Amazon S3 Replication is an elastic, fully managed, low-cost feature that replicates newly uploaded objects across two or more Amazon S3 buckets, keeping buckets in sync. Now, with S3 Batch Replication, you can synchronize existing objects between buckets.

KiCAD (pronounced ‘keycad’) is a capable open-source pcb layout tool, which recently reached version 6. I have been trying to use the software, and feel stuck an ‘just muddling thorough’. In search of knowledge, I came across a nice informative introductory video. It stays calm and avoids over-jolly presentation and those other ‘tricks’ supposed to …

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With TV rights making  up the bulk of IOC revenue for the Winter Olympic Games, the absence of ticket sales in Beijing doesn’t much matter. While the 1998 Nagano Games in Japan only brought in around half a billion U.S. dollars in TV rights, that number was closer to $1.5 billion for the latest Winter …

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“I have received an enthusiastic response to our products from all the places I have visited in Europe, including points as far south as Sicily,”said Mr. Philip Baksh, European representative for Alpha Metals Inc. So, 60 years ago, started a story in Electronics Weekly’s edition of April 19th 1961. The story continues: At the moment …

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Aimed at nominal 72V and 110Vdc inputs, the 500W RMD500-EW power supply series from Recom is intended for baseplate-cooled railway use, and similar 300W and 150W rolling stock and trackside PSUs are in the pipeline. Inputs can span 43 to 154Vdc (4:1), and peak at 170V. Output is 24V at up to 500W even with the …

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Isotropic Systems, a specialist in next-gen satellite connectivity, has completed advanced multi-orbit antenna trials for the U.S. military, it has announced. The Reading-based developer of multi-link satellite technology connected to GEO (geostationary orbit) and MEO (medium Earth orbit) satellites simultaneously with a single antenna. The tests were conducted with SES Government Solutions, a provider of …

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Risc-V processor IP company SiFive is partnering with Intel Foundry Services (IFS) to optimise SiFive IP for Intel’s foundry customers. The two companies have already collaborated, using SiFive’s ‘Performance P550‘ processor and Intel PCIe and DDR interfaces to build the ‘Horse Creek’ Risc-V development platform. “We’re excited to extend our relationship with IFS to ensure the …

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GlobalWafers of Taiwan, the acquisitive No.3 in the wafer supply business, is planning a three year, $3.6 billion expansion  after its bid for Siltronic was blocked by the German government. The company will spend $2 billion on a new factory at a site to be decided and $1.6 billion on expanding capacity  at existing factories. …

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Analog Bits, Siemens Digital Industries Software and Alphawave are partnering with Intel Foundry Services (IFS). Siemens Digital Industries Software has become a charter member of the Intel Foundry Services (IFS) Accelerator – EDA Alliance, a programme committed to establishing an ecosystem for the design and fabrication of next generation SoCs manufactured on IFS’processes. The initiative promotes …

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  South Korea is putting in place a raft of measures to stop its technology leaking – principally to China. The measures are being implemented by  the industry and justice ministries, the Korean Intellectual Property Office and the National Intelligence Service. List are being created  of people with advanced knowledge in 12 “national core technologies” …

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