AWS GovCloud (US) Region customers can now use AWS Compute Optimizer to reduce costs and improve performance.

AWS announces the general availability of Amazon provided IPv6 contiguous Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) blocks with Amazon VPC IP Address Manager (IPAM). Within IPAM, customers can create IPv6 publicly scoped pools and provision with BYOIP CIDR blocks. Now, customers can provision Amazon provided IPv6 CIDR blocks from /52 up to /40 in size into separate pools for association to Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs). Contiguous CIDR blocks can be used for sequential VPC creation. CIDRs can then be aggregated in a single entry across networking and security constructs like access control lists, route tables, security groups, and firewalls.  

Atlas, Boston Dynamics’ 6ft humanoid, can now grip as well as run, dance and flip.   Here he shows off his skills as a construction worker. In 2013, Boston Dynamics was bought by Google which, in 2017, sold it to Softbank. In 2020, Hyundai bought an 80% stake in Boston Dynamics from Softbank for $880 …

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There’s an awful lot of chatter about ChatGPT the ‘AI’ Chatbot. Microsoft has just invested a third tranche in ChatGPT after previous investments in 2019 and 2021. The third tranche alone  is said to be worth $10 billion. Techies can, of course, can get a trifle over-excited about the NBT but $10 billion is $10 …

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Chomerics has unveiled a silicone-free thermally-conductive gel for optical equipment, camera modules, sensors, data storage devices and other applications at risks of silicone oil migration or contamination, as well as in silicone-free facilities. It is intended to conform to rough surface irregularities, displace air gaps, and take up manufacturing tolerances on. Bond lines as thin as …

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Omron has introduced 400V and 600V 110°C versions of its G3VM photo mos isolated electronic relay family, as well as a 40V 2Ω type in the 1.5 x 2.5 x 1.3mm 4pin VSON package. With G3VM-401xY2 and G3VM-601xY2 base numbers, the 400V (120mAdc, or peak ac, continuous) and 600V (90mA) devices have typical on-resistances of …

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Rohm has announced isolated fly-back dc-dc converters for powering gate drives in electric vehicles. The part is BD7F205EFJ-C, and it will deliver up to 6W. When running from 12V, its internal switch can handle 3.8A. Operation is across 3.4 – 42V (45Vmax, and 60Vmax on the switch connection) and -40 to +125°C, and it comes …

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Cambridge ink jet technology company Xaar supported St. Peter’s School Huntingdon through its recent STEM education day, with help from the Smallpeice Trust. “The event gave an opportunity for students to engage with Xaar, with practical tasks reinforcing the benefits of STEM subjects and their importance for future career opportunities,” according to the company. 50 …

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In the latest deal by a car maker in the scramble for silicon carbide, Volkswagen has signed a strategic agreement with onsemi to provide modules and semiconductors for the traction inverters for VW’s next-generation electric vehicle platform. Teams from the two companies, revealed onsemi, have been collaborating for more than a year to optimise power …

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Percepio and PX5 have launched an industrial-grade RTOS PX5  for demanding embedded applications. The PX5 RTOS has a native implementation of the industry standard POSIX pThreads API with real-time extensions such as event flags, fast queues, tick timers and memory management. PX5 enables a wide range of software stacks, both open source and commercial, to run on …

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