Stanley Electric tests UV-C leds against Covid-19

In tests conducted with Yamaguchi-University, Stanley Electric has achieved 99.9% ‘inactivation’ of Covid-19 virus SARS-CoV-2 using its aluminium nitride-based 265 nm UV-C leds. Inactivation here, said the company, is defined as the inability to multiply after exposure through damage to DNA and RNA. “10ml of virus solutions [5 x 105 PFU/ml] in dishes were irradiated ...

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Huawei kit had vulnerabilities, says HCSEC

The Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (HCSEC) found ‘nationally significant’ vulnerabilities in Huawei switchgear, a report issued yesterday reveals. The report says that HCSEC “does not believe that the defects identified are as a result of Chinese state interference”, and there is no evidence the vulnerabilities were exploited. “Poor software engineering and cyber security processes ...

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Arteris buys Magillem

 Arteris IP is to buy Magillem Design Services in a deal which combines Arteris’ network-on-chip (NoC) interconnect IP with Magillem’s  chip design and assembly environment. As part of Arteris, Magillem’s software products will continue to be offered separately from the Arteris interconnect IP offerings and the joined company will continue to execute on Magillem’s existing product ...

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Spotify for chemistry

A system capable of automatically turning words into molecules has been developed by researchers at Glasgow University. The researchers claim it will lead to the creation of a ‘Spotify for chemistry’ – a vast online repository of downloadable recipes for important molecules including drugs. The creation of such a system could help developing countries more ...

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Renesas to use RISC-V cores in ASSPs

Renesas has chosen the AndesCore IP 32-bit RISC-V CPU cores to embed into ASSPs that will begin customer sampling in the second half of 2021. “Renesas and Andes share the same vision to welcome the era of RISC-V being the mainstream CPU instruction set architecture (ISA for SoCs,” says  Frankwell Lin, President of Andes, “it marks the ...

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UK Space Agency funds search for international collaborations

The UK is looking to start new international space collaborations. Using the Government’s new domestic space fund, the National Space Innovation Programme, the UK Space Agency will fund new technologies and services, says the agency. The aim is to support UK trade and science with countries with significant space investments, such as Australia, France, Japan ...

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Hprobe claims first turnkey test equipment dedicated to 3D Magnetic sensors

Hprobe, a provider of  ATE for magnetic devices, today announced turnkey testing equipment dedicated to 3D magnetic sensors used in both automotive and industrial applications. The equipment is based on Hprobe’s 3D magnetic field generator technology for single and multi-site testing at wafer-level, under magnetic field. Operating with automated wafer probing stations and external electrical testers, it ...

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Keysight claims first 256 GSa/s AWG

Keysight Technologies has announced a 256 GSa/s arbitrary waveform generator (AWG) – designated M8199A – with 65 GHz analogue bandwidth in a 2-slot AXIe module. The growing demand for higher data transmission rates in telecom and data centres is driving transmission speeds to levels that are impossible to reach with the physical limitations of current test ...

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