Instrument Makers choose Big Bang award winner.
Andrey Gizdov from Ackworth School was awarded The Young Scientific Instrument Maker Award from The Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers (WCSIM) at The Big Bang Fair. Andrey impressed the judges with his project, entitled ‘Skeletal Age Estimation’ which is a temperature detecting wristband which communicates with a wall mounted unit to keep track of ...
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Achronix demo-es 112Gbps SerDes for its FPGAs.
Achronix says it has completed testing and is now demonstrating the 112 Gbps SerDes that will be used in its next-generation FPGAs. Fabricated on TSMC’s 7nm FinFET process technology, these 112 Gbps SerDes provide multi-standard support for a wide range of digital serial communications standards with data rates ranging from 1 Gbps to 112 Gbps. The ...
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Fujitsu accelerates machine learning
Fujitsu has developed a technology to improve the speed of deep learning software, which has now achieved the world’s highest speed for machine learning. The speed was measured using the AI Bridging Cloud Infrastructure (ABCI) system, deployed by Fujitsu’s for the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). With the spread of deep ...
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Lords to consider future of public service broadcasting
Tomorrow the House of Lords Communications Committee will question academic experts as part of its inquiry investigating whether there is a future for public service broadcasting in the context of the rising popularity of video on demand services. In the week following Apple’s announcement that it will develop its own streaming service, the Committee will examine ...
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Imec Fellow gets $2.5m grant to research ultra bright thin-film light sources and lasers
Imec researcher Paul Heremans (pictured), a Fellow and Director of Large Area Electronics at Imec, has received €2.5 million funding under the European Research Council’s Advanced Grant programme for a 5-year project to develop ultra-bright thin-film light sources and lasers. The technology has a wide variety of applications, such as optical interconnects, augmented reality displays ...
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