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New Wi-Fi 6 Chipsets Expected to Have Strong Demand
Suppliers will ship more than 1 billion Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) chipsets by 2022, according to a new report from ABI research. The 1 billion plateau means fast growth for the chipsets, with the first deployments not expected until next year, following several years to develop and ratify the 802.11ax standard.
 
IDC: Wearables Shipments Jump Almost 22% YoY in Third Quarter
New wearable products from companies including Fitbit, Garmin and Huawei led to global wearables shipments of 32 million units during the third quarter of 2018. That represents a jump of 21.7% over the year-ago quarter, according to IDC.
NIST 5G Research Aims To Aid In Millimeter Wave Antenna Design, Slashing Potential Costs
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)has devised a new way of evaluating and selecting optimal antenna designs for 5G phones, other wireless devices and base stations. The NIST 5G research could help boost 5G wireless network capacity and slash costs, the institute said.
In The Near Future, You May Get Into An Argument with Your Smart Speaker
Over 65 percent of virtual assistant, or smart speaker, users think the speakers will argue like family members in three years, according to the eighth edition of Ericsson’s Consumer Labtrend report. Some of the technology predictions the company studied might seem like a stretch, but they make for entertaining reading.
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