25 years ago I was passed a gem of a piece of wisdom by the then chairman and md of Intel UK, Keith Chapple. We were both sitting on a panel with Jerry Sanders at the 1991 Dataquest Conference in Marbella. I was terrified – Sanders is a formidable debater – and I think that, …
Cree lands another Power over Ethernet lighting installation at a data center
Tech firm Quest will use Cree and Cisco Power over Ethernet gear at a California facility, and will resell it as a service too in an IoT play.
Tarrant Regional Water District (TX) Integrated Pipeline Project earns Envision Platinum Award
The IPL project is the 14th project in North America, and the first Platinum-awarded pipeline, to receive an ISI Envision rating award.
City of St. Thomas, ON, to implement Lystek Thermal Hydrolysis solutions for biosolids management
This project will play an important role in converting the facility into a Water Resource Recovery Center(WRRC).
RFEL supplies core for Arizona Radio Observatory
RFEL, the Isle of Wight signal processing specialist, is supplying one of its HyperSpeed FFT IP cores to the Arizona Radio Observatory (ARO). They are developing a new high performance radio astronomy spectrometer system where RFEL’s core forms a key component to improve sideband separation in their heterodyne receivers. To support the receiver’s wide signal …
Intel sees high single digit decline for PC market this year
Intel had Q2 revenue of $13.5 billion for net income of $1.3 billion, The company generated approximately $3.8 billion in cash, paid dividends of $1.2 billion, and used $804 million to repurchase 26 million shares of stock. Net income was halved to $1.3 billion after a $1.4 billion charge for lay-offs. The PC business was …
Intel sees high single digit decline for PC market this year
UK manufacturer sees benefits of robotics technology
Icon Plastics has expanded its workforce and production facility following a £200,000 investment in new equipment to meet rising demand. The Tees Valley business has installed two Negribossi Canbio ST machines, bringing the total number of plastic injection moulding machines at the Eaglescliffe site to 27. The new machines use robotics-based technology and computer design …
Qualcomm sees 5G promise
Qualcomm had Q2 revenue of $6 billion for a net profit of $1.4 billion. Compared to Q2 2015, the revenue was up 2% and profit up 22%. It expects $6.2 billion revenue in Q3. Progress has been made in licensing in China but negotiations with hold-outs are continuing while a lawsuit against hand-set maker Meizu …
Fable: The CEO Who Backed His Rival
In early 1969 a master salesman decided to found a chip company. He needed to raise $1.55 million. Arthur Rock, who had been Intel’s lead VC the previous year, turned it down telling the salesman that the only semiconductor companies which he had backed and which had failed were run by marketing men. When the …
Sewing creates medical sensors
Researchers at Tufts University in Massachusetts have used threads, stitching and embroidery to construct sensors for use on skin and inside animals. Central to the technology are functionalised threads – coated to make pH sensing electrodes, or to measure strain, for example. The aim has been to develop a tool kit of bio-compatible materials that …