Xilinx adds to 16nm auto offering

Xilinx has expanded its automotive-qualified 16nm family with two new devices – the Xilinx Automotive (XA) Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC 7EV and 11EG. These two new parts deliver the highest programmable capacity, performance and I/O capabilities enabling high-speed, data aggregation, pre-processing, and distribution (DAPD), as well as compute acceleration for L2+ to L4 advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) ...

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Transceiver self-tunes to add DWDM to fibre

ProLabs of Cirencester has unveiled a plug-and-play optical fibre transceiver that can add DWDM to existing network infrastructure. Called Clarity Auto-Tuneable DWDM Transceiver, it plugged into the host device and passive mux, and is compatible with any OEM switch platform that supports SFP+ transceivers including switch platforms that do not natively support tuneable transceivers. The transceivers ...

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AI processor is task parallel and thread parallel

Californian chip-maker Blaize has emerged from stealth development with a processor aimed at artificial intelligence. Until recently called Thinci, the El Dorado Hills firm describes its product as “the first true graph-native silicon architecture and software platform built to process neural networks and enable AI applications with unprecedented efficiency”. Unfortunately: “we are not disclosing any ...

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No market recovery until Q2, says Infineon

Infineon has completed its fiscal year 2019 to September 30th. It is not expecting a market recovery until calendar Q2 2020. For calendar Q3, Infineon had revenue of €2,062 million and a profit of €311 million with a 15.1% margin. For the full fiscal year 2019 to the end of September 30th, it had revenue ...

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Top 3 barriers to innovation in marketing

The top three barriers to marketing innovation are risk-aversion, an inability to measure impact and limited talent, says Gartner. Source: Gartner (November 2019) Measurement is an issue. It is challenging to measure innovation initiatives without first knowing what success looks like. Finding the right talent for innovation is also an issue. While the “chief innovation ...

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e-Silicon divided between Inphi and Synopsys

Inphi has bought e-Silicon while off-loading eSilicon’s embedded memory (SRAM, TCAM, multi-port memory compiler) and interface (HBM and HBI) IP assets onto Synopsys. Inphi has paid $216 million plus assumption of debt for e-Silicon. “e-Silicon adds to Inphi’s world-class 2.5D packaging, SerDes, custom silicon and operations teams,” says Inphi CEO Ford Tamer (pictured). Inphi expects ...

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Project Nightingale

An indication of  why Google paid $2.1 billion for Fitbit, which lost $200 million on revenues of  about $600 million in the first half, could be that it is engaged in a secret project to sweep up the health details of millions of people, reports the Wall Street Journal. Google is said to have hooked ...

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Raspberry Pi promotes computing to girls through GBIC programme

After launching its gender balance in computing (GBIC) programme this April and running trials within a small group of schools around England, Raspberry Pi has announced it’s opening general recruitment for the project. This means that all primary and secondary schools in England can take part in upcoming trials for the programme. Young women are ...

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ESA to assist Kent air ambulance service with RDT monitoring devices

Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex, which treats some 2,500 patients each year, is to equip all its aircraft with RDT Tempus devices in collaboration with ESA. The equipment enables paramedics to live stream patient medical information including electrocardiogram, body temperature, heart rhythm, pulse and respiration rate and blood pressure via satellite or mobile phone network ...

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Sponsored Content: Distributors will only survive by focusing on customers and getting them ‘Ready for Tomorrow’

Economic headwinds and geo-political events have created new challenges for everyone in the electronics market, and changes in customer buying habits have resulted in a widespread slow-down since the second half of 2018, writes Rob Rospedzihowski, President, Sales, EMEA, Farnell. While this period of uncertainty looks like it will remain for a time, customers’ expectations ...

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