GloFo puts optical I/O on 45nm CMOS

Globalfoundries and Ayar Labs, a startup bringing optical input/output I/O to ICs, have announced a strategic collaboration to co-develop and commercialize differentiated silicon photonic technology solutions. The companies will develop and manufacture Ayar’s novel CMOS optical I/O technology, using GF’s 45nm CMOS fabrication process, to deliver an alternative to copper I/O that offers up to ...

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Modules ease 60GHz point-to-point comms

Lattice Semi has announced 60Ghz modules with built-in phased array antennas for links up to 300m – in cities for example. Designed for point-to-point and point-to-multi-point operation, and branded GigaRay, the firm is demonstrating the modules in a complete terminal weighing less than 1kg. The modules are in pairs, together called MOD65412, based on technology ...

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1kW from a quarter brick

Flex Power Modules has announced a 1kW quarter brick dc-dc converter that can deliver 96.2A of peak. Called BMR480, is has the industry standard 58.4 x 36.8 x 12.19mm format and operates from 40 to 60V and outputs 10.4, 12 or 12.5V (+/-2.5%), or can be factory configured anywhere from 9V to 13.2V. “BMR480 module employs ‘hybrid ...

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Fujitsu 82x24x6mm solar-powered sensor supports LPWA transmissions

Fujitsu Labs has developed a miniature sensor powered by a solar cell to support LPWA wireless transmission. The device measures 82x24x6mm and Fujitsu says it is the world’s smallest sensor device supporting LPWA that does not need replacement batteries. Temperature and humidity data collected by the sensor can be transmitted to a Sigfox base station ...

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Facebook opens new London office today

Facebook is opening its new London office today which will be the company’s biggest engineering centre outside the USA. The office is at Rathbone Place near Oxford Circus. Facebook says it will add 800 jobs in London next year taking Facebook’s UK employees to 2,300. “The UK’s flourishing entrepreneurial ecosystem and international reputation for engineering ...

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Broadcom to announce new board for Qualcomm today

Later on today Broadcom is expected to announce a proposed new board of directors for Qualcomm. It’s the latest move in Broadcom’s hostile $130 billion bid for Qualcomm. On March 6th, Qualcomm shareholders will get to vote on whether they want Broadcom’s suggested board of directors to take over. 11 people – nine men and ...

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IAR Systems supports Amazon FreeRTOS for large IoT networks

IAR Systems embedded compilers now support the  Amazon FreeRTOS. Together with Amazon Web Services (AWS), IAR Systems provides developers with easy access to high-performance, pre-integrated development tools for developing and debugging embedded and IoT-connected applications based on Amazon FreeRTOS. Amazon FreeRTOS is an operating system for hardware running IoT applications which can support large numbers ...

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Rohde & Schwarz and Saint Security fight cyber virus with AI

Rohde & Schwarz Cybersecurity has partnered with Saint Security, a network protection specialist, to offer technology that uses artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data-based profiling methodologies to fight advanced persistent threats (APTs). AI will be used to identify and block various types of difficult-to-find malware. Machine learning and AI are critical to network security ...

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Toshiba selling 2TB SSD

Toshiba has expanded its  XG5 lineup of NVMe solid state drives (SSDs) based on its 64-layer, 3D BiCS FLASH with XG5-P – a premium sub-series that doubles the capacity and is tuned to improve full access range random read/write performance by up to 55 p% over standard XG5 SSDs. The XG5-P series is designed to ...

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