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• ST Cortex-A7 chip makes it easy for MCU designers to adopt Linux

  20-02-2019 18:03 via electronicsweekly.com
  STMicroelectronics has boosted its STM23 family, adding dual 650MHz Arm Cortex-A7 cores to the existing Cortex-M4 (209MHz) to provide an upgrade path designers wishing to add Linux capability to STM32-based real-time control. The chip, called STM32MP1, gets its own open-source Linux distribution – OpenSTLinux – which contains Linux BSP, kernel, drivers, boot chain, and secure OS ...
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• EEF changes name to Make UK and warns of “catastrophic” Brexit

  20-02-2019 13:23
  
  Leading UK engineer Dame Judith Hackitt has warned that leaving the EU with no deal would be catastrophic for the manufacturing sector and could kill off some sectors of industry overnight.Dame Hackitt, who is chair of Make UK (formerly known as EEF) was speaking at Make UK’s annual dinner. “I am saddened by the way that some of our politicians have put selfish political ideology ahead of the national interest and people’s livelihoods and left us facing the catastrophic prospec
  
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• Fast and affordable field test could help fight against malaria

  20-02-2019 13:09
  
  Folded sheets of waxed paper could help bring fast, affordable, and reliable field tests for diseases such as malaria to remote parts of the developing world.
  New platform allows for accurate and affordable field tests (Pic: Glasgow University)In a paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from universities in Scotland and China, working with the Ugandan Ministry of Health, describe how their folded paper, prepared with a printer and a hot plate, has helped
  
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• Engineers propose cut-price satellite navigation alternative to Galileo

  20-02-2019 12:27
  
  “Augmentation system” is claimed to be only three per cent of the cost of replicating Galileo as an independent UK facility
  Despite being involved since its inception the UK pulled out of the European Union’s Galileo satellite navigation project in November 2018 over concerns that it would not be able to access secure aspects of the system following departure from the EU.
  Prime minister Theresa May promised that it would develop its own alternative, but with the original projec
  
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• Recycled tyre fibres boost concrete fire resistance

  20-02-2019 10:40
  
  Sheffield University researchers have demonstrated a new way of protecting concrete from fire damage using materials recycled from old tyres.
  Image: PixabayThe team used fibres extracted from the textile reinforcement commonly embedded into tyres Adding these fibres to the concrete mix was shown to reduce the concrete’s tendency to spall – where surface layers of concrete break off – explosively under the intense heat from a fire.
  The fibres melt under the intense heat from a f
  
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• 7nm chip integrates 2G-5G modems with 7Gbps download speed

  20-02-2019 07:33 via electronicsweekly.com
  Qualcomm is sampling a second-generation 5G New Radio (NR) modem designated Snapdragon X55. It is built on TSMC’s 7nm process with 2G-5G modems integrated on a single chip. It is expected to be in commercial mobile devices this year. It supports 5G NR mmWave and sub-6 GHz spectrum bands with up to 7Gbps download speeds ...
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• Soitec and Shanghai Simgui up SOI wafer output

  20-02-2019 07:32 via electronicsweekly.com
  hSoitec and Shanghai Simgui Technology are to increase the annual production capacity of 200mm SOI wafers from 180,000 to 360,000 at Simgui’s manufacturing facility in Shanghai, China. Since signing their original licensing and technology transfer agreement in May 2014,  Simgui has installed  Soitec’s Smart Cut(TM) proprietary process to deliver  RF-SOI and Power-SOI wafers. Simgui’s strategic partnership ...
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• AI start-ups huddle

  20-02-2019 07:32 via electronicsweekly.com
  AI start-ups Crossbar, Gyrfalcon Technology, Neural Networks Corporation andRobosensing are getting together to deliver an AI platform and standard for edge computing, gateways, cloud and data centers. The group, called SCAiLE (SCalable AI for Learning at the Edge), is already working with Japanese authorities to review opportunities for the 2020 Olympics, including video-based event detection ...
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• Achronix unveils partner programme

  20-02-2019 07:16 via electronicsweekly.com
  Achronix has launched  its partner programme for EDA tools, software, and IP vendors with solutions and services directly applicable to Achronix’s Speedster FPGAs, Speedchip chiplet technology, and Speedcore eFPGA custom IP-block technology. This programme connects Achronix’s partners with the company’s rapidly growing customer base and provides partners with better access to developers who are creating ...
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• Radar transceiver for presence detection in smart buildings

  20-02-2019 07:09 via electronicsweekly.com
  Imec has developed an 8GHz UWB radar transceiver for presence detection in smart building solutions. The power consumption of the radar is below 1mW,  and it is capable of detecting even micro-movements from human respiration, up to a distance of 15 metres. This performance delivers low-cost battery-powered way of detecting and counting people  in offices, ...
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