Intelligent metasufaces laid bare

Intelligent metasufaces – structures that dynamically manipulate electromagnetic radiation using arrays of phase modifiers under the supervision of artificial intelligence – will be key to 6G communications and even computation, according to researchers from Peking, Southeast and Xidian Universities, who have published a survey of the state-of-the-art. “This field has refreshed human insights into many fundamental ...

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PCIM: 1.7kV 900A IGBT module switches more power through EconoDual 3

Infineon is launching a new generation of 1,700V EconoDual IGBT modules at PCIM next week, using its IGBT7 die series. “With this new chip technology, the EconoDual 3 provides a current of 900A, and enables an improved power range for inverters,” according to the company. “Compared to modules with the previous IGBT4 chipset, FF900R17ME7_B11 with the ...

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Cyber security conference in South Wales next week

GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre is hosting a conference on cyber security in South Wales next week – 10-11 May – with an exhibition running alongside. Held in-person at ICC Wales in Newport, CyberUK 2022 has the overarching theme of ‘cyber security for the whole of society’, and according to NCSC will interest cyber security leaders ...

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Rambus to buy Hardent

Rambus is to buy Hardent, the specialist in silicon design, verification, compression, and Error Correction Code (ECC). The acquisition should strengthen the Rambus CXL Memory Interconnect Initiative. “Driven by the demands of advanced workloads like AI/ML and the move to disaggregated data center architectures, industry momentum for CXL-based solutions continues to grow,” says Luc Seraphin, ...

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Graphene-based MPW run

The 2D Experimental Pilot Line (2D-EPL) has launched its first customisable wafer run. One  of five MPW runs, this first phase targets sensor applications. Companies, universities and research institutes can include their designs as dies on joint wafers, to test their ideas for devices on a larger scale at relatively low costs. The 2D-EPL is ...

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DARPA seeks in-space demonstration of nuclear thermal rockets

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is seeking proposals for an in-space demonstration of the use of nuclear thermal rockets. Specifically, DARPA is after proposals for Phases 2 and 3 of its DRACO (Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations) programme, which is for the design, development, fabrication, and assembly of a nuclear thermal ...

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