Nvidia is No. 1 – overtaking Samsung and Intel – as worldwide semiconductor revenue rose to $655.9 billion last hear, up 21% from $542.1 billion in 2023, according to Gartner. …

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Microchip has introduced a 32 logic elements programmable array into a microcontroller. Each logic element can simulate AND, OR, NAND or NOR gate, a buffer or inverting buffer, a D …

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Melexis has created a 32 x 24 pixel far-infra-red sensor array that can photograph the temperature of objects at between -40 and +260°C. Dubbed MLX90642, it comes in a 9.3mm …

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Rohm has created three n-channel power mosfets in 5 x 6mm DFN packaging. RS7E200BG is a 30V mosfet optimised for both secondary-side ac-dc conversion and hot-swap controllers in 12V enterprise …

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Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) R6id instances are available in Europe (Spain) Region. These instances are powered by 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable Ice Lake processors with an all-core turbo frequency of 3.5 GHz and up to 7.6 TB of local NVMe-based SSD block-level storage. R6id instances are built on AWS Nitro System , a combination of dedicated hardware and lightweight hypervisor, which delivers practically all of the compute and memory resources of the host hardware to your instances for better overall performance and security. Customers can take advantage of access to high-speed, low-latency local storage to scale performance of applications such data logging, distributed web-scale in-memory caches, in-memory databases, and real-time big data analytics.

These instances are generally available today in the US East (Ohio, N.Virginia), US West (Oregon), Canada West (Calgary), Mexico (Central), Asia Pacific (Malaysia, Mumbai, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Thailand, Tokyo), Europe (Frankfurt, Ireland, London, Spain), Israel (Tel Aviv), and AWS GovCloud (US-West) Regions .

Customers can purchase the new instances via Savings Plans, Reserved, On-Demand, and Spot instances. To learn more, see Amazon R6id instances. To get started, visit AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) , and AWS SDKs .

Today, Amazon ElastiCache introduces the ability to perform vertical scaling on self-designed Memcached caches on ElastiCache. Amazon ElastiCache is a fully managed, Valkey-, Memcached- and Redis OSS-compatible service that delivers real-time, cost-optimized performance for modern applications with 99.99% availability. With this launch, you can now dynamically adjust the compute and memory resources of your ElastiCache for Memcached clusters, providing greater flexibility and scalability.

Hundreds and thousands of customers use ElastiCache to improve their database and application performance and optimize costs. With vertical scaling on ElastiCache for Memcached, you can now seamlessly scale up or down your Memcached instances to match your application’s changing workload demands without disrupting your cluster architecture. You can scale up to boost performance and increase cache capacity during high-traffic periods, or scale down to optimize costs when demand is low. This enables you to align your caching infrastructure with your evolving application needs, enhancing cost efficiency and improving resource utilization.

Vertical scaling on ElastiCache for Memcached is now available in all AWS regions. You can get started using the AWS Management Console, Software Development Kit (SDK), or Command Line Interface (CLI). For more information, please visit the ElastiCache features page and documentation .

Starting today, customers can use Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink in the Mexico (Central) Region to build real-time stream processing applications.

Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink makes it easier to transform and analyze streaming data in real time with Apache Flink. Apache Flink is an open source framework and engine for processing data streams. Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink reduces the complexity of building and managing Apache Flink applications and integrates with Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK), Amazon Kinesis Data Streams, Amazon OpenSearch Service, Amazon DynamoDB streams, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), custom integrations, and more using built-in connectors.

You can learn more about Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink here. For Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink region availability, refer to the AWS Region Table .
 

AWS Transfer Family announces new configuration options for SFTP connectors, providing you more flexibility and performance when connecting with remote SFTP servers. These enhancements include support for OpenSSH key format for authentication, ability to discover remote server’s host key for validating server identity, and ability to perform concurrent remote operations for improved transfer performance.

SFTP connectors provide a fully managed and low-code capability to copy files between remote SFTP servers and Amazon S3. You can now authenticate connections to remote servers using OpenSSH keys, in addition to the existing option of using PEM-formatted keys. Your connectors can now scan the remote servers for their public host keys that are used to validate the host identity, eliminating the need for manual retrieval of this information from server administrators. To improve transfer performance, connectors can now create up to five parallel connections with remote servers. These enhancements provide you greater control when connecting with remote SFTP servers to execute file operations.

The new configuration options for SFTP connectors are available in all AWS Regions where the Transfer Family is available. To learn more about SFTP connectors, visit the documentation . To get started with Transfer Family’s SFTP offerings, take the self-paced SFTP workshop .
 

Amazon Lex now allows you to disable automatic intent switching during slot elicitation using request attributes. This new capability gives you more control over conversation flows by preventing unintended switches between intents while gathering required information from users. The feature helps maintain focused conversations and reduces the likelihood of interrupting the process.

This enhancement is particularly valuable for complex conversational flows where completing the current interaction is crucial before allowing transitions to other intents. By setting certain attributes, you can ensure that your bot stays focused on collecting all necessary slots, or conformations for the current intent, even if the user’s utterance matches another intent with higher confidence. This helps create more predictable and controlled conversation experiences, especially in scenarios like multi-step form filling or sequential information gathering.

This feature is supported for all Lex supported languages and is available in all AWS Regions where Amazon Lex operates.

To learn more about controlling intent switching behavior, please reference the Lex V2 Developer Guide .

AWS CodeBuild now supports Node 22, Python 3.13, Go 1.24 and Ruby 3.4 in Lambda Compute. These new runtime versions are available in both x86_64 and aarch64 architectures. AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed continuous integration service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces software packages ready for deployment.

The new Lambda Compute runtime versions are available in US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), South America (São Paulo), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Europe (Ireland), and Europe (Frankfurt).

To learn more about runtime versions provided by CodeBuild, please visit our documentation . To learn more about CodeBuild’s Lambda Compute mode, see CodeBuild’s documentation for Running builds on Lambda .