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“A generic 32k Flash, 2k RAM Game Console with an 8x8 Red/Green LED matrix, Speaker, X-Pad and 3 support buttons. One of the first computer games that I remember playing on my TRS80 clone was a game called Othello …
News Microchip Unveils Industry-Leading 3.3 kV Silicon Carbide (SiC) Power Devices Enabling New Levels of Efficiency and Reliability
“3.3 kV SiC MOSFETs and Schottky Barrier Diodes (SBDs) extend designers’ options for high-voltage power electronics in transportation, energy and industrial systems. System designers of traction power units (TPUs), auxiliary power units (APUs), solid-state transformers (SSTs), industrial motor drives …
“The rover’s self-driving capabilities will be put to the test this month as it begins a record-breaking series of sprints to its next sampling location. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is trying to cover more distance in a single …
“A new study shows that a form of optical tweezers can be used to detect small microplastics from tires and road wear, that previously has been too small to detect. The results can be used to develop more sustainable tires …
“Whether it’s photovoltaics or fusion, sooner or later, human civilization must turn to renewable energies. This is deemed inevitable considering the ever-growing energy demands of humanity and the finite nature of fossil fuels. As such, much research has been …
“A UNIGE team has succeeded in storing a quantum bit for 20 milliseconds. A duration that had never before been achieved by a solid-state quantum memory. Computers, smartphones, GPS: quantum physics has enabled many technological advances. It is now opening …
News NVIDIA Hopper GPU Architecture Accelerates Dynamic Programming Up to 40x Using New DPX Instructions
“Dynamic programming algorithms are used in healthcare, robotics, quantum computing, data science and more. The NVIDIA Hopper GPU architecture unveiled today at GTC will accelerate dynamic programming — a problem-solving technique used in algorithms for genomics, quantum computing, route optimization and …
“This plugin intends to enable direct generation of toolpaths from physical line following. This is illustrated in this. This could be useful in cases where the object is not originating from a CAD drawing, but is coming from a physical …
News onsemi Unveils New High Power Totem Pole PFC Controller Meeting Challenging Efficiency Standard
“onsemi (Nasdaq: ON), a leader in intelligent power and sensing technologies, introduced its latest mixed-signal controller dedicated to bridgeless totem pole PFC (TP PFC) topology. The NCP1681 targets ultra-high density offline power supplies. Building upon the success of theNCP1680, which …
“Light-based approach can be used to locate phones and other signal-emitting devices, outperforms digital methods Researchers have developed a new analog photonic correlator that can be used to locate an object transmitting a radio signal. Because the new correlator is …