Samsung’s new ultra-wideband chip gives phones distance measuring down to the centimeter
June Wan/ZDNETSamsung on Tuesday unveiled its first ultra-wideband (UWB) chipset, Exynos Connect U100, aimed at short-range communications. The South Korean tech giant says the chipset is just single-digit centimeters in size and can measure as precisely as under five-degree accuracy for sharing precise distance and location information in mobile, automotive, and IoT devices.Also: Samsung is looking at satellite connectivity for 5G phonesThe overarching Exynos Connect brand is also new, and Samsung plans to promote…