This funding is being provided through the Desalination and Water Purification Research Program for the development of new water treatment technologies and Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Program for research into the deployment of new technologies that supports the expansion of water technologies in new locations.
Applied Micro launches Mudan storage platform
Applied Micro has announced Mudan – a full Ceph storage reference platform built on 64-bit ARMv8-A technology using Applied Micro’s X-Gene to coincide with the upstream release of Ceph 10.2.1 (Jewel) and runs on RHELSA7.2. Mudan is a fully-featured storage reference platform with a total of 14 storage disks in a 12+2 configuration with a …
Infineon starts volume production of SSR controllers
Infineon has begun volume production of its IR1161L and IR11688S secondary synchronous rectification (SSR) family of Controller ICs for SMPS applications. The IR1161L and IR11688S SSR ICs meet the new 2016 standards set by the U.S. Department of Energy and the “European Code of Conduct for Energy Efficiency in Data Centre” which demand a 1 …
Imagination and 3Glasses promoting ray tracing for VR
Imagination and China’s 3Glasses are to collaborate to promote ray tracing technology for virtual reality devices. Ray tracing technology enables more immersive games and apps with real-life dynamic lighting models that enable advanced lighting effects, dynamic soft shadows, and life-like reflections and transparencies, previously unachievable in a mobile form factor. Imagination’s PowerVR Wizard Ray Tracing …
Core i3 industrial PC fits in 1.9 litres
Aaeon Boxer 6638U is an industrial computer from Review Display Systems based around Intel’s Core i3-5010U. At 197 x 174 x 55mm, it is the smallest member of the Boxer family yet. “This embedded PC is constructed in such a way that access to the devices interior is easy, just by removing screws at the base …
Applied etches to two atomic layers precision
Applied Materials has come up with a new etch technology capable of a precision of two atomic layers. The system, called Selectra, is already installed in 10nm process flows at five customers – three of them logic manufacturers and two of them memory manufacturers. It is being used for 3D NAND production. “Selectra has been …
Personal healthcare terminals need good power design
Portable medical monitors and terminals will move more healthcare to the patient’s home and this is creating special requirements for designing the power systems which allow safe and reliable operation, writes Tony Armstrong Portable and wireless medical instruments rely on low power operation, however, unlike many other low power applications, these types of medical products …
HD audio is perceptibley better than CDs
HD audio is not just nonsense – it can be distinguished from CD audio by ear, according to Queen Mary University of London. The University has just done a meta-study of over 12,000 different trials from 18 studies where participants were asked to discriminate between samples of music in different formats. “Audio purists and industry …
Intel invests $1.5m in IoT chip R&D in Ireland
Intel has committed to invest $1.5m over the next three years in research in semiconductor materials, devices and photonics technologies at Tyndall National Institute, the Irish ICT research institute. Intel has been investing in research at the Cork-based institute since 2009. Bernie Capraro, Research Manager, Silicon Technology at Intel Ireland, said: “The standard of work from …
Vodafone Goes Europhile
Odd that Vodafone should take Brexit as a trigger for suggesting it may relocate its HQ outside the UK. For years while good Euro-democrats like Neelie Kroes pushed for better deals for mobile network consumers – e.g. for cutting roaming and data charges – Vodafone has been the chief lobbyist behind whichever wretched UK politician …