19 July 2010 - 4Home Software Provides Efficiency, Automation for Connected Households
4Home is part of the emerging field of connected home services, which provides comfort, convenience, awareness and security to households. Connected home services are delivered over the Internet, and can be achieved through multiple interfaces including mobile phones, Web browsers, tablets, and TVs.
(4Home's Chief Marketing Officer Nate) Williams said that the early adapters of the technology were tech-savvy people, ages 25 to 39, who wanted to improve their productivity. "They see it as an extension of what they are doing on the iPhone."
13 July 2010 - Mirics Raises Another $13m
Mirics, the Hampshire soft-TV specialist, has raised $13m in additional funding. The new money will enable Mirics to expand the market for its FlexiTV software demodulation-based platform which combines Mirics’ silicon front-end (MSi3101) with demodulator algorithms. which replicate the complete functionality of silicon demodulators (such as OFDM demodulation and error correction).
07 July 2010 - Roke Manor develops wide area femtocell
Using picoChip's technology as a development platform, Roke Manor Research has created a femtocell which has up to 40,000 times the area covered by competitive devices. Alongside its wide area coverage, the femtocell also connectivity from vehicles moving at up to 120km/hr.
15 June 2010 - picoChip Raises Another $20m Taking VC Investment To $110m.
picoChip has raised another $20m in equity funding on top of the $20m it raised last November, taking the total amount of capital raised by the ten year-old company to $110m. It expects to be cash-flow positive by the end of the year.
picoChip, the leading supplier of femtocell ICs, says that twelve cellular network operators have launched femtocell products, the majority of which use picoChip ICs. It is also a major supplier of Wimax silicon.
10 June 2010 - HANs Promise Energy Savings For All
Get ready for one more home network, the home-area network (HAN). It has a separate application altogether: to connect your heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system and other power-hungry appliances to your electrical meter and the local power utility.
Gigle Networks makes HomePlug AV/P1901-compliant PLC chips. The GGL301 is a 200-MHz Intelligent Multi-PHY switch with an on-board programmable network processor and memory. Also included is an analog front end (AFE) for the powerline and a 10/100 Ethernet port.
