Technology and Trends

Sales revenues for fluid management subsystems grew 28 percent in 2017 to $1.28 billion, breaking the $1 billion mark for the first time. Fluid management subsystems have now seen five years of consecutive growth, and 2018 is expected to extend the...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is making headlines everywhere, offering a range of capabilities, including location and motion awareness — determining whether a user is sitting, walking, running or sleeping. Behind the scenes, AI is capturing volumes...

Large semiconductor fabs can devour electricity at clip of 100 megawatts per hour -- enough to power 50,000 homes¹ and, according to a McKinsey study, more than automobile plants and oil refineries consume. So ravenous is their electricity...

In Tokyo, Shanghai, Moscow, London, Paris or New York – wherever you are in the world –Japanese vehicles passing by on the roadways are a common sight. Three big reasons are their high quality, reliability and engineering. But Japan’s automakers are...

The solar energy sector shined in a global renewable energy market that maintained steady growth last year despite the United States’ stunning withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. Solar panel costs dropped to an all-time low, driving global demand...

Smart speakers and voice assistants are already a big part of everyday life for many of us. Improvement in speech recognition accuracy obtained from advancements in natural language processing, machine learning and cloud computing technologies is...

Since 2010, 474 companies worldwide have poured $51 billion into developing artificial intelligence (AI) devices, with the bulk of these investments targeting autonomous driving and in-vehicle experiences, according to a McKinsey & Company report....

We fold our clothing. Our bath towels. Our sheets. And for the more artistically inspired among us, our origami. So why not our smartphones and tablets – those marvelously expansive if physically rigid windows to the world?

(June 27, 2017)The future of smart, self-driving cars means massive change for their electronics suppliers, from advanced internal networks, to displays that meet critical safety requirements, to 5G communications with the road ahead, and even...