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AIoT momentum building as technical challenges ease, XMOS report finds


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lmost all challenges to the nascent artificial intelligence of things (AIoT) market have become easier to overcome over the past year thanks to


significant advances in chip technology, a new XMOS research report surveying electronics engineers has concluded.


The AIoT, forecast to become a $3 trillion market by 2025, is set to revolutionise every aspect of life from smart homes, cities and healthcare to industry 4.0 and autonomous vehicles. Last year, electronics engineers highlighted significant market-level barriers to the AIoT, concerns around which have now softened considerably. Security, for example, was a barrier because of how much sensitive data future AIoT-devices would be sharing with the cloud, risking hacks or leaks. But today, a considerably smaller proportion (31%) of engineers believe that data security and autonomy is a problem compared with last year (45%).


Connectivity was also identified as an issue, preventing the AIoT from expanding its use to safety-critical applications, like autonomous vehicles or connected healthcare. However, now just 27% say that the potential of AIoT will be restricted by network bandwidth limitations (down from 38% last year) and only 26% say latency is a barrier (down from 32% last year). Electronics engineers are also feeling more confident with regards to device-level challenges around the AIoT. 51% of electronics engineers want to add more on-device processing power (up from 40% last year), but now just 48% say that cost is a barrier


to ramping up processing requirements, down from 64% last year. Concerns around design complexity with the AIoT and how to combine different classes of compute — signal conditioning, inference and classification, communications, control and connectivity — have also dissipated. Now, just 38% say design complexity is a significant barrier, down from 49% last year.


Mark Lippett, CEO, XMOS, said: “While barriers to the AIoT market still exist, what we’re seeing here is the natural progression of a market as it begins to mature. The AIoT has come a long way in the past year — driven in part by the pandemic, but also by significant advances in chip technology. Now, device manufacturers can cost effectively embed intelligence within devices themselves, rather than rely on the cloud for said intelligence, which helps solve security, connectivity and scalability challenges in one fell swoop. Once these challenges cease to exist, the possibilities for the AIoT are endless. At XMOS, we’re already seeing significant interest from smart home device manufacturers who are keen to add intelligence to devices without seeing costs spiral.”


XMOS’s research with more than 100 electronics engineers can be explored in more depth in their recently released report, The Edge of Today, which outlines the potential of the AIoT and examines the biggest market- and device-level barriers to unlocking the industry.


KOE announce expansion of product line-up


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OLEC’s new taraSMART (IP 54) modular suspension arms offer advanced technical features at a lower price


point. They are similar to ROLEC’s proven profiPLUS arms but are simpler and more cost-effective. Elegant and robust taraSMART is designed to support light-to- medium displays, HMI enclosures


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6 May 2021 Components in Electronics


ndustrial LCD manufacturer, Kaohsiung Opto-Electronics (KOE) have announced a major expansion of their TFT display module product line-up for 2021. A new range of medium size, high resolution display modules have been introduced and will enter mass production during 2021, which will enhance and complement the existing KOE standard product range.


Five new TFT display modules, all featuring in-plane switching (IPS), are under development with sample quantities now available. These include: 10.4” XGA, 10.6” Rugged+ WXGA, 12.1” XGA, 12.1” WXGA and 15.0” Rugged+ HD display modules. These new modules will add to and expand the standard product line-up as follows: a range of XGA (1024 x 768 pixel) resolution display modules, featuring a 4:3 aspect ratio, available in 6.4”, 10.4” and 12.1” sizes; an extensive line-up of WXGA (1280 x 800 pixel) resolution display modules, featuring a 16:10 aspect ratio, available in 7.0”, 8.0” 10.6” and 12.1” sizes; a series of HD (1920 x 720 pixel) resolution Rugged+ modules will be available


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This easy-to-install modular suspension arm system offers a choice of rectangular or round aluminium profiles – both with generous capacity for routing HDMI, DVI and USB cables and network plugs. Each of the two profile shapes is available in four lengths:


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in 10.3”, 12.3” and 15.0” sizes.


Amid challenging supply chain and market conditions, KOE experienced an increase in demand for medium size TFT displays during 2020. The progressive expansion of the standard product line-up will ensure that KOE remains fully committed to providing an extensive choice of high quality, technically advanced TFT displays for a wide range of vertical market applications.


Benson Huang, marketing manager, KOE said, “Throughout the difficult market conditions of the past 12 months we have seen an increase in demand for many medium-size, high resolution TFT display modules from all sales regions. We would like to reaffirm with our sales channel, distribution partners, existing customers and those commencing design-in projects that KOE remains fully focussed on ensuring the access and availability of a wide range of standard off-the-shelf display modules, and above all to provide an ongoing commitment to ensure the continuity and longevity of supply for these display modules.”


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