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Military startup launches neural processor for machine learning
Military startup launches neural processor for machine learning
Technology News |
KnuEdge Inc. (San Diego, CA), a company that has raised more than $100 million since it was founded in 2005,…
Stealthy military startup launches neural processor
Stealthy military startup launches neural processor
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KnuEdge Inc. (San Diego, Calif.), a company that has raised more than $100 million since it was founded in 2005,…
Model trains go wireless with Bluetooth control
Model trains go wireless with Bluetooth control
Business news |
One of the world's oldest and largest traditional model railroad and train manufacturers, Bachmann Trains, is employing Nordic Semiconductor Bluetooth®…
Biometric sensor startup raises $5M
Biometric sensor startup raises $5M
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Sensifree Ltd. (Cupertino, Calif.) a developer of an RF-based low power biomedical sensor, has completed a $5 million round of…

Image-based automatic tag reader eases airport baggage handling
Image-based automatic tag reader eases airport baggage handling
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Cognex' Airport Baggage Handling Identification Solution (ABH-ID) is claimed to be the first image-based automatic tag reader (ATR) system to overcome the limitations of current laser-based baggage ID systems.
Synopsys vision processor supports neural networks
Synopsys vision processor supports neural networks
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The EV6X family of vision processor IP from Synopsys is intended or embedded vision applications that require high definition resolution.
Ultrasoc, Sondrel team up on debug IP
Ultrasoc, Sondrel team up on debug IP
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IC design services company Sondrel Ltd. has agreed to make use of Ultrasoc's debug IP within its designs.
High ball count BGA contactor supports pitches down to 0.4mm
High ball count BGA contactor supports pitches down to 0.4mm
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Multitest's Atlas contactor has been optimized for cost-efficient and reliable testing of high end digital high ball count BGAs.
NW-LEDs for super high resolution flexible displays
NW-LEDs for super high resolution flexible displays
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As a first step to designing densely packed arrays of nanowire-sized LEDs, a team of researchers from Berlin-based Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperelektronik (PDI) have used a titanium foil as a flexible…
Furry LEDs in the making
Furry LEDs in the making
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As a first step to designing densely packed arrays of nanowire-sized LEDs, a team of researchers from Berlin-based Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperelektronik (PDI) have used a titanium foil as a flexible…
Japan grows again as global chip market shrinks
Japan grows again as global chip market shrinks
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Japan, for many years the sick man of the global chip industry, has shown a return to growth in 2016 and lead growth in April 2016 on a three-month average…
CEE-connector with filter for 1- and 3-phase applications
CEE-connector with filter for 1- and 3-phase applications
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Schurter has expanded its range of power entry modules with the introduction of the FMAD and FMAB CEE connectors, featuring a first of its kind integrated line filter for 1-…
Memory compiler targets 40nm ultra-low-power process for IoT
Memory compiler targets 40nm ultra-low-power process for IoT
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sureCore (Sheffield, UK), provider of IP for low power SRAM, has released its TSMC 40nmULP process technology memory compiler, that provides a vehicle for its recently announced 40nm Ultra Low…
Molex, Cisco join industry group developing Double-Density QSFP Interfaces
Molex, Cisco join industry group developing Double-Density QSFP Interfaces
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Thirteen companies from a range of networking/datacomms industry sectors have formed a multi-supplier agreement; the consortium aims to define technologies and protocols to support up to 400 Gbps pluggable modules;…
Low-power Wi-Fi HaLow radio design for IoT applications
Low-power Wi-Fi HaLow radio design for IoT applications
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Belgian nanoelectronics research center imec, the associated Holst Centre and Wi-Fi IP provider Methods2Bussiness (Eindhoven, The Netherlands) have collaborated on a complete Wi-Fi HaLow radio solution; the low-power, long-range radio…
Protocol analyser supports DisplayPort and HDCP 2.2
Protocol analyser supports DisplayPort and HDCP 2.2
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Introduced as the first portable test instrument with DisplayPort, 600MHz HDMI and HDBaseT interfaces, Teledyne LeCroy’s latest quantumdata 780 series handheld test instrument, the 780E Multi-Protocol Analyzer / Generator, is…
GaN RF power transistors deliver 320W for basestation PAs, in plastic packages
GaN RF power transistors deliver 320W for basestation PAs, in plastic packages
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MACOM has announced achieved efficiency of up to 79% for wireless basestations with high-power, plastic-packaged gallium nitride output transistors; the devices, rated for 320 W and 160 W come in…
GPS fixes aided by faster updates
GPS fixes aided by faster updates
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A firmware update for u-blox’ NEO-M8P high precision module increases update rates and adds support for China's BeiDou constellation; the small, cost effective, and very precise Real Time Kinematics (RTK)…
1A, single-chip load switch ICs
1A, single-chip load switch ICs
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Toshiba has added three single-chip load switch ICs in an industry-standard SOT-25 package, that combine on-resistance ratings down to 63 mΩ and low typical quiescent currents of 110 nA with…
Graphene/TiO2 electrodes boost flexible OLEDs’ efficiency
Graphene/TiO2 electrodes boost flexible OLEDs’ efficiency
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In their paper "Synergetic electrode architecture for efficient graphene-based flexible organic light-emitting diodes", Korean researchers report a novel transparent electrode architecture doing away with brittle indium tin oxide (ITO) while…
Precision prototype antenna arrays set world record in wireless spectral efficiency
Precision prototype antenna arrays set world record in wireless spectral efficiency
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Bristol-based design consultancy, Kinneir Dufort, prove hands on prototyping is very much alive and kicking in this digital age by helping the University of Bristol to achieve a new world…
EnSilica and Micrium partners on RTOS/MCU integration
EnSilica and Micrium partners on RTOS/MCU integration
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EnSilica and Micrium have partnered to port Micrium’s µC/OS-III RTOS to EnSilica’s family of eSi-RISC processor cores, taking immediate effect. In addition, Micrium’s range of communication software, including its USB…
Low-power Wi-Fi HaLow radio ready for IoT
Low-power Wi-Fi HaLow radio ready for IoT
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Nanoelectronics research center imec, Holst Centre (initiated by imec and TNO), and Wi-Fi IP provider Methods2Bussiness have presented a complete Wi-Fi HaLow™ radio. The low-power, long-range radio solution uses 10…
Complete low-power Wi-Fi HaLow radio for IoT
Complete low-power Wi-Fi HaLow radio for IoT
Technology News |
Nanoelectronics research center imec, Holst Centre (initiated by imec and TNO), and Wi-Fi IP provider Methods2Bussiness have presented a complete Wi-Fi HaLow™ radio. The low-power, long-range radio solution uses 10…
Got Self-Driving Architecture? Show Me
Got Self-Driving Architecture? Show Me
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Tell us what your autonomous car’s system architecture will look like in 2020. And draw us a block diagram.
Design and evaluation of a 5-W X-band PA using a low-cost plastic-packaged GaN transistor
Design and evaluation of a 5-W X-band PA using a low-cost plastic-packaged GaN transistor
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This article describes the design of a single stage 5-W X-band GaN Power Amplifier using a low-cost SMT packaged transistor. The amplifier is optimized for the 9.3 to 9.5 GHz…
Open source algorithm converts webcams into eye-trackers
Open source algorithm converts webcams into eye-trackers
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Computer scientists at Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island) have developed open-source software that identifies the eyes and tracks the gaze of subjects on webcams.
Firmware fixes GPS to cm level with faster updates, more constellations
Firmware fixes GPS to cm level with faster updates, more constellations
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A firmware update for the NEO-M8P high precision module from u-blox increases update rates and adds support for China's BeiDou constellation. The small, cost effective, and very precise Real Time…


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