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Exotic material promises lower-power electronics, quantum computing
Exotic material promises lower-power electronics, quantum computing
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Physicists at Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ) have demonstrated a way to conduct electricity between transistors without energy loss.
Europe to build commercial laser-based quantum security system in the sky
Europe to build commercial laser-based quantum security system in the sky
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Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES is working with ten European partners on a project to distribute keys for quantum cryptography via…
City of Hamburg to test robot buses in normal traffic
City of Hamburg to test robot buses in normal traffic
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As part of a development project, a consortium of companies in Hamburg plans to integrate autonomous minibuses into real city…
Microsoft tests undersea datacenter
Microsoft tests undersea datacenter
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Microsoft is installing a datacenter in the North Sea off Orkney, a set of islands in the north of the…

Breaking free of epitaxial constraints
Breaking free of epitaxial constraints
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In their quest to easily grow crystalline materials on amorphous and non-epitaxial substrates, and improving on a so-called templated liquid phase (TLP) growth process they had developed in a 2016…
Power design reaches 99 percent efficiency
Power design reaches 99 percent efficiency
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Seasonic Electronics is using a high voltage gallium nitride transistor from Transphorm for a 1600W bridgeless totem-pole power factor correction (PFC) platform that acheives 99% efficiency.
Paper-based film solar cells could be commercialised
Paper-based film solar cells could be commercialised
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Researchers at Aalto University in Finland and the University of Montréal are looking at how flexible dye-based solar cells can be mass-produced and commercialized.
Power management and cooling key to latest WiGig gaming phone
Power management and cooling key to latest WiGig gaming phone
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Power management, cooling and charging have been three key issues behind the design of a high performance Android gaming phone developed by Asus …
Microsoft sinks a datacentre in the sea off Orkney
Microsoft sinks a datacentre in the sea off Orkney
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Microsoft is installing a datacentre in the North Sea off Orkney, a set of islands in the north of the UK.
Researchers attempt to control robots using brain power alone
Researchers attempt to control robots using brain power alone
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Buttons and levers are not the right way to control robots in real time. Even voice control may be too clumsy to cause the robot to perform the desired action.
Intel looks to launch Nervana NN processor next year
Intel looks to launch Nervana NN processor next year
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Although Intel acquired neural networking hardware company Nervana Systems Inc. in 2016 the wheels of R&D grind exceedingly slow. Intel has announced that the company is planning to ship a…
Designs use power and RF GaN devices for 100W and 300W wireless chargers
Designs use power and RF GaN devices for 100W and 300W wireless chargers
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GaN Systems has developed two wireless power amplifier evaluation boards for wireless charging of high-power consumer, industrial, and transport applications using gallium nitride (GaN) power and RF devices.
Bringing high precision positioning to the mass market
Bringing high precision positioning to the mass market
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Technologies are successful to the extent that they solve problems. GNSS technology, now ubiquitous in our daily lives, is a case in point: it’s difficult to overstate how many problems…
Embedded brain reading enables better human-robot interaction
Embedded brain reading enables better human-robot interaction
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Buttons and levers are not the right way to control robots in real time. Even voice control may be too clumsy to cause the robot to perform the desired action.
City of Hamburg to test robot buses in normal traffic
City of Hamburg to test robot buses in normal traffic
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As part of a development project, a consortium of companies in Hamburg plans to integrate autonomous minibuses into real city traffic. The vehicles are to travel in normal traffic -…
Battery demo project to advance NY power grid energy storage
Battery demo project to advance NY power grid energy storage
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Lithium battery technology startup Cadenza Innovation (Wilton, CT) is to develop a demonstration battery system as part of a 1.5GW scheme in New York state.
Batttery demo system for NY power grid
Batttery demo system for NY power grid
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US startup Cadenza Innovation is to develop a demonstration battery system as part of a 1.5GW scheme in New York state.
Samsung to introduce nanosheet transistors in 3nm node
Samsung to introduce nanosheet transistors in 3nm node
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Samsung Electronics has announced an update to its process node per year roadmap with the introduction of a 3nm gate-all-around (GAA) that will reportedly arrive some time in or after…
Intel to launch “commercial” Nervana NN processor in 2019
Intel to launch “commercial” Nervana NN processor in 2019
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Although Intel acquired neural networking hardware company Nervana Systems Inc. in 2016 the wheels of R&D grind exceedingly slow. Intel has announced that the company is planning to ship a…
Intel, Micron lag behind Toshiba in 96-layer 3D-NAND, 4bits per cell
Intel, Micron lag behind Toshiba in 96-layer 3D-NAND, 4bits per cell
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Intel and Micron have been able to announce the fruits of their collaboration; namely a 1Tbit chip on 64 layer 3D-NAND and a 96-layer 3D-NAND, almost a year after Toshiba…
IMEC, Unisantis develop vertical-transistor SRAM
IMEC, Unisantis develop vertical-transistor SRAM
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At this week's IMEC Technology Forum (ITF) in Antwerp, Belgium, the research institute revealed I has been working with Unistantis Electronics Singapore Pte Ltd., a pioneer of Surrounding Gate Transistor…
Osram’s LEDs for NASA’s food production research
Osram’s LEDs for NASA’s food production research
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Osram has provided the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) with a customized version of its proprietary connected horticulture research lighting system, Phytofy RL. The smart lighting software, coupled with…
New approach to ASIC development for AI applications
New approach to ASIC development for AI applications
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The neuASIC platform is what independent IP provider eSilicon presents as a fundamentally new approach to building application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for artificial intelligence /neural network applications.
Machine learning ASIC platform handles dynamic algorithms
Machine learning ASIC platform handles dynamic algorithms
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The neuASIC platform is what independent IP provider eSilicon (San Jose, CA) presents as a fundamentally new approach to building application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for artificial intelligence/neural network applications.
Neural ASIC platform promises easy AI integration
Neural ASIC platform promises easy AI integration
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The neuASIC platform is what independent IP provider eSilicon presents as a fundamentally new approach to building application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for artificial intelligence /neural network applications.
NASA food production leverages Osram LEDs, smart lighting SW
NASA food production leverages Osram LEDs, smart lighting SW
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Osram has provided the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) with a customized version of its proprietary connected horticulture research lighting system, Phytofy RL. The smart lighting software, coupled with…
NASA’s food production research to leverage Osram’s LEDs
NASA’s food production research to leverage Osram’s LEDs
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Osram has provided the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) with a customized version of its proprietary connected horticulture research lighting system, Phytofy RL. The smart lighting software, coupled with…
Overlapping frequencies power devices deep in the body
Overlapping frequencies power devices deep in the body
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Researchers at MIT in the US have developed a new way to power and communicate with devices implanted deep within the human body.


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