Renesas has announced an automotive infotainment SoC for 3D graphics displays in entry-level cars.

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Farnell element14 has launched  “Maker to Market”: a range of capabilities that offer start-ups the support, expertise and resources to take their products to market. These Maker to Market services are supported by Design & Manufacturing Services which enable engineers to focus on developing the best product possible by providing support at every stage of …

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Synopsys releases the 2017 Coverity Scan Report, which examines Open Source Software (OSS) quality

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THz radiation can be detected by graphene FETs fabricated on a flexible polymer substrate, according to Chalmers University in Sweden. At room temperature, it detects signals from 330 to 500GHz. According to “A flexible graphene terahertz detector” in Applied Physics Letters, estimated noise equivalent power in the antenna-coupled graphene FETs at room temperature is below 3nW/√Hz at …

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AMS has launched a NFC tag IC with industrial-grade quality, intended for high-reliability long term use. Called AS3956, it is intended to act as a contactless bridge between a microcontroller and NFC readers or NFC-equipped phones. The chip is able to operate fully powered by the RF field, without any external supply, and can supply 5mA …

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Luminaires will replace halogen, accentuating the art and architecture, and saving energy.

Working under the LED Light For You initiative, Osram Opto Semiconductors, LEDiL, Mechatronix, Cezos, and ICT Suedwerk have developed a kit or reference design that allows developers to quickly evaluate and explore LED-based horticultural lighting.

The Amazon CloudFront team is happy to announce its 99th Point of Presence with the addition of a second Edge Location in Miami, Florida. Amazon CloudFront’s 99 Points of Presence includes 88 Edge Locations and 11 Regional Edge Caches. Our network spans across 50 cities in 23 countries around the world. To learn more about Amazon CloudFront and how to get started, please visit our webpage to see our upcoming webinars. 

We are excited to announce that CloudWatch added support for Extended metrics retention, Percentile statistics on metrics, and High-Resolution Custom Metrics and Alarms in the AWS GovCloud (US) region. 

AWS Storage Gateway is now HIPAA eligible. If you have an executed Business Associate Agreement (BAA) with AWS, you can now use Storage Gateway to store, backup and archive protected health information (PHI) on scalable, cost-effective, and secure AWS storage services, including Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier and Amazon EBS, which are also HIPAA eligible.