Amazon EC2 Console introduces the new and improved launch experience – a quicker and easier way to launch an instance. The new design provides a single page layout allowing you to view all your settings in one location. You no longer need to navigate back and forth between steps to ensure your configuration is correct. The new design also introduces a summary panel, that provides an overview and helps navigate the page.  

The CBI series of DC-UPS helps power system designers meet tight power budgets by intelligently managing the available power between the load and the battery

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After you’ve checked into your hotel, found your room and tossed your case on the bed, what do you think of next? Could it be: Where’s the nearest bar? This apoears to be the likely response of a Brit. 41% of British holidaymakers say they at least occasionally go to the pub when travelling, compared …

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THE first conference to consider the purely social and economic effects of automation will be held at Harrogate on June 27-30,and will be opened by Viscount Hailsham, Minister of Science. Its title is Automation -Men and Money.” So, 61 years ago, started a story in Electronics Weekly’s edition of March 8th 1961 The story continues: …

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Digi-Key Electronics is releasing Season 2 of its City Digital video series, diving deeper into smart cities, and specifically the ways technology is transforming our homes. Each of the three videos – which are also sponsored by u-blox, Littelfuse and Taoglas – aim to feature the latest, most innovative smart home technologies, ranging from appliances to security …

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Toppan has spun off its photo mask operation into a jv with private equity company Integral Corporation. Against a backdrop of a global shortage of semiconductors, manufacturers are moving to bolster production capacity, which is in turn driving unprecedented demand for photomasks, essential components for semiconductor fabrication. Toppan entered the the photomask business in 1961 …

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The government has decided not to intervene in the takeover of Newport Wafer Fab by quietly approving the controversial sale of a Welsh microchip factory to a Chinese-owned firm. Nexperia, the Amsterdam-headquartered spin-off from NXP owned by Wingtech of Shanghai, took a 15% share in Newport Wafer Fab in 2019. Nexperia was a customer of …

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SPARK Microsystems, the Montreal UWB specialist, has received CDN$7.1 million (US$5.6 million) in funding from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC). Proceeds will be used to drive the development and commercialization of SPARK’s low power, low latency, high data rate wireless UWB transceivers for mobile applications across IoT sensing, gaming, audio, AR/VR/XR and metaverse-enabling technologies. SPARK claims that …

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The CBI series of DC-UPS helps power system designers meet tight power budgets by intelligently managing the available power between the load and the battery, explains John Stone, Sales Director, Relec Electronics. Adel Systems has developed an integrated power solution, with diagnosis, back-up internal power sharing and the MODbus communication protocol. Today’s smart cities require a …

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JAC Capital, a state-backed Chinese fund for investing in the semiconductor industry, has completed its takeover of Tsinghua Unigroup which owns Yangtze Memory. JAC should have completed the deal on March 31st but missed the payment of the final tranche of $9.4 billion needed to complete the purchase. JAC won an auction for Unigroup, besting …

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