Month: October 2024

Any company that makes Arm chips must license technology from Arm Holdings plc, the British company that develops the instruction set. Companies can license the instruction set and create their own CPU designs or license one of Arm's ready-made Cortex CPU core designs to incorporate into their own chips.

Bloomberg reports that Arm is canceling Qualcomm's license, an escalation of a fight that began in late 2022 when Arm sued Qualcomm over its acquisition of Nuvia in 2021. Arm has given Qualcomm 60 days' notice of the cancellation, giving the companies two months to come to some kind of agreement before Qualcomm is forced to stop manufacturing and selling its Arm chips.

A Qualcomm spokesperson told Bloomberg that Arm Holdings plc was attempting to "strong-arm a longtime partner" and that Qualcomm was "confident that Qualcomm’s rights under its agreement with Arm will be affirmed."

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The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) board has agreed to spend $212 million to get its Muni Metro light rail off floppy disks.

The Muni Metro’s Automatic Train Control System (ATCS) has required 5¼-inch floppy disks since 1998, when it was installed at San Francisco’s Market Street subway station. The system uses three floppy disks for loading DOS software that controls the system’s central servers. Michael Roccaforte, an SFMTA spokesperson, gave further details on how the light rail operates to Ars Technica in April, saying: “When a train enters the subway, its onboard computer connects to the train control system to run the train in automatic mode, where the trains drive themselves while the operators supervise. When they exit the subway, they disconnect from the ATCS and return to manual operation on the street." After starting initial planning in 2018, the SFMTA originally expected to move to a floppy-disk-free train control system by 2028. But with COVID-19 preventing work for 18 months, the estimated completion date was delayed.

On October 15, the SFMTA moved closer to ditching floppies when its board approved a contract with Hitachi Rail for implementing a new train control system that doesn't use floppy disks, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Hitachi Rail tech is said to power train systems, including Japan’s bullet train, in more than 50 countries. The $212 million contract includes support services from Hitachi for "20 to 25 years," the Chronicle said.

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The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) board has agreed to spend $212 million to get its Muni Metro light rail off floppy disks.

The Muni Metro’s Automatic Train Control System (ATCS) has required 5¼-inch floppy disks since 1998, when it was installed at San Francisco’s Market Street subway station. The system uses three floppy disks for loading DOS software that controls the system’s central servers. Michael Roccaforte, an SFMTA spokesperson, gave further details on how the light rail operates to Ars Technica in April, saying: “When a train enters the subway, its onboard computer connects to the train control system to run the train in automatic mode, where the trains drive themselves while the operators supervise. When they exit the subway, they disconnect from the ATCS and return to manual operation on the street." After starting initial planning in 2018, the SFMTA originally expected to move to a floppy-disk-free train control system by 2028. But with COVID-19 preventing work for 18 months, the estimated completion date was delayed.

On October 15, the SFMTA moved closer to ditching floppies when its board approved a contract with Hitachi Rail for implementing a new train control system that doesn't use floppy disks, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Hitachi Rail tech is said to power train systems, including Japan’s bullet train, in more than 50 countries. The $212 million contract includes support services from Hitachi for "20 to 25 years," the Chronicle said.

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Vertreter der nigerianischen Regierung haben mit Ericsson eine Vereinbarung geschlossen. 5G soll das überlastete Mobilfunknetz retten. (Ericsson, Mobilfunk)

Vertreter der nigerianischen Regierung haben mit Ericsson eine Vereinbarung geschlossen. 5G soll das überlastete Mobilfunknetz retten. (Ericsson, Mobilfunk)

Mit der Galaxy Watch Ultra bietet Amazon Samsungs neue High-End-Smartwatch so günstig wie noch nie an. (Smartwatch, Amazon)

Mit der Galaxy Watch Ultra bietet Amazon Samsungs neue High-End-Smartwatch so günstig wie noch nie an. (Smartwatch, Amazon)

Onyx has been selling eBook readers with E Ink displays under the Onyx BOOX brand for more than a decade, and in recent years the company has expanded its product lineup to include models with E Ink color displays or pocket-sized design. But most of the company’s recent products are basically ePaper tablets meant for […]

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Um Distanzen präzise messen zu können, eignet sich ein Laser-Entfernungsmesser. Bei Amazon ist der Bestseller für nur gut 23 Euro im Angebot. (Technik/Hardware)

The Raspberry Pi line of products are often refereed to as single-board computers because nearly everything you need to run them comes on a credit card-sized board including the processor, memory, storage, and plenty of I/O. One thing that isn’t usually included in the base price though? Storage. For the Raspberry Pi 4 and earlier […]

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