PCMag

Is Your TV Spying on You? Here's What to Know and How to Check

Your internet-connected TV has Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) features that track what you watch. Here’s how to disable it, along with smart privacy advice from security experts.
Hackaday

Inside SKALA: How Chornobyl’s Reactor Was Actually Controlled

Running a nuclear power plant isn’t an easy task, even with the level of automation available to a 1980s Soviet RBMK reactor.

Hot laptop? Do this to check for fan failure

To update the drivers, start by accessing the Device Manager in the Control Panel. Locate the section for the cooling fan, right-click on the device, and select “update driver” from the drop-down menu ...

The company behind the machines that make pretty much all our computer chips reckons it has worked out how to increase production capacity by 50%

Anywho, Reuters is reporting that ASML has made a breakthrough in its EUV production technology to boost EUV output from the ...
Hackaday

Why Diamond Transistors Are So Hard To Make

Many things about diamonds seem eternal, including the many engineering problems related to making them work as a silicon replacement in semiconductor technology. Yet much like a diamond exposed to a ...
IEEE

Reducing Transistor Count in CMOS Logic Design Through Clustering and Library-Independent Multiple-Output Logic Synthesis

Abstract: We propose a novel transistor-level synthesis method to minimize the number of transistors needed to implement a digital circuit. In contrast with traditional standard cell design methods or ...
Indiatimes

IISc team reshapes GaN transistors to power next wave of EVs & data centres

Mayank Shrivastava (third from right) holding a representative power device 8” wafer, with some of his PhD students who work on various aspects of GaN Power and RF technology (Photo credit: IISc) ...
IEEE

A 2μA Quiescent Current Output-Capacitorless LDO with Adaptive Power Transistors for Low Power Management in Energy Harvesting

Abstract: This paper presents a low quiescent current outputcapacitorless low-dropout (LDO) regulator implemented in 65nm CMOS technology dedicated to the power management in Energy Harvesting Unit ...