tag: IoT

Electronic System Design In 2015: Busting Through Bottlenecks
By Brian Fuller - 04 Dec, 2014 - Comments: 0

It’s December, and that means it’s time to review what just happened in electronics design in the hopes that it will help light a path into the New Year. To simplify a year’s work in a global, sophisticated, ever-changing industry, you could say 2014 hinged on to two main tipping points: The marriage of EDA and IP was consummated. The road to the future forked. Let’s look at #1... » read more

Power Limits Apps In The IoT
By Ann Mutschler - 04 Dec, 2014 - Comments: 0

The applications in the IoT are seemingly limitless, but the power is one thing that can’t be. Mary Ann White at Synopsys reminded me that a lot of the energy harvesting devices are super low power and there is a reason why they use just a simple LCD-type display. But we agree it would be so cool if we could have color LCDs that still only consume low power. Of course, I have no doubt tha... » read more

A (Possible) Killer Wearable App
By Bernard Murphy - 04 Dec, 2014 - Comments: 1

Wearable products (and proposals) today seem to be primarily fads or curiosities vying for the attention of a select few — the digital elite (computer-literate, with multiple devices, and data junkies). Many of us find it hard to see these apps lasting very long. I have an idea that breaks a lot of the expectations of a wearable, but may deliver higher value. I apologize in advance for credit... » read more

Blog Review: Dec. 3
By Ed Sperling - 03 Dec, 2014 - Comments: 0

Mentor's Robin Bornoff zeroes in on some of the biggest and most frustrating causes of energy loss—the ones that have nothing to do with the intended task. In electronics, it's a question of how much power is consumed pushing around electrons and photons. Cadence's Richard Goering follows a panel discussion about whether we're really making progress in low-power design, where the challeng... » read more

Something Old, Something New
By Ed Sperling - 20 Nov, 2014 - Comments: 0

Sooner or later, everything comes back into vogue. There are only so many permutations of fashion, architecture and other designs, and eventually something has to be recycled, even if it's an antique. Technology is no different than fashion. In the late 1990s, when governments and banks were preparing for the Y2K problem, people with knowledge of assembly code were in extremely high demand b... » read more

Conflicting Needs For IoT Edge Designs
By Ed Sperling - 20 Nov, 2014 - Comments: 1

The mad rush has begun to hype the [getkc id="76" comment="Internet of Things"], but the path forward isn't quite as straightforward as the marketers would like it to be. ICs used at the edge of the IoT—the ones that gather information to be controlled by smart phones or tablets and transmitted to devices for processing and data analytics—need to be designed differently than the initial for... » read more

The Week In Review: Manufacturing
By Mark LaPedus - 14 Nov, 2014 - Comments: 0

Intel’s McAfee unit announced its annual “12 Scams of the Holidays” list to educate the public on the most popular ways cybercriminals scam consumers during the holiday season. The German government has cleared Applied Materials’ proposed acquisition of Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TEL). The merger is still under examination by the competition authorities in the U.S., South Korea, Japan, Tai... » read more

Time To Talk About Security
By Ed Sperling - 10 Nov, 2014 - Comments: 0

One of the common refrains about the IoT is that it opens up a whole bunch of new security issues that no one has dealt with in the past. The problem is that aside from complaining about it, most companies aren't actually sharing information because they consider it either a proprietary advantage or a tip-off to thieves. The thieves, on the other hand, have no problems sharing information ab... » read more

IoT Turns To Dust
By Ernest Worthman - 10 Nov, 2014 - Comments: 0

The current thinking for the [getkc id="76" comment="Internet of Things"] is that a single or bi-directional interface will be attached to just about everything. It will be an amalgamation of hardware and software that will sense whatever we want, assess it anyway we want, and send it anywhere we want—or where someone else wants. "There has probably never been a more exciting time to work ... » read more

Rethinking Big Data
By Ernest Worthman - 10 Nov, 2014 - Comments: 0

You have to marvel at the sheer genius of what modern day, edge-of-the envelope marketing schemes can accomplish. For example, terms such as the [getkc id="76" comment="Internet of Things"], (also referred to as the Cloud of Things, or the Internet of Everything, or even Internet of Interconnect) have become sexy, interesting, exciting camouflage layers over the rather dull M2M industry. The... » read more

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