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2000-V Schottky diode simplifies DC link design, boosts efficiency
As many industrial applications today are transitioning to higher power levels with minimized power losses, which can be achieved through increased DC link voltage, Infineon Technologies AG addresses is meeting this challenge with the CoolSiC™ Schottky diode 2000 V G5, the first...
Denmark launches sovereign AI supercomputer
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang joined the king of Denmark to launch the country’s largest sovereign AI supercomputer.The AI supercomputer, named Gefion after a goddess in Danish mythology, is a DGX SuperPOD with 1,528 NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs linked by the Nvidia...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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