You can now access Amazon S3  objects using the IPv6 protocol via the S3 dual-stack endpoint in AWS China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet, and in AWS China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD. S3’s dual-stack endpoint supports both IPv4 and IPv6 protocols and allows your applications to continue to access data without any code changes while leveraging the benefits of IPv6 protocols.

AWS CodeBuild‘s support for Test Reporting is now Generally Available for production use. Test Reporting gives you a detailed and actionable view of your test executions in CodeBuild, making it easier for you to investigate test failures.

AWS Storage Gateway now offers Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 compliant endpoints in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions to protect sensitive information for regulated workloads. These endpoints terminate Transport Layer Security (TLS) sessions using a FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic software module, making it easier for you to use Storage Gateway for regulated workloads. US Federal agencies and companies contracting with the US Federal government can now meet the FIPS security requirement to encrypt sensitive data. 

You can now use AWS Lake Formation in the Europe (Stockholm) AWS region. 

AWS has updated Real-Time Analytics with Spark Streaming, an AWS Solution that automatically deploys a highly available, cost-effective batch and real-time data analytics architecture on the AWS Cloud that leverages Apache Spark Streaming and Amazon Kinesis. This solution is designed to support custom Apache Spark Streaming applications, and leverages Amazon EMR for processing vast amounts of data across dynamically scalable Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances.

Customers can now programmatically access information about AWS Availability Zones and Local Zones in addition to information about AWS Regions, services, and endpoints. AWS customers can now easily access the full list of AWS Availability Zones, Local Zones and find out which services are available within the regions by querying AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store.  

Samsung is to put $8 billion into building a new logic fab at Pyeongtaek for its foundry business and another $8 billion unto expanding its memory fab at Xi’an in China. The Pyeongtaek fab is due to run first silicon next year. It will have Samsung’s 5nm EUV process. Samsung started using EUV in production …

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Mouser Electronics continues to increase its Pimoroni offering, adding the PIM486 Enviro and the Pirate Audio accessories from the Sheffield-based company. Pimoroni was founded in 2012, designing and manufacturing breakout boards, kits and add-ons for Raspberry Pi and micro:bit. The company name – pronounced Pih-mo-row-knee, is based on ‘pirate, monkey, robot, ninja’ and the company’s …

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Erzia Technologies has announced a series of rf wide-band high-power amplifiers (WHPAs) that offer both broadband frequency coverage and consistent output power throughout bands as high as E-band. “These wide-band designs are among the first of their kind to be capable of withstanding the harshest environments while holding output power in place,” claimed the company, …

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Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has released a 1.2kV 65mΩ silicon carbide mosfet, its first on a new technology platform. “After years of development work, we are excited to add this SiC mosfet technology to Alpha and Omega’s existing silicon mosfet and IGBT portfolio, and our 650V GaN platform,” said company director David Sheridan. The SiC …

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