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TSMC to build world’s first 3nm fab in Taiwan

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UPDATED – TSMC has announced plans to build the world’s first 3nm fab at the Tainan Science Park in Taiwan. TSMC chairman Morris Chang told Bloomberg that the project could cost upwards to $20bn. No timeframe has been set out for the investment, which is being made at a site that already produces 5nm chips. There had been speculation that ...

The Guy Who Rode Chaos

In a world which seems chaotic – beset by hackers, terrorists, Brexit, weird weather and an unusual US president – there is a phrase of the late, great Andy Grove, Co-Founder, CEO and Chairman of Intel, which rings through the murk: “The operating phrase should be: Let chaos reign!” said Grove, “not that chaos is good in general … But ...

Rohde & Schwarz offers multi-antenna GNSS sat nav tests

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Rohde & Schwarz is addressing the simulation of GNSS satellite location signals with a multiple input tester that can operator simultaneously in multiple frequency bands for multiple antennas. GNSS receivers are able to process signals from diverse navigation systems such as GPS, Glonass, Galileo or BeiDou in several frequency bands in order to improve positioning accuracy. This can often require systems ...

Cheap Arduino robot teaching resource

Robot car through Amazon

Years ago, I built a robot chassis consisting of hardboard, two motors, two wheels, plus a third pivoting trailing wheel to keep the thing upright. The motors were hinged in such a way that their weight kept their spindles in contact with the wheels forming a simple reduction drive. It was bought to mind because I was describing to my ...

Most read Gadget Master posts in September

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The answers include a teardown of the new Apple iPhone 8, the hardy perennial of a DIY plant monitor, a laser trip wire, a bike power meter, voice recognition, an electric 'hypercar' and, of course, the Raspberry P...

e-peas raises $4.2m

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e-peas, the Belgian energy-harvesting IC start-up, has raised a new $4.2 million funding round. The round was led by Partech Ventures and comprises Airbus Ventures, JCDecaux Holding, Semtech, SRIW and Vives. Having initially gained both local government grants and private seed investment funding back in 2014, e-peas brought its AEM10940  energy harvesting chip to market. Through this device, IoT nodes can draw ...