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COMMENT/ THE TECTONIC PLATES OF TECHNOLOGY ARE SHIFTING AT LONDON TECH WEEK, PRIME MINISTER RISHI SUNAK URGED TECH LEADERS TO GRASP THE OPPORTUNITIES OF AI 04 NEWS/ BEAM-HOPPING ONEWEB SATELLITE A NEW SATELLITE THAT USES ADVANCED UK TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN LAUNCHED INTO SPACE 06 WOMEN IN TECH/ THE MOTHER FIGURE OF ENGINEERING SHI MARCOS IS A PRODUCT ENGINEER AT ONSEMI WHERE SHE HAS WORKED FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS 08 STEM SPOTLIGHT/ COVID GRADUATES TEAMWORK AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS ARE AMONGST THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING 12 POWER: PCIM REVIEW/ ECOSYSTEMS PUT DOWN ROOTS THE HALLS OF PCIM WERE BUZZING WITH UPDATES ON GAN AND SIC DEVICES 16 T&M: SIGNAL CONVERSION/ POWER-SAVING CONVERSION THIS ARTICLE PRESENTS A LOW POWER ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER SOLUTION 20 T&M: NICONNECT/ BATTERY LAB SOLUTION NI HAS LAUNCHED A SOFTWARE-DEFINED BATTERY LAB SOLUTION AT NICONNECT 22
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