Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, and Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, have demonstrated a 4000 kilometre fibre-optical transmission link using ultra low-noise, phase-sensitive optical amplifiers. This is a reach improvement of almost six times what is possible when using conventional optical amplifiers. The reach and capacity in today’s fibre optical transmission links are ...

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Swindon Silicon Systems has launched IC Builder – a new way for design engineers to visualise what their ASIC/MEMS solution may look like for their application and discuss the results and the process required to implement the design. “There are several reasons for taking the ASIC route and high on the list is the ability ...

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Although Micron is denying it has been banned from selling product in China, investors don’t believe it – Micron shares have fallen 8% since the news broke. Micron has, in the past, denied harmful news stories which have later turned out to be true. Its Idaho-based PR operation is rudimentary. The effect of a banning ...

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NetSpeed Systems of San Jose has launched SoCBuilder -£an  SoC design and integration platform. SoCBuilder includes a catalogue of pre-integrated third-party IP along with application-specific reference designs for AI, Automotive, 5G, hyperscale compute and AR/VR. It is designed to make SoC development faster, easier and fail-proof, reducing the time to assemble systems to days instead of weeks ...

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Later today, the UK and France are to sign a five year agreement to deepen collaboration between two of the countries’ leading digital research centres. The Alan Turing Institute, is signing an agreement with the French institute, DATAIA, to promote collaboration between the French and British sectors. It will see the two organisations pursue collaborative ...

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