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Learning to grow machine-learning models

“New LiGO technique accelerates training of large machine-learning models, reducing the monetary and environmental cost of developing AI applications. It’s no secret that OpenAI’s ChatGPT has some incredible capabilities — for instance, the chatbot can write poetry that resembles …

NASA’s Webb Spots Swirling, Gritty Clouds on Remote Planet

“In just a few hours of observations, the space telescope revealed a dynamic atmosphere on a planet 40 light-years from Earth. Researchers observing with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have pinpointed silicate cloud features in a distant planet’s …

New microchip links two Nobel Prize-winning techniques

“Physicists at Delft University of Technology have built a new technology on a microchip by combining two Nobel Prize-winning techniques for the first time. This microchip could measure distances in materials at high precision, for example underwater or for medical …

New MPLAB® SiC Power Simulator Allows Customers to Test Microchip’s SiC Power Solutions in Design Phase

“Microchip’s PLECS-based tool quickly evaluates solutions across power-switching topologies before committing design to hardware The electrification of everything is driving the growth of SiC semiconductors as large market segments such as E-Mobility, sustainability and industrial turn to SiC …

New soil sensor may improve efficiency of crop fertilization

“Measuring temperature and nitrogen levels in soil is important for agriculture systems but detecting them apart from one another is difficult to do. Huanyu “Larry” Cheng, James L. Henderson, Jr. Memorial Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Penn …

Nexperia introduces the first application-specific MOSFETs (ASFETs) for hotswap in SMD copper-clip LFPAK88 packaging for 60% reduced footprint

“Additional 40% lower RDS(on) and increase power density by 58x for telecom & computing hot-swap computing applications Nexperia, the expert in essential semiconductors, today announced the release of its first 80 V and 100 V application-specific MOSFETs (ASFETs) for hotswap …

onsemi Develops IGBT FS7 Switch Platform with Leading Performance for Industrial Markets

“New 1200 V devices offer the best conduction and switching performance on the market onsemi, a leader in intelligent power and sensing technologies, today announced a new range of ultra-efficient 1200 V insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) that minimize conduction and …

Reduced speckle on the horizon

“A simple modification of a semiconductor laser’s shape can improve the quality of its beam. An easy way of altering compact semiconductor lasers to make them more practical for illumination and holography has been demonstrated by KAUST scientists. Semiconductor …

Relativity Space’s first launch fails to reach orbit, but proves its 3D-printing rocket tech works

“Relativity Space achieved a massively important milestone just before 11:30 PM ET on Wednesday, with the first ever flight of its 3D-printed rocket technology. Its Terran 1 rocket took off from Cape Canaveral in Florida, successfully clearing the pad …

Renesas’ New RZ/T2L Industrial MPU Enables Fast and Accurate Real-Time Control with EtherCAT Communication

“Software Compatibility with Other Renesas MPUs/MCUs Allows Developers to Seamlessly Implement Scalable Design Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced a new industrial microprocessor (MPU) that supports the EtherCAT communication protocol, achieving …