The

Zenith October 01, 2018 Volume 1, Issue 9

Contents:

Iphone Xs (2) A12 Bionic Chip (2) TI’s mmWave Sensors (3) Smallest Transistor Switch with Single Atom (4) 3D-Print Prototype for Bionic Eye (4) INDIA’S own GPS-UTRAQ (5)

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iPhone Xs Specification of

APPLE has got fan bois hot under Bionic CPU, the first commercially model iPhone the collar with the unveiling of the available 7nm processor, and all iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and come adorned with the notched Xs iPhone XR. display that first debuted on last year's iPhone X. The iDevice trio had few surprises in Capacity: 64GB, 256GB, 512GB store thanks to the huge number of Source: www.apple.com leaks building up to Apple's launch Size: event; the iPhone XS and XS Max Height: 5.65 inches pack 5.8in and 6.5in OLED screens, Width: 2.79 inches respectively, while the "low-end" XR Depth: 0.30 inches features a 6.1in LCD 'Liquid Retina' Weight: 177grams screen. Display: 5.8’’ All three models are the first to Super Retina HD display feature Apple's homegrown A12 All-screen OLED 2436x1125 pixel resolution 3D Touch Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating Chip: A12 Bionic Camera: Dual 12-MP wide- angle and telephoto cameras and Six-Element lens Image format: HEIF and JPEG Video Recording: 4K video at 24fps, 30fps or 60fps Slow video for 1080p at 120fps or 240fps Face ID: TrueDepth camera for facial recognition A12 Bionic Chip OS: iOS 12 SIM Card: Dual SIM( nano-sim, eSIM ) The Bionic is a 64- A six-core CPU, with two high- bit ARM-based system on a performance cores running at chip (SoC) designed by Apple 2.49 GHz called Vortex and four Inc. It first appeared in energy-efficient cores the iPhone XS, XS called Tempest. The A12 also Max and XR which were integrates an Apple-designed introduced on September 12, four-core graphics processing 2018. It has two high- unit (GPU) with 50% faster performance cores which are graphics performance than the claimed to be 15% faster than A11. The A12 includes dedicated the Apple A11 and four high- neural network hardware that efficiency cores which are Apple calls a "Next-generation claimed to use 50% less power Neural Engine". This neural than the energy-efficient cores in network hardware has eight the A11. The A12 features an core and can perform up to 5

Apple-designed 64-bit ARMv8.3- trillion operations per second.

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TI’s mmWave Sensors

Texas Instruments (TI) mmWave solutions on the “The world’s (NASDAQ: TXN) is bringing an market. The combination of unprecedented degree of sophisticated analog design most precise precision and intelligence to a techniques paired with digital millimeter wave range of applications spanning signal processing enables the automotive, factory and designers to implement intelligent sensor available building automation, and medical and contactless sensing in their markets. TI’s new millimeter systems. today on a wave (mmWave) single-chip single chip.” complementary -oxide semiconductor (CMOS) portfolio includes five solutions across two families of 76- to 81-GHz sensors with a complete end-to-end development platform. Available for sampling today, the AWR1x and IWR1x sensor portfolio delivers up to three times more accurate sensing than current

mmWave sensor to Industrial

application Servicing the need for improved uniquely robust indoors or efficiency in factory, building outdoors. By determining the automation systems and smart range, velocity and angle of infrastructure, developers are objects around the equipment, now able to leverage TI’s the sensors can adapt to intelligent and robust portfolio of dynamic scenarios mmWave sensors. In addition, instantaneously. this sensing technology can be The TI mmWave sensor portfolio used to transform existing for industrial applications capabilities in growing areas includes two single-chip devices. such as medical equipment, tank- “The IWR1443 mmWave sensors level sensing, robotic vision and integrate a hardware accelerator drones. TI’s IWR1x mmWave for radar signal processing,” contactless sensors can be used explains Delagi, “while the in environments without IWR1642 sensors use a DSP to interference from lighting, rain, perform the required processing.” dust, fog or frost, making them

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According to Delagi, the DSP range of new applications that range of sensing to multiple provides users with more demand performance and applications. flexibility and allows for further efficiency, including smart software integration of other infrastructure and Industry 4.0 in higher-level algorithms, such as factory and building automation Source: Neil Tyler tracking and classification. products. (www.newelectronics.co.uk) TI believes these single-chip The mmWave sensor portfolio (www.ti.com) devices will provide simple has been designed so that it can access to high-accuracy object adapt dynamically to changing data, including range, velocity conditions, bringing multi modal and angle. That, it contends, will functionality to avoid false enable advanced sensing in a positives and delivering a broad

Smallest transistor switch with single atom Researchers have developed a entirely new perspectives for single-atom transistor, the world's information technology. smallest. This quantum The transistor exclusively electronics component switches consists of metal, no electrical current by controlled semiconductors are used. This repositioning of a single atom, results in extremely low electric now also in the solid state in a voltages and, hence, an gel electrolyte. The single-atom extremely low energy transistor works at room consumption. temperature and consumes very Source: Karlsruher Institute for little energy, which opens up Technologie(KIT)

3D print prototype for ‘bionic eye’

A team of researchers has, for we are closer than ever using a the first time, fully 3D printed an multimaterial 3D printer," said array of light receptors on a Michael McAlpine, a co-author of hemispherical surface. This the study and University of discovery marks a significant Minnesota Benjamin Mayhugh step toward creating a 'bionic Associate Professor of eye' that could someday help Mechanical Engineering. blind people see or sighted Source: University of Minnesota people see better.

"Bionic eyes are usually thought of as science fiction, but now

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INDIA’s Own GPS-UTRAQ

The Indian semiconductor patch antennas connected to distribution company, two RF inputs of the board Ramakrishna Electro which receives the signals from Component Pvt Ltd Group the satellite. And L110 designed (REC) has launched VTS for use with external Antenna. (Vehicle Tracking System), Varied Application: Mr. Luthra under UTRAQ brand, which also said that the Automotive- is one of kind Module that vehicle tracking system is the will run on Indian Satellite. primary focus area as of now. UTRAQ is an endeavor to But as their product gains a replace the currently in use stronghold on the local market GPS application that is like asset tracking, wearable working on US Satellites. tracking, fleet management, UTRAQ is owned by mobile phone, railways, defense Ramakrishna Electro and marine. Component & manufactured He also pointed out that it will be by Shanghai Mobiletek. changing the way of IRNSS compliance: The conventional tracking that is module is Indian Regional done in the past. We are Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) compliant for VTS providing customers with various application. IRNSS is Govt features of working with of India initiative under L5(IRNSS) band and L1 (GPS ISRO. IRNSS User Receiver and GNSS) band. The major module is integrated with change we are anticipating is “INDIA’s own front-end chipset and that the VTS industry will be embedded high- GPS soon will be changing their designs as in the performance ARM9 reality with the processor from leading coming year it will be mandatory chipset manufacturer. It has from GOI to use IRNSS device. launch of vehicle an internal S RAM, UART, USB, CAN and 10 Bit ADCs. When asked what triggered tracking module The two variants: U-TRAQ them to diversify in this field – UTRAQ” launched two models L100 from component distribution, he & L110. These are GPS said ”India has been a leading receivers Modules based on market in terms of growth. We IRNSS supported by wanted to diversify our portfolio GAGAN/NaviC signals, and wanted to help the industry designed using L5 and S with an India firm supporting the bands. But in our U-TRAQ customers with an Indian GPS receiver Modules are Module. designed for two RF bands: Source: electronicsforu L5 frequency and L1 (Nimeesh Kumar) frequency, the L5 frequency which is NaviC Frequency and L1 frequency which is GPS/GLONASS frequency. Where L100 has dual-band

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