Rubber keyboard fondler. Click link for old ZX Spectrum website.

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Based on Warmtoffee's latest tweets, the user seems to be very concerned about the corruption and mishandling of the UK's Domestic EPC Register. They are actively sharing information and calling out government officials for their involvement in the cover-up
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🚨 THE RACE TO 6G JUST ACCELERATED. Northrop Grumman has developed a W-band GaN chip operating at up to 110 GHz and took it from concept to market-ready hardware in less than six months. The new gallium nitride chip operates in the W-band (75–110 GHz), a frequency range that delivers massive bandwidth, extremely high data rates, and much lower latency than current systems. What makes this impressive is the speed: the chip went from concept to market-ready hardware in less than six months through a U.S. government-backed microelectronics program. That’s unusually fast for advanced defense-grade semiconductors. The chip acts as a high-power signal amplifier that can strengthen wireless links while shrinking the size and power consumption of the hardware. It’s designed for military radar, secure satellite communications, and the coming wave of 6G networks. Why this matters: • W-band offers far more spectrum than current 5G bands, enabling much faster data transmission and higher-resolution sensing • Gallium nitride can handle significantly higher power and frequencies than silicon, making it ideal for these demanding applications • The rapid development cycle shows how public-private collaboration can accelerate critical semiconductor technologies • The same tech that strengthens military radar and satellite links will directly feed into future commercial 6G infrastructure The deeper implication: We’re watching the foundation of next-generation wireless and sensing systems being laid in real time. High-frequency GaN chips like this won’t just improve existing radar and satellite systems they’re likely to become core building blocks for 6G, autonomous systems, and advanced defense platforms. The fact that this moved from lab to market in under six months suggests the pace of high-frequency electronics is accelerating dramatically. The future of wireless isn’t just faster. It’s operating at frequencies most people have never heard of and it’s being built right now. How soon do you think W-band and GaN technology will start appearing in everyday 6G devices? Follow for more frontier semiconductors, defense tech, and next-generation wireless systems.
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FiltronicšŸ†šŸŽ‰šŸ‘
šŸ† Congratulations to @Filtronic Plc, winner of Technology Company of the Year for the second year running at the #SCNAwards26! A year of major contract wins, innovation and global growth makes this a well-deserved achievement. šŸ‘
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This was a really smart move by John Healey, Secretary of State for Defence
The Government has taken over a North East semiconductor factory near Darlington after fears that its closure could leave projects for the MoD in danger. Its acquisition by the Government has saved 100 jobs. The plant will be renamed as Octric Semiconductors UK.
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New deep-dive: Filtronic ( $FTC $FTC.L) - updated thesis, June 2026. The company that ran 114p → 480p. The only company that can mass-produce the high-power GaN E-band amplifiers Starlink needs to get data from space to the ground. The easy money's been made. So the real question now: → Can they repeat the E-band monopoly in V-band - where the market isn't a few thousand ground stations, but tens of millions of dishes? → And with SpaceX going public June 12 at $135 ($1.77T), is FTC the cleanest listed proxy on the trade - or already priced for perfection? Full breakdown inside: the monopoly, the TAM step-change, the flat FY2026 reset nobody's talking about, and what the IPO really means for Filtronic. šŸ‘‡
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Ferrari and Apple designer Jony Ive graduated with a BA in Design from Newcastle Polytechnic (now Northumbria University) as did Rick Dickinson who designed the ZX Spectrum.
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#FTC $FLTCF Filtronic
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Starlink just signed 3 of the 4 largest US airlines. 2,300 commercial aircraft. $FTC Filtronic makes the E-band GaN amplifiers inside Starlink's RF infrastructure. $62.5M contract signed August 2025. $115M cumulative. SpaceX holds warrants over 15% of Filtronic's share capital. Exercise prices at 33p and 92.8p. Stock trades at 410p. Those warrants vest on supply volumes. SpaceX is structurally incentivised to keep placing orders - they're not just a customer. They're a partial owner of their key RF supplier and are sitting on a 1,100% return. SpaceX could exercise these warrants tomorrow and hold $160 million in shares. 2,300 aircraft is a direct demand multiplier for that stack. SpaceX roadshow hits London in 11 days. $FTC $SPCX
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This is the most useful ZX Spectrum Screen. It works on any 16K, 48K, 128K model and variations like Timex, Amstrad, Microdigital. You can switch in the Interface1 ROM as the screen is entirely self contained. You can disassemble John's code at $5100 or any game. #u3 #Utility3
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John Kerr’s amazingly compact Z80 disassembler code was published over four months in the SUBSET pages of Personal Computing World in the year 1987. Editor David Barrow even managed to make the Z80 routine one byte shorter.
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A good, upbeat article in the Telegraph on 8th March 2026 available on AppleNews and other outlets. Filtronic, Sedgefield has 165 employees who benefit from a discounted share scheme. They can triple their annual pay by investing in the company. They are often checking the price on their phones. Of course if something goes wrong then they will be the first to know. There would be a mass sell-off and the share price would unexpectedly plunge. Thankfully no bad news from Filtronic. šŸš€
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This is the most useful ZX Spectrum Screen. It works on any 16K, 48K, 128K model and variations like Timex, Amstrad, Microdigital. You can switch in the Interface1 ROM as the screen is entirely self contained. You can disassemble John's code at $5100 or any game. #u3 #Utility3
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Views of Starship in space from a @Starlink satellite
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CAPCOM approved ZX Spectrum models. USB Keyboard port.
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Filtronic ended the week at a price of 380p which is nice. I asked my friend grok who the major shareholders are. Good company.
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