Russian Asic firm Elvees NeoTek has taped out a mobile computing and video analytics system on chip device which is based on a PowerVR and MIPS processors from Imagination. According to King-Smith, executive vice-president, marketing, Imagination, Elvees has technological strength in “what we see as a key and growing market, and where we feel the …

Russian mobile processor firm uses MIPS and PowerVR cores

Siemens is planning to make the internet of things (IoT) useful and relevant to creating smart factiories. The German firm was one of the originators of the smart factory concept know as Industrie 4.0. Now it believes the hardware systems and software tools are available to make it a reality. The aim, says Siemens, is …

Siemens makes IoT relevant to smart factories

AWS DevDay is a free full-day technical event on June 21 at the AMC Metreon 16 in San Francisco. New developers will learn about some of the hottest topics in cloud computing and experienced developers can dive deep on newer AWS services. 

BACKUP NO option when creating tables: You can now use the BACKUP NO option with the CREATE TABLE command , and improve data loading and cluster performance. For tables, such as staging tables, which contain only transient and pre-processed data, specify BACKUP NO to save processing time when creating snapshots and restoring from snapshots. This option also reduces storage space used by snapshots.

We are excited to announce the release of Amazon Lumberyard Beta 1.2, which includes 218 new improvements, fixes, and features to Amazon’s free, cross-platform, 3D engine that enables developers to create the highest-quality games, connect their games to the AWS Cloud, and engage fans on Twitch. Lumberyard Beta 1.2 introduces improvements to 20 of Lumberyard’s technology components, including the particle editor, networking, FBX importer, Cloud Canvas Resource Manager, and more. Read about the update in the Lumberyard blog or for more detail check the full Lumberyard Beta 1.2 release notes .

State-owned Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) has tendered for advisory
services for its plans to up its water production capacity from 2022.



The International Desalination Association (IDA) has invited nominations for three awards recognizing achievemnts in water reuse and conservation that will be presented at the association’s first ever conference devoted to water reuse.

Company has invested approximately $150 million in water infrastructure since the last base rate increase.

There was an interesting question at the ST results meeting earlier this week: “There was recently a Bloomberg report regarding the contract of the CEO,” asked an analyst, “if – I think your contract is expiring somewhere in May – and there were rumors – STM a new CEO. Any comments there or did I …

The ST Hornet’s Nest

Amazon had Q1 sales of $29 billion for a profit of $513 million. Its cloud service had revenues of $2.57 billion representing about 30% of the cloud services market leaving cloud rivals Google and Microsoft trailing. The cloud business had profits of $604 million in Q1. It delivers 56% of the operating income at Amazon …

Amazon shows its strength