Product Spotlight - Current Sensors and Industry 4.0: What do engineers need to know & Selection Criteria

1. A lot of the current buzz in electronic systems development is about “smart” products, and the ability to oversee the performance and functionality of these solutions. Between competition and consumer expectations, a product on the market today must perform its functions almost perfectly, or as close as can be achieved through modern technology and processes. 

2. Short battery life, poor RF connections, bad thermal management, and other non-critical aspects of performance are also make-or-break parameters when operating in the real world.

3. The explosion in the growth of the electronics marketplace at every level is challenging the industry at every level. From new semiconductor materials to advanced solutions like artificial intelligence, new technologies and approaches are creating new application spaces while rejuvenating old ones. All of this is being driven by the migration to integrate data technology into every aspect of electronics.

4. All of this is creating a disruptive period of demanding growth, which places additional pressure on system designers to ensure the product created is safe, efficient, reliable, and cost-effective (especially that last one). 

China’s Big Plan to Boost Data Center Computing Power

1. As China’s digital businesses continue to grow and as traditional sectors continue to digitize, there will be greater demand for data center infrastructure and high computing capacity.

2. The “Eastern Data, Western Computing” plan was first introduced at the end of 2020 when the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), and the National Energy Administration (NEA) jointly released the Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of a National Integrated Big Data Center Collaborative Innovation System (the “guiding opinions”). These guiding opinions first proposed the construction of a nationwide integrated data center system. 

Product Spotlight - MEMS (Microelectromechanical Systems) AND Global Market Forecast

1. MEMS or Microelectromechanical Systems are microsystems with both electric and mechanical functions. Built with the same advanced techniques that make today's integrated circuits, MEMS are everywhere around us. The tech is miraculous but the industry has long struggled with several significant economic issues. 

2. Global Micro-Electromechanical Systems (MEMS) Market Report 2022: Market to Reach $16.9 Billion by 2026 - Consumer Electronics Segment is Expected to Account for $10.3 Billion

Malaysia Makes Amendments to its Patent Act: Key Highlights

1. On March 18, 2022, the Patent (Amendment) Act 2022 [Act A1649] (the “Act”) and accompanying implementing regulations went into effect, updating the law originally created in 1983. The Act, which Malaysia’s upper parliament passed in December 2021, brings Malaysia’s patent regulations in line with a number of international agreements the country is a party.

2. Major international agreements reflected in the Act include the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP), the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), and the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (the Budapest Treaty).