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Highest Paid Sportsmen Of All Time

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Basketball player Michael Jordan is the highest-paid athlete of all time, according Sportico. Jordan’s inflation-adjusted career earnings amount to $2.62 billion, with more than $100 million coming from licence payments from Nike according to estimates from Forbes.   Another basketball player, LeBron James, ranked 7th with career earnings of $1.17 billion. Three golfers made the top 5 …

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Transistor Ignition

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A COMPLETELY new method of car ignition, using transistors, will be shown by Joseph Lucas (Electrical) at the International Motor Show opening at Geneva tomorrow (Thursday). So, 61 years ago, started a story in Electronics Weekly’s edition of March 15th 1961. The story continues: Although it will at first be confined to racing cars, it …

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TT shipping UL-recognised fusible resistors

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TT Electronics is shipping its UL-recognised, fusible resistor family – the WHS-UL Series. Developed for inrush control applications, such as power supplies, UPS, energy metering, and motor drives, TT’s WHS-UL resistors offer enhanced surge and pulse energy withstand capability. “We are supporting our customers in the rapid achievement of their EMC and safety testing goals with …

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Tiny 350V GaN transistor

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 EPC is shipping the EPC2050, a 350 V GaN transistor with a maximum RDS(on) of 80 mΩ and a 26 A pulsed output current. The EPC2050 measures just 1.95 mm x 1.95 mm. This tiny size enables power solutions that occupy ten times less area than comparable silicon solutions. Applications benefiting from the fast-switching speed and …

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ESA formally ends lunar cooperation with Russia

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The European Space Agency (ESA) has declared it will discontinue co-operation with Russia on its Moon terrain imaging Luna (-25, -26 and -27) missions. These now follow the previous announcement that the ExoMars mission, also due to launch this year, would no longer go ahead. The Luna-25 mission was due (August 2022) to image the …

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Russia targeting domestic 28nm process by 2030

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Russia has drawn up a plan to spend $38.4 billion developing a domestic semiconductor industry, reports Cnews, with the initial target of having a 90nm process in place this year, and a long-term goal of having a domestic 28nm process by 2030. The plan is due to be finalised and sent to the prime minister …

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AWS Batch adds support for AWS PrivateLink

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You can now use AWS PrivateLink to privately access the AWS Batch APIs from your virtual private cloud (AmazonVPC). AWS PrivateLink provides private connectivity between VPCs, AWS services, and your on-premises networks. You can now manage your AWS Batch resources in your VPC using AWS PrivateLink and meet your organization’s security and compliance requirements. To use AWS PrivateLink, create an interface VPC endpoint for AWS Batch in your VPC using the Amazon VPC console, SDK, or CLI. You can also access the VPC endpoint from on-premises environments or from other VPCs using AWS VPN, AWS Direct Connect , or VPC Peering .

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