Thalia adds analogue porting capabilities

Thalia Design Automation has introduced advanced analogue schematic porting capabilities within its AMALIA analog design automation tool suite. Configured for users of TSMC, Global Foundries, UMC, SMIC, and in-house technologies of Tier 1 design companies, the AMALIA schematic porting capability claims to achieve design time savings of up to 50% in analogue migration projects. “Process migration – moving IP ...

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u-blox adds antenna to BLE modules

u-blox has integrated a PCB antenna into its BLE 5  NINA-B306/316 modules. The trapezoidal printed antenna, technology licensed from Proant AB, enable superior performance transmission and reception of data in a small form factor. By moving the antenna to the PCB, manufacturers can now implement the NINA-B3 family into even smaller form factors. The NINA-B306/316 ...

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Need to move your CubeSat? Add a plasma thruster

Purdue University researchers have created a plasma drive rocket engine for CubeSats – satellites that can be as small as 100 x 100 x 100mm, and seldom have any motive power. The thruster is a small arc type, running at tens of amps for hundreds of microseconds. Purdue’s latest contribution is not the whole thuster, ...

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Bees can do simple arithmetic, offering hope to low-gate-count AI

Bees can do simple arithmetic, and AI might benefit. This shows that alongside the arithmetic capability, which apparently involves storing a concept in long-term memory, bees are also using short-term memory to remember the current answer. “If maths doesn’t require a massive brain, there might also be new ways for us to incorporate interactions of ...

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UK opens heathcare photonics centre

Work is complete on the National Healthcare Photonics Centre in County Durham. The government-supported Centre will support the scale-up and commercialisation of high-tech medical (medtech) products, acting as a hub for businesses of all sizes and academic partners to work on light-based diagnostic, imaging and treatment systems. Its is part of the UK’s Centre for Process ...

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Mouser, TTI, Molex and AVX sponsor Formula E car

Mouser is sponsoring the Geox Dragon Formula E electric racing car team through the 2018–19 racing season, in collaboration with TTI, Molex and AVX. This is the fifth year that Mouser and Molex have sponsored Formula E racing. “By teaming up with TTI, Molex and AVX to sponsor Formula E, Mouser shows its commitment to ...

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Pragmatic IC launches FlexICs

PragmatIC, the Cambridge flexible circuit specialist, has announced the first products in its ConnectIC family, the PR1101 and PR1102 flexible integrated circuits (FlexICs), designed for use in closed HF RFID systems. ConnectICs are ultra-thin and flexible and suitable for embedding into a wide range of substrates, including paper and plastic. They have a typical price ...

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Sanjay Jha joins VC firm

Sanjay Jha, formerly COO of Qualcomm and CEO of Motorola Mobility and GloFo, has become one of the general partners of Silicon Valley VC company Eclipse Ventures. “Eclipse has differentiated itself through a bold approach to investing,” says Jha, “because of its laser focus and unwavering commitment to full-stack, I am confident that Eclipse’s portfolio ...

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Huawei asks for 3-5 years to satisfy UK cyber concerns

Huawei has written to the UK parliamentary science and technology committee saying it will take up to five years to address the committe’s concerns about the integrity of its products. “Enhancing our software engineering capabilities is like replacing components on a high-speed train in motion,” says the president of Huawei’s carrier business group, Ryan Ding, in ...

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