Quantum computing might be all about qubits, but something has to set up those qubits, nurture them, then take their decisions away once they have settled. With only a handful of qubits, it was possible to lead signals in from the outside world but, as qubit counts climb, good old reliable CMOS has been asked ...
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At ISSCC a session was set aside for nine papers on machine leaning (ML) processors. This was a packed session, with nine papers, on chips from 5nm and 7nm processors for mobile and cloud use, to ultra-low-power application-specific accelerators for wearables. IBM and Samsung both presented ML processors for phones, where local AI processing will ...
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Samsung has stopped production at its Austin plant after power outages hit Texas and the authorities asked big users to cut back their operations because of stormy weather. The city’s power company asked Samsung to stop production yesterday afternoon. “Due to the recent blackouts in Texas, Samsung Austin Semiconductor gradually halted its operations around 1p.m. ...
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Samsung has developed a High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) integrated with AI processing power — the HBM-PIM. Announced at the ISSCC, the architecture brings AI computing capabilities inside high-performance memory, to accelerate large-scale processing in data centers, high performance computing (HPC) systems and AI-enabled mobile applications. “Our groundbreaking HBM-PIM is the industry’s first programmable PIM solution ...
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SPARK Microsystems, the five year-old Canadian UWB specialist, has raised CDN$17.5 million in a funding round in which Sanjay Jha and Paul Jacobs participated. Led by Cycle Capital, the round included new investors ND Capital a Silicon Valkey venture capital firm dedicated to disruptive technologies) and Export Development Canada, as well as existing investor Real ...
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The Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance has released its latest White Paper urging the development finalisation of 5G architecture “Option 4” to support the full realisation of 5G. Its Option 4 recommendation will help many networks to bring new 5G-based services quickly and efficiently to market whilst also providing a future-proof evolution that maintains competitive ...
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ams is sampling a proximity sensor which is claimed to be 30% smaller than anything on the market. The sensor is aimed at True Wireless Stereo (TWS) earbuds. Proximity detection enables an earbud to automatically power up when inserted in the ear and power down when removed, so minimising power use The sensor comes in ...
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Intelsat, the communications satellite services provider, has announced that the support of key creditors for a comprehensive financial restructuring of the company. The restructuring, it said, would reduce its debt by more than half, from nearly $15 billion to $7 billion, and better position it for long-term success. The negotiations have received the support – ...
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The DAC Executive Committee has announced that the Design Automation Conference will move from its summer date to 5-9 December 2021. It is hoped that the postponement will allow time for a vaccination rollout and travel restrictions to be eased for a ‘real life’ event to take place. At the moment, the venue, San Francisco’s ...
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The National University of Singapore and Politecnico di Torino teamed up at ISSCC 2021 to describe a capacitive sensor interface designed to run from harvested energy, needing only a supply voltage between 300mV and 1.8V to produce an output accurate to seven bits, and consuming 1.4nJ per conversion. Not only that, but it needs no ...
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