Archive : 2015 год

Researchers from MIT have designed a reconfigurable chip that is said to defend cloud based applications against memory access attacks. The concept is that, whenever a chip needs to fetch data from a particular memory address, it should also query a number of other addresses so an observer can't determine which one is of interest. Rese...

Intel has launched the Compute Stick, a palm sized computer featuring a quad core Atom processor. The device is available now to support Windows 8.1, while a version which supports Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is expected shortly.The Windows version includes 2Gbyte of memory, 32Gbyte of on board storage and McAfee Antivirus Plus. The Ubuntu version will ha...

Looking to meet the growing need for processing data acquired by sensors, Cadence has launched the Tensilica Fusion digital signal processor (DSP). Based on the Xtensa Customizable Processor, the scalable DSP core is said to be suited to applications requiring DSP computation, ultra low energy consumption and a small footprint.Gerard Andrews, s...

More than two thirds of those responding to a recent survey said the 'thing' they most wanted to connect to the internet is themselves.The survey, conducted by Premier Farnell's online design engineer community element14, was sent to 3500 adults from Australia, China, France, Germany, India, the UK and the US to find out what emergi...

Broadcom has unveiled the next generation of its StrataXGS Trident Ethernet switch portfolio. Called the Trident-II+ series, the parts are said to be optimised to meet the bandwidth, scalability and efficiency demands of 10GbE virtualised data centres. The company adds the parts can also replace ASICs.Supporting data rates of up to 1.28Tbit/s,...

Market analyst IHS says worldwide semiconductor revenues grew by 9.2% in 2014, reaching $354.5billion. According to the company, the year ended on a strong note, with fourth quarter revenues showing 9.7% improvement over Q4 2013."While 2014 marked a peak year for semiconductor revenue growth, the health of the semiconductor supply base and...

In a move intended to make cars even safer, STMicroelectronics has expanded its range of multicore microcontrollers and is building them using a proprietary 40nm embedded flash process. In a move intended to make cars safer, STMicroelectronics has expanded its range of multicore microcontrollers and is building them using a proprietary 40n...

Cambridge based UltraSoC has added USB based debugging capabilities to UltraDebug. The patented technology is said to allow a single USB 2.0 interface to be used simultaneously for system communication and applications such as debugging. Cambridge based UltraSoC has added USB based debugging capabilities to UltraDebug. The patented technol...

Have you developed breakthrough technology, grown an innovative business or excelled in a specialist field? If so, why not enter your company into the 2015 British Engineering Excellence Awards – or BEEAs.The BEEAs reward companies who have shown innovation in design within the last year, as well as the design engineers who made the innov...

A technique developed by a research team from the University of Delft is said to be capable of producing fast, low power and flexible polycrystalline silicon transistors at low cost. Tests showed the thin film transistors created using the process exhibited mobilities as high as those of conventional polysilicon conductors.The team says the abi...