On Friday, Huawei is set to unveil its HongMeng OS – its alternative to Android which the US government is preventing Huawei from using. Huawei could put a smartphone using the HongMeng OS on the market in Q4, reports the China newspaper Global Times. It is reported that the first use of HongMeng in a ...
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Glasgow University researchers have made a bionic tongue which can tell the difference between Glenfiddich, Laphroaig, Glen Marnoch and between different vintages of each brand sampled at the ages 12, 15 and 18. The researchers exploited the optical properties of gold and aluminium to construct the tongue. Sub-microscopic slices of the two metals, arranged in ...
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Samsung has begun mass producing a 256GB SATA SSD that integrates the company’s sixth-generation (1xx-layer) 256-gigabit (Gb) three-bit V-NAND. By launching a new generation of V-NAND in 13 months, Samsung has reduced the mass production cycle by four months. “With faster development cycles for next-generation V-NAND products, we plan to rapidly expand the markets for ...
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Next month, Toshiba will sample a Storage Class Memory (SCM) called XL-FLASH which is a BiCS 3D flash memory with 1-bit-per-cell SLC, claiming to deliver low latency and high performance to data center and enterprise storage. Mass production is expected to begin in 2020. XL-FLASH is going after the same slots (persistent memory) as Intel’s phase-change memory ...
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The UK has a new unicorn with six year-old Babylon Health securing a $550 million Series C valuing the company at $2 billion. Babylon has an app called ‘GP in Hand’ which diagnoses diseases. The NHS has authorized it to be listed by patients as their primary care provider. “Our mission at Babylon is to ...
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The ASSA ABLOY Group which includes HID Global, and NXP Semiconductors, Samsung Electronics, and Bosch have launched the FiRa Consortium. The new coalition is designed to grow the Ultra-Wideband (UWB) ecosystem so new use cases for fine ranging capabilities can thrive, ultimately setting a new standard in seamless user experiences. Sony Imaging Products & Solutions ...
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A second generation high-grade SiC epitaxial wafer (HGE-2G) suitable for power semiconductors.
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The Technical University of Munich (TUM) has succeeded in placing light sources in atomically thin material layers with an accuracy of just a few nanometers. The new method allows for a multitude of applications in quantum technologies, from quantum sensors and transistors in smartphones through to new encryption technologies for data transmission. Previous circuits on chips ...
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Marvell is sampling what it claims to be the industry’s lowest power PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD controller portfolio. “Marvell’s latest family of storage controllers has been architected to optimally address edge computing and data center pain points of power-performance and capacity-performance,” says Marvell’s Nigel Alvares. The Marvell SSD controller portfolio of devices, including the 88SS1321, ...
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Infineon had calendar Q2 revenues of €2,015 million up 2% from calendar Q1’s €1,983 million. The profit was €317 million. The forecast for calendar Q3 is plus 1% and the forecast for the year is revenue of €8 billion. “Infineon remains on course,” said Reinhard Ploss (pictured) “although the global economy remains sluggish, Group revenue ...
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