Facebook open source PCIe Timing Card combines atomic clock and off-air GPS reception

Facebook has open-sourced the precision PCIe timing card it created for its servers. It combines frequencies from a miniature atomic clock and GPS receiver, both on the card, with FPGA-based qualification that combines the two. The local clock is there for when satellite signals are not available, or are unreliable – for example during a ...

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Sondrel looking to double Hyderabad design tean

Sondrel’s Indian office in Hyderabad is recruiting to double its engineering staff to handle a dramatic increase in its global business following the pandemic. “Globally, we had already put the infrastructure in place to enable home working for every member of staff so, when lockdown happened, everyone could continue their work from home with big ...

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Advanced packaging market to be worth $47.5bn in 2026, says Yole

The advanced packaging market is expected to more than double its revenue between 2014 and 2026. says Yole Développement (Yole) which forecasts a $47.5 billion market in 2026, with a CAGR2014-2026 of 7.4%. The share of advanced packaging in the total semiconductor market is increasing continuously and expected to reach almost 50% of the market ...

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Self-powered bioelectronic device could power wearable sensors

A team of bioengineers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has invented a novel soft and flexible self-powered bioelectronic device. The technology converts human body motions — from bending an elbow to subtle movements such as a pulse on one’s wrist — into electricity that could be used to power wearable and implantable diagnostic ...

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ESA’s OPS-SAT laboratory completes stock trade from space

ESA’s orbiting laboratory, the satellite OPS-SAT, has completed stock trades from space, the first transactions of its kind to happen in orbit. OPS-SAT is a cubesat specifically designed to trial and test innovative new software from European companies and other entities, including universities, research institutes and government agencies. The online broker flatexDEGIRO had adapted their ...

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UK made: Filtronic gets its Queen’s Award

Filtronic’s Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade Award, announced in April, has now formally arrived in the company’s Sedgefield facility, courtesy of the Lord Lieutenant of County Durham, Sue Snowdon. “To have a company here in County Durham developing market-leading RF technologies, and with world-class manufacturing facilities, is fantastic for the local economy.,” said ...

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Impulse takes Jetson Xavier NX to the Edge

Impulse Embedded is supplying a range of industrial computers built around Nvidia’s Jetson Xavier NX system-on-module. The EAC-2000 series from Vecow is intended for artificial intelligence vision projects as well as industrial applications including traffic vision, surveillance, optical inspection, smart factory, AMR and AGV. The module consumes 15W  and includes a 21Top/s 384 core Volta GPU, with ...

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Ambient light sensor detects UVA for mobile sun exposure safety

Osram has created an ambient light sensor for mobiles and wearables that includes UV-A light detection. “While the UV-C portion of sunlight is blocked by the earth’s atmosphere, UV-A and UV-B radiation reaches the earth’s surface,” according to the company. “UV-B radiation penetrates only the upper layers of the skin and is responsible for sunburn. ...

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750V electric vehicle IGBT module handles 50kW

Infineon has introduced a 50kW automotive-qualified IGBT half bridge for electric and hybrid vehicles. Called FF300R08W2P2_B11A, and rated to 230Arms, it includes a pair of 750V IGBTs from the company’s EDT2 generation, optimised for 10kHz switching. “The chipset has benchmark current density combined with short circuit ruggedness for reliable inverter operation under harsh environmental conditions,” said ...

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6G: ETSI studies reconfigurable intelligent surfaces

Standards body ETSI is to create a specification for reflective RF ‘reconfigurable intelligent surfaces’ (RISs). “RIS is a new type of system node leveraging smart radio surfaces with thousands of small antennas or metamaterial elements to dynamically shape and control radio signals,” according to the organisation. The surfaces can be used to modify system coverage ...

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