Power Integrations automotive dc-dc chip for emergency inverter power

Power Integrations is aiming at automotive motor drive safety power supplies with a custom version of its InnoSwitch3 power converter chip. These supplies, also known as emergency PSUs or back-up PSUs in the automotive world, according to Power Integrations’ product marketing manager Edward Ong, are necessary for the main traction inverter to pass ISO26262 functional safety ...

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BioAsteroid launches Edinburgh University into biomining experiment

The University of Edinburgh is joining forces with Kayser Space, under the auspices of the UK Space Agency (UKSA), to carry out experiments around astroid mining. Dubbed BioAsteroid, the biomining experiment will use a collection of 12 automatic culturing devices fitted with a layer of material on which the bacteria will be grown in the ...

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Apple wins case against Irish €13bn back tax order

The EC order that Apple pay €13 billion to Ireland has been over-ruled by the EU’s General Court. The EC can now appeal the decision to the ECJ. The case arose from the very low tax rate which Ireland imposed on Apple. The EC argued that the low tax rate amounted to illegal state aid. ...

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Graphcore delivers world’s most complex processor

Graphcore, the Bristol AI processor company which has raised over $450 million in funding, has announced the second generation of its flagship IPU chip, the GC200. With 59.4 billion transistors on a single 823sqmm die, Graphcore claims it is the most complex processor ever made. It is made on TSMC’s 7nm process and integrates 1,472 ...

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Teleydyne Imaging technology central to ESA Copernicus missions

More details have emerged about UK involvement in two ESA Copernicus missions: Teledyne will supply infrared detectors and and NIR CMOS and CCD sensors to the Earth Observation missions. The two missions – CHIME and CO2M – incorporate image sensors at the heart of the planned instruments and they will use Teledyne Imaging’s technology. CHIME ...

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Promethean Particles wins IoP award

Promethean Particles of Nottingham, the specialist developer of nanomaterials for current and next-generation applications, has been awarded an Institute of Physics Business Innovation Award for solving a key fluid mechanics problem enabling the use of supercritical fluids for the large-scale production of nanoparticles. The breakthrough supported the development of a unique manufacturing process that enhances the ...

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AMD and Google launch Confidential Virtual Machines

AMD and Google Cloud have beta availability of Confidential Virtual Machines (VMs) for Google Compute Engine powered by 2nd Gen AMD EPYCTM processors, taking advantage of the processors’ security features. The first product in the Google Cloud Confidential Computing portfolio, Confidential VMs, enables customers for the first time to encrypt data in-use while it is being ...

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Pickering develops HV relay for ON test rig

Pickering Electronics of Clacton-on-sea has developed a miniature high voltage relay for use in a new test rig, designed by  ON Semiconductor. In switching systems for test and measurement applications, reed relays are often the best solution thanks to their small size, high isolation resistance, hermetically sealed contacts, fast operate time and long-life expectancy. When ...

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