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Southampton breaks memristor record with 7bits/cell

Scientists at the University of Southampton have enhanced memristors, the non-volatile storage technology, achieving 128 discernible memory states per switch, almost four times more than previously reported, according to the University. Reported in Nature Scientific Reports as ‘Multibit memory operation of metal-oxide bi-layer memristors‘, the researchers reached 128 levels by evaluating several configurations of functional oxide ...

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RISC-V processor trace IP available

The open-source RISC-V processor architecture is getting a trace function through an IP (intellectual property) block from Cambridge-based UltraSoC. It supports both 32 and 64-bit RISC-V designs, and is intended to integrate with the firms other RISC-V offerings. “The addition of trace capabilities means that UltraSoC provides the most comprehensive RISC-V commercial debug solution,” claimed ...

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Neural network SDK for PowerVR GPUs

Imagination Technologies has announced a software design kit (SDK) for developing neural networks on its PowerVR graphics processors (GPUs). It is aimed at convolutional neural networks, and both an API and SDK are included, as well as an image for flashing on to an Acer Chromebook R13 for hardware development. Future versions of the API ...

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MEMS measures electric fields

Austrian engineers have developed an electric field magnitude sensor that delivers quantitative results down to 200V/m. “The equipment currently used to measure electric field strength has some significant downsides,” claimed Andreas Kainz from the Technical University if Vienna (TU Wien). “These devices contain parts that become electrically charged. Conductive metallic components can significantly alter the ...

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Look, no holograms: but still a moving image floats in space

US researchers are creating images in free space without using holograms. Instead, the team from Brigham Young University have created something like a 3D printer for the air. It uses a laser to trap a tiny particle of cellulose using spherical and astigmatic optical aberrations – a photophoretic particle trap – and then the same ...

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Smart IoT valve allows remote gas cylinder management

42 Technology is helping to develop a concept smart gas cylinder valve for Linde Gases that will use IoT technology to allow gas cylinders to be managed remotely. Called EVOS DCi, it uses cloud data setvices to store data, allowing users to see where cylinders are located, what they contain, and how full they are. There ...

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Plessey shifts from manufacturing to licence out GaN-on-Si LED IP

UK LED maker Plessey is to move to an intellectual property licensing model, following City apathy towards British manufacturing. Its Plymouth fab will now focus on R&D, and only limited production. The firm has single-handedly developed a viable GaN-on-silicon process suitable for making high-power lighting LEDs, which are already selling in Europe, the US, China ...

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Gresham Power sponsored skier wins

Teenage skier Nicole Shering, sponsored by Gresham Power Electronics, has had 20 wins out of 28 individual races in this season’s dry-slope competition. She was the fastest under-18 female in 20 races, and fastest female overall in 18. ”We are very proud to be able to play our part in the development of a local athlete and ...

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Rohde & Schwarz’ 10bit scopes reach up to 1GHz

Rohde & Schwarz has announced 10bit oscilloscopes spanning 100MHz to 1GHz bandwidth. There are two series: RTM3000 and R&S RTA4000. RTM3000 scopes have two or four channels and offer bandwidths of 100, 200, 350 or 500MHz, or 1GHz. At its heart is a proprietary 5Gsample/s 10bit ADC, and each model includes 40Msample (80Msample interleaved) per channel ...

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And a low-end scope from Rohde & Schwarz, for education and hobbies

Rohde & Schwarz’ RTC1000 series are compact scopes that start at €835, and are intended for education, engineers with tight budgets, makers and hobbyists. It can double as: eight-channel logic analyser four-channel pattern generator protocol analyser (I2C, SPI, UART, RS-232, CAN or LIN) digital voltmeter component tester spectrum analyser counter “Our engineers set out to design a ...

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