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Radar/Wireless Transmitter on a Chip

Posted by michael on from the all-in-one dept.

dganapa writes "Researchers at the California Institute of Technology, headed by Dr. Ali Hajimiri, have developed a low-cost radar system on a silicon chip. The entire system has been designed from the ground up on silicon, thus leading to reduced cost as well as robustness in response to design variations and changes in environment. The chip runs at a staggering speed of24 GHz (enabling it to transfer data as fast as the main network of the Internet) and can soon lift wireless, high-frequency communication to a whole new level. The radar as such is not as powerful as a conventional radar but because of its cost-effectiveness, a number of them can be coupled together to perform really well. A related NY Times article is here. A recent article from Slashdot shows that radar technology is increasingly being implemented in the automobile industry. This current chip is sure to be much more successful than its predecessors as far as the automobile industry is concerned, but whether or not its processing speed will become important in the computer industry remains to be seen."

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  1. OSAMA CAPTURED by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    1. Re:OSAMA CAPTURED by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      Of course he has been captured a long time ago and of course the news has not been released yet.

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  2. yes! by segment · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Now I won't seem like a perve asking every Californian chick to hop in my car so I could adjust her knobs! I'll say it's so we don't get pulled over for speeding.

    --
    MoFscker
  3. There's More to Acrobat than the Reader! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sure. There's also spyware. Wonder why xpdf disappeared .... ?

    you foolz

    1. Re:There's More to Acrobat than the Reader! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      US Military is able to

      1. turn off all windows machines in case of national emergency.

      2. disable non-windows machines by acrobat file-erasing in case of national emergency.

      verified. I work there!

    2. Re:There's More to Acrobat than the Reader! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Maybe because X is dying? Sorry, Lunix kiddie, but your OS will soon be without a windowing system. Back to the command line for you.

  4. MOD DOWN - TEXTTROLL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    the radar beams will be able to tell if there is a fist inside CmdrTaco's anus

    come on guys

  5. MOD GRANDPARENT UP, MOD PARENT DOWN! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No such homo Taco imagery in the post.