Qualcomm fund to promote 5G apps beyond smartphone

Qualcomm has set up a $200 million VC fund to invest in early stage startups developing non-smartphone 5G applications. Over the next four years, the Qualcomm Ventures 5G Ecosystem Fund will support start-ups across the 5G market including those building devices, networking and communications, and applications and serviceS, US telcos expect to offer US 5G coverage ...

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Siemens software for systems simulation

Siemens Digital Industries Software is shipping its Simcenter System Analyst, a collaborative solution that allows for the creation of industry-specific applications to drive system simulation models. Simcenter System Analyst helps deploy system simulations throughout an entire company, expanding model usage to all levels of users, and helping ensure model continuity without changing the internal processes. ...

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Bare-metal switches propel OCP

Bare-metal devices in the second quarter attained market-leading growth in the datacentre switching business, with revenue rising 32% compared to a year earlier as datacentre operators increasingly embrace commoditized hardware. Global revenue for bare-metal switches handily outgrew the markets for legacy switches during the quarter, according to IHS Markit. Bare-metal switches are expected to account ...

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RS Components introduces thermal camera for automotive diagnosis

RS Components has announced the availability of a thermal camera from Flir. The TG275 thermal camera is designed to assist automotive maintenance and repair technicians, helping them to accelerate diagnostic procedures and avoid undetected problems. Combining non-contact thermal measurement and thermal imaging to help technicians troubleshoot repairs, spot potential faults and record images, the imager ...

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GTK adds to separate-wire-to-board connector range

GTK has expanded its range of fine pitch wire to board connectors with new options for discrete wire applications. There are 1.2mm pitch wire-to-board connectors with a mated height of 1.55mm, polarisation to prevent mis-mating and a surface-mount PCB header suitable for pick and place machines. There is also the 1.25mm pitch range, wich has ...

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ST sparkles

After TI reported a y-o-y  Q3 revenue drop of $1 billion yesterday, the semiconductor industry was in pessimistic mood but, today, ST, which operates in many similar market areas to TI, has come up with a sparkling set of Q3 figures. ST’s  Q3 net revenues were $2.55 billion – up 17.5% on Q2. Gross margin ...

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Renesas expands access to IP portfolio including 7nm SRAM

Renesas Electronics Corporation has announced expanded access to its IP license portfolio. Customers will gain access to IPs such as 7nm SRAM and TCAM, and standard Ethernet time-sensitive networking. Renesas is working on providing a system IP which includes processing-in-memory. These are suggested to help customers with projects like next-gen AI chips or ASICs for ...

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LTE data card addresses network appliances

Rutronik UK adds the Telit LM960A18 Mini PCIe (mPCIe) data card. It uses Advanced LTE to deliver high-speed data rates for network appliances, such as routers, mobile gateways and access points. The card is based on LTE Category 18 and achieves up to 1.2Gbps download and 150Mbps upload. It supports uplinke with 2x carrier aggregation ...

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Lattice adds support and reference designs to Sensai stack

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has announced the availability of performance enhancements and application reference designs for its Sensai (stylised sensAI) stack. Sensai is designed to help OEMs develop AI and ML experiences for smart devices with power consumption measured in mW. Performance enhancements include support for more compact neural network models and deeper quantization support to ...

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Mini drone swarm explores building without central control, GPS, mapping or memory

Swarms of drones with limited resources can effectively search an environment, according to the Technical University of Delft, which has invented an algorithm to make it all work – without communication to a central computer. The overall aim of the project was for a group of simple robots to spread out autonomously after they are released, ...

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