Nokia has revealed more details about its ReefShark chipsets, using silicon developed by teams in Finland and California, USA. The chipsets can halve the size of MIMO antennae without affecting performance and also reduce power consumption in baseband units by 64%, compared to such units in use today, says Nokia. The chipsets comprise a ReefShark ...
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Fanuc, Hitachi and Preferred Networks have agreed to establish a jv on April 2, 2018, to develop Intelligent Edge Systems that utilise AI technologies in edge devices in the industrial and social infrastructure field. The new company will develop these Intelligent Edge Systems by combining Fanuc’s’s technologies and expertise in machine tools and robots, Hitachi’s knowledge ...
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The consumerisation of high voltage battery packs presents challenges in power management and safety, writes Cathal Sheehan of Bourns. High-voltage battery packs are no longer exclusive to industrial installations – they are increasingly making their way into the hands of consumers in their electric vehicles and home power storage. Typically made with lithium-ion or nickel metal hydride ...
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AMD had Q4 revenues up 34% thanks to its Ryzen and Radeon processors. Q4 revenue was $1.48 billion, and full-year revenue was $5.33 billion for growth of nearly 25%. “2017 marked a key product and financial inflection point for AMD,” says CEO Lisa Su, “our newest wave of high-performance products and consistent execution created significant ...
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Infineon had calendar Q4 revenue of €1,775 million for a profit of €283 million. For 2018 it expects revenue growth of 5% plus or minus 2 percentage points. For calendar Q1 it expects growth of 4% plus or minus 2 percentage points. “Infineon has made a strong start to the new fiscal year,” says Dr. Reinhard ...
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According to Reuters a government report issued yesterday looks at the vulnerability of satellite-based positioning systems like GPS, Glonass, BeiDou, Michibiki and Galileo. “We must take steps to increase the resilience of our critical services in the event of GNSS disruption, including by adopting potential back-up systems where necessary,” says Oliver Dowden (pictured) parliamentary secretary at ...
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AVX has extended its portfolio of high-performance, low-pass integrated thin film (ITF) filters with the release of six new 8W LP Series filters in miniature 1206 chip sizes with low maximum height profiles of 0.97mm. Based on thin film multilayer technology, the SMD filters deliver excellent high-frequency performance with low insertion loss and extremely sharp ...
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Arrow and Cadence have launched the Cadence OrCAD Entrepreneur package for OrCAD Capture Cloud on the Arrow.com design center. The new software tool suite cuts in half the time that it takes a designer to move from design to prototype, when compared to the traditional process of manually designing and simulating across separate systems. Designers ...
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The Government is promoting gender diversity in the tech sector and will sign up to the Tech Talent Charter, an initiative tackling the gender imbalance in the tech workforce. The Tech Talent Charter covers all organisations employing people in technology roles and commits signatories to including women on interview shortlists wherever possible and collecting and ...
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Cypress Semiconductor has introduced a device which delivers Bluetooth mesh network connections certified by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG). Distinguishing it from traditional Bluetooth interfaces, mesh networking technology enables devices within the network to interface with each other to provide coverage throughout even the largest homes, allowing users to conveniently control all of the devices via apps ...
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