Qualcomm Wins Nearly $5 Billion in Accord With Apple

Qualcomm said it would make $4.5 billion to $4.7 billion in the current quarter as part of its settlement with Apple over its patent licensing practices. The legal agreement includes a payment from Apple for withheld licensing fees and

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Intel Shaves Annual Sales Forecast by $2.5 Billion

In January, Robert Swan warned that Intel's sales would only increase one percent in 2019 amid plummeting prices for memory chips, slowing sales to data centers and the flagging Chinese economy, its slowest growth rate in half a decade

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As Apple Dispute Ends, Qualcomm Confronts a Smartphone Slump

Qualcomm and Apple declared last month that they would wrap up their bruising legal battle over billions of dollars of technology licensing fees. The accord tamped down the tensions between the world's largest supplier of smartphone chips and the wor

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As Apple Dispute Ends, Qualcomm Confronts a Smartphone Slowdown

Qualcomm and Apple declared last month that they would wrap up their bruising legal battle over billions of dollars of technology licensing fees. The accord tamped down the tensions between the world's largest supplier of smartphone chips and the wor

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Virtual Emulation Knows No Bounds for Networking Design Verification

Virtual emulation is necessary to scale verification technologies with the growing speeds, capacities, and port counts of Ethernet designs, which is where the VirtuaLAB Ethernet App steps in.

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Crossrail appearing on a postage stamp

If you’ve ever fancied licking* one of Crossrail’s tunnel boring machines, then the Royal Mail has a treat for you – with a Crossrail postage stamp.

The Royal Mail is celebrating some of the marvels of British engineering from the last 50 years with a new set of ten stamps available from today.

The Crossrail — not Elizabeth line — tunnel boring machine features on the £1.55 postage stamp, although some wags might observe that with the delays, maybe it should have been a second class stamp instead.

The Royal Mail is also selling a First Day cover set with a postmark from London SW1 – the address of the Royal Academy of Engineering, or a presentation pack.

The full set of stamps feature three past winners of the Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award, which also marks its 50th anniversary this year.

Included in the range of stamps are the Raspberry Pi, the three-way catalytic converter developed by Johnson Matthey, and Oxford Instruments’ superconducting magnets that enable MRI scanning.

The stamps also feature the Falkirk Wheel, the world’s only rotating boat lift, and of course, Crossrail’s tunnel boring project.

Completing the main six-stamp set is the synthetic bone-graft material developed at Queen Mary University of London by Dr Karin Hing, who won the Academy’s Silver Medal in 2011 for her work.

The Harrier Jump Jet, celebrating 50 years since it entered RAF service, is featured in a Miniature Sheet of four stamps.

* Yes, I know they’re usually self-adhesive these days.

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Thermoelectric Cooling for CMOS Sensors

CMOS sensors have made advances into emerging applications such as imaging for autonomous systems, machine vision & learning, and object detection & recognition. Active spot cooling using Peltier coolers (thermoelectric modules) enable CMOS sensors to outperform CCDs at a lower cost point.

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Empower Design Innovation Through Ultra-Small Power-Supply Designs

How can designers power ever-shrinking IIoT, defense, and network-infrastructure equipment and sensors reliably without overheating—and do it quickly? This article delves into the challenges and potential solutions.

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Using Simulation to Design Cooling Systems for Electronics Webinar

Date: Thursday, June 27, 2019 Time: 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time Sponsor: COMSOL Event Type: Live Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Register Today! Summary: The impact of increasingly powerful electronics on our society cannot be overstated. These more

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How to Meet Functional Safety Demands in Critical Automotive Applications

Date: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Time: 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time Sponsor: Avnet Event Type: Live Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Register Today! Summary: This webinar provides engineers, managers and decision makers with a fundamental understanding of

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Cold war bunker open days announced

If you fancy a nice summer’s day trip to the picturesque town of Cuckfield to see a relic of nuclear war, then some open days have been announced.

The Cuckfield Royal Observer Corps post is a small underground bunker, one of over 1,500 that were built to monitor the fallout from a nuclear war.

Closed down in the 1990s as no longer needed, most are derelict or flooded, but some have been restored, such as the one in Cuckfield.

It’s been restored to the state it was when it closed down, with newspaper articles still talking about Soviet aggression, tins of preserved food for the survivors and lots of equipment to monitor the nuclear attack and fallout.

For a full visit review – go here.

The Cuckfield ROC open days for 2019 are:

• Sun 9th June 10am-1pm
• Sat 20th July 11am-4pm
• Sun 21st July 10am-2pm
• Sun 25th Aug 10am-2pm
• Mon 26th Aug 10am-1pm

For latest updates, check their Facebook page.

No need to book, just turn up. Due to the size of the bunker you might need to wait a bit to climb down inside, but there are displays above ground to keep you occupied.

Entry is free, donations appreciated.

To get there, I found it easiest to take the train to Haywards Heath, then it’s a relatively pleasant 45-minute walk to Cuckfield, which is even more enjoyable via Blunts Wood.

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Ten of the Very Best Children’s Ride-On Suitcases You Can Buy

While I do wish they made these for adults I suppose I would look a little odd darting around on one of these amazing suitcases at an airport. But what I can do is get enjoyment seeing my little one enjoy it and for those stressful times are airports and other holiday areas they are perfect for keeping them amused. But there are so many of them these days to choose from! So I have gone out in search for ten of the very best ride-on suitcases money can buy… 10 – Buy Now on Amazon >> Click Here << If your children tend to go slow through the airport when you are in a rush this ride-on suitcase might

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