German effort to build quantum computer

Germany’s Federal. Ministry of Education and Research has allocated €76.3 million to building a quantum computer. 24 German research institutions and companies and the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS) will  collaborate on the project, named QSolid, which will be coordinated by Forschungszentrum Jülich.  The first demonstrator is expected to go into operation in mid-2024.. ...

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UK government funding Rolls-Royce space power station

A Rolls-Royce space reactor programme is among 13 projects that will receive UK government funding totalling £2m, the UK Space Agency (UKSA) has announced. The project lead by Rolls-Royce – with £249,000 of funding – involves developing a power station, for use in space, that could power the generation of water, breathable oxygen and fuels ...

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IAR Systems supports 64bit RISC-V with Embedded Workbench

IAR Systems is supporting 64-bit Risc-V and the RV64I base instruction set with Embedded Workbench. ‘Embedded Workbench for Risc-V’ version 3.10 is a C/C++ compiler and debugger IDE with code quality analysis tools, supporting RV64 cores from Andes, Codasip, Microchip, Nuclei and SiFive. “64bit support is an important milestone for our investment in the RISC-V technology ...

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600V super-junctions in DFN8x8 for servers

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor is aiming at servers with a pair of 600V super-junction mosfets in 8 x 8 x 0.9mm DFN8x8 packaging, with a Kelvin source. AONV110A60 has 110mΩ on-resistance, and AONV140A60 has 140mΩ. “Years ago, we could hardly imagine high voltage DFN8x8 devices widely adopted for server systems above 400W. People used packages such as TO-220(F) ...

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Alphawave to buy OpenFive

Alphawave is buying the OpenFive business unit from SiFive Inc. (“SiFive”). All definitive agreements have been completed and the transaction is expected to close in H2 2022 pending customary regulatory approvals. OpenFive brings a high-speed connectivity SoC IP portfolio to Alphawave and a team based in India and Silicon Valley that has been delivering custom ...

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Lead times rising

IC lead times were 25.8 weeks in February, according to Susquehanna Financial Group. It is the longest lead time recorded in the past five years. February’s figure was a six day increase from November. “The rate of lead time expansion has been choppy, but picked up again in December,” says Susquehanna’s Chris Rolland, “lead times ...

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Tiny linear vibration motors

Nidec is claiming it has developed a series of linear vibration motors with the smallest-class diameters in the world. Smartphones and smartwatches are sometimes equipped with a vibration motor to vibrate in a certain pattern to notify users of an incoming message. The motor can also be used is to control vibrations to make users feel ...

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Slingshot Aerospace raises $25m Series A for space situational awareness

Slingshot Aerospace, a space simulation and analytics company has announced it raised $25m in Series A-1 funds, in addition to the $9.6m Series A funds previously raised in October 2020. The investment will be used to speed the commercialisation of its Slingshot Beacon product, said the company, which it describes as a “collision avoidance collaboration ...

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Boost for IPOSIM

The Infineon Power Simulation platform (IPOSIM) is offering an automated service that allows lifetime estimation of components according to usage and application requirements. IPOSIM is used for calculating losses and thermal behavior of power modules, discretes and disc devices. The platform provides  access to analysis for single working points and user-defined load profiles. For industrial ...

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MEMS electrostatic relay switches 25W across dc to 18GHz

  Menlo Micro has released another MEMS electro-mechanical relay, this time a single-pole four-throw (SP4T) dc-18GHz switch. MM5120 will handle 25W (150W pulsed), according to the company, though its 5.2 x 4.2mm LGA package. Insertion loss is typically <0.6dB at 12GHz. IP3 linearity is said to be >95dBm. Contact movement is though electrostatic attraction, with the necessary ...

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