AWS IoT Core announces Location Action – a capability to route latitude and longitude data from IoT devices to Amazon Location Service, making it easier for software developers to add geospatial data and location functionality to IoT applications. With this launch, you can route live location data of an IoT device to Amazon Location Service for tracking and geo-fencing use cases, such as tracking the live location of a device or receiving alerts when a device crosses a geo-fence.

Today, we are announcing Elastic IP transfer, a new Amazon VPC feature that allows you to transfer your Elastic IP addresses from one AWS Account to another, making it easier to move Elastic IP addresses during AWS Account restructuring. 

Starting today, you can use certificate-based authentication with Amazon AppStream 2.0 fleets that are joined to Active Directory to remove the logon prompt for the domain password.

My extensive brown-nosing of every conceivable candidate for the leadership has saved my place in the Cabinet, Ed confides to his diary, with the revised portfolio of Science, Technology and Digital Commerce. It should have potential for extracting some acceptable emoluments for the enhancement of my post-Ministerial life-style. My first proposal at the opening Cabinet …

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ESA is planning an in-orbit demonstration with new navigation satellites that will orbit just a few hundred kilometres up in space. It is part of its FutureNAV initiative. The long-term goal is to bring satnav closer to Earth, by extending GNSS and supporting positional navigation and timing (PNT) services from low Earth orbit (LEO) . …

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GaN Systems has extended its Class D GaN-powered Audio portfolio with two complete Class-D high-performance GaN FET amplifier boards and two complete audio boost converter solutions for marine, auto, and battery-powered vehicles. GaN Systems now provides a product offering comprised of turnkey amplifier designs, power supplies, and boost converters—allowing audio systems designers across auto, home, and …

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Using the wafer backside for power delivery to the devices is the next major performance booster that will be introduced, writes Sri Samavedam, senior vice president of CMOS technologies at imec. The conventional metal layers on the frontside of the wafer will be used for routing signals, while the metal layers at the back of …

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The Compact Camera Module (CCM) market is expected to reach about $60.2 billion in 2027, says Yole Developpement. CCM is driven by innovations in mobile handsets, the adoption of multiple cameras in cars, and emerging consumer applications. Some of the CCM applications are now slowly moving from imaging to sensing. In CCM manufacturing, China and …

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There’s the Next Best Things that didn’t quite happen, Ed confiding more indiscretions to his diary, Hynix under U.S. pressure, forecasts of a 6% decline in the semi industry and accounting errors at Imagination…

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20 years ago, China’s semiconductor industry looked in better shape than it does now. At that time, the strength of the emerging semiconductor industry in mainland China looked likely to be in design and development rather than manufacturing. “We have a team in mainland China trying to understand market needs and the requirements of the …

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