AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) expands functionality by adding support for migrating multiple databases in one task using MongoDB and Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) as a source. Using AWS DMS, you can now group multiple databases of a MongoDB cluster and migrate them using one DMS task to any AWS DMS supported targets including Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) with minimal downtime.

38 years ago a company was founded to make chips using ECL The company’s first product was a floating point coprocessor chip set and that was followed by a SPARC processor. It then made ATM devices and Ethernet switches. It lasted 13 years and was then sold to PMC-Sierra. Moral: Speed isn’t everything

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MicroEJ, the embedded software specialist, is joining NXP to offer a dedicated MICROEJ VEE on-device platform based on NXP’s i.MX RT500 MCU focusing on ultra-low-power, security and popular user interfaces for wearables. NXP’s i.MX RT500 crossover MCU, coupled with MICROEJ VEE platform, offers an integrated solution for low-power management and small footprint while providing uncompromised …

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Microchip has released a C++ algorithm high-level synthesis design workflow for its PolarFire FPGAs. “A large majority of edge compute, computer vision and industrial control algorithms are developed natively in C++ by developers with little or no knowledge of underlying FPGA hardware,” according to the company. Called SmartHLS, the tool allows C++ algorithms to be …

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24 Japanese companies have set up the Quantum Strategic Industry Alliance for Revolution: Q-STAR. Q-STAR will invite the participation of diverse industries that support its objectives and initiatives, and will collaborate with industry, academia, and government in promoting initiatives that apply new technologies, and establishing related technology platforms.  Q-STAR’s concerns include reassessments of basic principles …

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Murata claims to have launched the world’s smallest UWB module – measuring 10.5 mm x 8.3 mm x 1.44 mm. Using short-range radio frequency (RF) technology, the Type 2AB UWB + BLE connectivity module can be used in a wide variety of applications. Suitable for the IoT market, the SIP module incorporates three antennae – …

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Surface mount frequency oscillators manufactured in the UK by Euroquartz are capable of surviving up to 3,000G shock and operate in the extended industrial temperature range. Frequency control specialist, Euroquartz is to launch a new range of UK manufactured surface mount clock oscillators capable of up to 3000G shock survivability with extended industrial temperature range. …

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Four organisations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on a moon mining rover with a multipurpose robotics arm using virtual reality. It will be for “in situ resource utilization” (ISRU) activities on the Moon. The four are: ispace (including ispace Europe SA), Stardust Technologies, the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and EXPLOR Space …

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Anritsu has announced an option to activate simultaneous dual-port 400G Ethernet measurement for its MT1040A Network Master Pro tester. Activation is purchased as MT1040A-020, which will also enable measurment of four channels of 100Gbit Ethernet. To function, the tester has to be equipped with a pair of 400G modules – either MU104014A or MU104014A-33 (see table …

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Display Technology has announced a sensor that can detect a frozen display screen. Called IF444 Frozen screen sensor, it requires a small sensing patch to be stuck to the front of a screen in a corner, where it monitors a group of blinking pixels. The sensor does not work on its own, but needs to …

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