Trump pardons Levandowski

Anthony Levandowski, the autonomous driving pioneer who downloaded 14,000 Waymo files before moving to Uber, has been pardoned by outgoing US president Donald Trump. In August Levandowski was sentenced to 18 months in jail after pleading guilty to the theft. Levandowski was ordered to pay Google $756,499 in restitution and was fined $95,000. In 2009, ...

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Semiconductor R&D spend to rise 4%

Semiconductor industry R&D spending will rise 4% in 2021, after a record 2020, says IC Insights. Intel stays on top of the R&D ranking, but its share of total industry R&D expenditures dipped after its spending decreased 4% in 2020.  AMD moved into the R&D top 10. Research and development spending by semiconductor companies worldwide ...

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Leti researchers use RRAM for ML

CEA-Leti scientists have demonstrated a machine-learning technique exploiting what have been previously considered as “non-ideal” traits of resistive-RAM (RRAM) devices, overcoming barriers to developing RRAM-based edge-learning systems.  The research team demonstrated how RRAM, or memristor, technology can be used to create intelligent systems that learn locally at the edge, independent of the cloud. The learning algorithms ...

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OneWeb massively scales back constellation plans

OneWeb is reducing the planned size of its satellite constellation, down from 47,884 to 6,372 satellites. The Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications company – which is part owned by the UK government since June 2020, along with Bharti Global and the SoftBank Group – informed the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the reduction ...

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On Semi supplies Quuppa locating system for BLE SoC

ON Semiconductor is supplying the Quuppa Intelligent Locating System for the RSL10, the Flash-based BLE radio SoC. Provided in a CMSIS-Pack format, the solution allows manufacturers to design ultra-low-power indoor asset tracking applications with Direction Finding features and advanced Angle of Arrival (AoA) technology. The Quuppa Intelligent Locating System is a  platform for location-based services and ...

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