Paul Whytock

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Paul Whytock is Technology Correspondent for Electropages. He has reported extensively on the electronics industry in Europe, the United States and the Far East for over thirty years. Prior to entering journalism, he worked as a design engineer with Ford Motor Company at locations in England, Germany, Holland and Belgium.

High-voltage GaN semiconductor breakthroughs are essential for electric vehicle applications

According to many of the automotive and battery industry cognoscenti, all of us will be driving around in electric vehicles by the year 2030. Whether you believe that and whether y

Semiconductors | 23-04-2018

Public Cloud Services: Will They Open the Doors to Cyber Criminals?

Public cloud computing and storage services are rapidly becoming the norm and overtaking the alternative strategy where companies build their own private cloud. Will this open more

Security | 16-04-2018

Is wearable sensor tech really the stress-buster modern humans need?

April is Stress Awareness Month and has been ever since 1992 and, no, this is not an April 1st spoof story but a look at a stress-related study using wearable technology. I thi

28-03-2018

Graphene can help electric vehicles clean up their dirty act?

The global battery industry's reliance on lithium cannot go on unabated. Alternatives must be found or, at the very least, lithium batteries must raise their game environmentally.

19-03-2018

Less will be Moore, but it wont come cheap

The road to 3nm may well be paved with good, groundbreaking technical intentions but there are some pretty deep financial potholes that need to be negotiated on the way. So when

08-03-2018

Cruising Electric Avenue could prove a logistical nightmare

Just about every car manufacturer is loudly trumpeting the fact they are going to get heavily into producing electric vehicles (EVs). Not only that, they are making bold commitment

01-03-2018

When will the UK's pitiful broadband improve? Don't hold your breath

The UK’s broadband service is pathetic and progress to improve it snail-like at best, despite years of government pledges and service provider promises. Lets put it into perspec

22-02-2018

Low-cost instrument is a tough price test for the high-end makers

The sizeable capital investment involved when it comes to buying top-end oscilloscopes, logic and signal analysers can have even the toughest of bean-counters snapping shut their

15-02-2018

Will GaN and the Tesla SpaceX Car Survive Space Radiation? Yes and No.

Two space travel related stories hit my desktop this week; one that rapidly generated major international headlines and one that slid very quietly onto my email screen. The headlin

08-02-2018