AMD industrial motherboard from Kontron’s Fujitsu purchase

Kontron has announced a series of industrial mini-STX motherboards built around AMD’s Ryzen Embedded V1000 and R1000 processors, including Vega graphics. This is its first completely new motherboard since the acquisition of Fujitsu’s industrial motherboard division. Aimed at Windows 10 or Linux-64, and called D3714-V/R mSTX, they support up to four independent 4K displays for industrial PCs, medical ...

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Quantum systems can evolve forward and backward in time simultaneously

A team of physicists at the Universities of Bristol, Vienna, the Balearic Islands and the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI-Vienna) has shown how quantum systems can simultaneously evolve along two opposite time arrows – both forward and backward in time. The study necessitates a rethink of how the flow of time is understood ...

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Glasgow University building 6G test centre

The University of Glasgow is building a test facility for 6G communications systems after securing a £2.6m equipment grant. The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) have backed the University’s plans to expand the existing Microwave and Terahertz research lab at its Electronic Systems Design Centre with new equipment. Researchers from the University’s James Watt School ...

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October SEMI billings up 0.6% m-o-m

SEMI’s October billings figure was up 0.6% on September’s $3.72 billion at $3.74 billion, and 41.3% up on the $2.65 billings of October 2020. “Monthly billings of North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers showed continued strength in October,” said Ajit Manocha, president and CEO of SEMI. “The push towards digital transformation along with robust demand for ...

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ST joins A*STAR for SiC R&D

The Institute of Microelectronics (IME) at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and ST have started a SiC R&D announced collaboration for power-electronics applications in the automotive and industrial markets. The collaboration sets a foundation for a SiC ecosystem in Singapore and creates opportunities for other companies to engage with IME and ST ...

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Sierra Space raises $1.4bn Series A

Sierra Space – a recent spin-off from Sierra Nevada Corporation – has announced $1.4 in Series A funding, its first capital raise. It was, according to the company, the second-largest ever private capital raise in the aerospace and defense sector, globally. The investment was led by General Atlantic, Coatue and Moore Strategic Ventures, with participation ...

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SatADSL, MT partner on satellite comms for maritime sector

The Belgian satellite service provider SatADSL and satellite communications provider Milano Teleport (MT) are partnering to provide greater access to VSAT (very small aperture terminal) connectivity for maritime and terrestrial sectors. Under the terms of the agreement, MT will use SatADSL’s neXat platform to both provide capacity over Africa and deliver advanced maritime services worldwide. ...

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Deep red led light exposure in the morning makes your eyes work better for a while

Three minutes of 670nm exposure in the morning appears to make the eyesight of humans over 40 years old better for a week, according to Imperial College London. The improvement is shown in cone-mediated colour contrast thresholds, tested in people from 37 to 70 years old in this research. Improvements have been seen before, using light ...

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40V bi-direction GaN transistor for power rail switching

Chinese GaN device maker Innoscience is introducing a bi-directional transistor amongest its more conventional devices. Called INN40W08, it is a 40V device that can block in both directions (unlike single silicon mosfets where two are needed for bi-directional operation). Nominally it has a gate, two drains and no source. The company sees it being used in ...

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In-field programmer gets external branding options

Segger is offering custom versions of its Flasher Portable Plus stand-alone in-field programmer, “enabling corporations to supply their service technicians with a branded tool”, it said, Visual custom options include injection moulding the case in different coloured plastic and printign logos and slogans on the outside. The display content, for example changing the splash screen, ...

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