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Bringing Sub-Threshold Voltage to Any MCU

Ambiq Micro has addressed this challenge by using the Subthreshold Power Optimized Technology (SPOT) used in its Apollo family of ARM Cortex-M4F MCUs to also fabricate its AM08XX/18XX real time clock family (Figure 1), now in volume production. And ...

Pardon me, but what time is it, anyway?

Since the beginning of mankind, all the ancient civilizations have relied on some form of heavenly bodies to determine seasons, months, years — to define time. Celestial bodies, such as the sun and moon, along with the planets and other stars, have ...

High-end luxury watch maker Breitling shows off first smartwatch

High-end luxury watch maker Breitling has unveiled its first smartwatch, the B55 Connected, although the watch will not work like Android Wear devices or the Apple Watch. The B55 ...

Atomic Scientists' 'Doomsday Clock' Ticks Forward

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Science and Security Board is warning that "the probability of global catastrophe is very high" unless quick action is taken. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The Doomsday Clock is not an alarm clock, but it is meant to be alarming....

Should We Abolish The Leap Second?

“The short answer is it exists because the earth is a lousy clock. The earth speeds up It's based on observations from radio astronomy. We have antennas We measure the difference between the rotation of the earth and the atomic time. The IERS ...

RadioShack Files for Bankruptcy: How Will You Remember the Company?

RadioShack set up shop 94 years ago and flourished as consumer interest in electronics took off in the 1970s and '80s. It became the go-to shop for calculators, tape recorders and desktop computers such as the TRS-80. But as the technology behind ...

Rooting Out Malware With a Side-Channel Chip Defense System

The world of malware has been turned on its head this week, as a company in Virginia has introduced a new cybersecurity technology that at first glance looks more like a classic cyberattack. The idea hatched by PFP Cybersecurity of Vienna, Va., is ...