Computer technology integrates processors, memory, and peripherals to drive digital innovation. Advances in hardware and software fuel performance improvements and new applications. Electronics Weekly reports on computing component breakthroughs, design trends, and their influence on electronics product development and markets globally.
TDK and Hokkaido University are to demonstrate real-time learning in a ‘reservoir’ analogue AI chip that mimics the cerebellum at CEATEC in Japan. Reservoir computing is not deep-learning, where there is an input layer, multiple hidden layers and an output layer, usually implemented in digital logic that executes many, sometime trillions, of multiply and add operations. “Reservoir computing consists of an ...
Concurrent has launched a three-slot VPX rugged military computer for land and air edge processing. “Defence environments are evolving rapidly,” said the company. “Platforms are becoming more autonomous and sensor-rich, driving the need for compute-intensive systems that can keep pace with increasing data demands.” The company’s answer is Huey, a 3U system intended for use with digital and mixed-signal RF ...
Oxford Ionics has delivered its quantum computer, ‘Quartet’, to the UK National Quantum Computer Centre in Oxfordshire – a centre that has ordered a number of quantum computers. Quartet is a trapped-ion quantum computer which shuns laser control in favour of electronic control for its qubits. “This approach has yielded the highest performing quantum platform in the world, with Oxford ...
Seco will unveil Intel Processor N-series computer-on-modules at Embedded World in March. Also called Twin Lake, the processors have up to eight ‘Efficiency’ cores and aimed at applications dissipating 6 to 15W. SOM-SMARC-TWL will have the SMARC (smart mobility architecture) form factor and provides connectivity options such as 2x NBase-T (2.5GbE supported), 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2, 6x USB 2.0 ...
Congatec is offering computer-on-modules pre-programmed with module-to-cloud communication software for remote monitoring, remote control and response automation. Branded ‘aReady.IOT’, and there is a matching central control dashboard to go with it. “The aim is to simplify the use of modern embedded applications,” said the company, “The pre-configured building blocks enable communication with machines, systems, devices and sensors via protocols such ...
SolidRun has unveiled a computer built around an i.MX 8M Plus processor from NXP which has quad 1.8GHz Cortex-A53 cores. ‘IIoT-200-8M Gateway’ is intended for industrial IoT and human-machine interface applications, and consists of a system-on-module with the processor, plugged into a carrier and interface board, all in an aluminium enclosure. Supported interfaces include multiple 3x USB 3.0 type-A, 2x ...
Researchers at the University of Tokyo have invented a new component for all-optical computing, that might bring this interesting technology out into the light. Optical computing is tempting but unwieldy technology. In principle it can be inherently parallel – a wavefront is effectively a 2D matrix of intensity (or phase, or polarisation) values, and if this is processed through an ...
The US’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is to integrate a cluster of Quantum Brilliance’s (QB’s) diamond-based quantum processing elements into its conventional supercomputers. “Parallel quantum computing holds potential for scientific discovery and industrial applications that require high-performance computing,” said ORNL director of quantum science Travis Humble. “Partnering with Quantum Brilliance allows us to explore effective integration with our existing ...
United Electronic Industries has launched a four-slot military-grade IO system for aerospace and defence. DNR-MIL-4 measures ~240 x 180 x 109mm and is designed to comply with MIL-STD-810G, MIL-STD-1275/708 and MIL-STD-461F. Operation is over -40 to +85°C. There are three versions, with: a 8347 PowerPC, an Arm-based SoloX, or a quad-core Zynq UltraScale+ main processor IC. “For use in PowerDNA/slaved ...
Researchers in Oxford have demonstrated a chip-scale trapped-ion quantum logic IC that works with all-electrical drive and a magnetic field. Because it avoids the need for per-qubit lasers, it is more easily scaled to many qubits, according to Oxford Ionics, the company behind it, which is working with the Universities of Oxford and Oregon. Oxford Ionics is also claiming a ...
