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The government is to provide more than £500 million of support to extend mobile coverage through the landmark Shared Rural Network. The project will see new and existing phone masts built or upgraded to end poor or patchy 4G signals The Shared Rural Network is one of the first UK infrastructure programmes to confirm funding ...

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Intel hooks up with Deci for deep learning

Deci, the Israeli deep learning specialist, has entered a broad strategic business and technology collaboration with Intel to optimize deep learning inference on Intel CPUs. As one of the first companies to participate in Intel Ignite startup accelerator, Deci will now work with Intel to deploy innovative AI technologies to mutual customers. The collaboration takes ...

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A new model for high-temperature superconductivity?

Russian scientists working with high-pressure room-temperature superconductors have had an anomalous result that hints at another mechanism for the effect beyond established models. Leading an international team, Artem Oganov (Skoltech and MISIS) and Ivan Troyan (Russian Academy of Sciences) performed theoretical and experimental research on the high-temperature superconductor yttrium hydride (YH6). Over the last few ...

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Toshiba 650V mosfets in TO-leadless (TOLL) package

Toshiba has announced five 650V super-junction power mosfets in the TOLL (TO-leadless) package. “The new SMD TOLL format helps reduce the size of equipment and the Kelvin source connection improves efficiency,” according to the company. “Measuring 9.9 x 11.68 x 2.3mm [including leads], the devices have a 27% smaller footprint than the conventional D2PAK.” The ...

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GloFo to make microdisplays

CP Display is to have its IntelliPix microdisplays manufactured on Globalfoundries’ FD-SOI process 22FDX. IntelliPix enables smaller and lighter AR spectacles by coupling a video pipeline with an integrated digital backplane and driver for pixels as small as 2.5µm in a single-chip. The companies intend to develop  a software-defined and scalable feature set for the microdisplays. ...

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e-books on working with transistors

element14 has produced a  two-part eBook series dedicated to educating engineers on the fundamentals of working with transistors, the building blocks of innumerable electronic devices. Through this series, element14 Community members will learn the ins and outs of transistors. The first eBook covers the basics of transistors and semiconductors, atomic theory, semiconductor doping, PN junctions, holes ...

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Teledyne COSMOS camera focuses on astronomical imaging

Teledyne Imaging is introducing COSMOS, its large-format, back side illuminated (BSI) CMOS camera, which is optimised for astronomy. Specifically, the camera is aimed at ground-based astronomical imaging (for example, exoplanet characterisation and discovery, orbital object tracking and time domain astronomy). The company writes: Built around Teledyne’s proprietary LACera image sensor technology, COSMOS delivers deep-cooled, low-noise ...

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mmWave critical for 5G

Cambridge Broadband Networks Group (CBNG) has highlighted the critical role that mmWave will play in providing the high capacity needed for 5G. FWA traffic is growing faster than previously expected, due to increased home-working and use of streaming video services. To help with this demand, mmWave can be utilized alongside 3.5GHz to supplement existing capacity ...

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GaN transistors for under $1

GaN Systems says the price of its low current, high volume GaN transistors have fallen below $1. These transistors are commonly used in GaN chargers and AC adapters for smartphones and laptop applications and a wide variety of consumer and industrial applications. With many consumer, enterprise, and industrial market customers worldwide ramping up production volumes, GaN ...

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THine kit extends Raspberry Pi camera-to-board range

THine Electronics, the Japanese serial interfaces and image signal processing specialist, has introduced a plug and play kit for Raspberry Pi systems to enable extending the distance up to 20 metres between a Raspberry Pi camera and a Raspberry Pi single board computer (SBC) with a low-cost LAN cable. This kit frees up designers from being ...

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