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Apple wins case against Irish €13bn back tax order

The EC order that Apple pay €13 billion to Ireland has been over-ruled by the EU’s General Court. The EC can now appeal the decision to the ECJ. The case arose from the very low tax rate which Ireland imposed on Apple. The EC argued that the low tax rate amounted to illegal state aid. ...

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Graphcore delivers world’s most complex processor

Graphcore, the Bristol AI processor company which has raised over $450 million in funding, has announced the second generation of its flagship IPU chip, the GC200. With 59.4 billion transistors on a single 823sqmm die, Graphcore claims it is the most complex processor ever made. It is made on TSMC’s 7nm process and integrates 1,472 ...

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Promethean Particles wins IoP award

Promethean Particles of Nottingham, the specialist developer of nanomaterials, has been awarded an Institute of Physics Business Innovation Award for solving a key fluid mechanics problem enabling the use of supercritical fluids for the large-scale production of nanoparticles. The breakthrough supported the development of a unique manufacturing process that enhances the scalability, safety and sustainability of ...

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AMD and Google launch Confidential Virtual Machines

AMD and Google Cloud have beta availability of Confidential Virtual Machines (VMs) for Google Compute Engine powered by 2nd Gen AMD EPYCTM processors, taking advantage of the processors’ security features. The first product in the Google Cloud Confidential Computing portfolio, Confidential VMs, enables customers for the first time to encrypt data in-use while it is being ...

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Pickering develops HV relay for ON test rig

Pickering Electronics of Clacton-on-sea has developed a miniature high voltage relay for use in a new test rig, designed by  ON Semiconductor. In switching systems for test and measurement applications, reed relays are often the best solution thanks to their small size, high isolation resistance, hermetically sealed contacts, fast operate time and long-life expectancy. When ...

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Surrey University changes understanding of lasers

Research from the University of Surrey could change the way scientists understand and describe lasers – establishing a new relationship between classical and quantum physics. A researcher from Surrey, in partnership with a colleague from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Fraunhofer IOSB in Germany, has called into question 60 years of orthodoxy surrounding the principles of ...

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GaAs RF front ends take a hit

Lowered demand for telecommunications end-devices in 2020 is  expected to result in a 3.8% decline in the market for GaAs RF front ends to $5.793 billion, says TrendForce. Applications include PA (power amplifiers), LNA (low noise amplifiers), and filters. GaAs  is particularly suited for use in PAs because of its high temperature resistance, high usable ...

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