Rolls-Royce has designed an electric engine for a flying taxi and is looking for partners to develop an airframe and the electrical systems for a commercial product. The engine uses ‘gas turbine technology to generate electricity to power six electric propulsors specially designed to have a low noise profile’ says Rolls. The VTOL machine could ...
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Imec and Soitec have demo-ed a sequential 3D front-end integration process by stacking two device layers on one another on a 300mm wafer. This vertical integration of sequentially processed device layers, also named sequential-3D integration (S3D), is perceived as a promising alternative to continue the benefits offered by semiconductor scaling, overcoming the constraints of geometrical ...
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Grayhill of Illinois has Series 62AG, 62NG and 62SG Optical Encoders, which feature optical switching technology which provide tactile feedback to the user. The encoders are used in healthcare electronics, communication systems, navigation devices, precision test and measuring equipment, sound editing consoles, and automotive applications. Grayhill says its encoders have reduced shaft wobble; increased durability, including side load, impact load, ...
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UK electronics and electric motor maker Avid Technology is offering its services to heavy duty vehicle manufacturers towards meeting the recent European Commission legislation for mandatory reductions in CO2 emissions. “Because heavy duty vehicles cover huge distances each year, the corresponding CO2 emissions are very high,” said Avid. “The announcement, a European first, means businesses manufacturing ...
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LTM8005 from ADI operates from a 5V to 38V input voltage range and can deliver up to 1.6A of regulated output at up to 38V – provided the necessary external capacitors and inductor are added, and the maximum 10A switch current is observed. Buck-boost, buck and SEPIC topologies are also available from the same module, ...
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Norwegian researchers have discovered a way to stabilise silicon anodes for Li-ion batteries, according to the country’s Department of Energy Technology (IFE). Silicon anodes have the potential to far-exceed the lithium ion storage capacity of carbon anodes, if only they didn’t change size so much as they absorb the ions – as this physical swelling ...
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Two president-CEOs in a room does not often produce the bonhomie witnessed on the Mentor Graphics booth at DAC 2018, observes Caroline Hayes The adage ‘buyer beware’ would seem not to apply in the case of the acquisition of Mentor Graphics by Siemens PLM in March 2017. Mentor Graphics’ president and CEO, Wally Rhines and ...
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Samsung is to increase its 2019 NAND capex from $6.4 billion to $9 billion, says the Korean daily newspaper Chosun Ilbo. The money will mostly go to increasing output at Samsung’s NAND fab in Pyeongtaek. Chosun Ilbo says that the company’s recently announced 5th Gen NAND chips give it a two year industry lead. Earlier ...
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Intel is to buy eASIC, the 19 year-old Santa Clara structured ASIC specialist. Intel already had a structured ASIC capability with its HardCopy product line acquired with its purchase of Altera.. Intel didn’t say why it wants eASIC. It does, however, remove a competitor. 120 eASIC people will move over to the Intel programmable solutions ...
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Imec has developed the technology to allow the government of Flanders to implement a prototype Internet of Water. The prototype tackles the growing threat of water inconvenience, water scarcity and water pollution. With the Internet of Water, Flanders aims to roll-out a large-scale permanent sensor network that maps the available water reserves and monitors the ...
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