Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced that it has delivered more than one-billion microcontrollers from its RX Family of 32-bit MCUs, which incorporate Renesas’ proprietary RX CPU core. Since its launch in 2009, the RX Family has expanded to include general-purpose, motor control, touch sensing, and industrial Ethernet applications — and…

High-power density, optimized performance, and ease-of-use are key requirements when designing modern power systems. To offer practical solutions for design challenges in end applications, Infineon Technologies has launched a new generation of OptiMOS source-down (SD) power MOSFETs. These devices come in a PQFN 3.3 x 3.3 mm2 package and a wide voltage class ranging from…

Fujitsu has recently announced that the Japanese Bankers Association (JBA) is going to adapt the former’s cloud service-based Blockchain platform. It would be made available over Fujitsu Cloud Service K5. Starting from October 2017, JBA is planning to offer this Collaborative Blockchain Platform as a testbed environment to its member banks and other institutions. The platform is going to be rendered for applications employing blockchain technology like settlement and funds transfer services, and identity and time-of-transaction authentication. The association will also support the practical implementation of these applications.

Mobileye是开发高级驾驶员援助系统（ADA）和自动驾驶技术的领先公司，宣布与慕尼黑再保险美国公司进行正式合作。该协会的目的是减少商业车队碰撞并增强美国的道路安全。在合作的立即影响下，美国将为包括商业舰队在内的客户提供Mobileye的售后避免碰撞系统。该新计划将帮助慕尼黑RE，美国客户使用Mobileye ADAS技术改造现有的车辆。

Fujitsu has announced that the University of Tokyo is going to use heart simulator viewers equipped with stereoscopic displays compatible with virtual reality technology. The heart viewer utilizes the output data from a heart simulator. This simulator has been developed jointly by Fujitsu and University of Tokyo by utilizing the K computer as well as a computer cluster. In the lecture, students will be able to observe a phenomenon whereby electric simulation from pacemaker cells spread throughout the heart. The stereoscopic, 360-degree view utilizing VR, allowing them to comprehend how electrocardiograms are created through this process.

Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Client Computing Limited have officially released two new enterprise workstations. The lineup features Windows 10 Creators Update, which is the latest version of the Windows 10 operating system. The newly added devices in the lineup include mid-range model named CELSIUS M770 and CELSIUS R970 “2-Way” high-performance workstation. The roll out will take place in stages from late December in Japan. In addition, Fujitsu will also offer other versions of the aforementioned models equipped with Windows 7 Professional. By expanding the product line performance, the Fujitsu Group is aiming to support customers’ work efficiency and ensure improvement across a variety of industries.

英特尔和美国国家橄榄球联盟(NFL)come up with a way to deliver more immersive replays to the football fans. The 2017 season will witness the implementation of Intel freeD technology in 11 NFL stadiums. Each of these stadiums has been fitted with 38 5K ultra high-definition cameras to capture the games from every angle. The cameras will create enhanced 360-degree highlights and immersive player perspectives. Apart from the already operational installation works at the home stadiums of the Baltimore Ravens, Houston Texans, and San Francisco 49ers, Intel is adding one freeD technology-enabled Stadium to each division in the AFC and NFC.

最近的2017年互动活动见证了Intel Insight Platform的引入。目的是解决无人飞机系统（UAS）工作流程的关键步骤，这将有助于加速通往可行的业务见解的道路。宣布的解决方案是基于云的数据处理，分析和报告服务，使客户能够存储，共享和管理商业无人机系统提供的丰富数据。该平台将有助于利用无人机飞行期间收集的数据以释放业务价值。

日本海洋娱乐协会（JMRA）和富士通有限公司已宣布部署基于云的紧急职位报告系统。该系统的目的是用于JMRA的游船救援服务，即船援助网络（BAN）。该服务将于2017年秋季开始。BAN是由JMRA运营的救援服务，为遇到小麻烦的娱乐救援船主提供24/7的支持。但是，追踪有麻烦的工艺品的确认位置通常是一个挑战。由于缺乏海洋的参考点以及潮汐带走了一切，因此，那些要求帮助的人很难传达其确切的位置。

富士通实验室有限公司已经宣布,它是going to expand its Creative Digital Space User-Interface (UI) technology. Developed in 2015, it turns entire rooms into digital spaces and smooths co-creation activities across multiple platforms. With the widespread smart devices and advancement in cloud and communication technologies, it has become easy to share issues arising in manufacturing sites and other settings through device screens, even between remote locations. However, this is still limited to text and image data and holding discussions with a large number of people to share data is a difficult task.

Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., and the Fujitsu Social Mathematics Division of the Institute of Mathematics for Industry at Kyushu University have together developed an AI-based matching technology that uses game theory to automatically calculate an optimal matching of children to daycare centers. The complexity of daycare admissions screening poses many difficulties. There are complex requirements into the admission rules, such as some parents prioritize siblings going to the same daycare center while some don’t mind if siblings attend separate daycare centers but pull out if only one child gets a place. Either there are multiple matching patterns satisfying all rules or each matching pattern violating some rules.

Intel has officially disclosed that the world-record performance of the Xeon Scalable Processors will now be made available for the next-gen expert workstations. This would enable photorealistic design, modeling, artificial intelligence (AI), analytics, and virtual-reality (VR) content creation. Professional workstations are a key component to the creation of the immersive 3D VR media which is trending today. However, rendering such content is a time-consuming process demanding the highest performance workstations. Intel Xeon Scalable processors deliver breakthrough dual-socket performance offering up to 56 crores, up to 112 threads and an Intel Turbo Boost Technology frequency up to 4.2 GHz.

Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. have announced the development of sensor data analysis technology. It can aggregate vibration data with sensors attached to the surface of a bridge, and then estimate the degree of the bridge’s internal damage by applying “Fujitsu Human Centric AI Zinrai Technology”. The technology has been validated by using data obtained from verification tests of fatigue degradation of bridges carried out by the Research Association for Infrastructure Monitoring System (RAIMS). It’s a mutual aid organization that carries out joint research into technologies used in industrial activities.

IBase是嵌入式计算和IIOT解决方案制造的全球领导者，已宣布正式发布全新的AMS300系列可扩展模块化盒PC。AMS300是一种紧凑，可扩展的无风扇系统，旨在用于智能工厂自动化应用中的工业控制和测量过程。它由第七/第6代英特尔核心i7/i5/i3处理器提供动力，并与8GB内存以及64GB的工业级SSD存储组合。它带有一个可选的2MB MRAM扩展模块，可在没有电源的情况下存储数据。该系列由两个用于PCI-E/PCI卡和FieldBus模块的模块隔间构建，该模块允许客户配置所需的各种I/O。

The latest 8th Gen Intel Core processor family has made its official debut and the rollout has kicked off with a range of mobile processors. These have been designed specifically for the sleek thin and light notebooks as well as 2-in-1s. Intel’s main aim behind this step is to deliver platform-wide improvements and enhance innovation ranging from 4K to VR and make these accessible on a large-scale. The new mobile family raises the bar for outstanding performance by offering a boost of up to 40% over the previous generations.

Intel hosted the NASA Frontier Development Lab (FDL) Wrap-Up Event at the Santa Clara Campus, thereby concluding an 8-week summer program. As a key partner of FDL, Intel provided support to the ongoing research that is exploring the use of AI to solve a range of challenges within the fields of space weather, space resources, and planetary defense. Intel aims to address the critical knowledge gaps by using AI in order to help establish humanity as a space-faring civilization and solve problems potentially affecting all of us residing on Earth. Under the program, Intel mentored researchers who used Intel Nervanna deep learning technology to tackle the complex challenge of building detailed maps of the lunar poles.

Fiat Chrysler has joined BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye to form an alliance and sign a Memorandum of Understanding. The aim is to develop a world-leading, state-of-the-art autonomous driving platform for global deployment. This cooperation will allow the partners to leverage each other’s strengths, capabilities, and resources. It would result in enhanced platform technology, less time to market, and increased development efficiency. Currently, the collaboration is on-track to deploy 40 autonomous test vehicles on the road by the end of this year. It also hopes to leverage data and learning from the recently announced 100 Level 4 test vehicle fleet of Mobileye, demonstrating the scale effect of this collaborative approach.

Microsoft has introduced a new framework that allows businesses to adopt blockchain technology for increased enterprise privacy and security. Intel has been named as a key hardware and software development partner for this program. Under the collaboration, Microsoft, Intel, and other blockchain technology leaders will build a new enterprise-targeted blockchain framework termed as the Coco Framework. It will integrate Intel Software Guard Extensions (Intel SGX) to deliver improved transaction speed, scale and data confidentiality to enterprises.

Fujitsu has released 30 new enterprise PC models across 15 product series equipped with the Windows 10 Creators Update, which is the latest version of the operating system. The new models will be rolled out from mid-August in Japan. In its Fujitsu Desktop ESPRIMO family of desktop PCs, Fujitsu is rolling out 5 models including the ESPRIMO K557/R enclosed in a new case design with a built-in liquid crystal display. Talking about the CESIUS family of workstations, the company has introduced 6 models, incljuding CELSIUS W570- a compact mini-tower entry-level model.