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Inphi and NeoPhotonics demo OIF 400ZR coherent transceiver interoperability

Inphi and  NeoPhotonics have demonstrated interoperability of OIF 400ZR compliant coherent transceivers, operating successfully across the C-Band over 120km of optical fiber.   Transceiver pairs consisting of Inphi’s COLORZII  QSFP-DD with its Canopus 7nm Coherent DSP and NeoPhotonics 400ZR ClearLight OSFP were successfully linked. Both 400ZR coherent optics transceivers carried error-free traffic over a typical data center ...

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Optically isolated ΔΣ modulator claims industry’s highest accuracy

Renesas has brought out an optically isolated delta-sigma (ΔΣ) modulator which claims to deliver the industry’s highest accuracy compared to other 10MHz clock output optically isolated devices. It includes a precision ADC with ENOB of 13.8 bits (typ) for converting an analogue voltage input into a digital output one-bit data stream across the isolation barrier. ...

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M12 push-pull connector meets IEC standard

The push-pull version of the M12 connector with inner locking from Yamaichi Electronics is the first M12 push-pull design, which has been defined as an international standard (IEC 61076-2-012). Therefore, M12 push-pull design-ins are possible now for M12 push-pull systems, without using proprietary solutions. Yamaichi has been setting a new standard with the M12 push-pull ...

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CES 2021 to be virtual

CES 2021 will be a virtual event because of the coronavirus. ‘With the growing global health concerns about the spread of COVID-19, it is not possible to safely convene tens of thousands of people in Las Vegas in early January 2021 to meet and do business in person,” said CES organisers yesterday, “an all-digital CES ...

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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride at 5pm

Tim Cook, Jeff  Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Mark Zuckerberg – the CEOs of Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook – face a virtual grilling by the US government’s House Antitrust Subcommittee at 5pm (UK time) tonight. The hearing is to determine whether they are unfairly hurting competitors. However, they are also  likely to be confronted with  allegations of allowing ...

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Arm China asks Beijing government to intervene in row with Arm UK

Arm China is asking the Beijing government to step into the row between Arm UK and Arm China. Arm UK sacked the chairman and CEO of Arm China, Allen Wu, but Wu refused to go. Wu is  is said to have hired his own security guards and won’t let representatives of the Arm China board ...

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Inside the passenger cabin of Branson’s spacecreft

This is what you get for  $250,000 – a seat with a view on board Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity for a  suborbital flight 60 miles above Earth. Virgin says it has 600 customers signed up to fly. Sir Richard is said to be going on the first commercial flight, but no date for it has been given. ...

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Ceva supports Dolby MS12 multistream decider

CEVA has announced support for Dolby MS12 Multistream Decoder for the CEVA-BX2 audio DSP. As smart TVs, over-the-top (OTT) content services and set-top-boxes evolve into multipurpose digital media receivers, the content is derived from numerous sources, utilizing a variety of audio codecs. Dolby MS12 reduces the complexity of integrating multiple audio technologies into these devices. ...

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Kit to build, train and deploy edge AI devices

ST has released a free STM32 software function pack that lets users build, train, and deploy intelligent edge devices for industrial condition monitoring using a microcontroller Discovery kit. Developed in conjunction with  Cartesiam, the FP-AI-NANOEDG1 software pack contains all the necessary drivers, middleware, documentation, and sample code to capture sensor data, integrate, and run Cartesiam’s ...

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GaN Systems publishes manual for Class-D amplifier evaluation kit

GaN Systems has published a manual titled, “12V High-Efficiency Audio Reference Designs using GaN Power Transistors.” The technical manual was developed in response to the  launch of GaN Systems Class-D audio amplifier evaluation kit in May 2020 and from growing customer interest for designs in the 12V market for automotive, marine, powersports, and other applications ...

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