November 7, 2022
The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) would like to congratulate the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on their recent decision to bring next generation Wi-Fi closer to reality for homes and businesses across the United States.
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Successful collaboration between HomeGrid Forum and Broadband Forum at the first ever G.hn Access Pre-Certification Plugfest
October 19, 2022
The first ever G.hn Access Pre-Certification Plugfest, a joint event between Broadband Forum and HomeGrid Forum, was held successfully at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL).
October 18, 2022
USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), the support organization for the advancement and adoption of USB technology, today announced the publication of the USB4® Version 2.0 specification, a major update to enable USB 80Gbps performance over the USB Type-C® cable and connector. The updated USB4 specification doubles the maximum aggregate bandwidth of USB to the benefit of higher-performance displays, storage, and USB-based hubs and docks. The USB Type-C and USB Power Delivery (USB PD) specifications have also been updated to support this higher level of data performance.
MIPI I3C Interop Workshop Helps Ensure Seamless Interoperability of Broad Array of Multi-Vendor Devices
September 27, 2022
The MIPI Alliance, an international organization that develops interface specifications for mobile and mobile-influenced industries, announces the successful completion of a MIPI I3C Interop Workshop testing event in Munich.
September 13, 2022
The Ethernet Alliance, a global consortium dedicated to the continued success and advancement of Ethernet technologies, today unveiled details of its multivendor interoperability demonstration at the 2022 European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC). Scheduled for September 18 – 22, 2022 in Basel, Switzerland, the group’s display in booth 715 encompasses next-generation technologies from stakeholders across the entire Ethernet ecosystem.
Broadband Forum and HomeGrid Forum come together to unlock G.hn Access certification benefits for operators’ deployments
September 8, 2022
Collaboration between Broadband Forum and HomeGrid Forum has helped unlock greater interoperability and gigabit plus performance for service providers, as the two leading standards development organizations have jointly developed a GHNA (G.hn Access) Certification Program.
September 1, 2022
The USB Promoter Group today announced the pending release of the USB4® Version 2.0 specification, a major update to enable up to 80 Gbps of data performance over the USB Type-C® cable and connector. The USB Type-C and USB Power Delivery (USB PD) specifications will also be updated to enable this higher level of data performance. All of these specification updates are expected to be published in advance of this year’s series of USB DevDays developer events planned for November.
August 29, 2022
The UEFI Forum today announced the release of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) 2.10 specification and Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) 6.5 specification. The new specification versions expand support for new processor types, memory interfaces and platform types, while enabling for crypto agility in post-quantum system security.
UEFI 2.10 Specification Highlights:
- Introducing UEFI Conformance Profiles, allowing support for more types of platforms and implementation codebases
- Crypto agility including SHA-384/SHA-512 signing scheme for Authenticated Variables support
- Emerging LoongArch and RISC-V processor architecture support
- Add confidential computing extension
“We are excited to share the new Conformance Profiles feature, responsive to community pull for a way to make the UEFI Forum’s work useful,” said Mark Doran, UEFI Forum President. “The Conformance Profiles feature will expand the platform types UEFI can support to an ever wider range of platform types like IoT, embedded and automotive spaces – beyond general purpose computers.”
August 24, 2022
The MIPI Alliance, an international organization that develops interface specifications for mobile and mobile-influenced industries, today announced details of its upcoming MIPI DevCon 2022, scheduled for 20-21 September. The virtual event will feature two days of expert sessions on key MIPI specifications, as well as application examples and implementation experiences across a range of areas, including mobile, automotive, IoT, AR/VR and 5G.
VESA Brings Clarity to Motion Blur in Digital Displays with New Compliance Test Specification and Logo Program
August 22, 2022
The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) today introduced the ClearMR Compliance Test Specification (ClearMR), an industry standard and logo program that provides a new quality metric for grading motion blur in digital displays. ClearMR is applicable to both LCD and emissive display products, including display panels, TVs, monitors, and computers with embedded displays, such as all-in-ones, laptops, notebooks and tablets. The new metric Clear Motion Ratio (CMR), as defined in the ClearMR standard, provides a clear numerical value based on the ratio of clear pixels to blurry pixels, which enables consumers to easily compare the amount of motion blur between VESA Certified ClearMR displays. CMR replaces Motion Picture Response Time (MPRT) and other methods of blur characterization since these other metrics do not accurately reflect the true nature of blur.