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In memory photonic computing for AI
An international team of researchers has developed a way to process AI in memory for photonic systems.The team, led jointly by the University of Pittsburgh and the University of California at Santa Barbara, developed the new approach to encoding optical weights for...
Japan picks Tenstorrent to train engineers in leading-edge AI
AI chip developer Tenstorrent (Toronto, Canada) has been commissioned by the Japanese government to provide five-years of training in leading-edge AI for up to 200 engineers.The training program will take place over the next five years in the US and at Japan’s...
AI catches zero day vulnerabilities In real-world code for the first time
Researchers at Google have used large language model AI to detect a zero day vulnerability in real world code for the first time.An AI agent called Big Sleep has an exploitable stack buffer underflow in SQLite, a widely used open source database engine....
Anglia hits out at ADI
UK distributor Anglia has hit out at Analog Devices (ADI) after losing its franchise. The company this year started supplying customers in Europe as well as the UK.Whilst acknowledging that ADI is perfectly within its rights to terminate its agreements with Anglia...
Renesas streamlines its ARM Cortex M85 microcontrollers
Renesas Electrnics has launched two families of microcontroller with the ARM Cortex-M85 high performance core for cost-sensitive AI and IoT applications.The RA8E1 and RA8E2 microcontroller (MCU) groups are aimed at industrial and home automation, office equipment, healthcare, and consumer products for AIoT...
Schneider board ousts CEO in shock move
French power giant Schneider Electric has replaced its CEO with immediate effect in a dramatic move.Olivier Blum has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Schneider, replacing Peter Herweck after just 18 months.The change is intended to accelerate the execution of its...
SpaceRISE to make €6bn IRIS² broadband 5G satellites
The SpaceRISE consortium is to make and operate the €6bn constellation of IRIS² broadband 5G satellites for the European Commission.The consortium brings together manufacturers Airbus Defence and Space, OHB, Telespazio, Thales and Thales Alenia Space (TAS) alongside European satellite operators Eutelsat, Hispasat...
First 1700 V GaN takes on SiC for industrial auxilliary supplies
Power Integrations has developed 1700V gallium nitride (GaN) technology to provide auxiliary power from 1000V industrial systems.The 1700V GaN InnoMux-2 switcher has an efficiency above 90 percent even at low load from a 1000 VDC bus, supplying up to 100W from three...
Ampere acquires development team to lead on software defined vehicles
Automotive system developer Ampere is to acquire a team of embedded system engineers in Tunisia from Actia.The company signed a software expertise sharing agreement signed in the first half of 2024 with Actia, a French group that makes diagnostic products and on-board...
Reports: Samsung cutting 30% of foundry staff, 50% of production lines
Samsung Foundry is shutting down semiconductor production lines with the aim of closing 50 percent by the end of 2024 to cut costs, according to Chosun Daily.This is being done to save costs while fabs have low manufacturing utilization rates, the report...
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