6G communication hardware encompasses devices and architectures that enable ultra-high data rate, low-latency wireless links across millimeter-wave, terahertz, and optical bands. Work in this area integrates electronic and photonic components into compact transceivers, phased arrays, and radar chips, often co-packaged for energy-efficient bits-to-antenna operation. It also includes reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, advanced RF switches, and quantum- or AI-assisted signal processing to support dense networks, integrated sensing and communication, and free-space optical and satellite-class links for beyond-5G systems.
Telecom
A new data transmission speed record of 450 terabits per second using an existing, commercially installed optical fiber link has been set by a team of engineers involving UCL researchers. The achievement was presented at ...
Apr 2, 2026
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Telecom
Researchers at Trinity have developed a new light-based technology on a tiny chip that could help make the data centers behind cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and global internet services faster and more efficient. ...
Mar 31, 2026
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Hardware
Thanks to the 5th generation (5G) technology, we now enjoy unprecedented levels of connectivity. Nevertheless, wireless data traffic is facing an increasing demand for an even higher capacity and faster data transfer—a demand ...
Mar 25, 2026
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Telecom
Imagine a world without internet, email, streaming services or social media. Imagine having to write letters or call everyone on a rotary dial phone to communicate. Imagine having to drive to a store to buy anything and everything. ...
Mar 24, 2026
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Telecom
Swarms of pico-satellites could work together as a single large antenna for direct-to-smartphone communications, as reported by researchers from Japan. Instead of relying on a single large satellite with a phased-array antenna, ...
Mar 24, 2026
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Robotics
When a nuclear plant reaches the end of its life or is damaged, it must be decommissioned. This process can take more than 20 years and includes decontamination, dismantling, and handling radioactive materials so the site ...
Mar 23, 2026
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Telecom
Korean researchers have confirmed that underground wireless communication is possible, moving beyond the terrestrial wireless communication they have primarily focused on until now. This opened up a new wireless channel for ...
Mar 23, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) present a novel component that enables very fast, economical, and reliable data transmission thanks to an advanced ...
Mar 22, 2026
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Hardware
A team of Korean researchers has developed the world's first technology that can freely connect and disconnect core computing resources such as memory and accelerators with "light" in next-generation artificial intelligence ...
Mar 20, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A team of international researchers have developed a breakthrough way to observe what is happening inside electronic chips while they are operating—without touching them, taking them apart, or switching them off. The new ...
Mar 19, 2026
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