[ad_1] Available here, the list includes Arm Cortex-R7, R8, A8, A9, A15, A17, A57, A72, A73 and A75, although the firm points out Cortex-Rx processors are used in closed environments unlikely to be accessible to malware. In general For ‘version 1’ of the attacks the advice is to search user code for specified code snippets and then modify themRead more about Spectre and Meltdown: ARM mitigates cache speculation side-channel vulnerability[…]

[ad_1] Next week’s CES 2018 tech extravaganza promises to be quite a show, and the latest in a long line of new products to be previewed is a rollable OLED TV screen from LG Display, measuring an impressive 65 inches from corner to corner. The new screen is in fact a bigger version of aRead more about LG's next trick for CES is a 65-inch OLED TV that rolls up[…]

[ad_1] It enables camera modules for integration in smartphones with a footprint of less than 12 mm x 8 mm, including the receiving optics and VCSEL (Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser) illumination. Market forecasts expect smartphones with 3D sensing functionality to increase from about 50 million units in the year 2017 to roughly 290 million units inRead more about Infineon sampling 3D image sensor for face recognition[…]

[ad_1] There has long been a precedence for passing long hours on the road with a mobile handheld device. For those of us born two decades or more ago, the go-to gadget was the Game Boy. For the modern generation, though, mobile gaming via smartphone has taken the mantle from Nintendo’s handheld and has broughtRead more about Gaming on the go: the top 10 mobile games to play on your next trip[…]

[ad_1] The Israeli company says it will contribute its inductive charging technology to the consortium to advance inductive wireless charging capabilities while maintaining backwards compatibility to the existing Qi ecosystem. “Powermat was one of the pioneers that recognised the value of wireless charging.  By joining [the] WPC, it further unifies the wireless charging ecosystem behindRead more about Powermat joins the Wireless Power Consortium[…]

[ad_1] Over at CES 2018, Acer has revealed an even thinner Swift 7 Ultrabook, as well as announcing the availability of a new spin on the Switch 7. The Swift 7 was already incredibly thin and light, but Acer has slimmed it down from just over 10mm to an exceptionally trim 8.98mm. The ultra slimRead more about Acer Swift 7 gets thinner, beefs up battery life[…]

[ad_1] Some of it I have failed to work out yet, and all the bits I have worked out, I am impressed with. It is an all-silicon design, apart from the CRT, with BC107s doing much of the work – for no good reason, I would have thought RF transistors would be used in aRead more about Scope front ends[…]

[ad_1] Most of us are running on empty. Since the mobile phone spawned a smartphone-first world, we’ve all been tending to the needs of batteries. The daily or nightly charge of the smartphone is the most prevalent, but laptops, tablets, drones, wireless headphones, smartwatches and other wearable devices are becoming more common. We are constantlyRead more about The future of our technology and our planet depends on one thing: the battery[…]

[ad_1] Despite the efforts banks, companies and even governments go to in order to educate the population at large about basic security measures to protect devices and privacy, apparently the biggest threat is not hackers and cyber criminals, per se -it’s stupidity. The most common passwords show that many people continue to put themselves atRead more about Worst passwords of 2017 include ‘123456’ and ‘Password’ – an annotated infographic[…]

[ad_1] It is designed to help development teams create far-field, voice-to-machine communications functionality that is more natural and robust than available today, says Jim Beneke, vice president, engineering and technology at Avnet. He adds: “This versatile technology not only solves the problem of cancelling noise, echo and reverb that often confuse many popular cloud-based digitalRead more about Avnet and Aaware enhance sound capture for AI applications[…]