5/31/2021
• USA
Component Manufacturers' 47% Share Dominates Smartphone Market
• Leaked
Huawei Memo Reveals Plan for Global Software Domination
• IC
Shortage Extends Beyond Automotive
• Mobile
Devices Under Siege by Cyberattackers
• Chinese
Rover Drives onto Surface of Mars
5/28/2021
• FCC to Keep Private
Amateurs' Email Addresses in ULS
• Raytheon Partners with GlobalFoundries to
Develop GaN-on-Si
• Biphenylene
Conductive Carbon Alternative to Graphene
• Smartphones to Get
"Green Rating" Label
• Space-Grade ICs
Improving Telemetry Circuit Design
5/27/2021
• Wi-Fi
FragAttacks Place All Mobile Devices at Risk
• Korea Aims to
"Chip Away" at Taiwan's Semi Fab Dominance
• Foundation Announces
ARRL 2021 Scholarship Awards
• Singtel Prepares to
Book Nearly $1B Loss
• 2021
State of Manufacturing Report
5/26/2021
• DARPA Seeks "Always
On" Interconnected Networks
• Robust Forecasting Key to
Solving IC Supply-Chain Volatility
• SpaceX Signs with Google Cloud for
Satellite Broadband
• Software
Business Driving U.S. Jobs, GDP Growth (it's all
those coal miners learning to code)
• Chip
Supply down Until 2023 per IBM
5/25/2021
• New U.S.
Chip Lobbying Group Forms
• Radio
Climbing Back from Pandemic Devastation
• GaN
Power Market to Reach $1.1B in 2026
• FCC Kicks off 2
Pandemic Relief Connectivity Programs (aka "free"
Internet service)
• LoRaWAN
Standard Open for Business in Israel
5/24/2021
• Lasers Could
Clear Space Junk from Orbit
• Korea Teases
Fab Expansions
• Next G Alliances Gets Moving on
6G Roadmap
• 5G
Triggers Changes in Usage Behavior, Displacing Wi-Fi
• China Lands
on Mars (a full 6-place setting)
5/21/2021
• Commercial
6G Deployments Could Start as Early as 2028
• Graphene
to Play an Integral Role in 6G Technology
• Chinese Rocket Highlights Dangers of
Uncontrolled Space Debris Re-entry
• Tesla
#1 for BEVs; BMW #1 for PHEVs
• When
Poor
Grounding Leads to More Grounding
5/20/2021
• Europe Searches for
Counter to Musk's Starlink
• IEEE
COMCAS 2021 to Take Place Physically in Israel
• China
Falling Behind in Chip Manufacturing Equipment Development
• AI
Startups Plateau
• Microwaves
Pioneer Tatsuo Itoh Passes at 80
5/19/2021
• Zigbee
Alliance Rebrands as "Connectivity Standards Alliance"
• Congressman Says
Armed Forces Ignoring Electronic Warfare Needs
• FCC Asks How
Chip Shortage Impacts Communications Industry
• 60 Meters Again Available to
New Zealand Radio Amateurs
• Missile Defense Agency to Deorbit
Missile Warning Satellites
5/18/2021
• U.S. Space Force Wants into
Tactical Satellite Imagery Business
• Radio
Frequency Interference Seminar Set for May 19 via Zoom
• Reimagining
IC Supply Chain to Prevent Next Shortage
• FCC
Improves Public Safety Communications in 800 MHz Band
• T-Mobile Presses for
12 GHz Auction
5/17/2021
• $Billion
Missile Defense Satellite Launches Monday
• Geomagnetic
Storm Season Is Over
• Developing
"Fitter" Global Supply Chains
• In Graphene Process,
Resistance
Is Not Futile
• U.S. Space Force to be
World's 1st Fully Digital Service
5/14/2021
• Global
Semiconductor Market >$500B in 2021
• FCC Seeks Comment on
New Wireless Microphone Technology
• Google
Snaps up Network-on-Chip Startup Provino
• Northrop Grumman to Advance Position, Navigation, and Timing
(PNT) COMSEC Satellites
• Chunghwa Telecom Targets
10,000 5G Base Stations by End-2021
5/13/2021
• May 11 Was
Puerto Rico Amateur Radio Operator Day (oops, missed
it)
• FCC Makes
Spectrum Available for Commercial Space Launches
• U.S. Manufacturing of
Advanced Cadmium Telluride Consortium Formed
• EU Proposes
Risk-Based AI Rules
• French Telcos Had
13,322 Operational 5G Sites at End-April
5/12/2021
• Studies Show
"Win-Win" for 12 GHz Band
• mm-Wave
5G is 16x Faster Than Sub-6 GHz 5G
• Very
High Speed Club Special Event Active During May
{not the "very high" speed club - that's a doper group ;-)}
• Multi-Node
Quantum Network on Horizon
• CEOs Skeptical of
Social Media Marketing
5/11/2021
• Microwaves &
RF Magazine Turns 60! (tempus fugit!)
• 1st-Time
Ham Exam Applicants Must Obtain FCC Registration Number
• US Cellular Pushes
mmWave's Limits w/GByte Speeds over 7 km
• Marconi Winner Accused of
Airing Satanic Music
• U.S.
Space Force Hasn't Met Speedy Tech Expectations
5/10/2021
• >9
Million 5G Microwave Backhaul Links by 2026
• GaN
Breakthrough Could Pave Entryway into SiC HV Domain
• How Many
Radio Stations Are 50 and Over?
• 5G
FWA Installation, Coverage Hurdles Could Derail Plans
• String
of SpaceX Satellites Baffles Residents, Bugs Astronomers (my daughter saw these in NC)
5/7/2021
• Global 5G
Smartphone Shipments Soar 458% YoY
• Chinas
Pollution Exceeds Total Developed World's as of 2019
• Space
Command to Launch Joint Cyber Center
• Broadcom's Henry Samueli Is
Giving Away Billions
• Silver Lining for
Extreme
Electronics
5/6/2021
• TIM Reportedly Says
Arrivederci to Huawei
• Apple Takes Lead as
5G Smartphone Sales Boom
• GlobalFoundries
Moving HQ to NY as It Expands Fab Capacity (must
like high taxes)
• Circulating
Currents Inside Gold Nanoparticles
• Nokia Says
Massive MIMO Radio Coming Soon
5/5/2021
• New
Vulnerability Affecting Computers Globally
• Huawei, China Mobile May
Look to Stars for 6G
• mmWave
5G Remains Elusive for U.S.
• China Mobile Gives
True Picture of 5G Uptake
• Gelsinger Asks
EU to Pay Full Cost of European Fab
5/4/2021
• U.S. Taps Apple, Google, Nokia, Qualcomm for
6G Boost
• Taiwan Blocks
China Recruitment
• Total Telecom's
Quarterly Financial Score Board
• North
American QSO Parties to Recognize Young Contester Entries
• LoRa Alliance White Paper Helps
Speed-up LoRaWAN Network
5/3/2021
• Nokia
Owns the Most 5G Patents
• FCC
Auto-Registration Feature for Exam Applicants to Be Discontinued
• Dish, RS Access Lead Coalition in
Fight over 12 GHz Band
• Support ARRL When
Shopping for Mother's Day
• Will the Government Succeed in Building a
Quantum Computing Center?
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