IoT & Smart Cities
October 2024
KIOXIA Begins Mass Production of Industry’s First QLC UFS Ver. 4.0 Embedded Flash Memory Devices
KIOXIA Europe GmbH today announced that it has begun mass production of the industry’s first Universal Flash Storage (UFS) Ver. 4.0 embedded flash memory devices with 4-bit-per-cell, quadruple-level cell (QLC) technology.
QLC UFS offers a higher bit density than traditional TLC UFS, making it
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Date:
10/30/2024
STMicroelectronics Reveals Page EEPROM Two-in-One Memory to Boost Smart-Edge Performance and Efficiency
STMicroelectronics’ Page EEPROM combines the power efficiency and durability of an EEPROM with the capacity and speed of a Flash memory, creating a hybrid memory for applications that face extreme size and power constraints.
The new memories address growing demand for storage in embedded applications, needed to
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Date:
10/02/2024
Kevin Parmenter, Director, Applications Engineering. TSC, America
The global smart cities market size, estimated at USD 1.48 trillion in 2023, is expected to hit around USD 12.02 trillion by 2033, growing at a CAGR of 23.26% from 2024 to 2033. The unprecedented growth in this market is driven by government initiatives addressing urban population growth, resource management, an
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Date:
10/01/2024
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Driven by emerging applications including cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI / ML), the energy consumed by data centers is very significant and set to grow rapidly to meet user demands. According to a recent report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), data centers consumed 460
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Date:
10/01/2024
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Figure 1: Conventional wireless charging (Tx on the left, Rx on the right) requires multi-stage conversion
As the prevalence and diversity of IoT systems grow, the need to ensure these devices are continuously powered has never been so important. This isn’t just for remote ultra-low-power sensors that need to run for years on miniscule energy budgets, but also for more powerful and more critical systems. And fo
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Date:
10/01/2024
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Figure 1: Airborne substances can be identified by their absorption of IR at specific frequencies. The above show the absorption spectrum for several chemicals found in the air, including CO2, NOX and methane
Legislation on air quality has recently been added to the statute books of multiple states including California and Massachusetts, and is being considered in several others, as well as at the federal level. The legislation sets a maximum in-building CO2 concentration and requires air to be replaced regularly, bu
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Date:
10/01/2024
Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD
Welcome to the October issue of Power Systems Design Europe. Our Special Report in this month’s issue looks at IoT and Smart Cities. It is a hugely relevant topic, and one that will set power designers multiple challenges in the coming years, if not decades. Smart cities are just one aspect of the IoT, which al
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Date:
10/01/2024
Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD
By the time you read this, we’ll either be right on the verge – or in the immediate aftermath – of The Battery Show, which is quickly becoming not just a critical show for energy storage, but one of the most important automotive events of the year.
2024’s gala will be held October 7-10, at the Hu
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Date:
10/01/2024
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