Last year, for the first time since 1978, when figures for patents issued under the 1970 Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) were first compiled, the USA did not file for the largest number of patents. According to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), China filed for more patents than any other country last year. The top ...
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The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) and Imperial College are combining to translate Imperial’s research and inventions into products and services. The two organisations will seek opportunities to host each other’s staff with a series of training programmes and secondments. This will accelerate the transfer of scientific knowledge and technical skills between CPI and Imperial. ...
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Flex Logix Technologies, the eFPGA specialist, has released benchmarking information around its nnMAX architecture, showing how it can be used for DSP acceleration. For FIR filters, nnMAX is able to process up to 1 Gigasamples per second with hundreds and even thousands of “taps” or coefficients. “Because nnMAX is so good at accelerating AI inference, ...
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Synopsys has announced DesignWare ARC HS5x and HS6x processor IP families for high-performance embedded applications. The 32-bit ARC HS5x and 64-bit HS6x processors, available in single-core and multicore versions, are implementations of a new superscalar ARCv3 Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) and deliver up to 8750 DMIPS per core in 16-nm process technologies under typical conditions, making them ...
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Semtech has announced its Tri-Edge CDR SR chip-sets to for datacentre connectivity GN2558 is a quad PAM4 CDR with an integrated VCSEL driver, and GN2559 is a quad PAM4 CDR with an integrated linear transimpedance amplifier (TIA). “Semtech has demonstrated the inter-working of its chipset solution on 400G ports for commercial Ethernet switches over 70m of ...
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Danisense, which specialises in current transducers for demanding applications, has launched its ultra-stable, high-precision DP series of PCB-mount current transducers for isolated DC and AC current measurement up to 72A. With a footprint of 64.9 x 60mm, a height of 32mm and light weight of 250g, this compact device is suitable for 1U power supplies and ...
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BSI is providing open access to the covid-19 section of its global supply chain intelligence system, normally available only by subscription. It is called ‘Screen’ (supply chain risk exposure evaluation network). “The covid-19 outbreak has highlighted the current fragility of global supply chains, wherein the failure of one link in the chain has the potential to ...
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Danisense has launched a precision series of PCB-mount current transducers for isolated DC and AC current measurement up to 72A. Called DP, maximum linearity error is 10ppm and measurement resistance is up to 100Ω at full scale. They use the company’s closed-loop, compensated flux-gate technology (see below) with a fixed excitation frequency and second-harmonic zero ...
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Coilcraft’s XGL4030 Series of 4 x 4 x 3mm moulded power inductors are aimed at DC-DC converters with switching frequencies ranging from hundreds of kHz to 5MHz and above. There are 18 values between 130nH and 12µH, with current ratings up to 26.5A (130nH 25°C 30% induction loss) and soft saturation characteristics. The lowest value is 1.35A ...
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An independent report criticises NASA for its handling of the US National Research Laboratory, the ISSNL.
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