UK Made: CodeBug educational ‘thing’ gets Wi-Fi, a server, and much more
CodeBug Connect, is the IoT-capable next-generation of the original CodeBug educational board launched in 2015 – which won the Electronics Weekly Elektra Award that year for most innovative consumer product.
This article was posted on Dec 9, 2020Movandi extends reach of 5G mmWave portfolio
Movandi, the 5G mmWave specialist, says that its front ends and repeaters now span all major licensed mmWave bands in the market including 24/26/28/39 GHz frequencies for repeaters, ORAN, small cells, CPE and mobile.
This article was posted on Dec 9, 2020Viewpoint: The technologies powering the future of artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been an industry buzzword for years, writes Richard Walsh, head of memory at Samsung Semiconductor Europe, but he considers the technologies now powering developments, such as high-bandwidth memory, smart SSDs and SR-IOV, in-memory computing and parallel processing…
This article was posted on Dec 9, 2020Marvell offers 5nm hardware-validated 112G SerDes
Marvell claims to be first to deliver a 112G 5nm SerDes design that has been validated in hardware.
This article was posted on Dec 8, 2020EW BrightSpark 2020, In the spotlight: James Zaremba, Swansea University
Now in its fourth year, the EW BrightSparks programme sees Electronics Weekly partner with RS Components to highlight the brightest and most talented young electronic engineers in the UK today.
This article was posted on Dec 8, 2020Hicenda Displays recognises Easby Electronics
UK distributor, Easby Electronics, has received the European Distributor of the Year award from Hicenda Displays. The company’s product manager, Chris Parr was also recognised, receiving the Sales Person of the Year 2020 accolade by Hicenda Displays.
This article was posted on Dec 8, 2020Sensor operates on a few electrons per minute
In what might be the lowest power sensor ever deliberately made, engineers at Washington University in St Louis have used quantum tunnelling as a data logger to keep a record of vibration.
This article was posted on Dec 8, 2020GaN Systems launches power module evaluation kits
GaN Systems has announced the availability of four new integrated power module evaluation kits: 100V Driver GaN DC/DC Power Stage Module, 650V 150AHalf-Bridge IPM, 650V 150A Full-Bridge Module and Driver, and 650V 300A 3-Phase Module and Driver.
This article was posted on Dec 8, 2020Clearspace-1 mission to claw at space debris
The UK arm of Elecnor DEIMOS will play a leading role in the Clearspace-1 mission, which is intended to help tackle space debris.
This article was posted on Dec 8, 2020SSD NAND controller has 16 channels
Silicon Motion Technology, the NAND flash controller designer, has come up with an enterprise-grade 16-channel PCIe 4.0 NVMe hardware plus firmware turnkey SSD controller solution.
This article was posted on Dec 8, 2020Farnell launches 3rd IoT survey
Farnell has launched its third, annual IoT Survey.
This article was posted on Dec 8, 2020FRAM startup raises $20m series B
Ferroelectric Memory GmbH (FMC), the ferroelectric hafnium oxide technology specialist, has completed a $20 million Series B funding.
This article was posted on Dec 8, 2020<10nm processes taking the most wafer growth
Equipment costs associated with <10nm process technologies have soared to the point where they have become prohibitive for many IC suppliers. Consequently, only Samsung, TSMC, and Intel currently operate fabs using <10nm process technology.
This article was posted on Dec 8, 2020UK-led space telescope to detect what exoplanets are made of
The European Space Agency has approved what is described as the world’s first space telescope dedicated to studying how exoplanet atmospheres form and evolve. And UK institutions will play a central role.
This article was posted on Dec 7, 2020element14 launches electronics engineering career guide e-books
element14 has launched two eBooks to help guide electronics designers at every level through successful careers.
This article was posted on Dec 7, 2020Mipsology boasts fastest accelerator
Mipsology, the Californian machine learning software specialist, says that its Zebra AI inference accelerator achieved the highest efficiency based on the latest MLPerf inference benchmarking.
This article was posted on Dec 7, 2020Deep Vision shipping AI edge processor
Today, Deep Vision, the six year-old Los Altos AI processor specialist, exits stealth mode and launches its ARA-1 inference processor to enable AI vision applications at the edge.
This article was posted on Dec 7, 2020Tool eases adoption of IEEE 1588
Silicon Labs has come up with a way to simplify implementation of IEEE 1588 in communications, smart grid, financial trading and industrial applications.
This article was posted on Dec 7, 202011.5Tflops server GPU
AMD claims the world’s fastest HPC GPU with Instinct MI100 accelerator – said to be the first x86 server GPU to break the 10Tflops (FP64) performance barrier.
This article was posted on Dec 7, 2020Deep Vision shipping AI edge processor
Engineers at the University of Surrey have developed a simple method of producing high-powered lithium-selenium (Li-Se) batteries.
This article was posted on Dec 7, 2020Vox Power takes medical power supplies in hand
Vox Power has announced the VCCS300M, described as a compact, conduction cooled, single output power supply designed specifically for medical systems.
This article was posted on Dec 7, 2020