PARIS — Ask any market researcher or industry analyst about what to watch for at the Consumer Electronics Show next month in Las Vegas and the “A” list you’ll almost certainly hear are Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality and Automotive. Currently off the hot list are IoT, wearables and Ultra High Definition TV. The pervasiveness…
DetailsMachine-to-machine (M2M) connectivity and the Internet of Things (IoT) have risen to the forefront of many strategic technology conversations. Companies are revamping product designs and component capabilities to allow for seamless, real-time communication flows between devices. Executives talk about how constant transmission and automated analysis of machine-generated information will transform the way we live, work,…
DetailsAlthough we will never be able to predict the future, with a bit of extrapolation and foresight, we can try to imagine it. Today, advances in science, technology and supply chain management may only be constrained by the limits of our imagination and ingenuity. And as our supply chain management capabilities evolve, so will the…
DetailsTDDI demand has been increasingly rapidly since Q2, 2016, and is expected to increase from 50 million units in 2016 to 100 million units in 2017, an overall year-on-year increase of 200%, IHS Markit forecasts.
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SAN FRANCISCO — There has been much buzz in the global semiconductor industry about the accelerated consolidation of chip vendors. But the biggest untold story this year is the presence at the negotiating table — in almost every M&A deal — of Chinese investors, or U.S.-based private equity funds whose money can be traced back…
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Biometric technology covers finger, hand, face, eye, voice and even vein scans, which can be used across a variety of security applications such as industrial, homeland/security, consumer, and healthcare. However, consumer electronics, particularly smartphones, is driving biometrics development with fingerprint sensing leading the way, according to Yole Développement (Yole). The consumer market for biometrics is…
DetailsDigi International honored Digi-Key Electronics, a global electronic components distributor, with the 2016 Distributor of the Year award for North America in recognition of strong global sales and customer growth during the past fiscal year. “Digi presented Digi-Key with the ‘Distributor of the Year’ award for 2016 – and it’s well deserved,” said Richard Halliday, Vice President of channel sales…
DetailsToday, GE Ventures announced the launch of Menlo Micro, a new spinout from GE’s Global Research Center, which has re-invented one of the most fundamental building blocks of electronic systems – the electronic switch. The company’s disruptive Digital-Micro-Switch platform is strongly positioned to enable end products serving multiple industry verticals – including today’s mobile communications networks…
DetailsSupply chain management is both science and art, and the supply chain operations of leading retailers, consumer products companies, and other manufacturers have been honed to the highest degree. Unfortunately, the highest degree is no longer sufficient. That's because established processes are labor-intensive, prone to error, and too slow in providing relevant information to the…
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This article is part of EDN and EE Times’ Hot Technologies: Looking ahead to 2017 feature, where our editors examine some of the hot trends and technologies in 2016 that promise to shape technology news in 2017 and beyond. 3D printing has been the stuff of Geeks and Makers Faires for quite a while. However,…
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