Fan-less industrial PC has fan-cooled GPU extension option for AI

OnLogic of Vermont is aiming at industrial IoT and edge computing with a series of fan-less compact PCs. Powered by Intel’s 10th generation Comet Lake processors, the Helix HX500 Series is 210 x 51 x 154mm and flexible on power requirements – accepting between 12 and 24V at 60W max continuously, or up to 120W peak. ...

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The RISC-V rundown from DAC 2020

It has been an unusual DAC this year, as the show went virtual due to the Covid-19 pandemic. There was no exhibition floor as such, but there was a comprehensive programme of keynote speeches, presentations, tutorials and panel discussions. There was a lot of activity around RISC-V, including a presentation by Imperas Software (www.imperas.com) entitled What’s ...

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Intel’s Chief Engineering Officer leaves

Intel’s Chief Engineering Officer Venkata (Murthy) Renduchintala is to leave on August 3rd and Intel’s process development will now be headed by Ann Kelleher (pictured). Last week it was revealed that the 7nm process was a year behind schedule. Two years ago, Intel’s process guru Mark Bohr left after the 10nm process was running several ...

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ADI buys HDMI business of INVECAS

ADI has bought the HDMI  business of INVECAS. The addition gives ADI  complete audio and video solutions to address enterprise and consumer markets. “HDMI technology is in high demand for business, professional, consumer and automotive video applications,” says ADI svp John Hassett,  “the acquisition of INVECAS’ HDMI business positions ADI to deliver more complete solutions throughout ...

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Mouser stocking the Arduino Portenta H7 for IIoT

Mouser Electronics is highlighting that it is stocking the Arduino Portenta H7, which is aimed at the professional maker and industrial markets. It was launched at CES 2020 at the start of the year. The board is powered by an STM32H747XI dual Cortex-M7+M4 32bit low power MCU (you can read the datasheet), with the radio ...

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Nokia and US Cellular add 5G mm Wave in 24/28GHz bands

Nokia and U.S. Cellular are adding 5G mmWave capabilities in the 24 GHz and 28 GHz spectrum bands. U.S. Cellular will deploy Nokia’s AirScale portfolio, with Cloud RAN capabilities, to provide enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) 5G mmWave.   The Nokia AirFrame open edge solution for Cloud RAN will also be included in the deployments, enabling ...

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HiSilicon achieves nuSIM security certification for NB-IoT

HiSilicon has achieved security certification for its nuSIM-enabled NB-IoT System-on-Chip. This allows IoT devices to operate on-air without any additional SIM card or eSIM chip. The nuSIM initiative was introduced by Deutsche Telekom during Q1 2019. It allows SIM functionality to be hosted within the communications chip, thus eliminating the need for an external SIM component The security ...

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SEMI billings up 14% y-o-y

June billings of semiconductor manufacturing equipment by US producers were down 1.1% on May at $2.32 billion. Y-o-y June billings were up 14.4% on June 2019. “June billings of North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers continue to show signs of resilience as the world copes with new realities posed by COVID-19,” says SEMI CEO Ajit Manocha, ...

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A low-power AI alternative to neural networks

Researchers at the University of Newcastle have implemented a non-neural-network hardware that can significantly cut the power consumption of artificial intelligence. The team trained a neural network, and their technology – a ‘Tsetlin machine’ – to recognise hand written digits from the standard MNIST data set. “Using an out-of-the-box neural network we could less than ...

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TSMC commits to renewable electricity sources

TSMC  is today committing to source 100% renewable electricity globally as part of RE100 – a global initiative led by international non-profit the Climate Group. RE100 has the support of over 240 global businesses switching to 100% renewable power.  TSMC is the first semiconductor manufacturer to join RE100.  ”As companies pursue growth, they also must take ...

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