Eskom has started operating a mobile groundwater desalination plant to supply water for its 1860 MW Koeberg nuclear power station…

Spanish firm Aqualia has secured a contract to manage the operation and maintenance of water services for the Port of Sohar…

Apple took 51% of worldwide smartphone revenues in Q4 2017, says Strategy Analytics. Q4 smartphone revenues hit an all-time high of $120bn, growing  8% year-on-year during Q4. ASP increased 18% y-o-y from $255 in Q4 2016 to $300 in the fourth quarter of 2017. iPhone Q4 revenues were $61bn – three times more than nearest rival …

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Terrorism risks in Europe are likely to increase in 2018 as foreign fighters return, with the UK already having seen the return of half the British jihadis, according to Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Centre (JTIC). “In the five- to 10-year outlook, European countries will face an elevated terrorism threat posed by radicalized convicts, returned foreign …

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Toshiba’s new boss Nobuaki Kurumatani sees his job as more than just managerial, for him it’s a calling. “I’m seeing this as a calling that I have been picked to be in charge of this crucial task of rebuilding Toshiba, which is considered as one of Japan’s precious assets,” says Kurumatani. “I’m going to dedicate …

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Graphene has found a new application – golf balls. Sports goods supplier Callaway starts selling graphene infused balls today. They cost £38 per dozen. A graphene infused outer skin of the ball can be made thinner than the skin of a conventional golf ball  which allows for a larger core which increases the speed at …

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Siemens is to buy Sarokal Test Systems which sells cellular testing products to chipset vendors, fronthaul equipment manufacturers, and network operators. “The planned acquisition of Sarokal reinforces our ongoing commitment to EDA and the IC industry,” says Tony Hemmelgarn, president and CEO of Siemens PLM Software. “building on our acquisition of Mentor Graphics, we continue …

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We are very pleased to welcome on board the SamacSys component search engine. In the first of a series by SamsacSys, let’s drill down into some of its features.

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Red Pitaya has launched a vector network analyser (VNA) extension for its credit-card-sized plug-in STEMlab data acquisition hardware, which works with a host PC running Windows or Linux. It covers 500kHz to 62MHz, has a typical directivity of 42dB, a dynamic range of 74dB and a noise floor at 88dBm. Features of its companion software …

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Could a single multi-mode radar IC fulfil the needs of: vehicle corner radars, which have to be physically small vehicle urban front radars, which need a wide field of view vehicle narrow-beam highway radars? Texas Instruments said ‘yes’ in an ISSCC paper devoted to a single‑chip 76GHz-81GHz frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar transceiver in 45nm …

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