Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service now supports the containerd  container runtime on Windows worker nodes. Containerd is a lightweight container runtime that manages the complete container lifecycle on its host system, from container image transfer to execution, as well as storage and network attachment. Customers with Windows workloads can now get similar performance, security, and stability benefits from containerd that are available to customers running Linux-based worker nodes.

My Cabinet colleagues are putting pressure on me to deal with the tidal wave of scams surrounding cryptocurrencies, NFTs and digital fraud, Ed confides to his diary. As HM Secretary of State for Science, Technology, Industry and Commerce this is not unreasonable but, as an indirect beneficiary of Scunthorpe Crypto, it does put me in …

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Thanks to its technology and knowledge that allows to build components for virtually every electronic system, OMRON Electronic Components uses the most technically advanced designs and a whole range of high-quality products, thanks to which it is able to provide its customers all over Europe with solutions tailored to their needs: relays, switches, connectors, etc.

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It’s hello to the Nicla Vision, Arduino’s new single-board for image processing and edge computing applications. Essentially, its designed to be an easier way to prototype machine vision in action. It was created by the Ardiono organisation working in partnership ST Microelectronics – in similar fashion to how Arduino worked with Thales to create the Portenta …

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The Infineon Power Simulation platform (IPOSIM) is offering an automated service that allows lifetime estimation of components according to usage and application requirements. IPOSIM is used for calculating losses and thermal behavior of power modules, discretes and disc devices. The platform provides  access to analysis for single working points and user-defined load profiles. For industrial …

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Nidec is claiming it has developed a series of linear vibration motors with the smallest-class diameters in the world. Smartphones and smartwatches are sometimes equipped with a vibration motor to vibrate in a certain pattern to notify users of an incoming message. The motor can also be used is to control vibrations to make users feel …

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Slingshot Aerospace, a space simulation and analytics company has announced it raised $25m in Series A-1 funds, in addition to the $9.6m Series A funds previously raised in October 2020. The investment will be used to speed the commercialisation of its Slingshot Beacon product, said the company, which it describes as a “collision avoidance collaboration …

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IC lead times were 25.8 weeks in February, according to Susquehanna Financial Group. It is the longest lead time recorded in the past five years. February’s figure was a six day increase from November. “The rate of lead time expansion has been choppy, but picked up again in December,” says Susquehanna’s Chris Rolland, “lead times …

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Alpha and Omega Semiconductor is aiming at servers with a pair of 600V super-junction mosfets in 8 x 8 x 0.9mm DFN8x8 packaging, with a Kelvin source. AONV110A60 has 110mΩ on-resistance, and AONV140A60 has 140mΩ. “Years ago, we could hardly imagine high voltage DFN8x8 devices widely adopted for server systems above 400W. People used packages such as TO-220(F) …

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Alphawave is buying the OpenFive business unit from SiFive. All definitive agreements have been completed and the transaction is expected to close in H2 2022 pending customary regulatory approvals. OpenFive brings a high-speed connectivity SoC IP portfolio to Alphawave and a team based in India and Silicon Valley that has been delivering custom silicon solutions …

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