Today, AWS announced the opening of a new AWS Direct Connect location within the Equinix MC1 data center in Muscat, Oman. By connecting your network to AWS at the new location, you gain private, direct access to all public AWS Regions (except China Beijing, operated by Sinnet), and China (Ningxia, operated by NWCD), AWS GovCloud Regions, and AWS Local Zones. 

Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C6in instances, Amazon EC2 M6in and M6idn instances, and Amazon EC2 R6in and R6idn instances are available in bare metal size. These sixth-generation network optimized instances are powered by 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors. They are the first x86-based instances offering up to 200 Gbps of network bandwidth. These instances deliver up to 2x more network bandwidth and up to 2x higher packet-processing performance over comparable fifth-generation instances. The instances are built on AWS Nitro System, a combination of dedicated hardware and lightweight hypervisor that delivers practically all of the compute and memory resources of the host hardware to your instances for better overall performance and security.

Fuelled by SVB-generated contagion, Switzerland’s largest bank UBS agreed to buy its longtime rival Credit Suisse for about $3.2 billion on Sunday, Desperation showed in the price – 60% below Credit Suisse’s market cap on Friday night. Credit Suisse  fell victim to the post-SVB loss of confidence in the banking system which turned the bank’s …

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I think this one deserves its place on Gadget Master, maybe as part of wider IoT or home automation projects… Its the AppSheet app.

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GaN Systems  has  a GaN-based 11kW/800V On-Board Charger (OBC) reference design that claims to deliver 36% higher power density and a BOM up to 15% cheaper than SiC transistors. Using GaN transistors in an 800V OBC is an innovation that gives this 11kW/800V design its edge. The OBC combines a three-level flying capacitor topology for …

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Smiths has  launched its AT Series of RF chip attenuators from DC to 20 GHz. The AT Series is available in various styles from DC-6 GHz for lower frequency requirements up to DC-20 GHz for the broadband requirements of higher frequency commercial high-volume applications. It provides attenuation accuracy and flatness by maintaining an efficient RF …

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The UK thermal infrared satellite firm Satellite Vu is partnering with Surrey Research Park (SRP) to demonstrate the use of thermal imaging technology for the built environment. The earth observation specialist will perform a series of flights across the 70 acre landscape to map the built environment and provide data on the level of heat …

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Former Tsinghua-Unigroup chairman Zhao Weiguo (pictured) is to be charged under anti-graft laws says China’s Commission for Discipline Inspection Zhao’s case follows a string of investigations into the mismanagement of China government funds which were intended  to give China a leading position in semiconductor  manufacturing. Anong those under investigation are: former minister Xiai Yaqing, Big …

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Agile Analog, the Cambridge analogue startup, has joined the Intel Foundry Services (IFS) Accelerator IP Alliance Program. Through this collaboration Agile Analog will make its  analogue IP product portfolio available to the IFS ecosystem to help drive forward innovation in semiconductor design. Members of the IFS Accelerator IP Alliance Program play an important role in …

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Car part maker Continental has been speaking about its next-generation modular vehicle electrical-electronic architecture. “The growing variety of vehicle functions requires more and more computing power and increasingly complex software applications,” said the company’s CTO Gilles Mabire. “Continental’s new architecture is paving the way for the software-defined vehicle.” Dubbed ZCU, it will be server-based, with …

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