Following the announcement of updates to the PostgreSQL database  by the open source community, we have updated Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition to support PostgreSQL 13.6, 12.10, 11.15, and 10.20. These releases contain bug fixes and improvements by the PostgreSQL community. Refer to the Aurora version policy  to help you to decide how often to upgrade and how to plan your upgrade process.

Amazon EMR Managed Scaling  automatically resizes EMR clusters for best performance and resource utilization. Today, we are excited to announce a new capability in Managed Scaling that prevents it from scaling down instances that store intermediate shuffle data for Apache Spark. Intelligently scaling down clusters without removing the instances that store intermediate shuffle data prevents job re-attempts and re-computations, which leads to better performance, and lower cost.

We are assailed by studies telling us that robots and AI will put us out of work, but a lot of US workers look forward to the day when sone dreary tasks will be done by tech. According to Gartner, 70% of U.S. workers would like to utilise AI for their jobs to some degree. …

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We’re happy here on Gadget Master to flag this one: the ICT1301 computer’s 60th anniversary year is being marked in April, in work taking place at The National Museum of Computing.

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Showa Denko (SDK) has launched mass production of  6” SiC wafers for power ICs. SDK has been considering in-house production of SiC wafers, which are used as main material for SiC epitaxial wafers, aiming to improve the quality of its SiC epitaxial wafers and establish a stable supply system for them. From 2010 to 2015, …

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Intel held onto the No. 1 slot in 2021 despite flat revenues, reports Omdia. While Samsung overtook Intel in Q3 and Q4, Intel was the leader in Qs 1 & 2. Intel’s main revenue source, MPUs,  grew at 11% YoY last year – compared to the total semiconductor growth level of 24%.. Samsung significantly closed …

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The industrial circular connector specialist, binder, is offering cage clamp termination options for a large part of its M12 ranges. Helping to ensure a vibration-proof connection for applications subject to mechanical loads – the company cites machines that are exposed to vibrations caused by motors or manufacturing processes, for example – the cage clamp variants are …

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TSMC and Samsung are looking for a share of the $52 billion which the US is planning to spend on US domestic chip production under the Chips Act. “Arbitrary favoritism and preferential treatment based on the location of a company’s headquarters is not an effective or efficient use of the grant and ignores the reality …

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TI has introduced a voltage reference that typically runs from 680nA and yet has a max initial error of ±0.05% and a max temperature coefficient of 10ppm/°C across -40 to 125°C – and it will operate down to -55°C. Called REF35, it will run from up to 6V and different versions offer outputs of 1.024, 1.2, 1.25, 1.6, …

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Link Microtek has released a rotary microwave joint with three X-band channels, one for transmit and two for receive signals. Called AMCORJD-3, it is for antennas rotating continuously “at in excess of 60rpm and typically exposed to harsh environmental conditions such as wind, rain and salt spray,” according to the company. “The design brief was that …

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