The co-founder of Silicon Valley’s two most important chip companies made a memorable appearance at the welcome meeting for the new recruits to his first Valley job. He drove to Palo Alto from Salt Lake City, in the rain, in a car described as “a piece of crap” which had a disfunctional windscreen wiper. He …
3D printing makes mock-ups in minutes
Cornell University has created a 3D printing process that can create a mock-up of a design in 10 minutes. The combination of a modified commercial printer and some clever software, is makes a physical wire-frame model of the article which is strong enough to be handled. It is an improved version of a system called …
Industrial semiconductor market grew in 2015
2015 industrial semiconductor revenues rose, but by less than 1%, says IHS. The market was worth $41.9 billion. In 2014, the market grew 11.5% and in 2013 it grew 9.8% in 2013. While the gradual acceleration in the US economy continued to lift industrial equipment demand in 2015. Broad-based growth in industrial electronics gained momentum …
Elektra Awards 2016: Deadline extended
Due to popular demand, the entry deadline for the Elektra Awards 2016 has been extended by two weeks. You now have until Friday 17 June to enter.
Arrow Said To Be Buying EETimes
According to Publitek, Arrow Electronics, the distributor, is about to buy EE Times. This seems a strange move because it will, on the face of it, imperil the paper’s reputation for impartial judgment. Andy Grove, when CEO of Intel, once had the notion of buying a trade press title but was dissuaded from doing so …
Toughest Universities For Computer Science
The toughest UK university to get into to do computer science is Cambridge, says the Complete University Guide. To get to Cambridge to read computer science requires an average of 646 UCAS points. Imperial College is next hardest requiring 545 points followed, at No.3, by Durham with 517, UCL at No.4 with 511, St Andrews …
ITRI develops foldable display
A foldable display has been invented by a government research establishment in Taiwan, reports Digitimes. Foldable displays have been seen as a Holy Grail for the mobile device industry and a route to kick-starting handset growth which has been stagnating. The technology is based on AMOLED technology and it has been developed by a branch …
Samsung delivers 20mm x 16mm x 1.5mm 512GB SSD
Samsung says it has begun mass producing the industry’s first NVMe PCIe solid state drive (SSD) in a single BGA package. The new BGA NVMe SSD, named PM971-NVMe, contains all essential SSD components including NAND flash memory, DRAM and controller while delivering outstanding performance. “Samsung’s new BGA NVMe SSD triples the performance of a typical …
France won’t do UK-style tax deal with Google, says finance minister
French finance minister Michel Sapin says that France will not “do deals like Britain” with Google on tax. Sapin says that Google will have to pay its full tax liability on its 2014 French revenues of €225.4 million. Apparently Google has paid only €5 million tax on the 2014 figure. France reckons Google owes €1.6 …
France won’t do UK-style tax deal with Google, says finance minister
GE's Current extends smart city deal with China's Tianjin
It hopes to widen its connected street lighting beyond the central business district in the coastal metropolis of over 15 million people.