After buying Imagination’s IMGworks, Sondrel CEO Graham Curren talks about the group’s great leap forward.

Read full article: Interview: Sondrel IC design group keeps an eye on opportunity

Two important European research institutes have signed a deal to develop next-generation electronics. French semiconductor research lab Leti and Berlin-based Fraunhofer Group for Microelectronics will initially focus on extending CMOS and ‘more-than-Moore’ technologies. The intention is to create components for IoT, augmented reality, automotive, health and aeronautics, as well as to support French and German industry. …

Read full article: Leti and Fraunhofer team-up to boost CMOS in France and Germany

The Raspberry Pi Compute Module will now run the Ubuntu Core. Ubuntu Core running on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3, which is a micro-version of the Raspberry Pi 3 that slots into a standard DDR2 SODIMM connector, means developers have a route to the production and can upgrade functionality through the addition of snaps- the …

Read full article: Ubuntu Core opens IoT possibilities for Raspberry Pi (CM3)

In combination with Greenpeace, iFixit compilea a repairability report covering a range of brands – How Repairable is Your Mobile Device? – with some surprising findings.

Read full article: How Repairable is Your Mobile Device?

Leti, the French semiconductor research institute, teams with Fraunhofer’s microelectronics group to extend next generation CMOS technologies for the IoT

Read full article: French and German researchers collaborate on future chip technologies

The Osram Oslux S2.1 multi-chip packaged LED mixes color temperature to match ambient lighting and optimize photos and video, while new Lumileds COB LEDs extend flux output to 30,000 lm for street-light and high-bay lighting.

AWS Direct Connect now has two new locations in LG U+ Pyeong-Chon Mega Center, Seoul, South Korea, and Menara AIMS, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia supporting the Asia Pacific (Seoul) and Asia Pacific (Singapore) AWS Regions respectively. Customers in these cities can now establish a dedicated network connection from their premise to AWS. 

AWS Greengrass is software that lets you run local compute, messaging, data and state synchronization for connected devices in a secure way. With AWS Greengrass, connected devices can run AWS Lambda functions, keep device data in sync, and communicate with other devices securely – even when not connected to the Internet. Using AWS Lambda, Greengrass ensures your IoT devices can respond quickly to local events, operate with intermittent connections, and minimize the cost of transmitting IoT data to the cloud. 

Amazon Connect now supports seven new languages, including Spanish, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, German, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese. This update provides you with a localized view when accessing the Amazon Connect management console, as well as your Amazon Connect contact center instances. 

Amazon RDS now supports encryption at rest for db.t2.small and db.t2.medium database instances. This support is available for the MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Oracle and SQL Server database engines, and can use AWS Key Management Service (KMS) or the engines’ Transparent Data Encryption technologies if available.