The other speculation du jour is the succession at ST. Although ST has not officially confirmed that the ST board is looking for a replacement for Carl Bozotti, the speculation that it is looking is all over the web. The French, of course, will want a Frenchman, and the Italians, of course, will want an …
Hats off to Asus for super light cheap laptop
Having been hunting around for a light-weight Windows machine, I have looked at all sorts of computers. One which didn’t meet my minimum spec (4G ram, 64G flash) was rather impressive just the same. The brilliant thing about the Asus EeeBook X205TA is that it weighs under 1kg (980g) despite having an 11.6″ screen. It …
Picture Gallery: PA Consulting’s Raspberry Pi coding competition
Winners have been announced of PA Consulting Group’s fourth annual Raspberry Pi coding competition.
Picture Gallery: PA Consulting’s Raspberry Pi coding competition
Atmel and Rockchip join ARM’s China university programme
Atmel’s China operation and Rockchip have joined ARM’s Global University Program Alliance. Chinese university students will gain access to a wider range of ARM-based hardware and software platforms, technologies and development tools. The first deliverables as part of this expansion will be an Atmel version of the ARM Education Kit for smart hardware design, and …
Lebanon’s first Raspberry Pi schools competition
The Lebanon it holding its first Raspberry Pi schools competition, with the aim of finding the next generation of tech entrepreneurs The competition will challenge school students from all backgrounds to invent something that utilises the Raspberry Pi to benefit Lebanon, according to the UK-Lebanon Tech Hub (see below). For example, an invention that might benefit education, …
Phone processors among ICs to exceed market growth in 2016
Fourteen out of 33 IC product types are expected to show growth of better than 2% this year, says IC Insights. Fourteen product categories—topped by Cellphone Application Processors and Signal Conversion (analog) devices—are expected to exceed the 2% growth rate forecast for the total IC market this year. Another five product categories are expected to grow …
Why not direct AC drive your LED string?
The whys and wherefores of AC-direct driving of LED lighting systems explained by Francois Mirand True to the history of other types of semiconductor products, LEDs offer better performance at a lower cost with every passing year. So much so, in fact, that the other elements of a conventional LED lighting fixture – the housing, …
Russian scientists claim breakthrough in ferroelectric ‘universal’ memory
Scientists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have succeeded in growing ultra-thin (2.5-nanometre) ferroelectric films based on hafnium oxide that could potentially be used to develop non-volatile memory elements called ferroelectric tunnel junctions. As demand for data storage increases researchers are trying to develop faster and more compact storage devices. The ideal …
Russian scientists claim breakthrough in ferroelectric ‘universal’ memory
UK robotics to get summer showcase
UK tech industry will highlight the importance of robotics this summer with a nationwide programme of events for the first ever UK Robotics Week (25 June – 1 July 2016). Events will include open labs, schools and academic competitions and hackathons, and the build-up to UK Robotics Week will begin at the Imperial Festival 2016 …
Circadian lighting is developed to help dementia patients at UK hospital
PhotonStar LED system alters “melanopic” light levels by day and night, improving sleep, biorhythms, and health.