Fleet of drones and AI help restore Great Wall of China

Intel is supplying its Falcon 8+ drones in a project with the China Foundation for Cultural Heritage Conservation to protect and restore the Great Wall. The drones will be able to survey the Wall’s Jiankou section, which is one of the third century BC’s structure’s most famous – and steepest – parts. The drones and ...

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Control of Arm’s China business transferred to Chinese investors

Control of Arm’s operations in China has been transferred to a jv controlled by Chinese  investors. The jv is called ‘Arm mini China’ and Chinese investirs own 51% of the jv’s equity. The other 49% is held by Softbank. There is talk of an IPO of Arm mini China which might help reduce Softbank s ...

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Gadget Book: Cyber Wars – Hacks that Shocked the Business World

Cyber Wars tells the inside stories of some of the world's biggest, most-recent cyber attacks, showing why each hack happened, what the consequences were and how they could have been prevented.

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Graphene start-up Paragraf raises £2.9m

Paragraf, the graphene technology development company, a recent spin out from the University of Cambridge, has closed a £2.9 million seed round to support the development of its first major products. The round is led by Cambridge Enterprise, the commercialisation arm of the University of Cambridge, with the participation of Parkwalk Advisors, Amadeus Capital Partners, ...

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UK foundry adds RF GaN to GaAs, InP and MEMS production

  Inex Microtechnology is creating a process design kit (PDK) for its gallium nitride RF IC foundry in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The kit is aimed at Keysight’s Advanced Design System (ADS) EDA tools. “Our GaN HEMT process addresses a growing UK space and defence customer base,” said Inex CTO Matthew O’Keefe. “The technical capabilities of the Keysight ...

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Xilinx reports record revenues and searches for UK engineers

Xilinx has posted record revenues of $2.54 billion for the fiscal year 2018, an increase of 8% from last year. Revenues were $673 million for Q4 of FY 2018, up 7% from the prior quarter and up 10% from Q4 FY 2017. CEO Victor Peng attributes the growth to :a three-pronged approach”, focusing on data ...

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Women Inventors In Korea and China top WIPO Patent Filings

  South Korea and China lead the West in patent filings where at least one female inventor was named. In Korea it’s over 50%; in China it’s 48%. In third place is the Western. country with the highest percentage – Belgium. Then came Spain (35%), the USA (33%) France (32%) Netherlands, India and Switzerland (28%) ...

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