Electronics & Tech Headline News Archive - March 2020

Technology Headline News Archives - RF Cafe

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3/31/2020

• DoD Concerned Adversarial Capital Threatens Industrial Base

Tech Industry's Tectonic COVID-19 Shift

100 Fabs Taken out of Production in Last Decade (mainly U.S. & Japan)

• Missile Defense Agency's Long Range Discrimination Radar Nears Completion

Infineon Withdraws FY2020 Forecast

3/30/2020

RF Semiconductor Market Growing at 8.5% CAGR

ARRL Field Day 2020 - A Time to Adapt

New Dates for IWCE 2020 Announced

• AT&T, Verizon See Consumers Dial up Voice Usage (vs. data)

• Researchers Create Self-Charging Battery

3/27/2020

• The Global State of 5G Devices

European Microwave Week to Take Place as Scheduled in September

Radio Amateurs Team up to Help University Design Low-Cost Ventilator

• OneWeb Launches 34 More Internet Satellites

• U.S. Car Sales Could Slump 34% This Year

3/26/2020

Education Must Keep Pace to Enable Technology Expansion

Acing the Phone Interview Is Easier Than You Think

• Errata to 2020–2024 Amateur Extra-Class Question Pool Released

Q1 Foundry Revenues up 30% YoY

U.S. Graduates Expect Mass Layoffs as Companies Keep Hiring H−1B Visa Workers

3/25/2020

• The COVID-19 Outbreak Could Snag CMMC Implementation

FCC Fines Louisiana Amateur Radio Licensee $18,000

Engineers Crack 58-Year-Old Puzzle on Way to Quantum Breakthrough

Indian Supreme Court Explodes over Telcos' Self-Assessed AGR Repayments

Fusion Researchers Endorse Push for Pilot Power Plant in U.S.

3/24/2020

ARRL Headquarters Closed

• Remotely Working Engineers Get Free Access to OrCAD PCB Designer

Open Source Vulnerabilities Rampant in Popular Projects ("free" often isn't)

Skyworks and Qorvo Reduce March-Quarter Guidance ~6% due to COVID-19

• 15 Female-Led Tech Companies You Should Know

3/23/2020

Q1/2020 Smartphone Production Forecast Cut to 13.3% YoY

Dish Loans Spectrum to AT&T to Tackle COVID-19

• Researchers Expose Vulnerabilities of Password Managers (I don't use them)

• Free High-Speed Internet Hubs Deployed Ahead of Ireland's National Broadband Plan

• Samsung Expects Chip Demand Growth Despite Coronavirus

3/20/2020

• Work from Home: Can Telecoms Industry Take the Strain?

5G Driving Edge Computing Momentum in China

UK Parliament Takes Another Look at 5G Security Decision

4G Goes Live on London Underground

• U.S. Revises Passenger Safety Rules for Autonomous Vehicles

3/19/2020

Trade Shows Feel the Brunt of Coronavirus Impact

Microsoft's Airband Rural Broadband Project  Live in 25 States

Printed Electronics Expect Steep Growth in 2020

Electronic Waste and Circular Economy Inquiry Re-launched

Covid-19 and the Taiwan Success Story

3/18/2020

• One VHF-UHF-Microwave Conference Postponed, Another Canceled

• Coronavirus Costs and Consequences to Tech Trade Shows

62% of Manufacturers Anticipate Lower Sales for Year

ARISS Celebrating Successful Launch Carrying Interoperable Radio System to ISS

U.S. Only 9th Most Innovative Economy in World (do you believe it?)

3/17/2020

DOD Halts Domestic Travel for Amid COVID-19 Outbreak

DOD Restricts International Travel for 60 Days over Coronavirus

• FCC Wraps up 3rd mmWave 5G Spectrum Auction

Global Semiconductor Sales Down Slightly YoY

Days Were ½-Hour Shorter 70M Years Ago

3/16/2020

ARRL Suspending Tours and Guest Visits to Headquarters, W1AW

Huawei to Build French Factory Regardless of 5G Decision

• Fujitsu Gets License to Establish 1st Private 5G Radio Station in Japan

• FCC Denies Amateur Operator Renewal

Ultra-Low Power Wi-Fi Connectivity for the Internet of Things

3/13/2020

1st Phase of Wi-Fi 6E Trials Records 5G-Comparable Connectivity Speeds

GaN-on-SiC Wafer Reports 300% Growth in 2019

• Effort to Make Inflight Wi-Fi Less Awful

Hackers Target Defense Contractors, Telecoms

• Top 40 Rules to Fight and Win the Next Space War (did we already have one?)

3/12/2020

IEEE Medal of Honor Goes to Transistor Pioneer Chenming Hu

Foxconn Expects Return to Normal in China Factories by April (suicide nets going back up?)

Ultra-Low Power Wi-Fi Connectivity for IoT

• Big 4 Carriers Face Fines for Selling Customer Location Data

SATELLITE 2020 to Take Place as Scheduled Next Week

3/11/2020

• Rare Isaac Newton Manuscript Discovered in Corsican Library (amazing!)

• Coronavirus Triggering Fear of Going to Work

• 5G May Uncover Potential Vulnerabilities for Cyber Security

• Your Phone Can Be Hacked with Vibrations

Quantum Approach Develops Faster Algorithms to Deduce Complex Networks

3/10/2020

The Decline of the Home Radio (I have 5 in regular use)

Coronavirus Fears Spur Cancellation, Postponement of Some Ham Radio Events

• Four Operators Take Lead on GSMA Edge Initiative

• Unwanted Robocalls up 49% in One Year

Potassium Metal Battery Emerges as Rival to Lithium-Ion Technology

3/9/2020

• U.S., China Clash over Head of UN Intellectual Property Agency

Broadband Forum Adds to the "5G Jigsaw" with New Standards

• Engineering a Skills Shortage Solution

Motorola Wins $$$Multimillion Theft of Trade Secrets Case Against Hytera

• Congress Questions Navy's Plan for Large Drone Ships

3/6/2020

• More Colleges Eye AI to Track, Monitor Students

Huawei Position in UK Called into Question by Rowdy Politicians

• UK's Ofcom Ends Policy of Granting 2-Letter Call Sign Suffixes

• Quantum Computing Goes Live for TIM in Another European 1st

• U.S. Supreme Court Allows Retirement Plan Lawsuit Against Intel

3/5/2020

Ofcom Tests 5G Radiation at 16 UK Sites - No Worries

Extortion Artists Prey on AdSense Users

• National Infrastructure Commission Questions UK Progress

• Vodafone Australia Prepares to Launch 5G After Bumpy 2019

Google to Invest >$10B in 2020 on U.S. Data Centers

3/4/2020

• U.S. Space Force Wants Anti-Jam SATCOM for Battlefield Communications

• White House and FCC Plan 5G Summits

• "Hidden Figures" Mathematician NASA Technologist Katherine Johnson Dies at 101

• Congressmen Form Broadcasters Caucus

• Rohde & Schwarz Does 5G Live Broadcast Test in Barcelona

3/3/2020

• FCC Looking to Open up C-Band Spectrum for 5G Use

• U.S. Army Seeking New Tactical Network Radios

• FCC Proposes $13M Fine for Provocative Robocalls

• 50-Year-Old Air Bearing Theory Proved

•  Vodafone Increases Speed of Existing 5G Sites in Germany

3/2/2020

7 Questions for the Mobile Industry

Tesla, Panasonic Says Hiring "Hundreds" in Buffalo as Solar Business Recovers (see below)

Tesla, Panasonic to Lay off 400+ at Buffalo Solar Plant (see above)

• It's Never Too Late to Upgrade... to Amateur Extra at 94

Production Resuming in China, but Travel Bans Cripple Shipping