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Prototyping kit gets your IoT app on Google Cloud Platform, fast

“The Internet of Things provides businesses with the opportunity to connect their IT infrastructure beyond the datacenter to an ever-increasing number of sensors and actuators that can convert analog information to digital data, and we believe Google Cloud Platform (GCP …

Renesas to Acquire Intersil to Create the World’s Leading Embedded Solution Provider

“Renesas Electronics Corporation (“Renesas”, TSE: 6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, and Intersil Corporation (“Intersil”, NASDAQ:ISIL), a leading provider of innovative power management and precision analog solutions, today announced they have signed a definitive agreement for Renesas …

Solar Panels Gain 30% Additional Power with Maxim’s Cell-String Optimizer

“New cell-string optimizer technology from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM) allows photovoltaic (PV) panels to harvest significantly more energy and simplifies design complexity for solar installation projects. Maxim’s cell-string optimizers are highly integrated DC-DC converters that replace …

STMicroelectronics Empowers Wireless IoT-Device Developers with New LoRa™ Kit Leveraging STM32 Microcontroller Ecosystem

“STMicroelectronics has introduced a low-cost development kit that leverages the STM32 microcontroller ecosystem for prototyping Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices with LoRa™ Wireless Low-Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) connectivity. Priced at just $40, the P-NUCLEO-LRWAN1 kit combines the ultra-low-power STM32L073 …

TI unveils first ultra-low power dual-band wireless MCU in production

” Expanding the functionality of Internet of Things (IoT) networks, Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today announced availability for mass production of the industry’s lowest-power dual-band wireless microcontroller (MCU) supporting Sub-1 GHz and Bluetooth® low energy connectivity on a single …

Alphabet’s Project Wing Delivery Drones to Be Tested in U.S.

“The proposed drone delivery service born in Google’s experimental labs will test its system at a U.S. site, the White House announced as part of an initiative to push research and safety measures for unmanned flight. The U …

AMD working on 7nm 48 core processor

“Fudzilla warned you that AMD’s 32core / 64 tread X86 processor codenamed Naples is coming in 2017 to a server near you, but it looks like AMD has a 7nm product called Starship which will arrive soon afterwards. Naples, named …

Another Station Upgrade: Spacewalkers Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins to install new TV cameras

“On Thursday, Sept. 1, U.S. astronauts Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins will conduct the station’s 195th American spacewalk. As part of their activities, the pair will install the first of several enhanced high-definition television cameras that will monitor …

Efficient ‘electricity traffic lights’ made from a single molecule

“Diodes are the ‘traffic lights’ of electrical devices: they determine whether or not electricity is able to pass through a circuit. Chip manufacturers strive to make them as small as possible, so that they can fit the maximum possible amount …

IBM Linux Servers Designed to Accelerate Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning and Advanced Analytics

“IBM today revealed a series of new servers designed to help propel cognitive workloads and to drive greater data center efficiency. Featuring a new chip, the Linux-based lineup incorporates innovations from the OpenPOWER community that deliver higher levels of performance …