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Intel Ships First 10nm Agilex FPGAs

“Intel today announced that it has begun shipments of the first Intel® Agilex® field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) to early access program customers. Participants in the early access program include Colorado Engineering Inc., Mantaro Networks, Microsoft and Silicom. These customers …

Japan’s Hayabusa2 Asteroid Probe Packs Its Space-Rock Bag for Return to Earth

“Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft has packed up the capsule that will ferry its precious space-rock cargo back to Earth in preparation to leave the asteroid Ryugu later this year. It’s just one step completed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration …

Laser printing tech produces waterproof e-textiles in minutes

“The next generation of waterproof smart fabrics will be laser printed and made in minutes. That’s the future imagined by the researchers behind new e-textile technology. Scientists from RMIT have developed a cost-efficient and scaleable method for rapidly fabricating …

Mbed OS 5.13.4 released

“We are pleased to announce the Mbed OS 5.13.4 release is now available. This is the last patch release based on the feature set that Mbed OS 5.13 introduces. Summary In this release we have added the …

MIT engineers build advanced microprocessor out of carbon nanotubes

“New approach harnesses the same fabrication processes used for silicon chips, offers key advance toward next-generation computers. After years of tackling numerous design and manufacturing challenges, MIT researchers have built a modern microprocessor from carbon nanotube transistors, which are widely …

NASA Activates Deep Space Atomic Clock

“An atomic clock that could pave the way for autonomous deep space travel was successfully activated last week and is ready to begin its year-long tech demo, the mission team confirmed on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. Launched in June, NASA …

Physicists create world’s smallest engine

“Theoretical physicists at Trinity are among an international collaboration that has built the world’s smallest engine – which, as a single calcium ion, is approximately ten billion times smaller than a car engine. Work performed by Professor John Goold’s …

‘Quantum annealer’ shows promise in study

“An international team of researchers, including Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) physicist Arjun Gambhir, has developed a new algorithm for solving polynomial systems of equations using a type of quantum computer called a “quantum annealer.” The team systematically examined how …

Quantum criticality could be a boon for qubit designers

“Surprising behavior could safeguard information stored in quantum bits Physicists studying the strange behavior of metal alloys called heavy fermions have made a surprising discovery that could be useful in safeguarding the information stored in quantum bits, or qubits, the …

Quantum radar has been demonstrated for the first time

“A radar device that relies on entangled photons works at such low power that it can hide behind background noise, making it useful for biomedical and security applications. One of the advantages of the quantum revolution is the ability to …