The uncertainty caused by Brexit will negatively affect worldwide GDP, says IC Insights. ‘Since the U.K. is unlikely to officially be able to leave the European Union (EU) for a couple of years, the biggest negative effect on economic growth is the uncertainty of the entire situation,’ says IC Insights This will also affect the …
ARM joins Imec programme for sub-7nm processes
ARM has joined Imec’s INSITE programme which addresses the impact of circuit design and system-level architecture on power, performance, area and cost of nanotechnology chip process nodes from 7nm and beyond. “This strategic collaboration with ARM is extremely important for Imec,” says Imec CEO Luc van den Hove (pictured), “collaborating with ARM enables our partners …
Advancing design of blade compressors
See how NI DAQ systems helped refine and advance the design of blade compressors
Qualcomm powers new quad-core Snapdragon for VR
Qualcomm Technologies has announced its latest smartphone processor, a higher performance follow-up to the Snapdragon 820 processor. The expectation is that the new Snapdragon 821 processor will have extra performance to support mobile virtual reality (VR) displays. The Snapdragon 821 is claimed to provide a 10% performance increase over the 820 with the Qualcomm Kryo quad-core …
IoT startups begin London bootcamp programme
Ten IoT startups have been selected to join the Startupbootcamp business accelerator which provides finance and office space in the London. The programme received 425 startup applications from 61 countries, and the 10 successful start-ups were selected last week following a three-day selection process that included expert workshops, pitches to programme partners such as Cisco, …
Professional downlighter gets Osram SMD led cluster
Spanish lighting manufacturer Alverlamp has teamed up Osram to develop two high-power downlights. Based on a cluster of six Duris S 10 leds, the downlights are intended for professional lighting applications, for example in offices or airports. Duris S 10s are die arrays in a surface mount package – and intended to compete with CoBs. …
Brexit: engineering sector mobilises for action
A group of organisations representing the engineering profession is to provide the government with advice on how the needs of all sectors that have a dependence on engineering are represented in upcoming Brexit negotiations. The aim is to ensure that the UK maintains its position as a centre of world class engineering research, remains embedded …
Gadget in Extremis: China completes largest single-aperture telescope
Move over Arecibo, China has just completed the world’s largest single-aperture radio telescope, for probing into deep space.
Gadget in Extremis: China completes largest single-aperture telescope
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US blood-testing start-up Theranos, which has become the poster-child for lack of investor rigour, has had its license to operate a lab in California revoked and its founder banned from the blood-test business for two years by the US Centres for Medicare and Medicaid. 13 year-old Theranos is seen as an example of how easily …
PSU boot-straps rail traction electronics
Powerbox has announced PSU that generates 110Vdc from a train traction-voltage line (700-1,500Vdc) to start traction electronics when a rail vehicle’s own battery is below minimum operating voltage. The ‘Low battery voltage start’ (LBVS) is designed for high safety isolation, will come in different versions for different power requirements and will provide a stable voltage from …