Andes, the low-power 32/64-bit RISC-V specialist, and  Fractile, the Oxford AI IC startup, have hooked up to build AI inference accelerators based on in-memory compute to run frontier AI models …

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Spectrum Instrumentation has a new flagship PCIe card arbitrary waveform generator, capable of 10Gsample/s 2.5GHz outputs and 16bit vertical resolution. Called M5i.6357-x16, it can store up to 8Gsamples (16Gbyte) internally, …

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STEAM 2024, the event for schoolchildren to discover the thrill and wonder of science, technology, engineering, arts and maths (STEAM) returned to Thorpe Park in Surrey, UK in October. The …

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Infineon is looking towards 1,500V dc links with a 2kV 80A silicon carbide Schottky diode. IDYH80G200C5 is the 80A 2,000V part, which comes packaged in four-lead TO-247PLUS-4-HCC, with 14mm creepage …

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Vishay has stretched an SO-6 package to accommodate 1kV operation from opto-based mosfet and IGBT gate drivers. The body is ~7mm from end to end and creepage is 8mm. Clearance …

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Amazon EKS introduces dual stack support for the EKS management API endpoint and the Kubernetes API server endpoint in IPv6 EKS clusters, enabling you to connect using Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6), Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4), or dual stack clients. Dual stack support is also available when the EKS management API endpoint is privately accessed from your Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) using AWS PrivateLink . Dual stack endpoints are made available on a new AWS DNS domain name. The existing EKS management API endpoints are maintained for backwards compatibility reasons.

The urgency to transition to Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is driven by the continued growth of internet, which is exhausting available Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses. With simultaneous support for both IPv4 and IPv6 clients on EKS endpoints, you are able to gradually transition from IPv4 to IPv6 based systems and applications, without needing to switch all over at once. This enables you to meet IPv6 compliance requirements and removes the need for expensive networking equipment to handle the address translation between IPv4 and IPv6. This launch only affects EKS managed endpoints and does not change the behavior of pod networking. To understand how EKS supports IPv6 connectivity in pods, refer to this blog .

There is no additional charge when you connect to EKS endpoints using Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) clients. To learn more, see EKS user guide .

We are excited to announce that Amazon OpenSearch Serverless is expanding its availability to the AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region. OpenSearch Serverless is a serverless deployment option for Amazon OpenSearch Service that makes it simple to run search and analytics workloads without the complexities of infrastructure management. OpenSearch Serverless’ compute capacity used for data ingestion, search, and query is measured in OpenSearch Compute Units (OCUs).

The support for OpenSearch Serverless is now available in 17 regions globally: US East (Ohio), US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Europe (Frankfurt), Europe (Ireland), Europe West (Paris), Europe West (London), Asia Pacific South (Mumbai), South America (Sao Paulo), Canada Central (Montreal), Asia Pacific (Seoul). Europe (Zurich), AWS GovCloud (US-West), and AWS GovCloud (US-East). Please refer to the AWS Regional Services List for more information about Amazon OpenSearch Service availability. To learn more about OpenSearch Serverless, see the documentation.
 

Amazon Redshift introduces query profiler for enhanced query visibility and troubleshooting. The query profiler is a feature in the AWS console that provides a visual and graphical representation of query execution plans and statistics, letting you easily monitor, analyze, and troubleshoot query performance without the need for manual analysis of system tables and logs.

Enhanced query profiling in Amazon Redshift expands the current capabilities in the AWS console that let you monitor both running and completed queries. With the new query profiler, you can now further introspect your queries and review execution plans to discover query performance bottlenecks. The query profiler uses data from system views like SYS_QUERY_DETAIL to include performance metrics that help you optimize queries, including execution time, total input/output rows, and bytes read/written for each step of the query.

The query profiler capability is now generally available for both Amazon Redshift Serverless and Amazon Redshift provisioned data warehouses in all AWS commercial and the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions where Amazon Redshift is available. To get started and learn more about using the query profiler, visit the Amazon Redshift database developer guide .
 

Anthropic’s upgraded Claude 3.5 Sonnet model is now available in Amazon Bedrock . According to Anthropic, the model delivers across-the-board improvements over its predecessor, with significant gains in coding—an area where it already led the field.

The upgraded Claude 3.5 Sonnet model shows wide-ranging improvements on industry benchmarks. On coding the model improves performance on SWE-bench Verified from 33% to 49%, scoring higher than all publicly available models, according to Anthropic. It also improves performance on TAU-bench, an agentic tool use task, from 62.6% to 69.2% in the retail domain, and from 36.0% to 46.0% in the airline domain. The new Claude 3.5 Sonnet offers these advancements at the same price of its predecessor. Additionally, Claude 3.5 Sonnet now offers computer use capabilities in Amazon Bedrock in a public beta, allowing Claude to perceive and interact with computer interfaces. Developers can direct Claude to use computers the way people do—by looking at a screen, moving a cursor, clicking buttons, and typing text. Given this technology is early, developers are encouraged to explore lower-risk tasks.

The upgraded Claude 3.5 Sonnet model is now available in Amazon Bedrock in the US West (Oregon) Region. Computer use is now available in public beta. To learn more, read the AWS News launch blog , Claude in Amazon Bedrock product page , and documentation . To get started with Claude, visit the Amazon Bedrock console .

Amazon Aurora now supports a Global Database writer endpoint. This highly available and fully managed endpoint simplifies routing for your applications and eliminates the need to make application code changes to establish connectivity after initiating a cross-region Global Database Switchover or Failover operation.

With Global Database, a single Aurora cluster can span multiple AWS Regions, providing disaster recovery from Region-wide outages and enabling fast local reads for globally distributed applications. The new Global Database writer endpoint automatically updates to point to the current writer instance in your global cluster. This eliminates the need to modify your application code or configuration after you initiate a cross-region failover or switchover to change the location of the primary cluster in your Global Database. The endpoint is created automatically for your global clusters and can be found on the AWS Management Console, or using the RDS CLI or API. The feature is available in all AWS Regions where Aurora Global Database is available. See our documentation to learn more.

Amazon Aurora combines the performance and availability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open-source databases. To get started with Amazon Aurora, take a look at our getting started page .