Will China Grab ARM Servers?

China's data center giants have become the next big hope to give traction to ARM's server initiative.

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DNA Test Reveals How Well You're Aging

Would you like to know how the actual aging of your body compares to your chronological age, or is such knowledge best left unknown?

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QuickLogic to License FPGA Fabric

FPGA vendor says it will license programmable logic technology for use as an embedded fabric with Globalfoundries' manufacturing processes.

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Power Management: Electronica's Not So Hidden Subtext

The biennial tradeshow seems to note a change in the focus of European component and equipment makers. No longer a show case for "the Three Cs"- computing, communications, and consumer electronics - the mammoth exhibition throws its net around automotive and industrial applications. Power management devices, though, remain a strong interest item.

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Australia claims perovskite solar record

The University of New South Wales is claiming an efficiency record for a ‘large’ (16cm2) perovskite solar cell. Announced that the Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference in Canberra, 12.1%  was a chieved – “the largest single perovskite photovoltaic cell certified with the highest energy conversion efficiency. The new cell is at least 10 times bigger than ...

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Semefab gets £220,000 for equipment from Scottish Enterprise

Glenrothes chip and MEMS fab Semefab is to get a £220,000 Regional Selective Assistance from Scottish Enterprise towards equipment “in a bid to increase efficiencies and pursue new technologies”, said the firm. According to Scottish Enterprise, the foundry’s investment will mean an injection of £1.25 million into the Scottish economy as the organisation improves cost-efficiency ...

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RISC-V Expands its Audience

RISC-V attracted a stellar list of chip architects and executives to its latest workshop, but the effort to grow an open-source instruction set has a big to-do list.

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