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NXP Buys OmniPHY for Ethernet for Autonomous Cars

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AI Adoption in Asia Pacific: Indonesia Leads the Pack in AI Implementation

Breaking the Limitations of Soft Micro-Actuators

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ST UNVEILS HIGHLY INTEGRATED MOBILE-SECURITY CHIP STMicroelectronics revealed its highly integrated mobile-security solution, the ST54J, a system-on-chip (SoC) containing an NFC (Near-Field Communication) controller, Secure Element, and eSIM. The new SoC from ST delivers performanceboosting integration for mobile and IoT devices.

With added benefit of ST’s softwarepartner ecosystem for smoother user experiences in mobile payments and e-ticketing transactions, as well as more convenient, remote, mobile provisioning to support multiple operator subscriptions.

“As mobile devices require more security and connectivity in an ever-shrinking PCB footprint, the ST54J will help designers simplify assembly and reduce bill-ofmaterial costs,” said Laurent Degauque, Marketing Director, Secure Microcontroller Division, STMicroelectronics. “ST’s established ecosystem of third-party software partners provides access to eSIM and eSE solutions that are not only EMVCo and GSMA-SAS certifiable, but also tested for interoperability and validated with numerous Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), custom profiles and application providers worldwide.”

Spearheading the Fourth Generation of ST’s proven Embedded Secure Element Family, the single-chip ST54J Ensures: • F aster contactless interaction than a discrete chipset by eliminating performance-limiting off-chip data exchanges between the Secure Element and NFC controller.

• A faster, state-of-the-art core for each function further accelerates contactless transactions with mobile terminals and enhances roaming by supporting secure-element cryptographic protocols used worldwide, including FeliCa and MIFARE. • Packaging and design flexibility comes from the space savings of integrating three key functions onto a single chip.

• In addition, ST used its NFC booster

technology to enhance the performance of the NFC controller, allowing it to establish robust contactless connections with a small-size antenna, allowing designers even more generous freedom to manage space inside the device and minimize the thickness of new smartphone generations.

• ST delivers the ST54J to customers with NFC firmware and the GlobalPlatform V2.3 secure element Operating System, which provides best-in class cryptographic performance and optimum eSIM interoperability.

• The OS also allows flexible configurations to support eSE-only or combined functionality.

• In addition, as the first chip maker accredited by the GSMA to personalize eSIMs for mobiles and connected IoT devices onto WLCSP packages, ST can shrink the supply chain and accelerate delivery to manufacturers.

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LITTELFUSE UNVEILS SETP TEMPERATURE INDICATOR Littelfuse introduced the PolySwitch setP Series Temperature Indicator, which protects the users of USB Type C and USB Power Delivery charging cables from dangerous overheating.

The announcement was made in the Littelfuse booth (Hall 4, Booth ED45) at Electronica India, the International Trade Fair for Electronic Components, Systems and Applications, held September 26–28, 2018, at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) in Bengaluru (Bangalore), India.

When dust, dirt or other debris becomes trapped in a USB Type-C cable connector, it creates a resistive fault from the power line to ground, which can cause a dangerous temperature rise without increasing the current. The power-independent setP senses the temperature increase, alerting the charging port to shut down the power flow. Once the user disconnects the cable and removes the debris, the cable can resume normal operation.

The compact 0805 (mils) footprint of the setP Temperature Indicator makes it at least 50 percent smaller than other solutions that require placing a device on the power line. Placing a protective device on the power line also contributes to power loss. The same setP device can be used to protect cables designed for 15W, 60W or 100W operation.

Typical applications for the setP Series Temperature Indicator include: • USB Type-C connectors for charging cables for mobile and wearable devices • Power supply with attached USB-C Cable “The setP offers the smallest, most energy-efficient solution available on the market, helping to provide protection against overheating,” said Todd Phillips, Global Market Manager, Electronics Business Unit at Littelfuse. “USB Type-C can support high power levels, which makes this protection solution especially important.”

The setP Series Temperature Indicator offers these key benefits: • The compact size and sensitivity to temperature helps to simplify keeping the cable surface temperatures safe for users.

• The rigid structure is compatible with conventional assembly and molding operations used in cable and connector manufacturing.

• Being independent of USB power delivery allows for a smaller footprint and greater energy efficiency and simplifies part selection.

• No disruption of the communication channel makes the setP an easy drop-in solution to existing designs.

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ep 2018 - ROHM Semiconductor Revs-Up For Indian EV-Market ROHM Semiconductor is all set to exhibit at the upcoming electronica-India 2018 between September, 26th to 28th, 2018 in Bengaluru.

ROHM, at its exhibition booth in Hall 4, (Booth# EC21) will present new solutions for Power and energy management in the automotive applications.

ROHM states that xEV (Electric Vehicles) can contribute to substantial reduction CO2 emissions, and India has laid out optimistic plans to accelerate the adoption of EVs by year 2030.

ROHM is pushing forward with the latest cutting-edge development of SiC* (Silicon Carbide) power devices, which are expected to realize dramatic loss reductions compared to conventional Si (silicon) power devices. These power devices will be used more and more on electric vehicle (EV) motors and inverters.

The properties of the still relatively new material SiC promise comprehensive application possibilities in power electronics. SiC-based voltage converters have significantly less losses than conventional silicon-based converters. SiC also enables significantly smaller modules, components and systems than silicon.

The increasing demand for the most energy-efficient devices possible will therefore increase the demand for SiC components in the coming years.

Energy savings and reduced system costs in all kinds of applications are heavily influenced by choosing the right power device.

With its new developments resulting

from the group's extensive research and design initiatives, ROHM is able to offer customers not only a full lineup of efficient, compact products for their applications, but also a complete solution for the power circuit designs.

Daisuke Nakamura, Managing Director of ROHM Semiconductor India, said, “At this time, ROHM will showcase the products and solutions which are supposed to be the key technologies in future EV market of India. The impact on next generation automobiles and its eco-system are very innovative and these have been adopted in the advanced xEV market like Japan, USA, Europe, and China. Please visit ROHM’s booth in electronica-India 2018 and explore the innovations lead

by ROHM Semiconductor.”

In ‘electronica-India 2018’ ROHM will present Automotive solutions with 5 categories as ‘SiC Power Devices”, “Analog Technologies”, “Infotainment”, “Body and Powertrain”, and “Made in India- for India”.

Key Highlights: 1. Nano-Pulse Control- Power ICs for Hybrid-Vehicles, e-Bike 2. EV-inverter & Charging Stations - SiC Power Devices 3. LED Driver reference solutionsAutomotive DRL/Rear-Lamps 4. ‘Made in India, for India’ - Product Development for Two-Wheeler Emissions Control and Integrated Lamp Control for LED Lighting Applications

RENESAS TRANSFERS KOCHI FACTORY TO MARUSAN INDUSTRY in December 2015 within a period of two to three years.

Following this announcement, the Kochi Factory was closed as of May 31, 2018.

Since 2015, with the assistance of Kochi Prefecture, Renesas focused on securing a purchaser for the facility and has now reached an agreement to transfer Kochi Factory to Marusan,

a company headquartered in Ozu City, Ehime Prefecture, whose main operations include the development, manufacture, and sales of hygiene products made from cotton and organic cotton.

This transfer of Kochi Factory to Marusan is scheduled to be completed in October 2018.

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Renesas Electronics Corporation announced that it will transfer the Kochi Factory (which it closed as of May 31, 2018) of Renesas Semiconductor Manufacturing.

Following the challenges faced in maintaining the profitability of the Kochi Factory due to reduced production load, Renesas announced its decision to close the Kochi Factory

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VICOR ONBOARDS AUTOMOMOSCHIP ACQUIRES FOUR TIVE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT VP SEMICONDUCTOR COMPANIES Vicor Corporation announced the appointment of Patrick Wadden as Vice President, Global Automotive Business Development, effective October 1, 2018. In his role, Wadden will be responsible for developing and coordinating Vicor’s business in the Global Automotive Market.

Prior to joining Vicor, Wadden was leading North American sales in the automotive segment for Integrated Device Technology. His prior experience includes leadership roles in sales, marketing, and product line management for Analog Devices, Altera, and Intersil.

Wadden holds a BSBA from Northeastern University.

Commenting on the appointment, Vicor’s CEO, Patrizio Vinciarelli, stated, "I am delighted to have Patrick join Vicor as 48V based power systems gain traction in hybrid, pure electric, and autonomous driving vehicles . Patrick will lead our initiative to expand the use of Vicor’s IP in automotive 48V power systems with a mix of product sales and technology licensing agreements.”

MosChip Semiconductor Technology acquisition of four companies - Gigacom Semiconductor, California, Gigacom Semiconductor, FirstPass Semiconductors and Institute of Silicon Systems.

The board has given its approval for the definitive agreements for acquiring four companies, three from India and one from the USA. MosChip has named Venkata Sudhakar Simhadri as the Chief Executive Secretary with effect from July 24, 2018.

“The acquisition helps in recruiting and grooming talent pool along with revenues. These acquisitions will help us add nearly 250 engineers,” said Ram Reddy, Founder Director of MosChip.

Besides, the acquisition would help the firm to expand its presence in the North American region.

Gigacom Semiconductor is focused on IP development and licensing apart from Mixed Signal Design Services. It has customers in the USA and India. FirstPass Semiconductors works in Design Verification, Physical Design and Analog Layout.

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NXP BUYS OMNIPHY FOR ETHERNET FOR AUTONOMOUS CARS NXP Semiconductors acquires OmniPHY, a provider of automotive Ethernet subsystem technology for an undisclosed amount.

With OmniPHY’s advanced high-speed technology and NXP’s leading portfolio and heritage in vehicle networks, is said to uniquely position NXP to deliver nextgeneration of data transfer solutions to carmakers.

OmniPHY’s expertise includes automotive Ethernet, a technology that enables the rapid data transfer required for autonomous driving.

Current plans for next-generation vehicles call for eight or more cameras, high definition radar, lidar and V2X capability, all of which generate steep data challenges for current car networks.

These requirements, combined with the modern vehicle’s need to offload data to enable the new business opportunities of the connected car, will soon make terabyte levels of data processing commonplace.

NXP’s acquisition of OmniPHY, touts

to have already begun to translate 1000BASE-T1 Ethernet for the automotive space. It will also give NXP a significant position in this rapidly evolving area.

“One of the vexing questions of the Autonomous Age is how to move data around the car as fast as possible,” said Ian Riches, Executive Director for Global Automotive Practice at Strategy Analytics. He further added, “Cameras and displays will ramp the number of high-speed links in the car to 150 million

by 2020 and by 2030 autonomous car systems will aggressively drive that number to 1.1 billion high-speed links.”

“Our heritage in vehicle networks is rich and with our leadership positions in CAN, LIN, and FlexRay, we hold a unique viewpoint on automotive networks,” said Alexander E. Tan, Vice President and General Manager of Automotive Ethernet Solutions, NXP. “The team and technology from OmniPHY give us the missing piece in an extensive highbandwidth networking portfolio.”

OmniPHY is a pioneer in high-speed automotive Ethernet IP and automotive qualified IP for 100BASE-T1 and 1000BASE-T1 standards.

OmniPHY interface IP and communication technology along with NXP’s automotive portfolio will form a “one-stop shop” for automotive Ethernet. The companies’ technology synergies will center on 1.25-28Gbps PHY designs and 10-, 100and 1000BASE-T1 Ethernet in advanced processes.

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RENESAS SELF-DRIVING CHIPS PROD RUMOURS IDT BUYOUT Renesas Electronics Corp lately has shared intend to acquire U.S.-based Integrated Device Technology Inc. The deal is reported to surpass $6 billion and help explore Renesas Electronics in newer technologies in the automotive segment.

The companies are in the final stages of talks and are to meet at the beginning of next week. The prospects for striking an agreement remain unclear, but Renesas is expected to make a tender offer for all of IDT's shares at a premium.

On the other hand, Renesas in a statement cleared that a deal with IDT was just one option under consideration and that nothing had been decided.

An acquisition of the auto and network electronics parts-maker would mark another significant expansion for Renesas.

In June, Chief Financial Officer Hidetoshi Shibata said the Tokyo-based company was planning acquisitions outside of the automotive industry and into fields from health care to aerospace.

Renesas, second only to NXP Semiconductors NV in automotive market

share, gets more than half of its revenue from auto-sector customers.

In an another statement disseminated earlier said, Renesas acknowledged that the talks are in progress. "While Renesas is considering the reported acquisition to accelerate its business growth, no definitive decision has been reached,"

Renesas said. The company said it will make a prompt announcement if it makes any concrete decisions.

Renesas is the world's second-largest producer of automotive chips. With this latest acquisition, Renesas is known to explore self-driving systems with IDT’s expertise.

INFINEON, IIT BHILAI INK MOU ON DIGITAL SECURITY

security applications.

Maurizio Skerlj, Senior Director, Chip Card and Security, from Infineon Technologies in Munich, believe that Indian universities provide great talent for software development. Commenting on the partnership, Skerlj said, “I am personally excited about the collaboration between Infineon and IIT Bhilai, which can provide state of the art security platforms with ease of use development kits in order to accelerate innovation and new applications”.

Infineon’s campus connect initiative will pave the way for academic and research interactions among officials of both institutes and increase the relevance of academic research and consultancy in the research and product development initiatives at Infineon and IIT Bhilai.

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Infineon Technologies, IIT Bhilai has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for joint promotion of Infineon’s security solutions.

Through curriculum and organized contests, lecturers and students of IIT Bhilai will gain knowledge of Infineon’s security solutions on various development kits.

Infineon will engage with IIT Bhilai through guest lectures by Infineon’s security experts. They will tap into their vast talent pool and co-develop focus areas in topics of mutual interest.

Speaking on the occasion, Infineon India MD, Vinay Shenoy said, “We are happy to partner with Dr. Moona and IIT Bhilai and address relevant, real-world security challenges in the Security domain. The partnership will focus on skill building and developing relevant solutions for India”.

Professor Rajat Moona, Director, IIT Bhilai, expressed happiness on working with Infineon on security solutions which can go a long way in training students on hardware security. He further elaborated, “This association will facilitate joint/collaborative research and consultancy programmes to develop indigenous technology for applications for commercial and strategic sectors”.

Infineon and IIT Bhilai will also explore new applications, jointly develop proof of concept and provide consultancy services on security implementations for smart card and embedded

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BREAKING THE LIMITATIONS OF SOFT MICRO-ACTUATORS Manipulating delicate tissues such as blood vessels during difficult surgeries, or gripping fragile organisms in the deep sea presents a challenge to surgeons and researchers alike.

Roboticists have made inroads into this problem by developing soft actuators on the microscale that are made of elastic materials. Through the expansion or contraction of embedded active components that can change their shapes to gently handle objects without damaging them.

However, the specific designs and materials used for their fabrication so far still limit their range of motion and the strength they can exert at scales on which surgeons and researchers would like to use them.

“The fabrication of soft micro-actuators is currently facing two main limitations: the reinforcement layers that direct bending often increase the overall size of the device,” explained Nina Sinatra, a Graduate Student working with Wyss Institute Core Faculty members Robert Wood, Ph.D., and Kevin Kit Parker, Ph.D., at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and the Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). “Also, bending microactuators in different ways, such as with twisting motions, thus far required that the geometry of the actuator had to be re-designed.”

Now, researchers led by Wood and Parker at the Wyss Institute and SEAS, including Sinatra, have joined their forces to create a new type of soft micro-actuator that can be fabricated using simple shapes and geometries, to exhibit greater toughness and different bend or bend-twist motions.

As reported in the Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, the team for the first time achieved this feat by combining two very different fabrication approaches and materials with complementary functions.

“At the start of the project, we hypothesized that we could extend the toughness and bending capabilities of soft microactuators simply by reinforcing them with a thin layer of a nanofiber network,” said Sinatra, the study’s first author.

To test this idea, the team first used soft lithography to fabricate the micro-

actuator’s elastic component as a thin, elongated shape with a rectangular cross-section. The flexible polymer polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) was used for this component because of its elastic and chemical properties and compatibility with many biomedical and industrial applications.

Soft lithography is a layered fabrication technique that is widely deployed to create diverse micro-scale structures from soft elastomeric materials with the help of stamps, molds, or masks. Choosing to manufacture the micro-actuator layerby-layer also allowed them to embed a hollow channel along one side, which, in the finished design, can be pressurized with air or liquid to trigger the micro-actuator’s motions.

For the micro-actuator’s nanofiber component, the team took advantage of a rotary jet spinning (RJS) technique previously developed by Parker’s group to create nanofibers from biological materials in an ongoing effort to manufacture regenerating heart valves for patients in need. In RJS, a rotating nozzle extrudes a solution of proteins or polymers that solidify as thin nanofibers; to fabricate nanofabrics for soft micro-actuators, the team used solutions of strong and stretchable synthetic polymers such as nylon and polyurethane.

They collected the extruded nanofibers in aligned sheets and bonded lasercut sections of the sheets to the side opposite of the channel in the soft PDMS

component. As the channel is pressurized, the nanofabric will reinforce one side of the actuator and preferentially induce bending toward this direction. This step completed the final composite microactuator.

With one end of the actuator free and the other end fixed to a pressure source, the team found their original hypothesis confirmed: the composite soft microactuators were 2.3 times tougher than control micro-actuators made of PDMS alone and capable of withstanding pressures almost 26% higher.

“By varying the nanofiber orientation and incising angled patterns into nanofiber sheets, we could program bend-twist motions into the soft micro-actuators, which widens our design space and the usability of these micro-devices significantly,” said Sinatra. The resulting micro-actuators are the slimmest soft pneumatic devices to achieve a more complex bending-twisting motion, which point to the potential for unprecedented delicate manipulation on the microscale.

“This new prototype of nanofiber-enforced soft micro-actuators is a compelling starting point for real-world applications that, interfacing this new actuator design with other tools, can facilitate micromanipulation of various fragile objects in challenging environments,” said Wood, who also is the Charles River Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences at SEAS.

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TUNABLE 2D MATERIALS HELP MAKE TWISTED ELECTRONICS

can exhibit exotic properties including superconductivity when the twist angle between them is set to 1.1 degrees, referred to as the “magic angle.”

The research was published online recently in Science ("Twistable electronics with dynamically rotatable heterostructures").

In previous approaches to fabricating structures with rotationally misaligned layers, the angle was set during the assembly process. This meant that once the device was made, its properties were fixed. “We were finding this approach frustrating, since very small errors in alignment could give entirely different results,” says Dean. “It would be great to make a device in which we could study its properties while continuously rotating its layers and so the question was, how to do this?”

The answer, the Columbia researchers realized, was to take advantage of the low friction that exists at the interface between the layers, which are held together by van der Waals forces that are much weaker than the atomic bonds within each layer. This low friction – which makes 2D materials very good as solid lubricants – makes controlled assembly at a desired angle very difficult. The Columbia group used the low friction characteristic to their advantage by

designing a device structure in which, instead of preventing rotation, they could intentionally and controllably vary the rotation angle.

The team used graphene/boron-nitride heterostructures to demonstrate the reach of their technique. In these structures, when the layers are not crystallographically aligned, the materials preserve their original properties (e.g., graphene will have a semi-metallic character) but when the layers are aligned, the properties of graphene change, opening an energy gap and behaving as a semiconductor. The researchers showed that this fine-tuning of the heterostructure’s properties affects its optical, mechanical, and electronic responses.

“Notably, we demonstrated that the energy gap observed in graphene is tunable and can be turned on or off on demand just by changing the orientation between the layers,” says Rebeca Ribeiro, who led this work as a post-doctoral researcher at Columbia and is now a CNRS research scientist at the French Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (C2N-CNRS). “The tuning of this energy gap not only represents a major step toward the future use of graphene in varied applications, but also provides a general demonstration in which the device properties of 2D materials are dramatically varied with rotation.”

From a technological point of view, the ability to tune the properties of a layered material by varying the twist angle provides the possibility for a single material platform to perform a variety of functions.

For example, electronic circuits are built from a finite number of components including metallic conductors, insulators, semiconductors, and magnetic materials.

This process requires integration of a variety of different materials and can pose a significant engineering challenge.

In contrast, a single material that can be locally “twisted” to realize each of these components could enable significant new engineering opportunities.

In addition, the ability to dynamically tune a system with mechanical twisting offers a new switching capability that could enable entirely new device applications.

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Two-dimensional (2D) materials such as graphene have unique electronic, magnetic, optical, and mechanical properties that promise to drive innovation in areas from electronics to energy to materials to medicine. Columbia University researchers are revolutionizing the way graphene can be more explored. The researchers have developed a “twistronic” device whose characteristics can be varied by simply varying the angle between two different 2D layers placed on top of one another.

The team demonstrates a novel device structure that not only gives them unprecedented control over the angular orientation in twisted-layer devices.

It also allows them to vary this angle in situ, so that the effects of twist angle on electronic, optical, and mechanical properties can be studied in a single device.

Led by Cory Dean (physics, Columbia University) and James Hone (mechanical engineering, Columbia Engineering), the team built upon techniques that they previously pioneered to mechanically layer graphene and other 2D materials, one on top of another, to form new structures.

“This mechanical assembly process allows us to mix and match different crystals to construct entirely new materials, often with properties fundamentally different from the constituent layers,” says Hone, leader of Columbia’s Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC), which investigates the properties of these heterostructures. “With hundreds of 2D materials available, the design possibilities are enormous.”

Recent studies have shown that rotational alignment between the layers plays a critically important role in determining the new properties that arise when materials are combined. For example, when conducting graphene is placed on top of insulating boron nitride with the crystal lattices perfectly aligned, graphene develops a band gap. At non-zero angles, the band gap disappears and intrinsic graphene properties are recovered.

Just this past March, researchers at MIT reported the groundbreaking discovery that two stacked layers of graphene

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MEDICAL ELECTRONICS

INTEGRATED

HOME HEALTH MONITORING

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Vidushi Kshatri Segment Manager, Analog Devices, Inc. The healthcare sector faces three major challenges: the population is growing ever older, cases of chronic diseases are increasing dramatically, and healthcare costs are exploding.

The elderly population is expected to grow exponentially over the next 20 years. Without receiving sufficient care, the elderly are at risk of losing their independence. Therefore, independent lifestyles are highly desired by elderly people.

But the independent lifestyles of older adults often come with high risks. Many smart home technologies implemented with various sensors have been developed to track and monitor the activities of elderly persons at home and assist their independent living. Buildings and urban environments equipped with sensor networks offer the elderly and sick the chance to retain their independence for longer.

Ambient assisted living (AAL) offers a range of benefits in this context. These benefits include linking patients, doctors, and medical equipment, which greatly enhances the efficiency of treatment and care. The linking enables automated recording and evaluation of patient’s activities and health

data, wherever they may be. As a result, medical personnel only need to be called in if the patient’s health actually deteriorates. The goal here is to reduce costs in the healthcare sector and improve patient care—even if patients are no longer being monitored constantly in the hospital, but at home in everyday life.

Human behavior analysis and activity recognition is an integral part of today’s AAL systems. Reliable and accurate monitoring, as well as real-time actuation when needed, are must have requirements in these systems. Daily activities such as cooking, sleeping, and cleaning are good indicators of the physical capabilities of the elderly or sick. Therefore, a system that automatically recognizes these activities allows automatic health monitoring and provides an objective measure for medical staff. Such a system should be able to detect any anomalies, such as a sudden fall, and provide for an immediate actuation. An activity monitoring system is therefore a crucial step in the future health applications.

In this article, we introduce an integrated home health

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monitoring system that is inclusive of a vision-based, activity monitoring system and a vital sign monitoring system. The purpose of the system is to be able to monitor the activities of an individual and simultaneously be able to monitor his/ her vital signs while performing that activity. The integration (binding) together of wearable healthcare technology and embedded vision technology is the key to achieving a true home health monitoring system.

in the form of an app for your nurse or guardian. u Cloud/data analytics: This forms the back end of the system.

Not only does the cloud infrastructure provide real-time access to the data in the form of an app, but it can also run background data analytics algorithms to identify trends in context with your home activities.

Vision-Based Sensing

Until now, the activity monitoring market has been largely dominated by video surveillance technology. However, with the shift of this activity monitoring happening in home environments, video analytics fail to be the right solution due to its basic shortcomings, such as invading the privacy of the person being monitored and the amount of data load that needs to be transmitted, as it is video. The advent of embedded vision sensing technology helps overcome these two issues. An embedded vision sensing platform performs real-time processing at the edge node with the output of the system being only useful to telemetry/processed data—hence overcoming the issue of privacy, because the data being transmitted is not video or images (which invades privacy), but only activity data such as cooking, cleaning, or sleeping.

Since only the telemetry data is transmitted, the reduced data rate saves on more than 90% of the bandwidth requirements, thereby saving on the cost that would be required to transmit video instead.

An activity monitoring embedded vision system includes detecting people, tracking people as they move, and recognizing their postures and activities of interest. The typical architecture of an embedded sensing platform would usually consist of the following:

System Design Considerations and Major Challenges u Reliability: It’s highly essential that an activity monitoring system provides the activity information in the most reliable, secure, and accurate fashion. Also, in case of an emergency, the system must be able to accurately detect an emergency environment and set out an alarm with a focus on reduced false alarm generation in order to prevent accidently contacting personnel or emergency dispatch. u L atency: An immediate response/actuation/alarming of alarms generated by your activity monitoring system is a feature that defines the exact potential of your security system. The basic functionality of monitoring your activity—be it sleeping, walking, cleaning, or a case of emergency—should be reported in an instantaneous manner so that a minimum time delay can be achieved between the occurrences and reporting. u Tamper Proof: Lastly, an activity monitoring system needs to be as tamper proof as possible. Tampering can occur at any stage of the system, be it the end node, wireless/ wired connectivity, or at the data control and analytics end of the cycle. Breach of building automation systems/ networks is a topic of great concern in security systems and home monitoring systems.

Analog Devices Embedded Vision Sensing Platform

ADI’s BLIP (Blackfin® low power imaging platform) is a low cost, low power, high performance embedded vision sensing platform that can run a vast array of real-time sensing and image processing algorithms. BLIP consists of the Blackfin series of processors from Analog Devices, the ADSP-BFxxx, which are aptly suited for embedded vision sensing algorithms. For more information on the BLIP and ADI offerings, please log on to analog.com/blip.

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u An optics system (a CMOS sensor plus the lens): This captures images. The right optics configuration needs to be defined on the basis of the field of view, configuration of the system, and the geometry of the room. Sometimes the CMOS sensor might do some image preprocessing, thus reducing the load of processing for the embedded processor, which, in turn, could reduce the power consumption of the system if correctly duty cycled. u The processing system: The processor is the heart of this system and it is now expected to do a lot more controlling, sensing, and interfacing, while consuming very little power and area. The processor in an embedded system platform that runs the image processing algorithm on the image captured by the optics system. The output of the system after the processing has been achieved is just telemetry data.

In a home health scenario, the output could be about the activity of the person, such as whether he/she is sleeping, cleaning, or has fallen down. u Connectivity: This could be either wired or wireless in an embedded, vision-based system. However, it’s likely to be wireless connectivity in a home environment. Since the output is just telemetry data and not raw video data, the payload to transmit is heavily reduced. This is then transmitted over to a cloud platform and made further available in real-time

Figure 1. Integrated health monitoring system for home use. The system monitors the person’s activities and vital parameters.

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Accurate, Compact, and Low Power Vital Sign Measurements

At the CES show in Las Vegas in early January 2016 that Analog Devices showed this solution for the first time. The measurement of vital signs (VSM) presented included heart rate and activity, and it was shown by a watch that is worn on the wrist.

Figure 3. Block diagram of the integrated health monitoring system.

Figure 2. ADI’s GEN II integrated wearable device reference design.

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Inside this watch, we find a modular architecture consisting of a mother- board embedding the new Cortex®-M3 microcontroller by ADI, which is the least consuming M3 controller on the market, named the ADuCM302x, and a 2.4 GHz radio transceiver allowing to send VSM data with the Google Thread protocol. On the daughter board is a photometric front end, the ADPD103, surrounded by three green LEDs and a photodiode, as well as the lowest power 3-axis accelerometer on the market, the ADXL362. These two devices are synchronized with one another to compensate for the movement of the person more efficiently.

The ADPD103 is a photometric front end, which works by reflective optical measurement to send an 8 mA to 250 mA current through its LED drivers to illuminate the external LEDs of the component. These LEDs illuminate the skin and use a reflected measurement through the photodiode, so the signal is acquired by the front end, then amplified, filtered, integrated, and converted by a 14-bit ADC, before being transmitted to a host via an I²C interface.

There are multiple advantages to having the LED and photodiode(s) externally: it allows for the selection of the number of LEDs, the color of the LEDs, their current strength, and especially for the optimal spacing of the LEDs with the photodiode to maximize the modulation index (it sets the acto-dc ratio, and thus the quality of the reflected signal). It also lets you choose the size of the photodiode (when the latter is wider, the modulation index will be higher) and possibly add to it an ultralow noise and low power current amplifier.

From the type of measurement performed (HRM—heart rate, pulsed oximetry) and the location of the measure on the skin comes choosing the color of the LEDs. For measurement of the heart rate on the wrist, we choose green LEDs, as their hemoglobin absorption is highest for the 500 nm to 600 nm wavelengths. When your heart beats the blood flow in your wrist and the absorption of green light is superior. Between beats, it decreases. By flashing green LEDs hundreds of times

per second, the ADPD103 can calculate the number of times the heart beats every minute, which is your heart rate. It is recommended to space the green LED to the photodiode by 3 mm, or more conveniently, to increase the modulation index, as shown in Figure 3.

Figure 4. Modulation index as a function of spacing between LED and photodiode.

If we want to measure pulsed oximetry, then we choose a red LED and an infrared LED, and we will practice instead with the finger (we also benefit from an HRM with this method), because it has a strong capillary concentration.

Pulse oximetry is a noninvasive method used by physicians to assess and quickly control the respiratory functions of a patient. The ratio of red and infrared light through the photodiode indicates the percentage of oxygenated hemoglobin vs. deoxygenated hemoglobin in your blood.

The oxygen saturation in the blood is also called SpO2.

Oximetry is therefore based on the measurement of the light absorption of hemoglobin in blood capillaries and specifically on the rate of oxyhemoglobin (oxygenated hemoglobin) and deoxyhemoglobin (deoxygenated hemoglobin) of each red blood cell:

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u A 98% SpO2 means that each red blood cell is loaded with 98% oxyhemoglobin and 2% deoxyhemoglobin Analog Devices also offers module solutions (analog front end, photodiode, and LED in the same package) for surface constrained applications that do not require a lot of optimization of the optical measurement. Thus, the ADPD142, which includes a red LED and an IR LED, allows SpO2 measurement on the finger. Its successor, the ADPD144, offers an improved mechanical design that reduces internal light pollution (which is the direct light between the LED and the photodiode). It provides an average measurement error of 2.6% over 24,425 sample measurements, making it FDA compliant. The ADPD144’s package measures 5 mm × 2.8 mm, with a height of 1.35 mm.

As indicated above, to maximize the modulation index and, thus, the quality of the measured signal, there must be a minimum of spacing between LED and photodiode, which may not be optimal in a module where space is constrained. Thus, for applications such as sport watches with additional constraints due to the movement, perspiration, and the displacement of the skin-watch contact, Analog Devices recommends only solutions with external LED and photodiode from the photometric front end.

On the software offering side, Analog Devices provides drivers of the photometric sensors and accelerometers, and introduced at CES its own motion compensation algorithm, which runs on a Cortex-M3 core, the ADuCM3027, taking only 1.5 MIPS for 13 kB ROM, and 7.8 kB of RAM. This is a major breakthrough because until then, this type of algorithm required floating-point calculations, and thus, a Cortex-M4 processor type, which is more power hungry and more expensive.

Note also that the color of skin or tattoos affects the quality of the measured reflected signal. It is recommended not to place the solution on a tattoo; the modulation index is slightly reduced for people with dark skin hence the need to optimize the optical design of the solution.

Ultra Low Power Platform

About the Author

Vidushi Kshatri is a segment manager for smart buildings at ADI, with a background in electronics and communications engineering and a focus on machine learning and visionbased technologies. She joined Analog Devices in 2015 as an application engineer, concentrating on IoT and environmental monitoring applications before she took care of the SMART building segment. She can be reached at vidushi.kshatri@analog.com. n

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Now let us try to determine the power consumption of the watch discussed previously, assuming that we execute a motion compensation algorithm on the Cortex-M3 ADuCM3027 and some characteristics to establish the LED’s power consumption.

The ADPD103 sends a LED pulse train on one or two time slots. This allows, for example, a different number of pulses from one LED to another. The ADPD103’s consumption is the sum of the AFE and LED consumptions.

Let us take for example these conditions: u FS = 100 Hz; 2 slots; pulse period A = 20 μs; pulse period B = 40 μs u N umber of pulses A = 4; number of pulses B = 8 u M aximum current in LED A = 25 mA; maximum current in LED B = 100 mA u P ulse duration A = 3 μs; pulse duration B = 3 μs u T hus the effective current in the LED_A = (3 × 4/10000) × 25 mA = 30 μA

u T hus the effective current in the LED_B = (3 × 8/10000) × 100 mA = 240 μA u C urrent in the A channel of the AFE =FS((20 + pulse count × pulse period) × Vddpeak + 0.13) = 100((20 + 4 × 20) × 0.0093 + 0.13) = 106 μA u C urrent in the B channel of the AFE = FS((20 + pulse count × pulse period) × Vddpeak + 0.20) = 100((20 + 8 × 20) × 0.0093 + 0.20) = 187 μA u T he total current of ADPD103 (including consumption of both LEDs) is 563 μA As indicated above, the motion compensation algorithm developed by Analog Devices needs only 1.5 MIPS to operate, which we approximate to a running frequency 1.5 MHz. The power consumption of the ADuCM3027 being 38 μA/MHz, means the microcontroller consumes 57 μA. The ADXL362 uses 2 μA with a sampling frequency of 100 Hz, thus, the AFE and LED, Cortex-M3, and accelerometer system consumes 622 μA with this example. This low power consumption maximizes usage time without recharging the built-in LiPo battery in this watch. In standby mode, the ADPD103 consumes 3.5 μA. Its successor will decrease this value to 1 μA. It should be noted that this example shows a power calculation that does not correspond to a precise application. You can get better or worse results depending on the targeted application, the current through the LEDs, and the sampling frequency having a direct link with the power consumption of the system.

That said, ADI’s low power solutions help reduce the recharge period and power consumption of healthcare devices, which allows the elderly to live more independent lifestyles.

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KEYSIGHT BRINGS INFINIIUM UXR-SERIES OSCILLOSCOPES gmax 2Keysight Technologies announces the new Infiniium UXR-Series of oscilloscopes. The new Keysight Infiniium UXR-Series of oscilloscopes sports models ranging from 13 to 110 GHz of true analog bandwidth.

It is also said to offer industry-leading signal integrity, and investment protection that meets the needs of technology advancements today and tomorrow.

Keysight’s New Infiniium UXR-Series Enables: High-speed serial and optical designers, focused on current and next-generation technologies, to quickly create comprehensive designs with higher margins, thereby reducing time to market of their innovation.

Superior performance levels, combined with a wide selection of bandwidth choices, make the Infiniium UXR-series the ideal solution for engineers and designers working with any generation of DDR, USB, PCIe or other serial technologies, as well as PAM4, 5G, radar, satellite communications, and optical designs.

“Today’s electronic and communications systems have become more complex requiring next-generation test and measurement,” said Jessy Cavazos, Industry Director, Test & Measurement, Frost & Sullivan. “Keysight’s deep heritage and extensive expertise in test and measurement is clearly reflected in the new UXR series of oscilloscopes, which deliver nextgeneration innovations to address the rapidly evolving measurement and compliance needs in the high-speed digital, terabit and optical research, 5G, RF, and aerospace and defence markets.”

10-bit vertical resolution and industry leading signal integrity for superior effective number of bits (ENOB), leading

These Solutions Include: N4391B Optical Modulation Analyzer

(OMA) – a compact, real-time oscilloscope-based OMA designed specifically for complex optical data transmission and terabit measurement challenges.

M8194A 120 GSa/s arbitrary waveform generator (AWG) – Keysight’s fastest AWG delivers a new level of stimulus performance for generating challenging formats such as 64 GBaud 64QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation) and other wideband modulation schemes.

“High-speed serial and optical technologies are continually pushing speed and performance boundaries as the development of terabit and 5th generation serial technologies accelerate,” said Dave Cipriani, Keysight Vice President, Digital and Photonics Center of Excellence. “The expanded UXR oscilloscope series, the UXR-based OMA, and Keysight’s fastest AWG, collectively offer highspeed designers an unprecedented end-to-end solution to rapidly advance their technology development today, while providing investment protection into the future.”

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Keysight Infiniium UXR-Series 13 to 110 GHz oscilloscope models enable designers to accelerate time to market of their innovation, with:

to faster compliance testing with higher margins; sampling rates of 256 GSa/s per channel on 40 to 110 GHz models and 128 GSa/s per channel on 13 to 33 GHz models, creating accurate reconstruction of high-speed signals; up to four full-bandwidth channels with less than 35 fs (rms) of inter-channel intrinsic jitter providing accurate timing and skew measurements; an optional full factory grade self-calibration module which ensures ongoing measurement accuracy while reducing the need to take the unit out of service,a chipset based on a Keysight-proprietary Indium Phosphide (InP) process that enables exceptionally wide bandwidth and extremely low noise floor.

Keysight also announced two additional solutions that, when paired with the company’s Infiniium UXR-Series oscilloscopes, offer a full end-to-end solution from stimulus to analysis for PAM4 and 400G, 600G, as well as terabit coherent optical interconnect designs.

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ANRITSU FLAUNTS NEW ACCESS MASTER MT9085 SERIES Anritsu unveiled its ACCESS Master MT9085 series of handheld testers that provides accuracy and broad measurement capability during installation and maintenance of fiber optic cable in LTE and 5G backhaul, as well as Metro and Core networks.

Maintaining the portability, performance, and operability of the field-proven ACCESS Master platform, the new MT9085 series incorporates a wide 8-inch color touchscreen for enhanced operation, as well as integrates Anritsu’s innovative Fiber Visualizer as a standard feature.

The built-in 8-inch touchscreen, rotary knob, and hard keys of the ACCESS Master MT9085 series improve OTDR waveform analysis for unprecedented ease of use, helping cut on-site work time. Further simplifying verification and reducing test time is the Fiber Visualizer. Field technicians can use the tool to display fiber events, such as splices, connectors, and splitters, as a schematic map. By eliminating complex operations, such as reading and analyzing optical waveforms, Fiber Visualizer allows technicians at any experience level to conduct highquality fiber measurements and pass/ fail evaluations. In addition, automatic pass/fail evaluation based on preset threshold values reduces operator evaluation errors.

The Key Features of the ACCESS Master MT9085 series include: • H ighly accurate event detection is

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achieved with the ACCESS Master MT9085 series.

It combines all the functions to install and maintain optical cable in today’s high-bandwidth applications.

In addition to a full-feature OTDR, the ACCESS Master MT9085 series can conduct optical power loss measurements and fiber far-end detection.

The portable field tester is designed with a unique algorithm that detects fiber events with high accuracy in complex passive optical networks (PONs) to reduce on-site workloads.

F eatures high-speed, high-quality real-time waveforms, short dead zone

of ≤8 m, high dynamic range of ≥46 dB, and support for both single-mode optical fiber (SMF) and multi-mode optical fiber (MMF) waveforms.

A flexible platform allows functionality to be easily added to the ACCESS Master MT9085 series. A highperformance optical power meter, visible light source, and optical fiber end-face inspection function VIP (Video Inspection Probe) can be integrated into the platform to create a complete all-in-one toolkit for fiber installation and maintenance.

Measurement results can be managed easily at the central office using WLAN and Bluetooth connections.

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FLUKE PROCESS INSTRUMENTS NEW SPOT SIZE CALCULATOR APP Fluke Process Instruments has released the new Spot Size Calculator app for Android and iOS mobile devices, for desktop computers running Windows 10, and as an online app for use with all common internet browsers.

It integrates all Fluke Process Instruments infrared spot sensors and thermal imagers as well as legacy Raytek and Ircon devices. Users simply select a product and enter the mounting

distance. The app then calculates the

spot diameter or camera field of view.

This will help customers find the right spot pyrometer for their installation environment – the measured object must be larger than the spot size to prevent measuring errors. In addition, the app will help customers optimally set up thermal cameras so they focus all areas of interest. The app supports English, German, French, Spanish, and Chinese.

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R&S UNVEILS SIGNAL GENERATOR FOR SATELLITE NAVIGATION Rohde & Schwarz (R&S) is introducing simulation capabilities for the L5/E5 frequency band to the company's R&S SMW200A general purpose vector signal generator that can function as a Global Navigation Satellite System, (GNSS) signals simulator, and can simulate complex interference environments internally in parallel with GNSS signals.

This enhancement adds GPS L5 and Galileo E5 simulation capabilities to the simulator.

The R&S SMW200A GNSS simulator is for test and characterization of multi-constellation and multi-frequency GNSS receivers. With its recently added simulation capabilities for GPS L5 and Galileo E5, the R&S SMW200A can generate complex and realistic test scenarios with as many as 144 channels in the GNSS frequency bands L1, L2 and L5.

In addition to GPS (L1/L2/L5), GLONASS (L1/L2), Galileo (E1/E5) and BeiDou (L1/ L2), the R&S SMW200A also supports satellite navigation signal generation for QZSS and SBAS on L1. The available channels can be routed to up to four RF outputs, so that even multi-antenna systems can be tested.

The R&S SMW200A also can generate complex coexistence and interference scenarios with multiple interferers. GNSS signals, noise and all interference signals are generated directly in the instrument.

Additional signal sources for external generation of interference signals are not required, resulting in small, compact and simple test and measurement setups.

Today, an increasing number of GNSS receivers are capable of receiving signals on multiple different frequencies, such as L1, L2 and L5. Although this

multi-frequency capability, as well as having to process signals from diverse navigation systems such as GPS, GLONASS, Galileo or BeiDou, make the receiver design more complex, they ensure a better quality of service for the end user.

Multi-frequency and multi-constellation processing not only improves positioning accuracy, service availability and robustness, it also makes the positioning process less vulnerable to interference, jamming or spoofing attacks.

SPIRENT TO PERFORM TEST FOR CTIA IOT CYBERSECURITY

IoT Community, and a sponsor of the IoT Slam conference. Bill Mortimer, Vice President of Strategic Marketing at Spirent, is the current Advisory Board Chairman for the IoT Community.

“Threat actors have repeatedly demonstrated their skill at penetrating IoT devices in vehicles, hospitals,

manufacturing plants, utilities and public infrastructure for nefarious purposes,” said Sameer Dixit, senior director, security consulting, Spirent Communications.

“We have developed keen expertise in holistically assessing the security and performance of connected IoT devices and offer comprehensive testing services to vendors, deploying organizations and service providers.

With the additional benefit of CTIA’s IoT Cybersecurity Certification, clients can better manage and protect their networks and important—and often life-preserving—devices.”

Spirent SecurityLabs currently offers comprehensive IoT security and performance testing and will begin CTIA IoT Cybersecurity Certification in October 2018 once the program officially begins.

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Spirent Communications, announces that it has been approved as an Authorized Test Lab for CTIA IoT Cybersecurity Certification, a new testing program designed to confirm the security designs and capabilities of cellular-connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Spirent SecurityLabs collaborated with leading wireless operators, technology companies, security experts and other test labs throughout the development of the program’s test requirements and plans.

The program is based on IoT security recommendations from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Spirent has extensive experience in the security and performance evaluation of cellular- and network-connected IoT devices, is a prominent member of the

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FLIR SYSTEMS RECEIVES AWARD TOTALING $28.7M WILSONVILLE, Ore. – October 1, 2018 – FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced today it has received an award from the United States Department of Defense (DOD) Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND) in support of the Multi-Phase Chemical Agent Detector (MPCAD) program. The Other Transaction Authority Agreement (OTA) is valued at $28.7 million, with execution extending through mid-2022.

A modified version of the FLIR Griffin™ G510 will form the basis of FLIR’s MPCAD solution. The Griffin G510 is a portable gas chromatograph mass spectrometer (GCMS) system currently used by domestic and international response teams to perform real-time chemical threat confirmation in the field. This development will provide the ability to identify chemicals at low levels in aerosol, gas, liquid, and solid phases of matter. It will provide the warfighter with field confirmation capabilities and

better enable the Joint Forces to combat and interdict chemical weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

“We are proud to be selected as part of the US Military’s critical next generation chemical sensing program,” said James Cannon, Chief Executive Officer at FLIR. “This award enables our team to further fulfill its mission to protect the lives and livelihoods of our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines against the threat of chemical attack.”

TRUE RMS DIGITAL INSULATION MULTIMETER Model KM 877 (23 functions 73 ranges) Special Features : • VFD V & Hz readings.

• Paper White Backlight LCD Display • Record MAX / MIN readings.

• Display Hold Function.

• Dual Digital Display.

• PI & DAR Function.

• Autoranging.

• P ass /Fail Insulation Resistance Compare function; 12 selectable Preset Values.

• L OCK-Test mode for Insulation Resistance & Earth Continuity Test.

• BeepJack ™ audible & visible input warning.

• Remote Probe for insulation Resistance & Earth Continuity Test.

• F unctions : DC/AC Voltage , VFD AC Voltage, Insulation Resisitance, Resistance, Earth Continuity Test, Hz Line Level Frequency

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Specifications :

• Sensing : AC, True RMS • Display : 3-5/6 digits 6000 Counts Backlight LCD Display.

• 61 Segments Analog Bar Graph : 60 per second max.

• Auto or Manual-ranging mode.

• Auto Power Off. • Polarity : Automatic • Update Rate : 5 per second nominal • Earth Continuity Test : 110mA @20 Ω range, 220mA @2.0 Ω range.

Tester can perform at least 3000 Earth Continuity Test measurements with new alkaline batteries at room temperature. These are standard test of 1 Ω with a duty

cycle of 5 seconds on & 25 seconds off.

• Insulation Resistance @ 1mA Test Current : 50V output Voltage :25mA, 100V output Voltage : 45mA 250V output Voltage : 85mA, 500V output Voltage : 170mA 1000V output Voltage : 440mA Tester can perform at least 950 Insulation Tests with new alkaline batteries at room temperature.

These are standard tests of 1000V into 1MΩ with a duty cycle of 5 seconds on and 25 seconds off.

• Operating Temperature : -10°C ~ 40°C • Relative Humidity : Maximum relative humidity 90% for temperature up to 28°C decreasing linearly to 50% relative humidity at 40°C. • Pollution degree : 2 • IP Rating : IP40 • Storage Temperature : -20°C ~ 60°C, < 80% R.H. (with battery removed) • Altitude : Operating below 2000m • Temperature Coefficient : Nominal 0.15 x (specified accuracy)/ °C @(-10°C~18°C or 28°C~40°C), or otherwise specified.

• Low Battery : approx. 4.6V • Power Supply : Four Alkaline AA batteries • Power Consumption : 4.5mA typical except : ACV +Hz & VFD ACV +Hz : 7.0mA • APO Timing : Idle for 20 minutes • APO Consumption : 50 µA typical • Dimension: 208(L) X 103(W) X 64.5(H) mm with holster • Weight : 635 gm with holster.

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RF TECH TO LAUD ELECTRONIC T&M EQUIPMENT MARKET

follow that trend," said Jessy Cavazos, Industry Director for Test & Measurement at Frost & Sullivan. "It will be vital for market participants to come up with a new approach to test in the coming years as the traditional approach is not sustainable from cost and technical perspectives."

Frost & Sullivan's recent analysis, Global Electronic Test and Measurement, Forecast to 2022, provides a comprehensive analysis of trends, perspectives, and market forecasts. With the smart mobility concept and new cellular and Wi-Fi standards, including 4.5G, 4.9G, 5G and 802.11ax, the demand for RF test equipment will be high, while that of digital test equipment will be fueled by new standards such as PCIe5 and CCIX. A Few of the Key Growth Areas Identified

by Frost & Sullivan Experts Include: • Autonomous Driving: These technologies call for innovative measurements and test approaches to address needs through automation and other means as well as provide complete systems that cover electrical, mechanical and software aspects.

• 5G: Technical complexity with 5G has grown exponentially, with engineers requiring flexible and easily upgradable solutions. Therefore, vendors need to work with technology leaders early in the research stage to acquire the knowledge necessary to support customers in the next stages of the technology lifecycle.

• Power applications: Design engineers for power supplies and power sequencing applications need deeper insight into their designs for maximum energy efficiency. Test vendors should focus on solutions that have better noise performance, are more precise, and can catch fast, small and unpredictable signals.

"The automotive industry, 5G, power applications, high-speed digital standards, and power applications will provide significant growth opportunities for participants over the next five years," said Cavazos. "In addition, stronger demand will emerge from medical devices. Significant opportunities will come from high frequencies changing the face of the electronic T&M market over the next decade."

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For the next five years, electronic test and measurement (T&M) equipment market will boom with the growth of next-gen technologies. Technologies like, Autonomous driving, 5G, Internet of Things (IoT), data centers, power applications, and new high-speed digital standards will be the growth engines.

The next wave of growth has begun with the technologies making their way down the product lifecycle, from research and development to manufacturing and deployment, writes Frost & Sullivan. Greater complexity and technology convergence will spur demand across verticals, with the largest opportunities coming from communications, semiconductors and computing industries, and the fastest growth in industrial and automotive verticals.

Market winners will be those able to meet the demand while addressing the specific requirements of applications, noted the latest report.

"Greater complexity in end-user technologies calls for an increased cost of test. However, with RF proliferation in consumer devices, there is the notion that the cost of test equipment should

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SMARTPHONE MARKET GOVERNING

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OLED DISPLAY MARKET, EXPECTED $25.5BN IN 2018 IDTechEx Research finds that in 2018 the OLED industry will be worth $25.5Bn, rising to $30.72Bn in 2019.

OLEDs used in mobile devices dominate the OLED industry, comprising of 88% of the market revenue in 2018. These are predominately supplied by Samsung, but recent capacity additions come from BOE Display, CSOT, EDO, Tianman, and Visionox, all based in China.

The second largest sector is OLED TVs, supplied by LG, which are 8% of the total market by revenue in 2018, but 27% of the market by display area. The third largest OLED application in 2018 is wearables, which is 2% by market value and 0.4% by area in 2018. The thinness, flexibility, and appearance of the display are desirable in these applications versus LCDs. Additionally, IDTechEx Research concludes that the OLED market will grow to $58Bn in 2025, with the total area of displays being 27.6 million sq meters that year.

The report also assesses the progress of emerging competitive technologies. For example, the impacts of the Rec.2020 digital standard for next-generation UHD displays are better satisfied by quantum dot (QD) displays. Emissive QD displays are still in development, and IDTechEx Research expects the first QD emissive displays to come to market in 2026, at which point the OLED industry will be more depreciated.

In the race to innovate to differentiate, there is rapid progress from glass-based OLED displays to plastic based/flexible displays and ultimately foldable displays. In 2017 25.6% of manufactured OLED displays were plastic based. That rises to 35.3% in 2020 with the first foldable displays coming to market than in volume.

Printed OLED displays are still in development the background, with JOLED having launched the world’s first commercial printed OLED display in late 2017 and others – particularly Chinese panel makers – aggressively pursuing research in this area.

IDTechEx Research has assessed the display industry since

2001. This report gives a detailed, impartial and realistic appraisal of the OLED markets and technologies, leveraging the full expertise of our analysts and the direct interviews with companies in the value chain.

The new IDTechEx Research report “Global OLED Display Forecasts and Technologies 2019-2029” provides a comprehensive assessment of OLED display technologies and markets based on primary research conducted globally

by IDTechEx analysts.

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IR LED MARKET TO LOG15% CAGR TO OVER $1BN BY 2024

market is the biometrics industry, due to increasing adoption of iris and facial recognition in electronic devices, driven by mobile payment services that create the need for secure and reliable authentication for users. Several LED makers are taking advantage of these opportunities and are launching advanced components for biometric applications. For example, Chinese electronics retailer GOME recently collaborated with German LED maker Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH to integrate infrared components for iris recognition technology into all their smartphones. The growing global smartphone industry is projected to boost the IR LED market for iris and facial recognition.

The North America IR LED market is expected to exceed $350m by 2024 due to increasing demand from the surveillance industry. The USA has been the main country adopting advanced surveillance technologies such as artificial intelligence, facial recognition and surveillance automation. Demand for such technologies is rising across airports, commercial buildings and other public buildings, particularly as surveillance is integral to the USA for law

enforcement and is part of its critical national infrastructure.

Vendors in the infrared LED market space include Everlight, Vishay Intertechnology, Epistar, and Rohm Semiconductor.

To cater to demand from growing applications in consumer electronics, the industry is seeing extensive investment in IR LEDs. To gain market share, players have been focusing on new product launches and targeting the consumer electronics segment. In 2018, Osram Opto Semiconductors has expanded its product portfolio by announcing six new IR LEDs (IREDs) for automotive use, including 850nm components for applications such as pedestrian protection, night vision and other exterior applications and 940nm components for applications such as gesture recognition, driver monitoring, and other interior applications.

Considering the demand and huge potential, several companies in the industry have shifted their focus to the infrared LED market. For example, in 2017 Everlight reported that IR LEDs contributed 25% of its total revenue. For Epistar, its market share in these LED chips was over 10% of all aluminium gallium indium phosphide (AlGaInP) chip output in 2015, the report notes.

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The IR LED market is expected to see significant growth due to increasing demand for cameras with night-vision capabilities and remote sensing in the automotive and consumer electronics industries.

The infrared (IR) LED market will exceed $1bn by 2024, as shipments rise from over $400m in 2017.

The infrared (IR) LED market is set to balloon compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 15% between 2018 and 2024.

Global Market Insights report covers wavelength ranges of 700-850nm, 850940nm, 940-1020nm and 1020-1720nm.

Automotive demand has grown due to increasing usage in exterior and interior lighting.

Moreover, the IR LED market has tremendous opportunities for future growth with integration into wearable devices such as augmented reality (AR)/virtual reality (VR) and with the emergence of Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled devices.

By wavelength range, the 700-850nm and 850-940nm segments are expected to grow at a CAGR of over 17%, due to increasing use in numerous applications, especially in the automotive and industrial sectors for 850-940nm.

A growth segment in the infrared LED

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MOUSER BRINGS TI ADS1219 PRECISION 24-BIT ADC Mouser Electronics is distributing the ADS1219 precision analog-to-digital converter (ADC) from Texas Instruments (TI). The ADS1219 is a four-channel, 24‑bit, delta-sigma ADC that includes all of the features necessary to implement the most common system monitoring functions, such as supply voltage, current, and temperature monitoring.

The TI ADS1219 ADC, available from Mouser Electronics, offers four analog inputs with an input multiplexer that accepts two differential, four single-ended, or two single-ended and one differential signal measurements. The device’s railto-rail input buffers, a programmable gain stage, and clock oscillator help reduce the required external circuitry

The ADS1219 operates from a wide supply voltage range of 2.3V – 5.5V and features an internal 2.048 V voltage reference with low offset drift of 5 ppm/°C. The device communicates digital data over a two-wire I2C-compatible interface that supports I2C bus speeds up to 1 Mbit per second.

The Key Application of the ADS1219 ADC includes: for monitoring applications. The ADC boasts programmable data rates of up to 1,000 samples per second (SPS), with a digital filter that offers simultaneous 50 Hz and 60 Hz rejection at 20 SPS for noisy industrial applications.

The ADS1219 ADC is specified over a wide temperature range of minus 40 degrees to 125 degrees C suitable for • battery test equipment, • gas detectors, • heat meters, • wearable fitness and activity trackers.

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NEW YORKER ELECTRONICS, PANDUIT PARTNERS The new partnership between New Yorker Electronics and Panduit means complete end-to-end computer and electronic networking designs New Yorker Electronics recently announced its recent joint enterprise with Panduit, a leading global provider of electrical and network infrastructure solutions, to provide advanced end-toend network systems and components to end users.

Panduit is a world-class developer and provider of leading-edge solutions that connect, manage and automate the physical infrastructure of business systems. Nearly every portion of a company’s electrical and computer linkage is available through Panduit – including hardware and software, cable bundling, racks and cabinets, copper systems, thermal management, wire routing, fiber systems and more.

Panduit offers everything to bundle, protect, connect, route and identify new or existing installations of integrated circuitry.

This ideal pairing between Panduit and New Yorker Electronics, means even more complete solutions for data centers, enterprise, industrial automation, OEMs, MROs and industrial construction companies. The partnership will enable

a more complete availability of supplies for connectivity and bandwidth, allowing businesses access to a single source for end-to-end networking infrastructure.

New Yorker Electronics is a reliable source of passive components known for its full product lines, large inventories and competitive pricing.

“There is a real, tangible advantage to end-users. Like Panduit, our passive electrical components are similarly found throughout networks and digital infrastructure,” said Barry Slivka, President of New Yorker Electronics. "Now, we are able to offer customers complete

solutions through a single distributor.

This means Panduit products are now available with the personalized service and turnaround that the giant distributors cannot offer.

Panduit brings data centers, industrial automation facilities and similar companies a more flexible way to enable software and systems to communicate, both within the company and throughout the world. Similarly, New Yorker Electronics provides passive components for microprocessors and data systems to ensure reliable networking. Together, Panduit and New Yorker Electronics can deliver comprehensive solutions that unify the physical infrastructure to help customers achieve operational consistency.

This relationship provides Panduit with an established international distribution channel and robust eCommerce operation.

For New Yorker Electronics, it means a very valuable extension to its current offerings of passive components.

Customers will benefit from extraordinary ease of access to Panduit’s vast product lines with the experience and responsiveness customers have come to expect from New Yorker Electronics through three generations.

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AVNET AND NOT IMPOSSIBLE INK AGREEMENT New collaboration leverages Avnet's product development ecosystem to bring Not Impossible Labs' visionary technologies to mass market Avnet and Not Impossible announce new partnership to create technology products that enhance accessibility and inclusivity How does one of the world's most groundbreaking technology incubators turn its ideas for solving life's absurdities into marketable products? It leverages Avnet's end-to-end ecosystem for technology developers. That's the genesis of the new partnership between Avnet and Not Impossible Labs.

Through the combination of Avnet's product development expertise, and Not Impossible's mission to provide greater access to life-changing technologies, the two companies are creating products to enhance the quality of life for people who lack access and opportunity, or who suffer from some of the world's most pervasive and challenging health conditions, while increasing opportunities for inclusivity.

First up in the multi-year agreement will be a focus on Not Impossible Labs' Vibrotextiles™, a category of vibratory wearables with benefits that extend to areas such as health and wellness, entertainment, safety and communication.

• VibroHealth is a wearable technology that uses vibrations to improve quality of life for people affected by motorrelated issues, so they may return to some of the activities they enjoy most.

to create again.

"Avnet's ongoing support has brought Not Impossible Labs' work to the next level, whether through event and project sponsorships, or by rolling up its sleeves and facilitating product development, logistics and supply chain management," said Mick Ebeling, founder & CEO of Not Impossible Labs. "This partnership allows us to focus on Not Impossible Labs' highest and best purpose: inventing solutions to the world's 'absurdities' with confidence that our creations won't languish on a back-office shelf -- Avnet will help bring our dreams to 'Help Many' to life."

Through its unique end-to-end ecosystem, Avnet supports every stage of the product lifecycle by delivering design, product, marketing and supply chain expertise. This ecosystem, comprised of small-scale specialists Premier Farnell and element14, design-focused Hackster.io, and manufacturing solution provider Dragon Innovation, reduces the time, cost and complexities of bringing products to market, and enables the Not Impossible's mission of taking innovations from "one to many."

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• M usic: Not Impossible uses sophisticated vibration technology to create a more inclusive and enhanced live music experience for the deaf and hearing, allowing everyone, regardless of their hearing level, to enjoy an amazing multisensory experience.

"I'm truly inspired by the business that Not Impossible Labs has built based on its 'help one to help many' philosophy, and now with Avnet as its partner, its products will be accessible to even more people in need," said Bill Amelio, Chief Executive Officer, Avnet. "Avnet's unique technology development ecosystem gives companies like Not Impossible Labs

access to our expertise and resources so it can bring its important innovations to market easier, faster and more costefficiently, with one single technology solutions partner to guide R&D and the go-to-market process. We are confident that this collaboration will succeed--not just in delivering products to market, but in truly transforming people's lives."

This partnership represents the next stage of Avnet's support for Not Impossible.

For the second year, Avnet will be the title sponsor of the Not Impossible Awards, which recognize and celebrate people, companies, technology and transformational innovation that bring positive change to global communities' issues of inability and inaccessibility, as well as the sponsor of the program's IoT-focused Connectivity Award.

Additionally, Avnet supported the first season of Podcast: Not Impossible, a series that explores true stories of the "impossible" made "not impossible," like technology that allows amputees to "feel" via advancements in prosthetic limbs and the "Eyewriter," which Not Impossible developed to enable a paralyzed artist

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WHY THE EDGE IS CENTRAL TO IOT SUCCESS In the Internet of Things (IoT), edge devices seem almost an afterthought, assigned to a minor position at the boundary between IoT devices in the periphery and the sophisticated IoT software applications in the cloud. Yet, as IoT developers tackle emerging IoT requirements, edge devices will play a central role in addressing the many challenges that lie ahead in large-scale IoT systems.

In their most basic role, IoT edge devices connect IoT terminal devices with remote resourcesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;not unlike how a telecom wire center, industrial I/O controller, and Wi-Fi router respectively connect telephones, factory automation devices, and home computers. By supporting diverse wireless technologies and protocols, an edge device can greatly simplify requirements for IoT device design. Developers can

focus on the application in their IoT device designs rather than work through the limited options for wireless connectivity.

Yet, the nature of IoT drives the need for edge devices able to support functionality beyond basic connectivity.

IoT applications thrive on the mass effect of hundreds or thousands of wireless sensor nodes pouring out streams of data. Deploying and maintaining those nodes in their large numbers represents a significant logistical challenge that can surely impede overall IoT success.

Edge devices offer a natural solution by providing a local host for initial commissioning of massive numbers of devices onto IoT networks and handling subsequent over-the-air updates of those devices. In addition, edge devices can provide local versions of cloud-based services to maintain operations when

cloud connections are down. For timesensitive operations, edge devices can perform local processing essential to support short-latency feedback loops unable to tolerate the extra delay imposed by cloud access.

At the same time, edge devices can help ensure that deployment, maintenance, and ongoing operations remain secure from device to cloud. In partitioning off a subnet of sensor nodes, edge devices inherently offer a degree of protection unavailable in shallower IoT topologies that allow hackers to reach through the cloud to directly attack a large set of terminal devices. With their combination of isolation and greater performance capabilities, edge devices can provide more robust security necessary to mitigate all but the most determined attacks.

Edge devices also provide developers

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Figure 1: Using both application processors and wireless microcontrollers, IoT edge devices combine the performance of host systems with the connectivity of I/O controllers to support their unique role in the IoT systems hierarchy. with a means to address emerging requirements more effectively. One such requirement, “privacy,” stands to rise as a critical issue driven by regulation and consumer demand. Scheduled to take effect in 2018, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation will impose privacy regulations not just on EU companies, but on any organization that processes data from EU residents.

Concepts, such as privacy-by-default, and privacy techniques, such as data minimization, will add IoT requirements that are likely to find resolution at the edge.

At the same time, as data scientists find

more constraints on pushing detailed data to the cloud, IoT solutions will need to pull data-intensive algorithms, such as anonymized machine learning and advanced pattern matching, into the edge.

To meet their diverse requirements, edge devices will build on a hardware foundation that combines the features of host platforms and real-time systems, using both application processors and microcontrollers (Figure 1). As IoT intelligence expands from the cloud to encompass the edge, these devices will offer greater performance and processing

specialization capabilities necessary to support algorithm sophistication in security, privacy, analytics, and more.

Dev elo p ers c a n ex p ect to s ee a growing emphasis on edge systems at all levels of the IoT solution chain—from chips to modules and boards as well as through software specialization. In fact, Arm has already identified edge devices as a key element in meeting emerging requirements in the IoT. As IoT applications evolve, edge devices will play a pivotal role in meeting more complex requirements for effective IoT solutions.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

SOURCE: MOUSER ELECTRONICS

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Steven Evanczuk

Stephen Evanczuk has more than 20 years of experience writing for and about the electronics industry on a wide range of topics including hardware, software, systems, and applications including the IoT. He received his Ph.D. in neuroscience on neuronal networks and worked in the aerospace industry on massively distributed secure systems and algorithm acceleration methods. Currently, when he's not writing articles on technology and engineering, he's working on applications of deep learning to recognition and recommendation systems.

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THE IOT IS HARDER THAN WE THOUGHT

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- Tor Jakob Ramsøy Founder & CEO of Arundo Analytics Over the past decade, the Internet of Things (IoT) has gone from an obscure technical concept to a household term — literally. Whether it’s turning down your thermostat via Google’s Nest to turning off your lights by talking aloud to Apple Home, the IoT technology that stands to revolutionize our lives is already beginning to make its way into the mainstream. In fact, an Intel survey found that 68 percent of Americans predict that smart homes will be as commonplace as smartphones by 2025.

Even so, a lot of people are asking the same question: if the technology exists already, why doesn’t it permeate deeper into the world? Especially in regards to industry, businesses have been slow to adapt to burgeoning trends.

The great innovator General Electric coined the term “industrial internet” — now commonly referred to as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) — back in 2012. The company envisioned fully connected, intelligent devices sharing

information about the way they work.

This type of data pooling would enable companies to make better decisions on everything from energy savings to forecasting labor needs.

While the IoT’s disruptive potential is huge, it hasn’t even come close to reaching its potential among industrial companies. The reason the IIoT is lagging is simple: getting it right is harder than we thought.

Consumer IoT vs. Industrial IoT

Why would optimizing operations across dozens of industries be easy? Perhaps it’s because we have been looking to consumer IoT as the operative model.

Taking a step back, it’s simple to see that the comparison between the two isn’t fair.

The IIoT is different because it focuses on physical systems that require much higher levels of system integrations.

The companies that are potential users of the IIoT, and that stand the most to gain from it, are almost always

actively using other enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. Sometimes, they also use other legacy software that they need to maintain.

In order for these companies to benefit from the vast amounts of data that their devices or machinery can track, then, any IIoT systems must be compatible with the technology that a company already uses. Since this can vary on a case-by-case basis, getting it right takes foresight.

Additionally, security for industrial customers is no easy task; the IIoT requires an even higher bar than the consumer internet. Every effort must be taken to have proper security management plans in place.

Resistance to Change is Real

System integration and security aren’t the only factors slowing down the adoption of the IIoT among large industry consumers. Another equally important factor is the truth that resistance to change is real. First, it

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requires companies to change their operations in order to accommodate the new tools. Then, the next step of setting up artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze company data will undoubtedly lead to an internal analysis of processes and thus an outpouring of questions that must be answered.

Why does the company do things a certain way? Is it possible to become more efficient? If so, what barriers does the company need to overcome in order to gain buy-in from employees on changing the way they operate? A strong change management strategy will be crucial.

When a company decides to prioritize the IIoT, it is essentially signing on to the idea of making change happen open.

And, as the saying going, change is never easy.

Beneath the Difficulty Lies Opportunity

Of course, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bright side to the fact that implementing the IIoT is more difficult than initially thought â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in it lies bigger business opportunities than we could have imagined.

Connected, intelligent devices will result in increased revenue by increasing asset uptime and utilization. The IIoT will reduce equipment maintenance costs and lengthen equipmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s overall expected lifetime. It will provide the necessary data to help solve logistics and scheduling challenges, and improve safety and reduce physical risks through incident prediction and prevention.

Most importantly, it will fundamentally augment our understanding of physical system characteristics. This will drive next-generation engineering principles which will ultimately improve system performance across the board.

Moving Forward and Embracing Connectivity

With so many benefits, the IIoT delivers clear business value that outweighs its complications. By focusing on how data can improve decisions, there is enough reason to prioritize and incentivize adoption. Instead of making giant upfront investments, start with the data that your business already has access to. Use that data to inform better decisions. Then, take the next possible step toward embracing connectivity.

By focusing on doable moves with respect to investments in sensors, instrumentation, and software, bringing the IIoT to your industrial company can happen in small steps.

With time and smarter decision-making processes, the IIoT can soon be just as much of a household name within industry as it is for consumers.

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ERICSSON STRENGTHENS END TO END 5G PLATFORM Ericsson is expanding its end-to-end 5G Platform by adding new hardware and software products to the Ericsson Radio System portfolio. This new advancement of Ericsson touts to further enhance the agility and speed with which Indian operators can roll out their 5G networks.

Ericsson is also strengthening its end-to-end mobile transport solutions by building on its radio expertise and adding best-inclass transport technologies from Juniper Networks and ECI. RAN Compute – Architecture for Greater Flexibility Ericsson is launching the RAN Compute portfolio, which responds to service provider’s need for greater flexibility in the deployment of Radio Access Network (RAN) software and hardware functions.

RAN Compute is an architecture that allows service providers to flexibly distribute RAN functions – such as beamforming and radio control – where needed to fine-tune use case performance while also lowering total cost of ownership.

The RAN Compute portfolio includes all the current basebands in addition to four new RAN Compute products that provide up to three times the capacity of current basebands. Two new RAN Compute Basebands enable service providers to deploy RAN functions centrally, or at the radio site, while two new RAN Compute Radio Processors enable RAN functions to be placed closer to the radio for enhanced mobile broadband, ultra-low latency applications while reducing site footprint.

Nitin Bansal, Head of Network Solutions for the Market Area South east Asia, Oceania and India says, “5G enables low latency, ultrahigh speeds and high reliability – making it one of the most important infrastructures for industry digitalization and realizing Digital India. The hardware and software that we are launching today offers Indian service providers with an expanded and adaptable 5G platform, making it easier for them to deploy 5G.” “The reason why 5G is gaining momentum globally and in India is that operators will be able to manage their networks efficiently through a combination of 4G and 5G. Ericsson, with its portfolio of 5G ready Network solutions, is the partner

of choice to help operators in India for their seamless migration from 4G to 5G,” states Nitin Bansal.

Smoother Network Migration with Ericsson Spectrum Sharing The company is also launching its new Ericsson Spectrum Sharing software, expanding the versatility of Ericsson Radio System for 5G deployments. This gives service providers a greater opportunity to turn on 5G and speed up network coverage.

Ericsson Spectrum Sharing enables a smooth and fast network migration through simultaneous and dynamic support of 4G and 5G within the same spectrum band using the Ericsson Radio System, once operators are ready to make the transition. The new functionality can be implemented through a remote software installation on Ericsson Radio System radios shipped since 2015.

This capability will allow service providers to deliver nationwide 5G coverage with a much more flexible spectrum migration strategy – removing the need for dedicating fixed spectrum assets to 5G and negatively impacting 4G performance. Ericsson’s Spectrum Sharing solution will enable Thai operators to deliver a superior end-user experience in the most cost-efficient way.

Raising capacity in urban areas with Street Macro and integrated transport Ericsson also announced new transport solutions adapted to create an integrated and complete Street Macro solution for millimeter wave 5G deployment. This is required to manage data traffic in areas where there is highest demand – cities.

All solutions will become commercially available in the second half of 2019

End to end transport solutions for 5G With its focus on transport between radio and core functions, Ericsson delivers transport portfolios specifically for backhaul and fronthaul. Ubiquitous transport solutions for both 4G and 5G are gaining strong momentum with service providers and Ericsson’s flagship mobile backhaul product – Router 6000 – empowers close to 60 operators. More than 110 operators also use Ericsson’s 5G-ready microwave technology, MINILINK solutions.

To bolster its end-to-end 5G transport portfolio, Ericsson is now extending its partnership with Juniper Networks.

Ericsson’s Router 6000 product family will be complemented by Juniper’s edge and core solutions, providing seamless connectivity from radio cell site to core, thereby guarantying the performance, quality and ease-of-use of the 5G system.

Juniper’s security products will also be part of Ericsson’s solution to secure its customers’ mobile networks as part of its end-to-end approach for securing existing and new 5G networks.

Ericsson is also complementing its optical transport offering for metro with a new partnership with ECI, a global provider of elastic network solutions. With ECI as partner, Ericsson will be able to deliver newly-enhanced optical transport solutions for service providers, as well as critical infrastructure customers.

“Essentially, we can provide Indian operators with an end to end range of solutions for their mobile networks – enabling them to rollout 5G faster and deliver a superior 5G experience for consumers in India.” says Nitin Bansal

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TECH MAHINDRA, INTEL TO OPEN 5G COES IN INDIA & US Tech Mahindra announced to open two 5G Centre of Excellence (CoEs) powered by Intel technology in Redmond, Washington and Bengaluru, India.

The CoEs will help communication service providers (CoSPs) optimise their capital expenditure on 5G migrations and accelerate new revenue-generating services that will lead the transformation journey, the company said in a statement.

"We continue to build on our strategic partnership with Intel, collaborating to develop and co-create 5G solutions.

5G as an innovation platform will unlock unprecedented opportunities in every industry vertical," said Manish Vyas, President, Communications, Media & Entertainment Business, and the CEO, Network Services, Tech Mahindra.

"We are poised to unlock new experiences for these industry verticals with 5G," Vyas added.

The CoEs will be setup at Tech Mahindra's Intel-enabled "VNF-Xchange Labs" and will focus on developing 5G virtualised radio access network (vRAN) solutions.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We share a common vision with Tech Mahindra of enabling service providers around the world to accelerate the deployment of their 5G networks and roll out new services that are beneficial to our society. By utilizing flexible platforms based on Intel architecture and technologies, Tech Mahindra is helping reduce the time to market for CoSPs and offering a

broad choice of agile solutions for the 5G future," said Caroline Chan, Vice President and General Manager, 5G infrastructure division, Data Center Group, Intel.

As an advisor for over 270 CoSPs, Tech Mahindra is currently engaged with multiple service providers globally on their network transformation journey.

TELECOM OPERATORS TO SUBMIT NEW PUBLIC WIFI MODEL

model which was also approved by the Telecom Commission.

Industry body COAI had argued that Internet services can be provided by a telecom licence holders only and the scope of PDOA recommended by TRAI is similar to that of internet service provider license holder.

It had outlined that a licence is required even if the Internet services are provided to end customers using de-licensed spectrum band, however, no such condition has been imposed on unlicensed entities, who will make use of de-licensed bands of commercial purposes.

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Telecom operators will submit a new model early next week for the rollout of 10 lakh public wifi hotspots after they rejected the plan suggested by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) as reported by ET. The Department of Telecom (DoT) is discussing a middle path with the operators for rolling out public wifi services after they opposed the model recommended by the regulator TRAI, saying it will adversely impact the debt-ridden industry and compromise national security. "Today telecom operators have given a presentation on technical architecture for public wifi model. They will submit the rollout model for 1 million wifi hotspots by Monday. They will roll out pilots after DoT accepts it," said Aruna Sundararajan, Telecom Secretary.

Sundararajan added that the DoT will examine the model, security requirements etc before approving the operators' version. A senior representative of a telecom operator, whose identity was not disclosed said that if DoT approves their model then 10 lakh wifi hotspots can be rolled out within a year.

Based on existing rules for cyber cafes, the TRAI had recommended that a new set of players to be called Public Data Office Aggregator (PDOA) should be allowed to resell internet services through yesteryears PCOs type of set-up that will be called Public Data Offices.

But, telecom operators had unanimously opposed the TRAI

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DIGICERT, GEMALTO AND ISARA ALLIES FOR IOT

DigiCert, Gemalto and ISARA Corp announced a partnership to develop advanced quantum-safe digital certificates and secure key management for connected devices commonly referred to as the Internet of Things (IoT).

“DigiCert, Gemalto and ISARA are collaborating today to solve tomorrow’s problem of defending connected devices and their networks against the new security threats that the implementation of quantum computers will unleash,” says Deepika Chauhan, Executive VP of Emerging Markets at DigiCert. “The work we’re doing now will ensure that the connected systems that serve as the brains of automobiles, industrial control systems, medical devices, nuclear power plants and other critical infrastructure are safe from those threats in five, 10

and 20 years.”

Further, the partnership aims to provide significant advantages for enterprise security teams looking to secure connected devices with lengthy product lifetimes now to avoid expensive security retrofitting as quantum computing becomes more prevalent. Organizations can deploy these solutions at any scale, given that DigiCert is already capable of issuing and reliably hosting billions of digital certificates for public trust and private PKI systems. The work of DigiCert with ISARA and Gemalto will enable quantum-resistant certificates with the full capability of hosted, on-premise and hybrid deployment options.

DigiCert already works with many companies and consortiums using PKI to authenticate, encrypt and provide

integrity for their connected devices.

ISARA recognizes DigiCert’s track record in advancing many of the certificate innovations in use today, as well as its robust certificate management capabilities, and in operating the industry’s most ubiquitous, trusted roots.

Gemalto offers secure key storage and management via its SafeNet Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) that integrate with DigiCert APIs to enable largescale, automated credential issuing for connected devices via an internetenabled gateway to distribute identity over the cloud. Certificates obtained through this partnership will be enabled with quantum-safe cryptography ahead of any breakthroughs that could eventually lead to quantum computing threatening connected device security.

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BEWARE OF ‘CRYPTOJACKERS’ Fortinet issued a security alert that cybercriminals are now targeting media devices and unsecured IoT devices for cryptomining as many of them use powerful GPUs to decode and transcode content in high-resolution formats.

Media devices are especially attractive targets due to their use of powerful GPUs combined with lax home security. And because they tend to always be powered on, there is a lot of downtime that can be exploited without detection.

Fortinet recommends 3 cybersecurity strategies to protect your home networks from cybercriminals: 1. Learn & Discover Your Home Network It may be difficult to know exactly what is on your home network at any given time. Even harder is controlling what they are allowed to do.

2. Implement a Segmented Network Ensure that visitors and unauthorized

devices are connected to a guest network while critical resources such as financial data, should be isolated from the rest of the network.

• Buy separate wireless access points to separate things like gaming systems and IoT devices from your PCs and laptops.

• Set up a wireless guest network for visitors or new devices. Most access points allow you to restrict access, set up things like firewalls, and monitor guest behavior.

• T o protect your critical resources, consider purchasing a separate dedicated device that is only used for things like online banking. You could also set up a separate virtual device on your laptop or PC for banking online.

• As much as possible, keep your work and personal devices separated. Set up a separate connection for work, only connect through a VPN tunnel, and consider encrypting sensitive data

traveling back and forth between your home and corporate networks.

3. Protect All Critical Devices & Perform Regular Updates Keep a list of all the devices and critical applications on your network, including the manufacturer. Set up a weekly routine to check for updates for physical and virtual devices, operating systems, applications, and browsers.

• G et antivirus and anti-malware software, keep it updated, and run it regularly. Remember that no software is 100% effective, so set up a regular schedule, say once a month, where you use a second or third security solution to scan your device or network.

• G et a firewall. Most home security packages include a firewall option.

Turn it on. Even the default settings are better than doing nothing.

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THREAT-ALERT FATIGUE AMONG ENTERPRISES IN APAC The key findings include a lack of centralized security management platforms and an over-reliance on cloud service providers to secure workloads Juniper Networks and Ovum Research released a report which reveals that many network security threats today go uninvestigated, with IT professionals struggling to accurately prioritize alerts due to the overwhelming volume generated in an increasingly cloud-reliant work landscape.

The report titled, ‘Too Much of a Good Thing? Enterprise Cybersecurity Adoption Trends Across Asia-Pacific’ – polled 350 companies and public-sector oganizations across 11 countries including China, India, Japan, Korea, Australia and Singapore.

Across the region, more than 42 percent of respondents shared that they were dealing with approximately 50 alerts a day, although only a small fraction of them required further investigation.

In India, eight percent of respondents

said they were receiving more than 1,000 alerts a day and almost half reported more than 50 threats a day, making India the second-highest cybersecurity prone market after China.

In addition to ‘threat-alert fatigue’, the report also highlighted several other key findings, including an over-reliance on cloud service providers to secure data and a proliferation of security tools.

Respondents were also surveyed on how they have protected their existing

infrastructure, as well as how far they have moved and secured their corporate workloads in the cloud.

The findings all indicate a need for enterprises to consider adopting a centralized security management platform and the importance of implementing automation to better prioritize the growing number of threat alerts.

“With the increasing number of organizations in India moving their workloads to the cloud, more needs to be done in leveraging the full spectrum of security functions that the cloud also provides. It is critical that IT managers continue to look at implementing a centralized security management platform to get a holistic view for prioritization and better management of relevant threat alerts and ultimately ensure that their organization is well protected against malicious cyberattacks.” said Sriram T V, Director, Consulting and Business Development, India, Juniper Networks.

LUCIDEUS, DU BRING PG DIPLOMA IN CYBER SECURITY & LAW Dr Ajay Jaiswal Program Coordinator.

The event was addressed by the Principal, emphasising the need of cyber security in this borderless virtual world and how the industry-academia partnership will benefit students.

Shri R R Pathania Chairperson GB, highlighted about the appropriate environment being created in the college with Lucideus as the Knowledge Partner.

The Chief Guest, Dr. Gulshan Rai acknowledged the efforts of the University to launch a program in the domain of cyber security and encouraged the students to become the best of cyber security professionals with the training and experience Lucideus will offer given their practical experience. Mr. Vidit Baxi, Co-Founder shared his views on how the course is designed in line with the requirements in the industry today.

Commenting on the partnership, Vidit Baxi, Co-founder & Partner Lucideus said, “We feel fortunate to be the first and only private knowledge and delivery partners for this course by the University of Delhi. In

our experience of serving and interacting with boards of multiple large enterprises and government bodies, we found a massive requirement for cybersecurity professionals across industries. We will be addressing this demand-supply gap with this partnership and aim to bring together our knowledge base combined with industry experience to help create an army of cyber warriors, the engineers of tomorrow who will protect the nation and correspondingly the world from malicious hackers in this digital era.”

The Keynote address by the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, motivated the students to work ethically and dedicatedly in the domain of cyber security for national development.

The Guest of Honour Dr. Madan Oberoi shared his rich experience of securing the virtual world and guided the students in their future endeavors.

For the first time, the University of Delhi has partnered with a private entity Lucideus from the beginning to design and deliver a program.

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Institute of Cyber Security and Law (ICSL), the University of Delhi with Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies (SSCBS) started with the first orientation program of its flagship course Post Graduate Diploma in Cyber Security and Law. Lucideus announces to be the knowledge and delivery partner for Institute of Cyber Security and Law (ICSL) and the University of Delhi for the first orientation program of its flagship course Post Graduate Diploma in Cyber Security and Law. It is said to be the first time the University of Delhi has tied up with a private entity for a cyber-security course.

The program was inaugurated by the chief guest Dr. Gulshan Rai, National Cyber Security Coordinator, Government of India; Guest of Honour Dr Madan Oberoi, Special Commissioner, Cyber Security, Delhi Police; Prof Yogesh K Tyagi, Vice Chancellor University of Delhi; Dr Sunaina Kanojia, OSD, ICSL; Shri R R Pathania Chairperson College GB; Dr Poonam Verma, Principal and

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INDONESIA LEADS THE PACK IN AI IMPLEMENTATION Indonesia ranks first in terms of AI implementation (65%), followed by China (63%) and India (62%) Gathering and integrating big data remains key obstacle to AI adoption in the region Latest study named Artificial Intelligence Is Critical To Accelerate Digital Transformation In Asia Pacific, revealed that among the eight countries surveyed, Indonesia ranks first in terms of AI implementation.

In Indonesia, 65% of respondents stated that they have either implemented AI in their business or are even expanding or upgrading their capacity.

The study, which aimed to shed light on trends in AI adoption across Asia Pacific, also found that across the region, more than half (53%) of those surveyed reported that their biggest challenge in adopting AI technologies is gathering and integrating big data. This demonstrates that enterprises are still struggling to cope with the growing volume of business data -- more than ten years after the term "big data" was first coined. The study was announced by Appier, an artificial intelligence (AI) major company and commissioned conducted

by Forrester Consulting.

"Artificial intelligence is the key to digital business; it has the potential to transform everything from business operations to the customer experience," the study stated. "By leveraging big data-driven AI platforms, enterprises can deliver business value throughout the entire customer life cycle."

Among the key findings from the study: Emerging economies lead in AI adoption

Figure 1. Percentage of AI implementation in businesses across APAC According to the study, Indonesia ranks first in terms of AI implementation (65%), followed by China (63%) and India

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(62%). These three topped more developed economies such as South Korea (57%), Singapore (50%), Japan (47%) and Taiwan (44%). However, the survey revealed that the gap is poised to narrow in the coming year: a higher percentage of respondents in mature economies reported plans to implement AI technologies in the next 12 months. Plans to implement AI technologies are highest in Australia (35%), followed by Singapore (31%) and Taiwan (28%).

Improving business operations -- key goal driving AI adoption AI is poised to reframe both how businesses operate and how they interact with consumers. Broadly speaking, AI offers two primary types of benefits to companies: • Operational benefits: simpler and more efficient business processes, greater scale, better risk prediction • Customer engagement and experience: better products and solutions, faster innovation, better insights into consumer behavior Of the two, businesses across the region expect to realize the greatest benefits from AI in business operations. Seventy-one percent of respondents identified improved business efficiency as the benefit they most anticipated from implementing AI technology, whereas 62% expected improved products or services. The lone exception is Singapore, where businesses see the greatest gains from AI accruing to customer engagement.

Figure 2. Priorities of businesses across APAC in using AI technologies Product gains: improving existing solutions vs driving product innovation That's not to say businesses don't expect AI to deliver better customer engagement, products and services. When it comes to the role enterprises expect AI to play in product development, the survey identified two overarching goals: • Improving existing solutions • Driving product innovation Interestingly, when mapped between the two, companies across the region fell on different parts of the spectrum. In markets such as Taiwan, South Korea and Indonesia, respondents prioritize driving innovation with AI, whereas those in Japan, Singapore and Australia want to use AI to improve their existing solutions.

Figure 3. Roles of AI implementation for businesses across APAC

Challenges threaten to slow AI adoption, impede gains However, while the upside of AI may be clear, there are still significant hurdles standing in the way of broader AI adoption.

More than 1 in 2 (53%) of Asia Pacific respondents stated that the biggest problem they faced in adopting AI is gathering and integrating big data. And, companies looking to adopt AI also struggle to overcome operational issues, such as building cross-functional teams to work with agility (51%), identifying the right data management and predictive analytics platforms (52%), sourcing data from the diversified channels (49%), and identifying the right technology or service partners (43%).

Figure 4. Challenges faced by businesses across APAC in using AI technologies

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“Forrester's survey reveals that enterprises looking to adopt AI face real, urgent challenges that hinder their ability to take advantage of the many benefits AI technology promises to offer," said Yu. "To clear these hurdles, it's important for organizations to choose partners who offer expertise in engineering and data management as well as in building precise and effective models, so they can get started making the most of everything AI has to offer."

The study from Appier and Forrester Consulting surveyed 260 business and IT leaders involved in the decision-making process of deploying new technologies such as AI. Respondents hailed from the retail, IT/telecom, financial services and insurance industries across eight markets in Asia Pacific, including Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, China, India, Australia and Indonesia.

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WILL JACK MA’S RETIREMENT BE A SILENT MEMOIR? Alibaba’s co-founder and executive chairman, Jack Ma, shared his retirement plans to continue his philanthropy in education. Jack Ma, a business magnate who created a e-commerce business empire of $420 billion internet company.

Ma was an English teacher before starting Alibaba in 1999, Mr. Ma started Alibaba in 1999 and built it into one of the world’s most consequential e-commerce and digital payments companies, transforming how Chinese people shop and pay for things.

Ma told The New York Times that he plans to step down from the company, referring to his retirement as "the beginning of an era" rather than an end.

After being knocked back by US venture capitalists in 1999, cash-strapped Chinese entrepreneur Ma persuaded friends to give him $60,000 to start an e-commerce firm called Alibaba.

As he prepares to leave the company, Ma is among China's super rich. His net worth was estimated at $36.6 billion

by Forbes. Ma will turn 54 years old on

Monday, the day he is retiring.

He gave up his university teaching job after discovering the internet. Seeing an opportunity for small businesses to buy and sell their goods online, he started Alibaba, initially running the company out of his apartment in the eastern city of Hangzhou.

"The first time I used the internet, I touched on the keyboard and I find 'well, this is something I believe, it is something that is going to change the world and change China,'" Ma once told CNN. Ma has inspired strong devotion among

his employees and users, drawing comparisons with late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs -- although he practiced a more open management style.

A devotee of tai chi, he has made references to Chinese martial arts in both business strategy and corporate culture.

Porter Erisman, a former Alibaba employee who made a documentary about the firm, "Crocodile in the Yangtze," said: "What Silicon Valley is known for, he embodies a lot of that with Chinese characteristics -- that spirit of openness, risk-taking, innovation."

Chinese state media have burnished his rags-to-riches story, saying his parents were poorly educated and his father depended on a monthly retirement allowance of just $40 to support the family.

“He’s a symbol of the health of China’s private sector and how high they can fly whether he likes it or not,” Duncan Clark, author of the book “Alibaba: The House Jack Ma Built,” said of Mr. Ma. “His retirement will be interpreted as frustration or concern whether he likes it or not.”

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AP – POTENTIAL ELECTRONICS HUB FOR INDIA! With the collective effort of both the Centre and the State Governments, the new Andhra Pradesh (AP) is evolving as an Electronics Hub for the country.

The AP cabinet minister of Information Technology Nara Lokesh is reported to be travelling to China later this month to fetch more investments on electronics manufacturing and setting up state-of-the-art electronics facilities across the state.

According to official sources, the government’s objective is to make the State a hub for electronics manufacturing but not limit the scope to mobile phones. It targets to meet the requirement of even the defence establishments.

Major Initiatives on Electronics The state recently signed a pact with Holitech, a leading Chinese manufacturer of compact camera modules supplying exclusively to smart phone maker Xiaomi, for the establishing of its unit at Tirupati. The state also facilitates Foxconn which also has its sprawling manufacturing unit.

Earlier this year, Union IT, Electronics and Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad laid the foundation stone for Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research(SAMEER). The SAMEER initiative will be set up across 30 acres at a cost of Rs 80 crore.

The A.P. government is also in talks with Reliance Jio to set up its mobile phone and set-top box making unit near Tirupati

in 125 acres.

Flextronics, a major player in designing, assembling and testing of printed circuit boards, is setting up its unit in the electronics manufacturing cluster at Tirupati.

Invecas, a leading semiconductor manufacturer, has also entered into a MoU with the State government and it is poised to materialise soon.

Consumer electronics major Dixon, Celkon and Karbonn and a host of other companies are foraying into A.P. The state has a prospering land policy for setting up electronic facilities. On the other hand, AP is also attracting a massive ready talent pool to make AP as the Electronics Hub of India.

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CAPGEMINI ANNOUNCES NEW LEADERSHIP APPOINTMENTS Aruna Jayanthi, Anis Chenchah and Zhiwei Jiang have taken on new roles at Capgemini Capgemini announced it has made several top level appointments, including Asia Pacific Unit Head and Business Services top boss.

Aruna Jayanthi, will now be the Managing Director of Asia Pacific and Latin America businesses who earlier headed Capgemini’s business services unit,. Jayanthi reports to Aiman Ezzat, the group's Chief Operating Officer, and will remain a member of the group executive committee, the company said in a statement.

She joined Capgemini in early 2000.

Jayanthi has previously been the head of Capgemini in India, where she managed operations of all business units covering consulting, technology and outsourcing services in the country.

During her tenure, between 2011 and 2015, there was a significant increase in Indian integration, performance and capabilities, with headcount rising from 32,000 to 85,000.

Prior to this, she was the Global Delivery Officer for Outsourcing Services at

Capgemini Jayanthi will be replaced

by Anis Chenchah, who has now been appointed CEO, Business Services Global Business Line, and would report to Thierry Delaporte, Group Chief Operating Officer. He will join the Group Executive Committee.

Chenchah has been with Capgemini for over 12 years and has previously served as Managing Director - Financial Services France; Vice President Financial Services - Middle East; and Sales Director, Financial Services, France.

INFOSYS, AUSTRALIA OPEN ENTER TECH PARTNERSHIP

region where we partner with some of the leading enterprises in driving their digital transformation agenda.”

The Australian Open is one of the biggest sports and entertainment events in the world to take place in January.

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Infosys has announced a three-year strategic partnership with the Australian Open. Infosys will be the official digital innovation partner of the tennis tournament, and leverage emerging technologies like big data & analytics, artificial intelligence, and virtual and augmented reality to improve the overall fan experience.

Craig Tiley, Tournament Director, Australian Open, said, “Partnering with Infosys is an exciting next step in our ongoing quest to innovate the Australian Open and engage new audiences across the world. We have long understood the importance of using data and insights to improve connections with our fans, players, coaches and the rest of the tennis community and we look forward to working with Infosys to change the way we all experience our great sport in the future.”

Salil Parekh, CEO and Managing Director, Infosys, said, “this partnership is about creating new ways of experiencing the Australian Open. We’re really excited about the opportunity to showcase how digital technologies can enhance the boundaries of this tournament, to change the way the Australian Open is watched, analysed and played. This association with Tennis Australia also reaffirms our strategic commitment to the

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CISCO TO DRIVE DIGITIZATION IN INDIA Cisco announces the next phase of initiatives under its ‘Country Digital Acceleration' or CDA program. Under this initiative, Cisco will work with countries across the world to accelerate existing government goals for driving economic growth through high-tech innovation.

After completion of 50 projects in phase one, Cisco has signed two agreements with the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) under the aegis of the Department of Telecommunications as part of the next phase of CDA in India.

The agreements between Cisco, NITI Aayog and BSNL were signed yesterday in the presence of Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, Aruna Sundararajan, Secretary Telecom; Chuck Robbins, Chairman & CEO, Cisco and Sameer Garde, President, Sales, Cisco

India and SAARC. The current set of investments will focus on fostering innovation and entrepreneurship through the Atal Innovation Mission and in developing

use cases to showcase the possibilities of 5G in citizen services and application of innovative digital technologies in transportation modernization (Railways, Highways, Ports, and Airports).

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ERICSSON, CELCOM TO EXPAND LTE NETWORKS Celcom Axiata Berhad, Malaysia’s leading data network provider, has signed an agreement with Ericsson to expand and upgrade its LTE network in Malaysia.

As part of this new agreement, Ericsson will supply Radio Access Network (RAN) equipment from its Ericsson Radio System portfolio to help Celcom serve the growing demand for data services in Malaysia.

Ericsson’s RAN equipment will also serve as a platform to help Celcom evolve its network to 5G in the coming years.

Mohamad Idham Nawawi, Chief Executive Officer of Celcom Axiata Berhad, says: “We have been at the forefront of providing our customers with the best data experience, and remain committed to evolve our network with the latest technologies. This partnership is strategic as it will not only help us further expand our LTE footprint but create the base for the launch of 5G services. We will continue to drive technology innovations in Malaysia to bring the latest services, and to enable all Malaysians to participate in the digital economy.”

Ericsson has recently added new hardware and software products to its Ericsson Radio System portfolio that further enhance the agility and speed with which service providers such as Celcom can roll out their 5G networks. In February 2018, Ericsson also announced that all its radio products within the Ericsson Radio System delivered since 2015 will support Narrowband-Internet of Things (NB-IoT) and 5G New Radio (NR) capabilities with a simple remote software installation.

Network evolution is driven by demand for improved user experience and cost-efficient network operations. With

Ericsson Radio System, operators like Celcom can take the first steps with commercial 5G capabilities and new applications, leveraging advanced mobile broadband services. The 5G/ IoT radio network software complements Ericsson’s already launched multi-technology supporting baseband and radios.

Todd Ashton, Head of Ericsson Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, says: “We have been a long-term partner of Celcom and are pleased to support them in expanding and upgrading their LTE network across Malaysia. It will enable the delivery of enhanced customer experiences for millions of Malaysians while getting their network ready for the evolution to 5G.” In 2017, Ericsson and Celcom performed Malaysia's first ever 5G trial, pioneering the evolution of the nation's telecommunications technology. It was the first 5G trial conducted on the 28 GHz band in South East Asia.

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ARUBA TO COMMENCE MANUFACTURING IN INDIA Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, today announced plans to initiate manufacturing of its diverse product portfolio in the fast-growing networking domain in India.

The move, which aims to support the Make in India and Digital India initiatives, will also strengthen the Company’s existing R&D capabilities. Aruba is amongst the fastest growing providers of wired and wireless networking solutions in the country.

Over the last five years, Aruba has invested close to $300 million USD in India towards product development at its facilities in Bengaluru and Chennai. Going forward, the company plans to increase investment in technology manufacturing capabilities.

The products manufactured in India, will initially be targeted for the local market, but will eventually be exported to other countries, thereby making India an export hub for the company.

“The fast-growing Indian economy and highly skilled talent pool are critical to the growth of Aruba worldwide. We are committed to fostering the development of the country and its people, through expanding manufacturing in the region. It is a matter of great pride for me personally to lead Aruba and to play a foundational role in its success. Data and connectivity

are catalysts for growth in India, and Aruba is excited to play an important role in the growth story.We are already investing about $60M USD annully in R&D and this will grow,” said Keerti Melkote, Co-founder and President of Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company.

“We are fortunate to have such a rich ecosystem of product development, software development and innovation in India,” said Santanu Ghose, Director – India, Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. “JAM – jan-dhan, Aadhar, and mobile-connectivity have been hailed as the building blocks for economic growth as we march towards being a $3 trillion economy by 2020. Ubiquitous data connectivity will play a big role in this growth story, and Aruba, with its strong intellectual

property and mobile-first philosophy, is ideally poised to facilitate this growth. The manufacturing capability in India will give us added advantages to rapidly innovate networking solutions that will also deliver benefits and new experiences for other parts of the world as well.”

Professor Vivek Singh, BHU, Varanasi said “Wi-Fi network infrastructure is now a key enabler of technological empowerment for Indian Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). I am quite hopeful that Aruba's plan to start network hardware manufacturing in India will be a significant step towards localization, improving cost structures and enhancing the overall user experience. This will help ensure the rapid development and acceleration of the digital transformation process of Indian HEIs”.

JUNIPER NETWORKS TO TRANSFORM NEPAL'S NETWORKING support of their continued networking infrastructure expansion” , said Dinesh Verma, Managing Director, India and SAARC, Juniper Networks As a country in the throes of tremendous development, Nepal has witnessed explosive levels of growth in connectivity.

Government reports show that internet penetration has grown from 10 percent in 2011 to nearly 50 percent today including Mobility and only around 12 percent in fixed Broadband.

Emerging as a major broadband player in enabling this transformation, WorldLink has witnessed its customer base double each year since 2014 with this level of growth seen not only in the urban capital of Kathmandu, but across more than 70 smaller cities and towns nationwide in

fixed broadband.

“Our partnership with Juniper Networks plays a key role in the steady increase of fixed broadband penetration across a developing country like Nepal. Juniper’s high-performing technologies along with its detailed after-sales service management has enabled WorldLink to continuously deliver a stable and secure network, while ensuring that the growth of internet connectivity is made accessible at an affordable rate.”, commented Samit Jana, CTO, Worldlink Faced with this expanding customer base, ever-increasing internet traffic and the resulting spike in demand for services, WorldLink selected Juniper Networks as a partner that could future-proof its backbone network.

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Juniper Networks today announced that WorldLink, Nepal’s largest internet service provider, has successfully leveraged Juniper’s globally-proven, high-performance networking solutions to tackle the networking constraints and complexities of an exponentially growing consumer market.

“Ever since we entered the Nepal market in 2012, we have observed the tremendous growth WorldLink has achieved across the ISP and IT services space. We are delighted to play a part in WorldLink’s success, driving networking transformation across the country as they strive to provide world-class networking connectivity to the citizens of Nepal, and we are excited to strengthen our close partnership with them in

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SAP INDIA SIGNS MOU WITH NSIC SAP India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Small Industries Corporation Ltd. (NSIC) to expand technology adoption across MSMEs in the country according to the recent report.

The agreement was signed during the inauguration ceremony of NSIC's Bhubaneshwar Centre in the presence of Union MSME Minister, Giriraj Singh.

As a part of the MoU, SAP India will leverage the well-established network of NSIC Technical Services Centres and other institutions working under its administrative control to create a futureready workforce.

The joint program will provide access to knowledge of innovative enterprise IT solutions thereby ensuring availability

of talent pool on enterprise software for MSMEs in the country, said a statement.

SAP will facilitate NSIC to provide training and enablement courses on the ERP platform of SAP 'Business One' software.

The training programs will be delivered through a combination of virtual sessions and classroom courses at centres identified and arranged by NSIC, the statement added.

Post the completion of the course, SAP and NSIC will offer a joint certification to the candidates, to help increase their employability, while aiding MSMEs with a skilled workforce "Developing a global outlook coupled with technical competency and an adaptable workforce is a national imperative for India's entrepreneurial

ecosystem," said Deb Deep Sengupta, President and Managing Director, SAP Indian Subcontinent.

"Our association with NSIC is an extension of SAP's Bharat ERP programme to further fuel technology entrepreneurship in the country," he added.

"MSME sector is the catalyst for the socioeconomic transformation of the country," said Ravindra Nath, NSIC Chairman and Managing Director."Technology has lifted borders while opening up a world of learning opportunities for the workforce.

The NSIC along with SAP India, will help provide necessary skillsets to youth across the country, enabling MSMEs to recruit the future-ready talent, gain scale and stay ahead in the digital era," added Nath.

SIEMENS ACQUIRES LIGHTWORK DESIGN Siemens portfolio.

accuracy of the digital twin by adding advanced visualization, rendering and virtual reality technology into all phases of the virtual product development process,” said Tony Hemmelgarn, CEO, Siemens PLM Software. “The visualization and virtual reality space is continually changing and growing, and Lightwork Design has the advanced 3D data visualization, rendering and virtual reality technology required to help keep us in the forefront of the marketplace.”

This latest acquisition builds upon previous investments in software offerings for the digital enterprise, which connects virtual product development and production planning with the real production environment and lifecycle support.

Lightwork Design capabilities are already embedded into NX software, Siemens' 3D design application, and will also be added to other offerings across the

This enhances the digital twin by adding critical visualization information to the virtual product: from the initial product design and sophisticated product engineering, to simulation and test and through design visualization. Using more realistic imagery, simulations and VR environments can help customers identify and address potential product problems early in the lifecycle, saving both time and cost.

“The demand for high-end, interactive and consistent product visualization in design and manufacturing is growing quickly,” said David Forrester, CEO, Lightwork Design. “Combining our Iray+ technology and virtual reality collaborative design review software with Siemens PLM Software’s business will enable us to provide world-class solutions to the design and manufacturing industry on an even larger scale. We look forward to the opportunities for further development and integration of our visualization technology with existing Siemens software to contribute to Siemens’ broader digitalization strategy.”

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Siemens announced to acquire Lightwork Design, a computer software and technology licensing company specialising in 3D rendering software development and virtual reality (VR) experience generation.

Further, with the addition of Lightwork Design, Siemens PLM Software will provide customers with enhanced 3D data visualization, high-end rendering and VR capabilities via its comprehensive suite of 3D product lifecycle management (PLM) applications.

In addition, the acquisition expands Siemens’ ‘open business’ strategy with a commitment to continue to provide software toolkits for 3D data preprocessing for visualization, rendering and virtual reality, helping continue Siemens’ market-leading position in technology licensing to independent software vendors. The offerings of Lightwork Design will be combined with Siemens‘ existing PLM Components business, which includes Parasolid software, D-Cubed software and Kineo software, where more than 240 companies integrate Siemens PLM Software technology into 350 commercial applications for the benefit of six million end-users.

“With this acquisition, we increase the

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