Farnell signs Festo

Farnell is now stocking a wide range of pneumatic automation products from Festo. Festo operates in a range of industries including electronic equipment manufacturing, light assembly, automotive, life sciences, pharmaceutical and food processing and packaging. Farnell provides access to the full range of Festo products, greatly expanding its pneumatics range and industrial automation and control ...

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IC can control thousands of Qubits

Researchers at the University of Sydney and Microsoft  have come up with a  chip that can generate control signals for thousands of qubits, the building blocks of quantum computers. “To realise the potential of quantum computing, machines will need to operate thousands if not millions of qubits,” says researcher Professor David Reilly. “The world’s biggest quantum ...

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NFC Blockchain technology spots counterfeit goods

Infineon and DIGISEQ have joined up to use SECORA Blockchain NFC technology to identify and verify physical items – eliminating the challenge of product substitution and heightening supply chain transparency. “With counterfeit and pirated products on the rise brand protection has never been more important,” says Infineon vp Maurizio Skerlj. In the report “Trends in Trade ...

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ASM snd EVG hook up for 3D heterogeneous integration

ASM Pacific Technology (ASM) and EV Group (EVG) have signed a joint development agreement (JDA) to co-develop die-to-wafer hybrid bonding solutions for 3D-IC/heterogeneous integration applications. Die-to-wafer hybrid bonding is a pivotal process for enabling the redesign of  SoCs to 3D stacked chips via chiplet technology—combining chips with different process nodes into advanced packaging systems that ...

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Lockheed Martin UK appoints new CEO, Paul Livingston

Lockheed Martin has announced the appointment of a new chief executive to lead its UK business, Paul Livingston. Livingston (above), currently vp and group managing director of the company’s UK Rotary and Mission Systems business, will assume his new role on 1 April. The current CEO, Peter Ruddock, is to retire after five years in ...

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A possible red hot future for electric vehicle batteries

High-temperature batteries could one day power road vehicles, according to the University of Nottingham, which has worked with Chinese universities to take a step forward with molten salt ‘metal-air’ batteries. Having a battery running at 700-800°C might seem a little impractical. “This molten salt battery has multiple feasible application directions, and transport is one of these,” ...

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Crypto Quantique secures IoT

Crypto Quantique, a specialist in quantum-driven cybersecurity for the internet of things (IoT), is to make its universal IoT security platform, QuarkLink, available to semiconductor manufacturers and systems integrators that use root-of-trust (RoT) solutions of their own, or those sourced from other vendors. The platform was originally designed to work with Crypto Quantique’s own quantum-derived ...

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Crypto Quantique secures IoT

Crypto Quantique, a specialist in quantum-driven cybersecurity for the IoT, is to make its universal IoT security platform, QuarkLink, available to semiconductor manufacturers and systems integrators that use root-of-trust (RoT) solutions of their own, or those sourced from other vendors. The platform was originally designed to work with Crypto Quantique’s own quantum-derived root-of-trust IP, called ...

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Packaging cuts waste, and transport costs from Dorset

Dorset-based hydrophone and ultrasonic transducer maker Precision Acoustics has re-thought how to store and dispatch its products in a more environmentally mindful way. Compared to the old packaging, the new packs use 91% less plastic by weight and are 59% lighter while still ensuring the integrity of the instruments inside. “All businesses should be looking ...

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