Thin light wire vies with PTFE for high-rel connections

Alpha Wire’s new ThermoThin Hook-Up Wire, now available from Aerco, delivers 600V performance from -150 to +300°C, and is intended for applications where premium performance must be matched with space and weight savings. Potential applications are foreseen in medical devices, semiconductor production, geothermal energy generation, energy production, military equipment and the oil and gas industry. ...

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Small PC also supports Arduino

LattePanda is an Intel Atom PC running and Arduino combined. Designed for Windows 10, it has a 1.8GHz Z8300 Cherry Trail CPU with I/O handled by a second processor rather than the Atom. “This micro controller is re-programmable, source code is provided, and can be programmed to off-load the Atom if an application is so demanding,” said RS Components, ...

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SD-WANs growing rapidly

Software-defined wide area networks have only been commercially available for a few years but, according to IDC, worldwide SD-WAN infrastructure and services revenues will see a CAGR)p of 69.6% and reach $8.05 billion in 2021. The most significant driver of SD-WAN growth over the next five years will be digital transformation (DX) in which enterprises ...

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Trillium buys CanBusHack

Trillium, the automotive cybersecurity specialist, has bought auto cyber security company CanBusHack. “The addition of CanBusHack’s Red Team and penetration testing expertise is a perfect fit for Trillium, and adds to our already robust range of cybersecurity products, services and training capabilities,” says Trillium CEO, David M. Uze, “now, in addition to providing customers with ...

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ITRI reaching out to foreign IoT start-ups

Taiwan’s renowned government-backed Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) is inviting foreign IoT start-ups to visit Taiwan to learn about the island’s electronics industry. ITRI brought advanced IC processing toTaiwan in 1976 by licensing RCA’s 7micron CMOS process and then proceeding to scale it over subsequent generations while spinning it off, along the way, into start-ups ...

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Fujitsu Speeds Up Transaction Processing on the Blockchain

Fujitsu Labs has developed  technology that accelerates transaction processing for Hyperledger Fabric, one of the Hyperledger blockchain frameworks hosted by The Linux Foundation. The blockchain is a technology that creates systems with excellent resistance to falsification while preserving high transparency and reliability, all without centralized management. It is expected to have applications in a variety ...

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Renesas Q2 revenues up 31.7%

Renesas reported Q2 sales up 31.7% y-o-y and 12.6% sequentially at $1.7 billion. Operating profit was $270 million and gross margin was 45.7%. For Q3, Renesas expects the same level of sales and margin. . “We have been successfully improving our gross and operating margins by pursuing sales growth and cost containment”, says Renesas CEO ...

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EE is best UK mobile operator, says Rootmetrics

The best operator for 4G coverage in the UK is EE, says Rootmetrics, a division of IHS Markit. EE’s 4G coverage is available to its users 90% of the time across the UK, says Rootmetrics. Next come Vodafone (82%), O2 (81%) and Three (67%). In different UK nations the results vary: In England – EE ...

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