Microchip has launched a hardware crypto-enabled 32bit microcontroller which can add security to IoT devices, offering encryption and authentication. To reduce man-in-the-middle, denial-of-service and back-door attacks, the chip allows for pre-boot authentication of the system firmware in order to ensure that the firmware is untouched and uncorrupted, thereby preventing security attacks such as vulnerabilities. It …
Intel overtakes ST for third place in industrial semi market
TI was the leading vendor of semiconductors to the industrial sector in 2015, ahead of Infineon Technologies, says Semicast Research. Intel passed ST to become the third largest vendor, with Renesas Electronics completing the top five. Semicast defines the industrial sector to include traditional areas such as factory automation, motor drives, lighting, building automation, test …
Intel overtakes ST for third place in industrial semi market
Perovskite: not always solar, sometimes heatsink interface
Perovkite materials are getting a name for themselves in the world of solar cells, and now Imperial College has used the same crystal structure to make a material that predictably and tune-ably shrinks as it gets warmer – as opposed to the normal action of expanding when heated. “Electronic components often expand at different rates …
TSMC Tapes Out 10nm IC
TSMC has taped out a 10nm design for Apple, reports Digitimes. Certification of the process is scheduled for Q4 with customer samples in Q1 2017,and early volume in Q2 17. Shipping for revenue is slated for Q3 17. Called A11, the chip is destined for Apple’s phone launching Autumn 2017. Intel’s 10nm process was due …
Intel Core i3 processor scales for COM embedded modules
Concurrent Technologies has designed its latest COM processor module around a low power variant of the 6th generation Intel Core processor, previously known as Skylake-H. The company has designed the XMC module with a conduction-cooled envelope suitable for use on both custom and open standard based carriers, including VPX and VME. Designated, XP B5x/msd the …
A Tenuous Industry
Even when Intel was one of the world’s ten most valuable companies, and Gordon Moore was chairman of it, he still didn’t have his own parking space, complaining once: “We have so many people in Santa Clara that if you leave during the day, it’s difficult to get a parking space when you come back.” …
Heat pipes improved by high-tech dots
Engineers at Oregon State University have tripled heat transfer (in W/m2K) in heatsinks that rely in liquid boiling, by finding a way to induce and control boiling bubble formation. “One of the key limitations for electronic devices is the heat they generate, and something that helps dissipate that heat will help them operate at faster …
Amazon EC2 Auto Recovery now available in the Beijing (China) Region
EC2 Auto Recovery, an Amazon EC2 feature designed to increase instance availability, is now available in Beijing (China). With Auto Recovery, you can automatically recover supported instances when a system impairment is detected. Auto Recovery keeps your existing instance running and automatically recovers your instance on new underlying hardware, if needed, so you do not generally need to migrate to a new instance.
Oregon’s Clean Water Service employs Innovyze technology to support capital improvements
Real-time sewer network modeling and analytics-driven risk-based asset management software to improve business planning, infrastructure sustainability and resiliency.
Siemens partners with Federal Bureau of Prisons for energy and water conservation in Kentucky
Siemens will make these energy and water conservation measures at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Ashland and the Federal Medical Center (FMC) in Lexington.