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IonQ buys quantum networking startup
US quantum processor developer IonQ is to acquire the operating assets of quantum networking startup Qubitekk.As part of the transaction, the Qubitekk team in California will join IonQ to give the company more of the hardware stack for quantum computing. Quibitekk had...
Empower to show vertical power architecture for AI and HPC
Empower Semiconductor is to show its Crescendo vertical power platform win Europe for the first time next week.The Empower Crescendo with FinFast technology provides scalable true vertical power for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) up to 3000A.The Crescendo platform, lanunched...
Miniature two pole reed relays maximise PCB space
At Electronica, Pickering will showcase its extensive range of high quality, high density reed relays for test and measurement applications – including the new Series 125, which claims to be the industry’s smallest two pole DPST (double-pole, single-throw) reed relay.The new Series...
Slashing the power of heart defibrillators by 1000x
Researchers in the US and Colombia have slashed the power requirements for the defibrillators used to restore heart functions.The researchers from Sergio Arboleda University in Bogotá, Colombia, and the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta found that a single, properly timed, biphasic...
Wolfspeed cuts 1000 jobs in US
Wolfspeed is closing its 150mm silicon carbide plant in the US and cutting 20% of its staff, or 1000 jobs, in a $450m restructuring plan.The company has 5000 staff, who were notified of the cuts yesterday. These will take place over the...
Sondrel opens up IP library for licensing
UK chip design house Sondrel is licensing its in-house IP.This starts with a suite of IP blocks for general SoC management to control start-up of devices, clock and reset control and power domain handling. The SoC Management Suite has three components –...
Schaeffler to cut 4700 jobs, close two sites
Automotive supplier Schaeffler is to cut up to 4700 jobs in Europe and close two sites.The move comes after the integration with Vitesco and the slow down in the electric vehicle market. Ten sites in Germany will also see reductions for 2800...
Nanoscale transistors could enable more efficient electronics
Researchers are leveraging quantum mechanical properties to overcome the limits of silicon semiconductor technology – MIT newsSilicon transistors, which are used to amplify and switch signals, are a critical component in most electronic devices, from smartphones to automobiles. But silicon semiconductor technology...
Record for the longest Hyperloop trial
As part of the LIMITLESS project, scientists from EPFL, HEIG-VD and Swisspod have completed the longest-ever vacuum capsule journey in Europe’s first operational Hyperloop test facilityThe LIMITLESS (Linear Induction Motor Drive for Traction and Levitation in Sustainable Hyperloop Systems) project, carried out...
For these little robots, two heads are better than one
“We wanted to take brainless agents and initiate complex behaviors,” said Pierre-Thomas Brun, an associate professorLeft alone, the toy robots will skitter mindlessly across a tabletop and amuse small children and cats. But when engineers at Princeton paired the small toys with...
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