Electric vehicle chargers installed in the UK after the end of 2027, along with heat pumps and grid-connected domestic storage batteries, will have to be remotely controllable by power companies. This is according to the UK government’s response to its 2024 public consultation on ‘energy smart appliances’ (ESAs), which has just been published. “The government will, subject to Parliamentary approval, ...
Electric vehicle charger location app company Zapmap has published an analysis of road-side chargers in the UK, which indicates a total of 73,699 at the end of 2024, with more than 20,000 of these installed in the preceding 12 months – a year-on-year increase of 38%. The rate of installation grown from an average of 1,400 chargers a month in ...
West Midlands Growth Company – the region’s investment promotion agency – has launched a campaign “designed to transform perceptions of the West Midlands on the global stage to ultimately create region-wide high-value jobs”, it said. Unveiled at during Birmingham Tech Week and branded ‘It starts here’, its has sub-campaigns to focus on selected markets: ‘The green power revolution starts here’, ...
Red Semiconductor has announced RISC-V instruction set extensions, and a hardware design, for edge AI and cryptography in asics and FPGAs. The hardware, called ‘VISC’, is an accelerated RISC-V core that “optimises complex mathematical algorithms for parallel execution in its reconfiguration hardware engine”, according to Red, which claims: “The VISC ISA [instruction set] enables developers to describe complex algorithms in ...
QuEra Computing is to provide the UK’s National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) with an error-corrected neutral atom quantum computer as part of NQCC’s £30m programme to gather six different prototype quantum computers. It is expected to be operating early in 2025. In this case, the neutral atoms are rubidium, manipulated by laser optical tweezers and also operated by laser – ...
Quantum Motion is to build a quantum processor test bed for the UK’s National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire. The prototype system “will be based on the same silicon MOS platform used throughout the consumer electronics industry today, while the test bed forms part of NQCC’s vision to enable the UK to solve some ...
Red Semiconductor and Crypto Quantique have signed a memorandum of understanding for the development of an edge computing microprocessor IC “enabling advanced quantum-based security”, according to the companies. Red is a fabless semiconductor company and Crypto Quantique has physically un-cloneable security intellectual property – both are based in the UK. “The chips, created by Red Semiconductor, will use Crypto Quantique’s ...
Cambridge ink jet technology company Xaar supported St. Peter’s School Huntingdon through its recent STEM education day, with help from the Smallpeice Trust. “The event gave an opportunity for students to engage with Xaar, with practical tasks reinforcing the benefits of STEM subjects and their importance for future career opportunities,” according to the company. 50 year-10 students were two challenges: ...
Legrand has acquired Sheffield-based uninterrupted power supply specialist Power Control. “We want to develop our presence in the UK within the critical power and UPS vertical markets,” said Legrand UK and Ireland CEO Pascal Stutz. “Power Control has a long and successful history in the UK, making it a fantastic opportunity to help us realise our growth ambitions.” “As part ...
The government has announced a telecoms lab to be based in Solihull. “The first of its kind in the country, the lab will act as a secure research facility bringing together telecom operators, suppliers and academics to research and test ways of boosting the security, resilience and performance of the UK’s mobile networks,” according to the Department for Digital, Culture, ...
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