AWS Transit Gateway is now available in the Asia Pacific (Melbourne) AWS Region. AWS Transit Gateway enables customers to connect thousands of Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (Amazon VPCs) and their on-premises networks using a single gateway.
Celebrity generates cash
98 years ago a Chicago radio station paid $1000 a day to AT&T for a radio feed from a courtroom in Tennessee where a criminal trial was underway. The fee was paid for a part of the trial where the defence lawyer called the prosecuting lawyer to give evidence as an expert witness on the Bible. The …
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Ubiquitous Gamers
Gamers play anywhere, on anything According to Statista Consumer Insights, Americans play games on a myriad of devices, with smartphone the clear number 1.
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Coping With Shaky Times
2009 was a shaky year – no one knew what the future held after the financial collapse. Warren Savage, CEO of IPExtreme, wrote this philosophical disquisition on the way to look at things: There’s nothing to gain when there’s nothing to be lost There’s nothing to gain if you stay behind and count the cost …
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NASA’s snake robot is propelled by screws
Pondering movement over a wide range of terrains and through complex 3d worlds, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has come up with a snake-like robot called Eels – for Exobiology extant life surveyor. First prototyped in 2019 and now at Eels 1.0, it has 10 identical segments along its 4m body, which weighs 100kg. “There are …
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Iceye introduces Dwell capability for SAR satellite imagery
Iceye, the Finnish satellite imagery specialist, has introduced a new imaging mode, dubbed “Dwell”, for its synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) small satellites. It’s a commercial system aimed at users who need to extract more information from radar imagery, including movement and direction of man-made objects, for example vehicles. It enables the radar imaging satellites to focus …
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Infineon and SPIL collaborate on verification workflow for fan-out packaging
Siemens Digital Industries Software and OSAT specialist Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) have implemented an IC package assembly planning and 3D layout vs. schematic (LVS) assembly verification workflow for SPIL’s fan-out family of advanced IC packaging technologies. SPIL plans to deploy this differentiated capability across its 2.5D and fan-out package family technologies. “Our challenge was to …
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Vitesco and onsemi hook up on SiC
Vitesco Technologies and onsemi have signed a long-term supply agreement for SiC products. Vitesco is paying onsemi $250 million for new equipment for SiC boule growth, wafer production and epitaxy to secure access to SiC capacity. The equipment will be used to produce SiC wafers to support Vitesco’s growing SiC demand. The two companies will …
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Surpluses, shortages and losses
It is a market like no other – massive surpluses in some product lines, shortages, allocations and long lead-times in others. Sourcengine reports on the state of the various market segments at: https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5d9b70c4eaeaab81c4549980/6466734ac75e34805af6a8d5_Q2_LeadTime_2023.pdf?utm_campaign=Sourcengine_LTR_2023&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=260619133&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_FdmjhtSVEH3lLSxQZHYPOI9TzGOIMbMCDT3LvAnKUBULNhGhKlUuM5YFSvbSqFBj7BXxZSzk4T1hJ-EGn-wyMaBUpxw&utm_content=ltr_Q2_LTR_2023_Americas_button&utm_source=hubspot The memory manufacturers have seen monumental drops in sales while, despite weak consumer demand, some products remain on allocation. The peculiarity of …
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Raspberry Pi anticipates consistent million unit months
Raspberry Pi is on the way to consistent shipments of a million units a month. After shortages due to the chip supply situation, CEO Eben Upton has made the following statement: “We’ve been working hard to improve availability of Raspberry Pi products. Despite this, Q1 was actually our worst quarter since 2015, with roughly 800,000 …
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