AI is being over-promised, says Federico Faggin (pictured) who put the 4004 into silicon gate MOS, delivered the 8008 and designed the 8080 before founding Zilog and designing the Z8 MCU and Z80 CPU and then going on to co-found Synaptics with Carver Mead. “The fundamental problem is that, because of the recent successes, people ...

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Automation will increase employment says a report called ‘Humans Wanted: Robots Need You’ by the Manpower Group. Manpower found that 87% of  19,000 employers surveyed in 44 countries were planning to increase the size of their workforce as a result of automation. Instead of reducing employment, organizations that are automating create the most jobs, the ...

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2D materials could be better catalysts for lithium-air batteries than 3D, say researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago. “Currently, electric vehicles average about 100 miles per charge, but with the incorporation of 2D catalysts into lithium-air batteries, we could provide closer to 400 to 500 miles per charge, which would be a real ...

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Staff shortages are the top emerging risk which companies face, according to Gartner’s latest quarterly Emerging Risks Survey. The survey of 137 senior executives in 4Q18 showed that concerns about talent shortages now outweigh those around getting ready-for-new-data-privacy-laws and cloud computing which were the top two risks in the Q3 survey.   63% of respondents ...

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HUBER+SUHNER is launching its LISA Double Access fibre management system. Due to the fragility of fibre cabling, deploying a comprehensive yet simplistic structured fibre management system is crucial to the successful operation of a datacenter. Based on the existing LISA system, the H&S’ LISA Double Access configuration is a high-density and modular cross-connect fibre management ...

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To meet demand for Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) IoT connectivity, Gemalto has announced a platform of  Cinterion IoT Modules based on the Qualcomm 9205 LTE IoT modem. The modules are designed to support LTE-M and NB-IoT connectivity with optional 2G fallback from a single, ultra-small IoT module. Ready for the latest 3GPP specifications (Rel 14), ...

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TSMC expects a 14% drop in Q1 revenue to $7.3/7.4 billion citing big inventories in smartphone ICs caused by dropping smartphone sales H2 smartphone launches could retrieve the situation but, for now “the inventory in the supply chain is quite a lot”, says TSMC chairman Mark Liu said at a post-earnings conference. The 14% drop expected ...

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element14   has donated 250 micro:bit devices to support coding in the classroom, providing teachers around the world with the tools they need to facilitate a range of inspiring education projects. ‘The Great micro:bit Education Giveaway’ was launched in August 2018 and invited STEM educators to submit a proposal for a project they would like ...

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