By Sophia, Original On September 16, 2026, Trackonomy Systems announced the completion of its acquisition of Identiv's IoT tag business. While this transaction may appear to be a traditional business asset integration, it actually reflects a deeper transformation occurring within the IoT industry. Headquartered in San Jose, California, Trackonomy is a company centered on Physical AI and the only group in this field that simultaneously covers proprietary semiconductors, high-volume smart tag proc
September 20, 2026
The story of domestic substitution has been told for years, but as AI smartphones, direct-to-satellite connectivity, and the low-altitude economy scale up simultaneously, the competitive logic of RF chips is being rewritten. This article attempts to step out of the "recommendation logic" and, from an industry observation perspective, dissect the layout and realization pace of OnMicro, a platform-based company. | From "Substituting Existing Stock" to "Creating Incremental Growth" In the past few
September 17, 2026
On August 26, severe flash floods and debris flows struck the Himalayan region at the border of Nepal and Tibet, China. Following the collapse of glaciers and rock masses, massive amounts of ice, rocks, and mud surged into river channels, forming high-speed floods and debris flows that devastated villages, roads, bridges, and hydropower facilities along the way. As of August 28, the disaster had caused hundreds of deaths and nearly a thousand missing persons. The barrier lakes formed in the disa
August 28, 2026
When dozens of people speak into your ear at the same time, it is undoubtedly difficult to distinguish what each of them is saying. Smartphones face a similar challenge. The difference is that a smartphone can accurately filter out the signals it wants to "hear" through its built-in RF filters. Although this small component, the RF filter, may seem inconspicuous, it is one of the most critical devices in the RF front-end of a smartphone. As 5G smartphones support an increasing number of frequenc
August 19, 2026
In 2026, the communications and RF chip sector is undergoing a comprehensive transformation from ground to space, and from materials to frequency bands. On July 27, the U.S. government, together with 24 countries including the UK, Germany, and Japan, officially launched the "Call to Action for 6G Leadership and Security," intending to weaken China's influence in next-generation communications technology before the commercialization of 6G in the 2030s. However, on the very same day the U.S. was r
July 31, 2026
Summary: ASR Microelectronics achieves its first profitability turnaround in semi-annual performance, marking the entry of domestic cellular baseband chips into a new cycle of scaled shipments and business model validation. In the domestic IC (Integrated Circuit) supply chain, cellular baseband chips have always been considered one of the most challenging tracks to break through. Compared to fields such as MCU (Microcontroller Unit), PMIC (Power Management IC), and analog chips, baseband chips n
July 28, 2026
In this teardown, we examine a T-BOX (Telematics Box) component from the AITO M7. Given that the T-BOX handles wireless communication, a full metal enclosure would shield the signals; therefore, most T-BOX units on the market utilize plastic enclosures. Teardown Upon disassembly, the enclosure reveals a single PCB (Printed Circuit Board). SanDisk eMMC flash memory chip (model SDINBDE2-4G), primarily used for storing the operating system, communication firmware, and temporary vehicle cache data.
July 20, 2026
“In the Internet era, we often say 'losing the network means losing contact'; however, in the AI era, the essence of connectivity has evolved into 'losing the network means losing intelligence.'” At the MWC Shanghai eSIM Summit, Chen Fengwei, Deputy General Manager of China Unicom Huasheng Communication Co., Ltd., highlighted the core pain points currently faced by smart terminals. For AI capabilities to seamlessly extend from the cloud to the edge, an omnipresent and uninterrupted intelligent c
July 1, 2026
Hello everyone, welcome to the RF Academy. When it comes to RF, the first things that come to mind are usually mobile communications, base stations, radar, and satellites. However, few people know that RF coils, signal transceiving, and near-field high-sensitivity reception are the "heart" of modern medical imaging. On May 1, 2026, a groundbreaking patent from the US company Neuro42 was officially published in China: Intracranial RF Coil for Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Patent CN12
May 8, 2026
