Axine Water receives $1 million from the Government of Canada.

Utilities call for safe, reliable, locally controlled water supplies during National Water Policy Fly-in.

 

Today 3D XPoint memory, called a ‘a new class of memory’ by Intel, reaches the market in the form of an SSD. The first product is a 375GB SSD. In Q2 a 750GB SSD is planned and a 1.5TB SSD is scheduled for H2. Micron, the co-owner of the fab line in Utah where the …

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Sometimes in government you don’t have to do much to have a big effect, Ed confides to his diary. When I was out and about last week visiting the Northern Powerhouse (RIP), one of the managing directors asked for a word in my shell-like. “What to I have to do to get approved for the …

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TSMC is considering building a second fab in the USA. Bloomberg reports that TSMC director of corporate communications Elizabeth Sun has said that the US is among several sites which TSMC is considering for its 3nm fab. “We have not ruled out going to the U.S., but the formal decision will not be made until …

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Fabless chip companies supplied  30% of the world’s IC sales in 2016 (up from 18% ten  in 2006), reports IC Insights.     Figure 1 depicts the 2016 fabless company share of IC sales by company headquarters location. As shown, at 53%, the U.S. companies held the dominant share of fabless IC sales last year, …

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The strangest product launch in the industry’s history has been the saga of Intel’s 3D XPoint. Last week it got stranger still with an announcement timed for a Sunday – last Sunday. Unless a product launch is tied to an event a Sunday launch is very unusual. Yesterday,  Intel announced that 3D XPoint is available on …

Read full article: The Curious Saga Of 3D XPoint.

Analog Devices has announced hardware for learning about analogue circuits and software-defined radio. USB-powered and controlled, ADALM2000 Active Learning Module includes: two analog differential inputs, two analog single-ended outputs, and two power supplies. 12bit 100Msample/s DACs and ADCs provide the digital interface, and once coupled with the firm’s Scopy software running on a computer (Windows, …

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TiePie Engineering of the Netherlands has introduced a 1Gsample/s four-channel PC oscilloscope with differential capability. Called Handyscope HS6 DIFF, is connects via USB 3.0 and is available in versions down to 50Msample/s. The firm has included what it calls ‘SafeGround‘ technology, claimed to prevent damage if inputs are switched from differential to single-ended without thinking. “SafeGround allows …

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Earlier investors include Exelon and E.ON. They or another electric company might assure more independence for the IoT technology provider than a lighting company could.