Measure current in the calibration lab
Test & Measurement
Fluke’s A40B precision current shunts let metrology and calibration labs produce current measurements from 1 mA to 100 A, producing 0.8 V at rated current. Comprising 14 shunts with cables and connectors, the A40B series can be used to measure AC or DC current with a precision voltmeter, AC measurement standard, AC/DC transfer standard, or thermal voltage converter.
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Micron pledges $1.25M to Utah university for nanofab lab
EDN
Set to be a core facility in the University of Utah’s new Utah Science, Technology and Research building currently under development on the campus, the Micron Technology Foundation has pledged $1.25 million in support of the development of a nanofabrication teaching and research laboratory.
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Stanford pervasive parallelism lab backed by Intel, Nvidia, IBM
EDN
The center -- with a budget of $6 million over three years and support from industry giants AMD, HP, IBM, Intel, HP, Nvidia and Sun -- will research and develop a top-to-bottom parallel computing system, from fundamental hardware to user-friendly programming languages that will allow developers to exploit parallelism automatically.
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