With Coronavirus causing concern, we thought it might be instructive to see how the industry was affected by SARS back in 2003. Here’s the analysis we wrote then: While SARS is dealing devastating blows to service industry in China, its damage to the electronics industry in the country appears to be limited in the short-term. Long-term, ...
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Xilinx has brought out a product which combines networking, storage, acceleration and compute functions on a single device called a SmartNIC SmartNIC is designed to bring greater efficiency and lower TCO to cloud service providers, telcos, and private cloud data centre operators The Alveo U25 SmartNIC combines a SmartNIC platform with an FPGA-based engine that ...
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Element14, Farnell’s online community dedicated to engineering discussion and education, is supplementing classroom-based STEM with a free series of videos entitled ‘The Learning Circuit’. First launched in 2017, the series, hosted by Karen Corbeill, still sees regular uploads. A recent series focused on the BBC micro:bit, taking viewers through “different ways to learn and explore with ...
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Supermicro introduced a sealed pole-mounted server for 5G and ‘intelligent edge’ applications at Embedded World last week. Sealed to IP65, inside is a choice of Intel Xeon D or 2nd Gen Xeon Scalable processors, and three PCI-E expansion slots for GPU or FPGA accelerator cards. For example, the Xeon D-2183IT is a 100W TDP processors ...
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Segger launched AppWizard at Embedded World 2020, a tool for creating ready-to-run applications for the company’s emWin embedded graphics library. AppWizard comes with its own built-in resource management capabilities and facilitates the use of emWin’s core functions, such as the rendering of animations, language management and widgets. The program includes what the firm is calling ...
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Osram has created a phosphor-converted red LED for car rear combination lamps – for fog lights, for example. It has moved to phosphor conversion, rather than native red emission, to beat temperature droop. The part is called Synios P2720 CR – the initials for ‘converted red’. “One of the main issues with monochromatic LEDs for ...
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After entering the 3.5-inch SBC market in the middle of last year, Congatec announced at Embedded World it’s introducing a carrier board in this standardized footprint, which features with a socket for Arm based Smarc modules. Its I/Os are designed for use with the manufacturer’s NXP i.MX8 module portfolio and it comes in 12 different ...
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Electrolube has launched a pair of thermal gap fillers to improve heat transfer. GF300 offers 3.0W/m.K conductivity GF400 offers 4.0W/m.K They are both silicone-based and two-part – requiring a 1:1 mix from a 400ml double-plunger cartridge using hand or machine application. GF400 is also available in a 50ml version. Consistency is a soft flexible putty, ...
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At Embedded World 2020, Harwin announced it has extended its Gecko SL (screw-lok) product range to include horizontal male connectors. The manufacturer describes the range as a more compact, lightweight alternative to conventional micro-D connectors. The horizontal version of the Gecko-SL allows for a throughboard connector at 90° to the PCB, offering additional layout flexibility ...
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Foxconn, the major assembler of iPhones, said today that it expects a return to normal working in its China factories by the end if the month, reports Bloomberg. Earlier today, Foxconn said its factories are now operating at about 50% of seasonal capacity but that should ramp up over the course of the month as ...
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