Interviews & Comments

Rapid technological advances in medical electronics are generating significant demand worldwide for a range of passive electronic components, capacitors in particular, for use in a growing and diversified range of medical equipment.

Portable consumer electronic devices have transformed our daily lives and while some may argue whether the proliferation of such devices has actually improved our lives it is difficult to refute the impact they have had on the way we all communicate and interact with each. It may be a cliché, but none of these portable devices would exist if it were not for the batteries that power them.

Mark Larson, President of Digi-Key Corporation, talks to CIE about the competitive nature of the distribution market in Europe and how Digi-Key, as a ‘hybrid-distributor’, has positioned itself to successfully meet the needs of its European customers.

Open the morning’s newsfeed, sit down with a cup of coffee and chances are you’ve read about three new major corporate network security breaches before your first cup is finished.

Should the tensions between North and South Korea break out into full-scale conflict then the implications for high-tech companies could be catastrophic, according to consultants IHS. South Korea is responsible for half of all global production for dynamic random access memory (DRAM), two-thirds of NAND flash manufacturing and 70 percent of the world’s tablet display supply. Any loss of production would bring chaos, with the worldwide electronics supply chain grinding to a halt and stopping major market product segments in their tracks, including smartphones, media tablets and PCs.

For anyone who doubts the power and prevalence of ‘disruptive technologies’—defined by a Harvard Business School professor as a new technology that unexpectedly displaces an established technology—just look at the speed of adoption of new technologies today versus a few decades ago.

Lars Reger, VP automotive strategy, new business and R&D at NXP Semiconductors talks to Neil Tyler about what he sees as a ‘revolution’ in automotive electronics and the rise of the connected car.

Smart phones and tablets, apps from the App Store, Google services from the cloud — the consumer’s lifestyle has radically altered in recent years. But how do you introduce a digital lifestyle to the automobile?

Morgan Kurk, CommScope’s Senior Vice President - Wireless, gives CIE an insight into the technologies and strategies that will be used to survive and thrive during the mobile data boom that is set to continue into 2013 and beyond.

Gemma Evans, a senior consultant of Innovation Management at Cambridge Consultants explains to CIE why sustainable product design should not be seen as an after-thought but a fundamental consideration when it comes to product innovation.