WiFi needs access to 6GHz band

With over half of all the connections to the Internet starting or ending with Wi-Fi access, and demand for broadband connectivity surging worldwide, Wi-Fi urgently needs access to the 6 GHz frequency band; this is the conclusion of a new paper published by the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) and Policy Impact Partners (PIP), which represent ...

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Vox Power takes medical power supplies in hand

Vox Power has announced the VCCS300M, described as a compact, conduction cooled, single output power supply designed specifically for medical systems. Measuring 4in x 2in x 1.61in and weighing 310g, it delivers 300W of silent, fanless power. Where the application or environment demands it, the units can be cooled by convection or forced air, says ...

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11.5Tflops server GPU

AMD claims the world’s fastest HPC GPU with Instinct MI100 accelerator – said to be the first x86 server GPU to break the 10Tflops  (FP64) performance barrier. Supported by accelerated compute platforms from Dell, Gigabyte, HPE, and Supermicro, the MI100, combined with AMD EPYC CPUs and the ROCm 4.0 open software platform, is designed to ...

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Tool eases adoption of IEEE 1588

Silicon Labs  has come up with a way to simplify implementation of IEEE 1588 in communications, smart grid, financial trading and industrial applications. Silicon Labs’ ClockBuilder ProTM software tool, enables designers to accelerate development of IEEE 1588 system integration by combining PTP profile selection, PTP network configuration, and physical-layer clock/port configuration in a single, unified ...

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Surrey University finds simple route to Li-Se batteries

Engineers at the University of Surrey have developed a simple method of producing high-powered lithium-selenium (Li-Se) batteries. Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are considered the best hope for next-generation battery technology, thanks to their long-life cycle, high specific power and energy density. However, they have not met the ever-increasing demands of emerging technologies such as electric ...

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Deep Vision shipping AI edge processor

Today, Deep Vision, the six year-old Atlanta AI processor specialist, exits stealth mode and launches its ARA-1 inference processor to enable AI vision applications at the edge. The processor is now shipping and comes in three form factors including high-speed USB and PCIe interface options. For pricing and availability, contact sales@deepvision.io. Founded by Dr. Rehan ...

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Mipsology boasts fastest accelerator

Mipsology, the Californian machine learning software specialist, says that its Zebra AI inference accelerator achieved the highest efficiency based on the latest MLPerf inference benchmarking. Zebra, on a Xilinx Alveo U250, achieved more than 2x higher peak performance efficiency than all other commercial accelerators, says Mipsology. Efficiency of Computation (source: MLPerf and Internet data) “We ...

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element14 launches electronics engineering career guide e-books

element14 has launched two eBooks to help guide electronics designers at every level through successful careers. The  eBooks, developed with insights from engineers at some of the world’s top electronics companies, provide expert guidance and advice on everything from landing your first job to how to measure success. “Engineering continues to be a sought-after skillset, ...

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UK-led space telescope to detect what exoplanets are made of

The European Space Agency has approved what is described as the world’s first space telescope dedicated to studying how exoplanet atmospheres form and evolve. And UK institutions will play a central role. It is dubbed the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey, or Ariel. Following government funding, UK research institutions – including UCL, the Science and ...

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Electronica: 11GSample/s ADC supports direct sampling in 26GHz Ka band

At Electronica, Grenoble-based Teledyne e2v revealed a 12bit 11Gsample/s ADC proof-of-concept “able to deliver performance parameters that are beyond the scope of anything currently on the market”, it claimed, “It can achieve SHF [super-high frequency] direct sampling, reaching all the way into the Ka frequency band. Called EV12PS640, it was demonstrated alongside the recently announced ...

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