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Lincoln Lab transfers rad-hard IC process to industry
Lincoln Lab transfers rad-hard IC process to industry
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MIT's Lincoln Laboratory has developed a unique process for making integrated circuits resistant to damage and malfunction caused by extreme…
Researchers demonstrate laser-based solid-state refrigeration
Researchers demonstrate laser-based solid-state refrigeration
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Researchers from the University of Washington used an infrared laser to cool a solid semiconductor cantilever by at least 20…
EEG eBike gives cyclists ‘another set of eyes’ on the road
EEG eBike gives cyclists ‘another set of eyes’ on the road
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Researchers in Australia say they have developed an eBike prototype that has the ability to "read" a cyclist’s mind and…
Qualcomm chips targeting cheap smartphones add 5G modem
Qualcomm chips targeting cheap smartphones add 5G modem
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The Snapdragon 690 chip contains the X51 modem, which supports data rates of 2.5 Gbps and upload speeds of 660…

Partnership on radar-based blood pressure sensor
Partnership on radar-based blood pressure sensor
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Infineon’s Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) has signed an agreement with Blumio that will see the companies work together to develop a wearable, non-invasive blood pressure sensor.
FPGAs use transcoding to reduce bandwidth cost in video streaming
FPGAs use transcoding to reduce bandwidth cost in video streaming
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Bandwidth equals cost when it comes to video streaming and transcoding helps solve that problem by reducing bandwidth requirements.
Portable AI thermal camera measures six people for Covid-19 fever detection
Portable AI thermal camera measures six people for Covid-19 fever detection
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The portable Thermis thermal camera uses machine learning to identify the temperature of up to six people per frame to within 0.5°C…
Battery cell cooling metric shows difference in electric vehicle performance
Battery cell cooling metric shows difference in electric vehicle performance
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The battery cell cooling metric can compare the performance of different lithium ion cells in automotive battery packs, with results from Nissan and Tesla.
Sprayable display brings 3D printing to life
Sprayable display brings 3D printing to life
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ProtoSpray combines 3D printing and spraying to create interactive touchscreen displays…
Battery free TENG alarm monitors forest fires
Battery free TENG alarm monitors forest fires
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A multilayered cylindrical triboelectric TENG nanogenerator developed at Michigan State University can power a sensors to monitor forest fires in a battery free alarm…
ARM-based exascale supercomputer takes top spot, tackles Covid-19
ARM-based exascale supercomputer takes top spot, tackles Covid-19
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Fugaku in Japan is the first ARM-based supercomputer to be the world's most powerful, with performance over 1 exaflops, and is being used to model drugs to fight Covid-19…
Damascus steel from the 3D printer
Damascus steel from the 3D printer
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By clever temperature variation, a composite material with metal layers of varying hardness can be produced. This material is very similar to the Damascene steel of ancient times.
50 Gbps Automotive Optical Ethernet demo
50 Gbps Automotive Optical Ethernet demo
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Demonstrating 50 Gbps automotive Ethernet with datacom component leveraging…
Mipsology FPGA machine learning port for the data centre
Mipsology FPGA machine learning port for the data centre
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Mipsology has ported its Zebra neural network machine learning accelerating software to the latest version of the Xilinx Alveo U50 accelerator card.
Nano Cap technology eliminates capacitors in linear regulator designs
Nano Cap technology eliminates capacitors in linear regulator designs
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Rohm's Nano Cap analogue linear regulator provides tighter control of the power lines and actively compensates for the parasitic capacitances, eliminating capacitors in industrial and automotive designs…
Flight tests evaluate sensors for autonomous landing
Flight tests evaluate sensors for autonomous landing
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Honeywell has announced that it has begun in-flight testing of sensors that will guide urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles to land without pilot intervention.
FPGAs tackle transcoding to shrink bandwidth cost
FPGAs tackle transcoding to shrink bandwidth cost
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Bandwidth equals cost when it comes to video streaming and transcoding helps solve that problem by reducing bandwidth requirements.
BMW integrates virtual car key into Apple iPhone
BMW integrates virtual car key into Apple iPhone
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At this year's Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (AWDC), the company's future processor strategy took the center stage. But there was also another interesting news: In the future, BMW users will…
Italy sees two in top ten green supercomputer list
Italy sees two in top ten green supercomputer list
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HPC5 and Marconi-100 in Italy are in the top ten green supercomputer list this year.
Qualcomm adds 5G modem to chips for cheap smartphones
Qualcomm adds 5G modem to chips for cheap smartphones
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The Snapdragon 690 chip contains the X51 modem, which supports data rates of 2.5 Gbps and upload speeds of 660 Mbps. The chip can connect to 5G networks in any…
Full data-transfer silicon photonics deliver 100 Gb/s
Full data-transfer silicon photonics deliver 100 Gb/s
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Together with other COSMICC project partners, CEA-Leti has demonstrated a fully packaged CWDM optical transceiver module supporting a data transfer of 100 Gb/s per fibre.
ARM-based exascale supercomputer takes top spot, tackles Covid-19
ARM-based exascale supercomputer takes top spot, tackles Covid-19
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Fugaku in Japan is the first ARM-based supercomputer to be the world's most powerful, with performance over 1 exaflops, and is being used to model drugs to fight Covid-19…
Telemetry system connects race cars with pit
Telemetry system connects race cars with pit
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A telemetry system from Bosch enables racing teams to transmit, store and post-process all relevant real-time vehicle data, regardless of location. The data is transmitted via LTE mobile radio.
CMOS single chip voltage regulator targets data centres
CMOS single chip voltage regulator targets data centres
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EmPower in California has launched a single chip integrated voltage regulator built in CMOS that can be mounted as a bare die without any external components…
AWS, Formula 1 unveil new real-time racing statistics
AWS, Formula 1 unveil new real-time racing statistics
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Formula 1 (F1) have announced that they are introducing six new, real-time racing statistics that will roll out through the 2020 season.
Quantum computing startup bets on trapped ions
Quantum computing startup bets on trapped ions
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Universal Quantum Ltd. (Brighton, England), a spin-off from Sussex University, has raised £3.6 million (about $4.5 million) in seed funding.
Faster 3D hologram calculation method promises next-gen AR
Faster 3D hologram calculation method promises next-gen AR
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Enabling 3D displays that don't need special glasses, researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new method of calculating simple holograms for heads-up displays and near-eye displays.
Honeywell: World’s highest performing quantum computer is here
Honeywell: World’s highest performing quantum computer is here
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Scientists and engineers at Honeywell claim to have built what is currently the highest performing quantum computer available, with a quantum volume of 64, twice as powerful as the next…


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