Qualcomm launches two satellite-enabled chips for the IoT: Qualcomm has released two new chipsets that include satellite-capable modems for use in asset tracking or remote monitoring. Both chips include cellular and satellite capabilities. The chips … [Read more...]
RISC-V is coming to the internet of things
Fans of this newsletter know I'm a major chip nerd. I started my tech career as a semiconductor reporter, and for the last seven or eight years I've been closely watching RISC-V, an open source chip architecture. The RISC-V architecture, which was … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for January 31, 2020
Hitachi Vantara to buy Waterline Data: Hitachi's IoT-focused organization, Vantara, has agreed to buy Waterline Data, which makes software to organize data inside companies. Waterline's software analyzes metadata to understand what types of data are … [Read more...]
Podcast: IKEA’s smart home arrives in August
Kevin was out of town this week, so I co-hosted the podcast with my former colleague Chris Albrecht, who is managing editor at the Spoon, a foodtech site and the head of the Articulate conference all about kitchen robots. We start the show with news … [Read more...]
Podcast: The smart home at SXSW
This week's show features a lot of little news bits starting with a discussion about Charter testing a new smart home device management platform and another chat about facial recognition. We then return to the lessons that Boeing's 737 MAX saga have … [Read more...]