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• Volcanic storage offers fast-track CCS solution

  10-06-2016 12:59
  
  A new study demonstrating for the first time that CO2 can be permanently and rapidly locked away in volcanic rock could give fresh impetus to efforts to develop large-scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology.
  During the study – which was led by Columbia University, University of Iceland, University of Toulouse and Reykjavik Energy – CO2 was injected into a deep well at a study site in Iceland.
  The CO2 was dissolved in water and carried down the well. On contact with the targ
  
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• IoT connected clinicians use medical ‘smartphone’

  10-06-2016 12:29 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  A clinical mobile device that connects hospital staff to a smartphone-like terminal to carry out admissions, specimen collection and medication administration has been developed by Honeywell. The company believes it will create the reality of the IoT “connected clinician” in our hospitals. Sameer Agrawal, director, product marketing, Honeywell Sensing and Productivity Solutions, writes: “We see ...
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• Embedded FPGAs used to tweak SoC design without re-spins

  10-06-2016 12:29 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Embedded FPGA intellectual property developer Menta is offering embedded programmable logic as both custom and pre-defined IP cores based on its eFPGA fabric. Already available for TSMC 28nm HPM and STMicroelectronics 28nm FDSOI process technologies, the IP is now available for GlobalFoundries 14nm LPP process. Menta’s eFPGA technology was demonstrated this week at the Design ...
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• Embedded FPGA used to tweak SoC design without re-spins

  10-06-2016 12:29 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Embedded FPGA intellectual property developer Menta is offering embedded programmable logic as both custom and pre-defined IP cores based on its eFPGA fabric. Already available for TSMC 28nm HPM and STMicroelectronics 28nm FDSOI process technologies, the IP is now available for GlobalFoundries 14nm LPP process. Menta’s eFPGA technology was demonstrated this week at the Design ...
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• App-based emulators go beyond RTL verification

  10-06-2016 12:28 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Application-specific IC design emulators extend their use beyond RTL verification and represents the fourth era in the evolution of emulation, writes Jean-Marie Brunet. In the first era, emulators were used to perform in-circuit emulation (ICE). The purpose was to test a design against real-world stimulus using physical peripherals. For example, by plugging in an Ethernet ...
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• Open source hypervisor runs multiple OS in IoT designs

  10-06-2016 12:27 via electronicsweekly.com
  An open source hypervisor can now be used with  Imagination’s OmniShield ready MIPS CPUs. Designed for a small footprint, the  L4Re hypervisor, which is maintained by Kernkonzept, can run on the hardware virtualization technology in MIPS CPUs. The aim of this is to provide more efficient context switching and to make better use of CPU ...
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• Eight China smartphone vendors in top 12

  10-06-2016 12:07 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Eight of the top 12 smartphone companies in Q1 are headquartered in China with an Indian company (Micromax) making the list for the first time, says IC Insights. Gionee, a China-based smartphone supplier, just missed making the 1Q16 top 12 ranking after shipping 4.8 million handsets in the quarter. Seven of the top twelve companies ...
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• Spectral and 3D imaging to be integrated into single device to assess structural integrity

  10-06-2016 11:58
  
  Researchers are working on a device that combines 3D and spectral imaging into a single instrument to assess the integrity of steel structures.
  The team from Nottingham Trent University and Opus International Consultants, a global infrastructure consultancy, expect the device to accurately verify the integrity of such structures – including ageing bridges – from a distance of up to 100m.
  James Hulme, part of Opus International Consultants’ UK Leadership Team, said: “We ar
  
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• Promoted content: opportunities in the built environment sector

  10-06-2016 10:51
  
  Specialist engineering recruitment agency Spencer Ogden examines why it’s a good time to consider a career in the built environment sector
  Built environment is a sector that continues to attract more headlines. Like most technical disciplines, built environment is fighting for its share of the talent pool across the globe. Today, employers are finding it increasingly difficult to fill skilled roles due to a lack of available talent, across all construction platforms. It is a crisis that is
  
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• TI launches highly integrated resolver sensor

  10-06-2016 08:52 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  TI has introduced a resolver sensor interface with integrated power supply, exciter amplifier and functional safety features. The device is capable of simultaneously exciting the resolver sensor coil and calculating the angle and velocity of a rotating motor shaft without the external components required by competitive solutions. The PGA411-Q1 resolver-to-digital converter’s architecture helps enable designers ...
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• SEMI forecasts 19 new fabs and lines for 2016/7

  10-06-2016 07:08 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Nineteen new fabs and lines are forecasted to begin construction in 2016 and 2017, according to SEMI. While semiconductor fab equipment spending is off to a slow start in 2016, it is expected to gain momentum through the end of the year. For 2016, 1.5% growth over 2015 is expected while 13% growth is forecast in ...
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• 19 new fabs and lines for 2016/7

  10-06-2016 07:08 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  19 new fabs and lines are forecasted to begin construction in 2016 and 2017, according to SEMI. While semiconductor fab equipment spending is off to a slow start in 2016, it is expected to gain momentum through the end of the year. For 2016, 1.5% growth over 2015 is expected while 13% growth is forecast ...
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