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The Industrial Internet Consortium and Avnu Alliance Announce Liaison

October 16, 2017

The Industrial Internet Consortium® (IIC), the world’s leading organization transforming business and society by accelerating the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and Avnu Alliance (Avnu), a community creating an interoperable ecosystem of low-latency, time-synchronized, highly reliable networked devices using open standards, announced they have agreed to a liaison to work together to advance deployment and interoperability of devices with Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) open standards. Under the agreement, the IIC and Avnu will work together to align efforts o maximize interoperability, portability, security and privacy for the industrial Internet.

Ethernet and NBASE-T Alliances Announce Second Joint Plugfest

October 3, 2017

The Ethernet Alliance, a global consortium dedicated to the continued success and advancement of ethernet technologies, and the NBASE-T Alliance, an industry-wide cooperative effort focused on enabling the development and deployment of products that support 2.5GBASE-T and 5GBASE-T Ethernet, today announced they are hosting a second joint plugfest. Scheduled for October 2017 at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory(UNH-IOL) in Durham, N.H., the event will focus on demonstrating interoperability between the newest influx of NBASE-T and IEEE 802.3bz™ products in the market and include additional test features.

USB-IF Announces USB 3.2 Specification Published

September 25, 2017

USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), the support organization or the advancement and adoption of USB technology, today announced the publication of the USB 3.2 specification, an incremental update that defines multi-lane operation for new USB 3.2 hosts and devices.

AirFuel Alliance Expanding with new Members, China Office, Wireless Charging Products, and Public Infrastructure

September 13, 2017

AirFuel technology now available at more Train Stations, Airports, Sporting Venues, Offices, Restaurants & Hotels globally

AirFuel™ Alliance, the authority on wireless power technology and standards, is continuing to drive wireless charging adoption and market momentum with the launch of real-world, commercialized products and solutions in Asia and around the world. The Alliance is welcoming 6 new members to its ranks, including consumer electronics manufacturers Compal Electronics and TDK, and celebrating the launch of new AirFuel Resonant and RF-enabled wireless charging products and infrastructure installations along with organizational expansion in Asia.

Avnu Alliance Co-Hosts 2017 TSN/A Conference with WEKA FACHMEDIEN in Germany

September 5, 2017

Avnu Alliance, the industry consortium driving open standards-based deterministic networking through certification, is co-hosting the 2017 Time Sensitive Networks and Applications (TSN/A) Conference with WEKA FACHMEDIEN on September 20-21 at the Mövenpick Hotel Stuttgart Airport in Germany.

Diverse LoRa Alliance™ IoT Ecosystem on Display at Mobile World Congress Americas; Open Standard Experiencing Broad, Global Adoption

August 30, 2017

The LoRa Alliance™, the global association of companies backing the open LoRaWAN™standard for low-power wide-area IoT (Internet of Things) networks (LPWANs), will be at Mobile World Congress Americas(MWCA) to showcase the broad range of capabilities, products and applications based on the LoRaWAN protocol. The event runs Sept. 12-14 at San Francisco’s Moscone enter, and the Alliance’s ecosystem will be on hand at Booth #N620 in the North Hall’s M2M Zone.

Heterogeneous Computing Standards & International AI Conference Paving the Way Towards Global HSA Specifications

July 9, 2017

The recently concluded Heterogeneous Computing Standards & International AI Conference, held in Xiamen, is helping to lay the groundwork for heterogeneous computing standards not only in China, but worldwide. The two-day event was co-hosted by the China Electronic Standardization Institute (CESI), the HSA Foundation and the Chinese Association of Artificial Intelligence, with an organizing committee including Huaxia General Processor Technologies, the HSA Foundation’s newly formed China Regional Committee (CRC), and the Xiamen Integrated Circuit Industry Association.

China Telecom Shanghai Research Institute joins the HomeGrid Forum to support G.hn technology deployment in Asia

July 5, 2017

HomeGrid Forum today announced China Telecom Shanghai Research Institute has become its newest promoter member. China Telecom Shanghai Research Institute is the major research organization within the China Telecom Corporation, and has worked on G.hn related projects for over three years.

The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance supports the European Commission’s European Electronic Communications Code

June 27, 2017

The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) welcomes the European Commission’s proposed European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) and has suggested recommendations to ensure the Code’s spectrum provisions extend connectivity for Europe’s citizens now and in the future. The EECC is part of the European Commission’s plans for improved connectivity in Europe through Wi-Fi, 5G, and high-speed Gigabit broadband capable of supporting upcoming technologies and bandwidth-hungry applications. However, these applications require sufficient spectrum to function in the first instance.

PCI-SIG® Fast Tracks Evolution to 32GT/s with PCI Express 5.0 Architecture

June 7, 2017

PCI-SIG®, the organization responsible for the widely adopted PCI Express® (PCIe®) industry-standard input/output (I/O) technology, today announced 32GT/s as the next progression in speed for the PCIe 5.0 architecture, targeting high-performance applications such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, gaming, visual computing, storage and networking. Slated for completion in 2019, the specification development is well underway with Revision 0.3 already available to PCI-SIG member companies.