Dual-core audio MCU has hardware acceleration for FFT and neural networks

Knowles has announced a dual-core audio processor chip for multi-microphone edge processing  – for example, for local spoken-word control of products. Called IA8201, it includes a 128bit four-way floating-point SIMD ‘DeltaMax’ core for beam-forming, barge-in, acoustic echo cancellation (AEC) and machine learning, for example, and a Tensilica HiFi3 core ‘HemiDelta’ with two-way floating-point SIMD for ...

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UK fusion machine uses 2.5MJ capacitor bank

UK company First Light Fusion (FLF) aims to achieve controlled nuclear fusion by 2024 using a method that involves firing projectiles into a target at very high speed – currently almost 20km/s in its ‘Machine 3’, from an electromagnetic accelerator. Power for projectile acceleration comes six banks of capacitors arranged radially around a central vacuum ...

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IMS: GaN-on-SiC HEMT beats (most) magnetrons for efficiency

NXP claimed to have a transistor that “exceeds the efficiency of most magnetrons at 2.45GHz” at the International Microwave Symposium in Boston US. “For more than 50 years, 2.45GHz magnetrons have been widely used in consumer and industrial applications ranging from microwave ovens to high power welding machines,” said the firm. “Solid-state solutions appeared on ...

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Rohde & Schwarz bundle pricing for scopes and more

Rohde & Schwarz has some special offers on its entry-level scopes, spectrum analysers, power supplies and power analysers. The idea is that the deals, which last until the end of the year, include a lot of optional extras, which the customer pays for early at a reduced price rather than waiting to buy them later ...

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Rigol vector signal analyser app measures modulation

Rigol has added a vector signal analyser option to its RSA5000 series spectrum analysers, for characterising complex RF modulation schemes – including QAM, QPSK, ASK, MSK and FSK. “The VSA application gives engineers ability to utilise up to 13 integrated measurement functions including I/Q waveform and RF envelope, constellation and vector diagrams, symbol level decode, ...

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PCIM 2019: Video Interview – DC-DC converters for high-voltage gate driver applications

At PCIM 2019, we caught up with Ann-Marie Bayliss of Murata as part of our promotional coverage for the event. She highlights the capabilities of the company’s DC-DC converters for high-voltage gate driver applications. Thank you to Ann-Marie for her time. Read all our PCIM 2019 coverage » Video: David Berman, Emap

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Rakuten to use NEC 5G base-stations and shun Huawei

Rakuten, the newcomer telco in Japan, has decided to use NEC base-stations says the Nikkei. Costing $76k each, the base-stations are reported to be only 10-20% of the cost being incurred by rival telco NTT DoCoMo. Rakuten will also reduce costs through network virtualization so minimizing the need for hardware. Next week, Japan’s Cabinet is ...

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Magnetic system cools close to absolute zero

Technical University of Munich (TUM) spin-off kiutra has developed a magnetic cooling system for extremely low temperatures. kiutra clsims to be the first company in the world to have succeeded in developing a permanent magnetic cooling system to reach temperatures close to absolute zero. Such temperatures are, for example, required for the operation of quantum computers. ...

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Thalia Design Automation raises $2m

Thalia Design Automation has completed a $2m  funding round led by Deepbridge Capital and with renewed commitment from the company’s existing investor Development Bank of Wales. This latest round of funding will enable accelerated development of Thalia’s Re-use Platform-as-a-Service (RePaaS) solutions for analog IP re-use, design migration and portfolio extension, and aggressive expansion of both commercial ...

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