Xilinx has introduced a stripped-down version of its Zynq FPGAs, reducing the number of 64bit ARM Cortex-A53 cored from four to two in the new ‘CG’ variant. The chips retain both the dual 32bit Cortex-R5 cores of their predecessors, but loses the Mali-400 graphics processor, and there is no H.264/H.265 video codec. “The devices add a …

Xilinx cuts ARM cores to two in Zynq FPGAs

Murata is claiming a miniaturisation record with ‘high-frequency’ inductors that have a 0.25 x 0.125mm footprint, and are 0.2mm tall. Officially 008004 size, and called the LQP01HQ series, they apparently have the same Q characteristics as its previous 0.4×0.2mm (01005/0402) LQP02TN range, which have Q=15, but with half the board mounting area. That said, its existing 01005 …

Murata claims smallest inductors

Cambridge CMOS Sensors (CCMOSS), a specialist in MEMS (micro electromechanical systems) for gas sensing and infrared applications, has been bought by Austrian semiconductor manufacturer ams. The semiconductor company wants to add to its technology for industrial and medical sensors for detecting gases like CO, NOx, and VOCs. The Cambridge firm manufactures its MEMS structures on …

Cambridge sensor firm bought by ams

Businesses looking to recruit specialists with digital skills need to offer competitive relocation packages, new research has found – with 94% of digital candidates willing to relocate for a role if offered good perks. The research, by digital recruitment agency The Candidate, surveyed 500 digital professionals and revealed that 25% have been offered a relocation …

Relocation, relocation is key for recruiting digital specialists

An end-to-end IoT ecosystem designed with re-usable infrastructure and open industry standards has been demonstrated at the recent internet of things (IoT) Thames Valley meetup in the UK. Advantech B+B SmartWorx, Connect2 Systems and DevicePilot were the three companies behind the demonstration of remote monitoring and management of industrial ultra-low power IoT sensor devices. It …

Meetup demonstrates IoT built on open standards

The Big Bang Fair is looking for companies, education institutions and show organisers to play their part in next year’s Fair, taking place at the NEC in Birmingham, 15-18 March 2017. The Big Bang UK Young Scientists and Engineers Fair brings together the STEM community in a collective effort to inspire over 70,000 young people, …

Big Bang Fair wants firms to get involved in STEM promo

Imagination Technologies has teamed up with Eindhoven chip security firm Intrinsic-ID to add a ‘physically un-cloneable function’ (PUF) to MIPS cores – initially the M5150 CPU – for authentication and anti-cloning. “With growing connectivity across nearly every product category from consumer to automotive to industrial and beyond, security is an ever increasing challenge, and the massive …

Imagination increases security on MIPS processors

Thanks to SEPAM for suggesting this Fable. 25 years ago this year, three Japanese companies, inspired by an abandoned attempt by IBM, built a computer based on a technology which had been conceived 24 years before by a Brit who won the Nobel Prize for his idea. After three years, the three companies succeeded in …

Fable: The Persistent Idea

Our LED business news covers Current, powered by GE adding six more ecosystem partners in its intelligent LED lighting initiative, while Nualight sells the Lumotech LED driver line to Fulham; and Philips Lighting signs a deal to light the playing surface at the Amsterdam Arena.

Although Nichia is an LED manufacturer, the company has targeted lighting manufacturer Feit, major US retailer Lowes, and distributors in legal actions seeking damages based on SSL products sold with integrated LEDs that infringe a long-standing patent.