Multi-way connector for 56Gbit/s PAM-4 channels

Molex has expanded its zSFP+ Interconnect System to support 56Gbit/s PAM-4 channels in a stacked 2xN port, aiming at next-generation Ethernet and Fibre Channel applications, and claiming it to be the first of its kind. “The preferential coupling design uses a narrow-edge, coupled, blanked-and-formed contact geometry and insert moulding which provides superior signal integrity and ...

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THz FDM yields 50Gbit/s communication

International researchers demonstrated THz frequency-division multiplexing with an aggregate data rate of 50Gbit/s. “We showed that we can transmit separate data streams on terahertz waves at very high speeds and with very low error rates,” said Professor Daniel Mittleman or Browns University in the US. “This is the first time anybody has characterised a terahertz ...

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USB is not secure

USB connections can be snooped, according to the University of Adelaide, which tested more than 50 different computers and external USB hubs and found that more than 90 per cent of them leaked information through channel-to-channel crosstalk. The team modified a cheap USB-powered novelty lamp to read keystrokes from an adjacent keyboard USB interface, sending the ...

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Silicon Labs unifies chips for car radios

Silicon Labs has announced a family of car radio receiver chips with a common software API, claiming designers can share R&D effort across multiple product lines, from low-cost, single-tuner AM/FM radios to high-performance systems with multiple tuners and antennas. Si4795x (branded Global Eagle, (right)),  Si4796x and Si4797x (together branded Dual Eagle) are analogue AM/FM receivers and ...

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New phone maker raises $330m to challenge Apple and Samsung

A two year-old start-up cellphone company aiming to challenge Apple and Samsung has raised $330 million in venture funding. Essential Products, founded by one of the Android OS developers, Andy Rubin, says it has signed up retailers Best Buy and Amazon and will have its $699 phone in shops for the Christmas sales season. Investors ...

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EnSilica extends eSi-Risc processor licence with Solomon Systech

EnSilica, the Wokingham IP specialist, has licensed its eSi-RISC processor IP to fabless touch and display chip vendor Solomon Systech of Hong Kong. The multi-year licensing agreement covers the full range of EnSilica’s 16-bit and 32-bit eSi-RISC processor IP and extends the existing relationship between the two companies to cover multiple projects and multiple architecture ...

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Apple’s $trn cap

Could Apple become the first public company to achieve a market cap of $1 trillion? Ahead of its expected September launch date for the iPhone 8 – a phone billed to demonstrate significant innovation – Apple’s market cap is $815 billion. A compelling new phone which gains an enthusiastic market reception could push that to $1 ...

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