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.
Hardware
A novel power supply technology for 3D-integrated chips has been developed by employing a three-dimensionally stacked computing architecture consisting of processing units placed directly above stacks of dynamic random access ...
Jun 20, 2025
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Telecom
A novel time-division MIMO technology enables phased-array receivers to operate faster with exceptional area efficiency and low power, as reported by researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo. The proposed system significantly ...
Jun 20, 2025
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Hardware
MIT researchers have designed a compact, low-power receiver for 5G-compatible smart devices that is about 30 times more resilient to a certain type of interference than some traditional wireless receivers.
Jun 16, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Imec researchers have set a new benchmark in RF transistor performance for mobile applications. They present a gallium nitride (GaN) MOSHEMT (metal-oxide-semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistor) on silicon (Si) that ...
Jun 12, 2025
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Hardware
At the 2025 Symposium on VLSI Technology and Circuits, imec, a research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, and IDLab, an imec research group at Ghent University and the University of Antwerp, ...
Jun 11, 2025
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Engineering
An ultra-compact, low-power 150 GHz radio module enabling high data rates in mobile devices has been developed by researchers from Japan.
Jun 9, 2025
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Internet
Connectivity is no longer a luxury—it is the backbone of how we live, work and move through the world. From smart homes to wearable tech, we rely on strong, seamless wireless networks. But with traditional radio frequency ...
Engineering
From smartphones and TVs to credit cards, technologies that manipulate light are deeply embedded in our daily lives, many of which are based on holography. However, conventional holographic technologies have faced limitations, ...
May 27, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Self-driving cars which eliminate traffic jams, getting a health care diagnosis instantly without leaving your home, or feeling the touch of loved ones based across the continent may sound like the stuff of science fiction.
May 22, 2025
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Hardware
Researchers at the Center for Innovative Integrated Electronic Systems (CIES), Tohoku University, have achieved the world's lowest write power for a specific type of memory storage device. Not only does this device boast ...
May 21, 2025
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