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Absolute internet security does not exist, says Hugo Fiennes

Absolute internet security does not exist, says Hugo Fiennes

Internet-connected devices may never have absolute security when under attack by hackers. Software and hardware security specialist told the IoT Design Conference in London this week that retrofitting security to systems which may already have been hacked was not an option. Security must be designed from the very start of a new project and that ...

Richard Wilson

Cadence adds tool for 10nm finfet designs

Cadence adds tool for 10nm finfet designs

Cadence Design Systems is supporting IC design on 10nm finfet processes. The firm’s Virtuoso tool suite now supports this advanced process node and will even provides initial support for emerging 7nm technologies, said Cadence. The IC design tool needs to take into account the complexity of the 10nm finfet process, and will support more than four multi-patterned layers for ...

Richard Wilson

Cadence adds tool for 10nm finfet designs

Cadence adds tool for 10nm finfet designs

Cadence Design Systems is supporting IC design on 10nm finfet processes. The firm’s Virtuoso tool suite now supports this advanced process node and will even provides initial support for emerging 7nm technologies, said Cadence. The IC design tool needs to take into account the complexity of the 10nm finfet process, and will support more than four multi-patterned layers for ...

Richard Wilson

UK researchers say supercapacitor clothes can power smartphones

UK researchers say supercapacitor clothes can power smartphones

What if the materials used for clothing could be supercapacitor elements capable of powering your smartphone? This is what industrial design researchers at Brunel University London believe could be possible. Technology to produce supercapacitor thread capable of being made into cloth has been developed in the lab before but has been unable to generate the voltages ...

Richard Wilson

UK researchers say supercapacitor clothes can power smartphones

UK researchers say supercapacitor clothes can power smartphones

What if the materials used for clothing could be supercapacitor elements capable of powering your smartphone? This is what industrial design researchers at Brunel University London believe could be possible. Technology to produce supercapacitor thread capable of being made into cloth has been developed in the lab before but has been unable to generate the voltages ...

Richard Wilson

CadSoft widens Eagle wing span with Autodesk cloud tool

CadSoft widens Eagle wing span with Autodesk cloud tool

CadSoft Computer’s latest version of its Eagle PCB design software now offers mechanical CAD design tools with the integration of the Fusion 360 tool from Autodesk. The aim is to bring together all elements of product design using resources in the cloud. As a result a user’s STEP files can be exported directly from the Eagle tool ...

Richard Wilson