers will be presented along with indepth tutorials, keynotes, and panel discussions. The final program is here. You can register here. Disclaimer - I’m the general Chair of the conference. See you in DC!

Multimode wireless and SDR success lies in software optimization

November 9, 2009

I have a nice quote in a Mobile Handset DesignLine article written by Fanny Mlinarsky.

Venture Capital Leads Returns

November 9, 2009

According to Thomson Reuters, venture capital still has better returns than many other investments (at least through March 2009).

Restaurants lead mobile alert survey

November 9, 2009

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