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In the US presidential election of 1952 it was suggested that a computer should be set up in CBS’ New York studio to take an early samples of votes on election day, run them through equations obtained from patterns in past elections and predict the result before the votes were in. This had never been …
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Intelsat, the satellite comms and inflight connectivity specialist, has begun monitoring air pollution above America on behalf of NASA. Specifically, the company has powered up the first space-based instrument to monitor major air pollutants across North America and send data back to earth as part of the first phase of in-orbit testing, it reports. The …
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AND is to invest up to $35 million in R&D Ireland over four years. The investment is intended to fund several strategic R&D projects through the addition of up to 290 highly skilled engineering and research positions, as well as a broad range of additional support roles. The investment was announced in Dublin yesterday by …
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Q1 revenue of the top ten fabless companies was 0.1% up on 4Q22 at $33.86 billion, says TrendForce. Changes in ranking included Cirrus Logic slipping from the top ten as well as the ninth and tenth positions being replaced by WillSemi and MPS, respectively. The rest of the rankings remained unchanged. Qualcomm grew 0.6% to …
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Intel is putting its fab stable into a foundry-customer relationship with the rest of the business, CFO David Zinsner has told investors. This would make Intel the second largest foundry with manufacturing revenue of more than $20 billion, said Zinsner. Zinsner said the move would reduce costs by $3 billion a year. Intel has construction …
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By Steve Bush
Nordic Semiconductor is aiming at cellulat IoT with a system-in-package which puts an RF front-end and a power chip alongside its nRF91 modem and CPU chip. Called nRF9161, it is a globally pre-certified IC “that makes it possible to select either cellular IoT connectivity using the secure cellular infrastructure or use DECT NR+ to realise …
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By Steve Bush
Toshiba has created a range of 36V-capable LDOs to work from USB-PD and 24V power rails. The first three devices in the planned TCR1HF series, available today, are TCR1HF18B, TCR1HF33B and TCR1HF50B with fixed outputs of 1.8V, 3.3V and 5.0V respectively. Devices are in the pipeline at 2.5, 2.8, 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2V. Maximum drop-out …
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By Steve Bush
Yokogowa has added HCDR (high close-in dynamic range) mode and SMSR (side mode suppression ratio) mode to its AQ6370 optical spectrum analyser. Found in AQ6370E, HCDR mode allows measurement of a single longitudinal mode laser with a high close-in dynamic range – CDR is a metric important when developing lasers and optical devices. SMSR mode …
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By Steve Bush
To help give robots a sense of touch, Bota Systems has created a six-axis sensor that can measure forces and torques on end-effectors. MiniOne Pro EtherCAT measures x, y and z force up to 50N with 35mN (21mN for z) noise-free resolution at 100Hz, and torque up to 1Nm with 0.4mNm (0.3mNm for z) resolution. …
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Bourns has announced a AEC-Q200 compliant, automotive grade semi-shielded power inductor series that operates across -40 to 150°C. SRN8040HA inductors are constructed using a “silicon-based coating that offers magnetic shielding”, according to the company. They “are designed to release lower magnetic field radiation compared to non-shielded inductors, and are a more cost-efficient alternative to fully …
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