Starting today, memory optimized Amazon Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) X2idn and X2iedn instances are available in Asia Pacific South (Hyderabad) region. These instances, powered by 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors and built with AWS Nitro System, are designed for memory-intensive workloads. They deliver improvements in performance, price performance, and cost per GiB of memory compared to previous generation X1 instances. These instances are SAP-certified for running Business Suite on HANA, SAP S/4HANA, Data Mart Solutions on HANA, Business Warehouse on HANA, SAP BW/4HANA, and SAP NetWeaver workloads on any database.

The PA Raspberry Pi competition is a great challenge, aimed at schools, to solve problems using the single-board computer.

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I have always admired the art of Brian Rix, the Whitehall farceur. I learned only recently that in addition to his stage, film and TV work, he is an amateur radio enthusiast of more than 20 years standing. And today, appropriately enough, he opens the International Radio Hobbies Exhibition in London. So, 63 years ago, …

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Working for consumer brand Melitta, Trojan Electronics in Swansea has rebuilt and repaired warrany returns to create almost 500 like-new bean-to-cup coffee machines. Parts such as coffee grinders, water tanks and sensors units were harvested from beyond-repair items and used to repair other units, according to Trojan. As part of the process, which has created …

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IBM has announced a 10-year, $100 million initiative with the University of Tokyo and the University of Chicago to develop a quantum-centric supercomputer powered by 100,000 qubits. Quantum-centric supercomputing is an entirely new, and as of now, unrealized, era of high-performance computing. A 100,000-qubit system would serve as a foundation to address some of the …

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No tools are needed when locking pre-stripped flying leads into Phoenix Contact’s XPC 1,5 PCB two-part 3.5mm pitch connector for connecting wires to PCBs. “Following the principle of a mousetrap, the conductor is caught simply by inserting it into the connector,” according to the company. “Clamping contacts provide a long-term, reliable rigid and flexible connection …

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InnoPhase has brought out a Wi-Fi chip-set for cloud-connected IP video IoT devices. Applications include battery-operated video cameras, smart video doorbells, wearables, smart appliances, home security cameras and in-vehicle dashboard monitoring devices. Dubbed Talaria TWO, it features for video use-cases include: . Integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) for easy provisioning . Ultra-Low-Power (ULP) …

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The UK Electronics Skills Foundation (UKESF) has welcomed the publication of the Government’s semiconductor strategy, but is highlighting that a chronic skills shortage threatens the industry’s ability to compete on a global stage. The organisation – an educational charity established in 2010 – is campaigning for the Government to recognise the need for a much …

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Intel is shipping production-qualified volumes of the Intel Agilex 7 FPGA with  the R-Tile chiplet and  PCIe 5.0 and CXL capabilities. “Customers are leveraging R-Tile, with PCIe Gen 5 and CXL, to accelerate software and data analytics,” says Intel’s Shannon Poulin. R-Tile-equipped FPGAs make possible newer high-performance accelerators. FPGA accelerators can offload tasks from the …

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An 18.2% y-o-y fall  in VR device shipments for 2023 is predicted by TrendForce, with units down to  6.67 million. AR unit shipments  will stay stable at 780,000 units. The predicted fall for VR units is because of weaker-than-expected sales of newly released high-end devices. Consequently, manufacturers are likely to pivot their sales strategies, shifting …

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