Analysis
Milestone reached for cumulative shipments of display driver ICs
MagnaChip has surpassed the 500 million milestone in cumulative shipments of OLED DDICs (Display Driver ICs). OLED display drivers are low-power devices that offer excellent screen resolution with deep and bright colours that do not require a backlight and enable full-screen and thinner smartphones.
Latest generation of transmissions for Formula E season 2020
Ricardo is to begin manufacture of the latest range of transmission designs for the ABB FIA Formula E Championship 2020. This marks the start of the company’s fourth year of supporting customers in the all-electric street race competition. The FIA Formula E Championship started in 2011; nine manufacturers take part, including Jaguar, BMW, Audi, Nissan, DS and Mahindra.
Automation design contest’s grand prize is won
The 6h Delta Advanced Automation Design Contest (Delta Cup) has been held at Delta’s Wujiang Plant in Jiangsu, China. This year, the contest adopted the concept of advanced industrial automation development from Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing. Under the theme of ‘Seeking Smart IIoT Talents’, the competition included three major categories: Innovative Machines, Smart Factory, and Better Future Living.
Adoption of machine learning will ignite fresh growth prospects
Research and development (R&D) in the defence industry is undergoing a paradigm shift. Previously, R&D was driven by military investment, but it is now driven by civilian investment. This affects how technologies are developed, with dual-use technologies becoming more prevalent on the battlefield and existing technologies combined in novel ways to achieve the desired capabilities.
Strengthening presence in industrial lubricants market
Total Lubrifiants has announced the acquisition from Houghton International of its aluminium hot rolling oil (AHRO), steel cold rolling oil (SCRO) and tinplate rolling oil (TPRO) activities in the North American and European Economic Area markets. The transaction includes the associated technical support services in both regions.
Quantum-inspired Digital Annealer technology harnessed
Fujitsu Laboratories, has shown the capability of the Digital Annealer to maximise the performance of magnetic devices essential for renewable energy harvesting and other uses. The application of Fujitsu's next-generation architecture allows for the nearly instantaneous calculation of the optimal arrangement of multiple planar (2D) magnets to maximise the strength of the magnetic field in a device.
Why we need to break down the digital divide between generations
Most of us will have struggled to get to grips with technology at some point in our lives, but people born during the 90’s and early 2000’s have a distinct advantage. The 90’s saw a huge technology boom and during the early 2000’s, smartphones, smart TV’s, and tablets all became common household items. For older people, understanding technology can be a frustrating process. Maplewave, who offer business intelligence ...
Addressing high-performance storage conditions
Panasas has announced that Whiskytree selected the Panasas ActiveStor solution to store and manage its creative computer graphics and visual effects workflows – including data-intensive rendering and real time collaboration using extremely large data sets work for real-time render engines and games, and augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) applications.
Beware of evil twins on your holidays
Millions of holidaymakers and travelers around the world connect to public WiFi networks on their mobile devices without too much thought about security. But according to cyber security firm WatchGuard Technologies, the presence of ‘evil twins’ means staying safe online when using public hotspots can be anything but.
Pharmaceutical software launched for researchers and clinicians
A new company, Pumas-AI has been established by University of Maryland School of Pharmacy faculty members Vijay Ivaturi, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, and Joga Gobburu, PhD, MBA, Professor in the department have announced the release of its first software platform for pharmaceutical researchers and clinicians.