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First spin qubit quantum computers for Europe

First spin qubit quantum computers for Europe

Two quantum computers using semiconductor spin qubits are to be installed in Europe for the first time.The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (JU) has selected SURF in the Netherlands to host the first quantum computer in Europe based on spin qubits, with a second...

Published on: October 23, 2024

PC AWG cards generate 10 GS/s waveforms with 2.5 GHz bandwidth

PC AWG cards generate 10 GS/s waveforms with 2.5 GHz bandwidth

Using the new PCIe flagship AWG cards from Spectrum Instrumentation and cost-effective COTS (Commercial-of-the-shelf) PC-parts, scientists and engineers can now generate nearly any waveform with up to 10 GS/s output rates, 2.5 GHz bandwidth and 16-bit vertical resolution.The PCIe cards make a...

Published on: October 23, 2024

ARM escalates Qualcomm dispute with license threat

ARM escalates Qualcomm dispute with license threat

ARM is threatening to cancel the architectural license that underpins Qualcomm’s latest processors.Qualcomm says ARM has issues a 60 day cancellation notice for its architectural license. The two companies are set to go to court in December over the acquisition of the...

Published on: October 23, 2024

Open source protocol redefines robotics, automotive and IoT connectivity

Open source protocol redefines robotics, automotive and IoT connectivity

The Eclipse Foundation has announced the release of Eclipse Zenoh 1.0.0, a breakthrough open source protocol for robotics, automotive and IoT applications that seamlessly integrates communication, storage, and computation in embedded systems and across cloud platforms.This milestone open source protocol release builds...

Published on: October 23, 2024

Can cell phone signals help land a plane?

Can cell phone signals help land a plane?

Sandia Labs, Ohio State look to the skies to protect aircraft against GPS outagesResearchers from Sandia National Laboratories and Ohio State University are taking experimental navigation technology to the skies, pioneering a backup system to keep an airplane on course when it...

Published on: October 23, 2024

Spectrum launches flagship 10GS/s AWG card

Spectrum launches flagship 10GS/s AWG card

Spectrum Instrumentation in Germany has launched a new flagship arbitrary waveform generator (AWG) card that generates nearly any waveform at up to 10 GS/s with a 2.5 GHz bandwidth and 16bit vertical resolution.The four models in the M5i.63xx AWG series have onboard...

Published on: October 23, 2024

First CHERI RISC-V embedded chip and Early Access Programme

First CHERI RISC-V embedded chip and Early Access Programme

SCI Semiconductor in Cambridge has developed the first CHERI-enabled family of chips for embedded designs.The ICENI microcontroller chips are based on the RISC-V RV32E architecture and using the Microsoft CHERIoT-Ibex processor core. The chips are built by GlobalFoundries and is aimed at...

Published on: October 23, 2024

Celestial AI buys Rockley Photonics patents for $20m

Celestial AI buys Rockley Photonics patents for $20m

Celestial AI has bought the silicon photonics intellectual property of Rockley Photonics, including worldwide issued and pending patents, for $20m.This gives Celestial AI one of the strongest IP portfolios in the field of silicon photonics for optical compute interconnect, bringing their total...

Published on: October 23, 2024

Qualcomm aims for Samsung phones with 3nm Snapdragon from TSMC

Qualcomm aims for Samsung phones with 3nm Snapdragon from TSMC

Qualcomm Inc. has announced its Snapdragon 8 Elite processor for use in smartphones. The chip uses 3nm manufacturing process from TSMC could drive Samsung’s Galaxy S25.The Snapdragon 8 Elite includes the first time use of the Oryon CPU which comes in performance...

Published on: October 22, 2024

Mercedes-Benz opens own recycling factory to close the battery loop

Mercedes-Benz opens own recycling factory to close the battery loop

Plant to generate enough recycled materials to produce more than 50,000 new battery modules per yearMercedes-Benz today opened Europe’s first battery recycling plant with an integrated mechanical-hydrometallurgical process making it the first car manufacturer worldwide[2] to close the battery recycling loop with...

Published on: October 22, 2024