Archive for the ‘Brief’ Category
Thursday, August 24th, 2023
The Singapore-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (SGC) gathered the five Singapore companies who will be flying the Singapore flag at IFA 2023 to give sneak previews of the main products that they are showcasing at the annual consumer electronics and home appliances fair.

Singapore products being showcased in IFA 2023 (clockwise from top left): myFirst Fone S3 smartphone for kids, OxyTap 5 oxygen infuser, igloohome Smart Padlock 2, UB+ dB1 Doublebass Bluetooth Speaker, Red Monster Power Air Mini portable charger.
IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin – international radio exhibition Berlin) is a global consumer electronics and home appliances show held annually in Berlin in September.

The exhibitors from Singapore heading out to IFA 2023, together with members of the media.
IFA this year will be from 1-5 September and will include the following five home-grown tech brands from Singapore.
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Tags:appliances, consumer, electronics, events, exhibitions, IFA, IFA 2023, IFA 2023 Singapore, Igloohome, myFirst, OxyTap, Red Monster, UB+
Posted in Air Purifiers, Appliances, Audio, battery, Brief, Events, events, Gadgets, gadgets, smartwatches, speakers, Watches | 10 Comments »
Friday, August 11th, 2023
The countdown for automotive players to meet greener energy deadlines is powering towards the end of the decade, when they come into play. In this thought leadership opinion piece, Thomas Goetzl from Keysight Technologies looks at the road ahead in terms of what smart energy must encompass to support the EV future.

Energising the road to the EV Era.
Accelerating adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and meeting the mandates require significant and sustainable changes.
One area that needs more attention is how to energise the transition to an electric-powered future.
With the demand for electricity expected to grow nearly 20% by 2050 due to EVs and other clean tech initiatives, grids are under immense pressure.
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Tags:electric vehicles, EV, infrastructure, insights, Keysight, opinions, Tech Focus, technology, vehTech
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Thursday, April 27th, 2023
Smokey tailpipe emissions may soon be a thing of the past. Hwee Yng Yeo at Keysight Technologies shares how the heavy transport vehicle market is catching up with the electric car market to lower their contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Private sedans and light-duty trucks lead the vehicle electrification race, leaving much upside opportunity for heavy transport fleets such as trucks and buses to catch up.
In the United States, data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reveals that while overall greenhouse gas emissions from passenger cars and light-duty trucks declined over the past decade, medium and heavy-duty trucks and buses still chugged out well over 200 teragrams of C02 over the same period.
In Europe, the transportation industry must urgently decarbonise its trucks and buses to achieve the Paris Agreement target of keeping global warming below 2°C.
![US greenhouse gas emissions between 1990 and 2020 by land transport type. Note: 1 Teragram = 1 million metric tons. Data source: Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and 1990–2020 [EPA 2022]. US greenhouse gas emissions between 1990 and 2020 by land transport type. Note: 1 Teragram = 1 million metric tons. Data source: Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and 1990–2020 [EPA 2022].](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53140288979_d51a7acfea_o.jpg)
US greenhouse gas emissions between 1990 and 2020 by land transport type. Note: 1 Teragram = 1 million metric tons. Data source: Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and 1990–2020 [EPA 2022].
Although these two heavy road vehicles represent only 2% of vehicles on the road, they emit a quarter of all transport-related greenhouse gases.
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Tags:AI, byline, commentary, heavy vehicles, interviews, Keysight, opinion, Tech Focus, technology
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2023
Canon has launched two new mirrorless cameras for those looking to step up their photography from their smartphones. Price & Availability TBA. Two new RF lenses were also released.

The Canon EOS R50 (behind) is for those who want good image quality with the user-friendly interface of a smartphone, while the Canon EOS R8 (front) offers the superior image quality and performance of a full-frame camera.
The EOS R8 is Canon’s lightest full-frame mirrorless camera that combines many of the powerful video and still shooting features of the EOS R6 Mark II, such as Canon Log 3 and up to 40 fps continuous shooting with the portability of the EOS RP.
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Tags:cameras, Canon, EOS, fullframe, launch, lenses, mirrorless, new arrivals
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Wednesday, January 4th, 2023
Belkin has embraced greater sustainability in the materials it uses in its products, as well as in its packaging.

Belkin is already on its way to becoming 100% carbon neutral in scope 1 & 2 emissions by 2025. Its commitment to review all areas of the business has included a focus on reducing single use plastics in packaging which has seen up to 90% reduction in plastic usage in some products.
In the name of sustainability, Belkin is adopting more responsible ways of building and packaging its consumer electronics products.
Beginning with its top selling mobile power products, several of Belkin’s most popular wireless chargers, power banks, wall chargers, and car chargers will receive updated product housing materials that consist of 73-75% post-consumer recycled plastics (PCR) and plastic-free packaging.

Belkin is currently working towards carbon neutrality in scope 3 emissions.
The product transition will be rolled out beginning 2023 and will save an estimated 7,000 metric tons of carbon emissions and reduce CO2-eq emissions for these products by up to 67%.
More details below from the press release.
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Tags:Belkin, CSR, plastics, recycling, sustainability
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Thursday, October 27th, 2022
Singapore’s telco Circles.Life is venturing into the travel sector with its new subscription service for travellers – Jetpac. Details below.

Jetpac from Circles.Life will launch on 1 November 2022, with a Pokemon-partnered “Dare to Roam” celebration on 30 October from at *SCAPE, Singapore. Click to enlarge.
Monthly subscriptions are available in three tiers:
- Insure Pac: S$30
- Pro Pac: S$20
- Lite Pac: S$10
Subscribers enjoy global roaming data with rollover of unused data; access to airport lounges in case of flight delays; monthly Expedia vouchers (Pro Pac & Insure Pac) that can be accumulated; as well as travel insurance (Insure Pac only).
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Tags:Circles.Life, telco, travel
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Tuesday, October 4th, 2022
The new cybersecurity offerings and services from Dell help provide greater resilience for modern security.

John Roese (left), global chief technology officer; and Amit Midha (right, president, Asia Pacific & Japan, and Global Digital Cities from Dell Technologies hosted the power briefing last week (30 September 2022) on the new services and solutions to help enterprises embrace Zero Trust and build cyber resilience.
Dell’s new cybersecurity services, endpoint and cyber protection solutions help customers build cyber resilience.
Dell aims to simplify Zero Trust cybersecurity adoption by streamlining integration across IT environments.
More details below from the press release.
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Tags:Business IT, cloud, cybersecurity, DELL, edge, enterprise IT, events, security, zero trust
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Friday, May 20th, 2022
We frequently see DDR SDRAMs as a key specification of computers and digital devices. In this two-part guest commentary, Ben Miller from Keysight Technologies shares his insights into the design of DDR SDRAMs (Part 1) and how faster memory speeds shape the future (Part 2).
DDR5 is still in the early phases of adoption. JEDEC released the standard in July 2020. The first CPU platform to support DDR5 was released in early 2022.
However, this platform still includes DDR4 support, so it could be some time before the industry accepts DDR5 as the de-facto memory standard and fully transitions memory systems to the new standard.
Faster memory enables the future
Over the next couple of years, more personal computers, servers, and embedded systems will take advantage of the higher speed, lower power, and greater memory capacity available with DDR5.
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Tags:byline, commentary, DDR, interviews, Keysight, memory, opinion, RAM, SDRAM, Tech Focus, technology
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Thursday, May 19th, 2022
We frequently see DDR SDRAMs as a key specification of computers and digital devices. In this two-part guest commentary, Ben Miller from Keysight Technologies shares his insights into the design of DDR SDRAMs (Part 1) and how faster memory speeds shape the future (Part 2).
Faster data processing requires faster memory.
Double data rate synchronous dynamic random-access memory (DDR SDRAM) enables the world’s computers to work with the data in memory.
Faster, not wider
Since the origins of SDRAM, engineers have faced challenges with increasing memory speeds.

Figure 1: DDR has both one-way control signals and bidirectional data buses. Click to enlarge.
DDR emerged as a faster, more efficient way to handle memory, while providing a universal standard between chip designers and device manufacturers.
As shown in Figure 1, DDR memory consists of a memory controller which transmits clock, address and control signals, and a series of DRAM chips which store the data.
In a write operation, the controller sends data and strobe signals to the DRAM; in a read operation, the DRAM sends data and strobe signals back over the same bi-directional line.
DDR SDRAM became the standard in the late 1990s and has since been improved upon many times over.
Prior to DDR, memory speeds maxed out in the range of 100 MT/s.
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Tags:byline, commentary, DDR, interviews, Keysight, memory, opinion, RAM, SDRAM, Tech Focus, technology
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Saturday, May 7th, 2022
Huawei held a special sneak preview for select media on some of the health and fitness wearables that they plan to launch later this month.

The new Huawei Watch GT3 Pro in Titanium (Left) and Ceramic White.
The wearables featured during the briefing included the following.
- Huawei Watch GT3 Pro
- Huawei Band 7
- Huawei Watch Fit 2
- Huawei Watch D

Huawei Watch Fit 2, Active Edition in Isle Blue Silicone Strap.
The new products covered a large spectrum of people ranging from those who just want some basic health data, to fitness enthusiasts who want in-depth data to hone their training; as well as the health conscious who want to measure detailed data about their health, such as blood pressure and heartbeat characteristics.
Later in the month, Huawei is expected to officially launch these devices together with additional products such as the Huawei Mate Xs 2 folding phablet and the Huawei S-Tag tagging accessory.
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Tags:fitness, health, Health Tech, Huawei, new arrivals, previews, smartwatches, watches, wearables
Posted in Accessories, Brief, Events, events, fitness watches, Gadgets, gadgets, Healthcare, Huawei, newArrivals, Online, smartwatches, Sports, trackers, Watches | 3 Comments »
Tech Focus: Powering Up Electric Heavy Duty Vehicles
Thursday, April 27th, 2023Smokey tailpipe emissions may soon be a thing of the past. Hwee Yng Yeo at Keysight Technologies shares how the heavy transport vehicle market is catching up with the electric car market to lower their contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Private sedans and light-duty trucks lead the vehicle electrification race, leaving much upside opportunity for heavy transport fleets such as trucks and buses to catch up.
In the United States, data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reveals that while overall greenhouse gas emissions from passenger cars and light-duty trucks declined over the past decade, medium and heavy-duty trucks and buses still chugged out well over 200 teragrams of C02 over the same period.
In Europe, the transportation industry must urgently decarbonise its trucks and buses to achieve the Paris Agreement target of keeping global warming below 2°C.
US greenhouse gas emissions between 1990 and 2020 by land transport type. Note: 1 Teragram = 1 million metric tons. Data source: Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and 1990–2020 [EPA 2022].
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Tags:AI, byline, commentary, heavy vehicles, interviews, Keysight, opinion, Tech Focus, technology
Posted in Brief, Figures, Interview, Keysight, Motoring, Opinion, Tech Focus, VehTech | 2 Comments »