Advisories will help local water systems and state, tribal and local officials take the appropriate steps to address PFOA and PFOS if needed.
EPA proposes updates to NPDES regulations
EPA is proposing several key fixes, including clarifying NPDES definitions and application requirements.
WWEMA stresses importance of water infrastructure funding during Infrastructure Week
WWEMA specifically expressed support of much-needed water and wastewater infrastructure funding measures introduced by Congress in several recent bills, including the Senate version of the Water Resources Development Act.
Intel, CEA extend R&D agreement
The CEA (Atomic Energy Commission) and Intel are boosting their collaboration through a new R & D agreement signed in Paris on Thursday 12 May. This collaboration, extended to several key areas in digital technology, will enable the two sides to develop a shared R&D programme and jointly submit research and innovation projects on a …
ARM buys Apical
ARM has acquired embedded vision specialist Apical for $350 million in cash, The acquisition supports ARM’s long term growth strategy by enabling new imaging products for next generation vehicles, security systems, robotics, mobile and any consumer, smart building, industrial or retail application where intelligent image processing is needed. Apical’s technology will complement the ARM® Mali™ …
Transmitted reference cuts Rx power in IoT radio scheme
Attempting to cut receiver power consumption in IoT sensor nodes, the University of Twente in The Netherlands is proposing a novel technique – effectively moving the Rx local oscillator to the transmitter. Not only that, but its team has found an interesting way to foil front-end amplifier saturation at the same time. Its engineers argue …
Top 10 (+10) Q1 IC Vendors
Thanks to IC Insights for this one – the top 20 semiconductor vendors in Q1:
IQE ties up with Imec for GaN-on-Si
IQE and imec have demonstrated 650V GaN-on-Si power diodes on 200 mm wafers GaN technology offers faster switching-power devices with higher breakdown voltage and lower on-resistance than silicon, making it an ideal material for advanced power electronic components. The partnership builds on promising results achieved in a recent project, in which imec and IQE collaborated …
If At First You Don’t Succeed . . . . .
China is taking to heart the old maxim: If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. It has found another route into the DRAM business. UMC is to help China make DRAM in an agreement which has been approved by Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs. China has a problem with its huge trade deficit …
TI claims industry’s fastest 14bit ADC
Texas instruments is claiming the fastest 14bit ADC yet with one that works at 3Gsample/s, delivering “an instantaneous 1.5GHz-per-channel bandwidth, enabling engineers to implement wideband in-phase and quadrature-component receivers beyond 2.5 GHz”, said the firm. The dual-channel ADC32RF45 can be used for direct RF signal conversion up to 4GHz,” said TI. “The first in a new data …