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Intel Launches New Intel Blockscale Technology for Energy-Efficient Blockchain Hashing

“Intel today announced details for its new Intel® Blockscale™ ASIC. Building on years of Intel research and development (R&D), this application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) will provide customers with energy-efficient hashing for proof-of-work consensus networks. “Momentum around blockchain continues to …

Micro­cavities as a sensor plat­form

“Sensors are a pillar of the Internet of Things, providing the data to control all sorts of objects. Here, precision is essential, and this is where quantum technologies could make a difference. Researchers in Innsbruck and Zurich are now demonstrating …

NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Reroutes Away From ‘Gator-Back’ Rocks

“To avoid patches of knife-edged rocks, the mission has taken an alternative path up Mount Sharp. NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover spent most of March climbing the “Greenheugh Pediment” – a gentle slope capped by rubbly sandstone. The rover briefly summited …

New Technique Offers Faster Security for Non-Volatile Memory Tech

“Researchers have developed a technique that leverages hardware and software to improve file system security for next-generation memory technologies called non-volatile memories (NVMs). The new encryption technique also permits faster performance than existing software security technologies. “NVMs are an emerging …

NVIDIA Orin Leaps Ahead in Edge AI, Boosting Leadership in MLPerf Tests

“The just-released NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin raised the bar for AI at the edge, adding to our overall top rankings in the latest industry inference benchmarks. In its debut in the industry MLPerf benchmarks, NVIDIA Orin, a low-power system-on-chip based …

Researchers Develop Glass-in-Glass Fabrication Approach for Making Miniature IR Optics

“New technique can create complex 3D optics for infrared spectroscopy, sensing and more Researchers have developed a new fabrication process that allows infrared (IR) glass to be combined with another glass and formed into complex miniature shapes. The technique can …

Researchers Discover Megamaser Five Billion Light Years from Earth

“An international team of researchers, including four Rutgers astronomers, has discovered a powerful megamaser — a naturally occurring, astronomical, radio-wavelength laser — in a galaxy nearly five billion light years from Earth. The furthest of its kind, the megamaser was detected by …

‘Robot scientist’ Eve finds that less than one third of scientific results are reproducible

“Researchers have used a combination of automated text analysis and the ‘robot scientist’ Eve to semi-automate the process of reproducing research results. The problem of lack of reproducibility is one of the biggest crises facing modern science. The researchers, led …

STMicroelectronics’ AMOLED power-management IC boosts viewing experience and battery runtime in portable devices

“STMicroelectronics’ new fully integrated Power-Management IC (PMIC) for AMOLED displays combines a low quiescent current and enhanced flexibility to extend the battery runtime of portable devices. With an input-voltage range from 2.9V to 4.8V, the STMP30 PMIC contains …

STMicroelectronics’ automotive gate driver boosts motor-control flexibility

“STMicroelectronics’ L9908 integrated automotive three-phase gate driver unit (GDU) operates in 12V, 24V, or 48V systems and has flexible input and output channels to fulfil numerous applications in conventional and hybrid/electric vehicles. Dedicated source connections to the high-side and …