AWS Backup now supports AWS PrivateLink for VMware workloads, providing direct access to AWS Backup from your VMware environment via a private endpoint within your virtual private network in a scalable manner. With this launch, you can now secure your network architecture by connecting to AWS Backup using private IP addresses in your Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), eliminating the need to use public IPs, firewall rules, or an Internet Gateway. AWS PrivateLink is available at a low per-GB charge for data processed and a low hourly charge for interface VPC endpoints. See AWS PrivateLink pricing for more information.
Amazon EKS now supports DNS resolution of the cluster private endpoint in AWS GovCloud (US) regions
You can now resolve the private Kubernetes API server endpoint of your Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) cluster in AWS GovCloud (US) regions. This allows you to easily connect to an EKS cluster that is only accessible within a VPC, including when using AWS services such as AWS Direct Connect and VPC peering .
The Spread Of Monkeypox
The monkeypox virus has sprung up in countries around the world, including in places where the virus does not usually exist. According to the WHO, as of May 26, 2022, the UK had the highest numbers of recorded cases in a non-endemic country, with 106 people known to have the disease, followed by 49 people …
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Noyce’s Reaction To Inmos
Dr Robert Noyce, president of Intel, described the setting up of the new company as “an interesting form of venture capitalisation,” as reported Electronics Weekly in July 1978, Noyce pointed out that most successful semiconductor companies formed in the history of the industry, have been those that “have gone off and done something different”. He …
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Coventry University building skills hub for UK electrification
Coventry University has received £1 million in funding to support a skills hub for specialist training around the electrification of vehicles. Aiming to supporting the Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD) community, it will be a specialised “market space” in which different sectors and training providers can get involved, said the university. The project is …
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Q1 smartphone shipments down 12.8%
Q1 smartphone shipments were down 12.8% q-o-q at 310 million units, says TrendForce. For Q2, shipments are forecast at 309 million units The top five brands accounted for 78% of market in 1Q22. Samsung’s Q1 was 73.8 million units, ranking first in the world. Since Samsung’s central production sites are located in Vietnam and India …
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AUTOSAR- compliant CDD software module for EV battery system designers
Renesas has introduced an AUTOSAR-compliant complex device driver (CDD) software module for designers of automotive battery management systems (BMS) in electric vehicles (EVs). The new software pairs with Renesas’ industry-leading ISL78714 Li-Ion battery management IC to speed design and optimize performance of next-generation systems. The CDD software is designed to work with Renesas’ Winning Combination …
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Intel and CEA-Leti accelerate D2W bonding
Intel and CEA-Leti have optimised a hybrid direct-bonding, self-assembly process for D2W (Die-to-Wafer) bonding that has the potential to increase the alignment accuracy as well as fabrication throughput by several thousand dies per hour. The approach uses capillary forces of a water droplet to align dies on a target wafer. While the D2W hybrid bonding …
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NoSQL Workbench for Amazon DynamoDB adds support for CreateTable, UpdateTable, and DeleteTable operations
NoSQL Workbench for Amazon DynamoDB is a client-side application to help visualize and build scalable, high-performance data models. Starting today, NoSQL Workbench adds support for table and global secondary index (GSI) control plane operations such as CreateTable, UpdateTable, and DeleteTable.
You can now update the storage and IOPS capacity on your Amazon FSx for OpenZFS file systems
You can now update the storage and IOPS capacity on your Amazon FSx for OpenZFS file systems with the click of the button, making it even easier to adapt to your evolving storage and performance needs.