{"title":"Impact of COVID-19 on the Consumer Electronics Market","authors":"T. Coughlin","doi":"10.1109/mce.2020.3016753","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mce.2020.3016753","url":null,"abstract":"It is argued that without communication and modern digital electronics, many people would not be able to work during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Likewise, modern consumer technology is extremely dependent upon connectivity, processing, and memory/storage. With the general economic impact on many consumers,1 overall consumer technology sales will be down in 2020, but people are more dependent than ever before on their consumer devices to connect with others and continue (when they can) working at home. The reliance on web-based meetings, online education, and cloud-based services, in general, will increase as time goes on. After the pandemic ends, people will be more likely to participate in a virtual event and to look for virtual experiences to replace some physical experiences. This should drive increasing demand for bandwidth to support telepresence and virtual and augmented reality. This will also drive the consumer application and cloud-services industry.","PeriodicalId":179001,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Consumer Electron. Mag.","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130243233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"IEEE Fellow Dr. Jae S. Lim Wins 2020 Ho-Am Prize","authors":"S. Lipoff","doi":"10.1109/MCE.2020.2996070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MCE.2020.2996070","url":null,"abstract":"The Ho-Am Prize was established in 1990 by Mr. Kun-Hee Lee, the Chairman of Samsung, with a vision to create a new corporate culture that carries on the noble spirit of public service upheld by the late Chairman Byung-Chull Lee. The prize is awarded to individuals who have made significant contributions to academics, the arts, and social development, and who have furthered the welfare of humanity through distinguished accomplishments in their respective professional fields. The Prize is presented across five categories: Science, Engineering, Medicine, The Arts, and Community Service. Each laureate is presented with a diploma, a prize medal, and a cash prize of KRW 300 million (approximately equivalent to USD 246,000).","PeriodicalId":179001,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Consumer Electron. Mag.","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116929733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"5G is Here for Consumer Electronics","authors":"S. Mohanty","doi":"10.1109/MCE.2020.3016111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MCE.2020.3016111","url":null,"abstract":"5G CAN BE PART OF ANY SMART TECHNOLGY This issue of MCE is dedicated to fifthgeneration (5G) wireless technology. We have been covering various technologies related to smart cities for the last several years. We are now hearing of various other related such technologies, but with different levels of granularities such as smart villages and smart countries. It is no doubt that information and communication technology makes these possible. After examining the 3C model of Internet-of-Things (IoT) and cyberphysical systems (CPS), we learn that 3Cs IoT are connection, computation, and communication and 3Cs of CPS are control, computation, and communication. So, while IoT and CPS are the same or different based on a different point of view, the commonality is the “Communication.” Thus, 5G technology that builds the “Communication” component of IoT/CPS will have a significant impact on almost every smart technologies that we see, deploy, or use. All varieties of CPS, including agriculture CPS, energy CPS, healthcare CPS, and transportation CPS, will be impacted by 5G. Also, the industrial IoT will be impacted. The attractive features 5G technology include: low energy, low latency, and high bandwidth. At the same time, 5G may have the issue of higher electromagnetic radiation as compared to its predecessors. The current issue presents several thematic articles covering different aspects of 5G technology.","PeriodicalId":179001,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Consumer Electron. Mag.","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115215479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interview with the Entrepreneur - Florian Seitner","authors":"Dr Tom George Beaufort Wilson","doi":"10.1109/mce.2020.2997563","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mce.2020.2997563","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":179001,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Consumer Electron. Mag.","volume":"239 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130989309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Healthcare Cyber-Physical System is More Important Than Before","authors":"S. Mohanty","doi":"10.1109/mce.2020.3002258","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mce.2020.3002258","url":null,"abstract":"& I WELCOME THE readers to the 5th issue of year 2020, the September 2020 issue of the IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine (MCE). We are in the middle of the global impact of the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) for the last several months. The importance of the healthcare system is self-evident along with the other essentials, such as electric power systems, water supply systems, and communication systems, which help to overcome the difficulties. In the July 2020 issue of MCE, we covered Transportation Cyber-Physical System (T-CPS). I am pleased that the current issue is dedicated to Healthcare Cyber-Physical System (H-CPS).","PeriodicalId":179001,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Consumer Electron. Mag.","volume":"79 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134178055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Our Society Is Now Called \"IEEE Consumer Technology Society (CTSoc)\"","authors":"W. Almuhtadi","doi":"10.1109/mce.2020.3005639","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mce.2020.3005639","url":null,"abstract":"Reports on the changing of the Consumer Electronics Society to the Changing Technology Society as of August 16, 2020.","PeriodicalId":179001,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Consumer Electron. Mag.","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127349755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intelligent Cars: Are We There Yet?","authors":"Gordana S. Velikic","doi":"10.1109/mce.2020.2972084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mce.2020.2972084","url":null,"abstract":"& THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY is experiencing disruptive changes at all levels—from design, and production, to community and business models. A previously rigid and very closed business environment is forced to open and embrace new methods to survive. In particular, it has become clear that a previously strongly deterministic approach has to be replaced with flexible adaptive approaches. This opened a path to newmethods, which are reportedly necessary to bring the industry to the ultimate goal—driverless vehicles in any driving condition. The artificial intelligence (AI) has a significant role in this development, but it has not reached the full potential yet due to rigorous requirements that automotive-grade outputs need to satisfy. Nevertheless, an access to a paramount source of data has pushedAImethods to front rows, while all other processing methods are grouped in the “pre-AI era,” or even labeled as “vintagemethods.” Futuristic predictions just a few years ago were very optimistic, and foreseen time span until deployment decreased from several decades to several years. After the first wave of the excitement has passed, the closer look at the whole picture revealed that the problems of the ecosystem apply not just to actual engineering of the vehicles, but to the impacts this technology has on the society. This made us aware, that although we have a technology to answer to the challenge, the technology needs to mature further to cover all critical use cases. An automotive field has always been classified as an industry, rather than consumer, although a consumer mass market of a final product—a vehicle, is huge: according to theworld association of car manufacturers Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d’Automobiles (OICA), in 2017, the global average annual turnover was 2.75 trillion, with production of 73.4 million cars and 23.84 million trucks. As modern vehicles architecture changes inside, and hardware and software take roles of mechanical parts, so changes the interior of the vehicle. We witness the integration of products and services from creative industries and other common consumer electronics products and services into cabins [1]. This affected terminology and expectations. This nicely illustrates why the term “consumer electronics” (CE) has become obsolete and the term “consumer technology” has become more appropriate, reflecting the social changes due to technology accomplishments and shifts in consumer expectations. Thus, before we hit the big milestone—complete switch to driverless vehicles, also known as L5, we are continuing research to make this experience better, smoother, and safer. The articles in this special section are carefully chosen with the help of the Editor-in-Chief (EIC), are part of this legacy. The articles are extended versions of presentations at the Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MCE.2020.2972084","PeriodicalId":179001,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Consumer Electron. Mag.","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132866350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"VLSI for Next Generation CE","authors":"N. Voros, M. Stan, M. Hübner, G. Keramidas","doi":"10.1109/mce.2019.2959747","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mce.2019.2959747","url":null,"abstract":"The current research in VLSI explores emerging trends and novel ideas and concepts covering a broad range of topics in the area of VLSI: from VLSI circuits, systems, and design methods, to system-level design and systemon- chip issues, to bringing VLSI methods to new areas and technologies such as nano and molecular devices, MEMS, and quantum computing. Future design methodologies are also key topics of Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) research, as well as new Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools to support them. The purpose of this special section is to provide an insight into current research and development in aspects related to ISVLSI.","PeriodicalId":179001,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Consumer Electron. Mag.","volume":"276 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131532963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Artificial Intelligence in Consumer Electronics","authors":"L. Morra, S. Mohanty, F. Lamberti","doi":"10.1109/mce.2019.2962163","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mce.2019.2962163","url":null,"abstract":"Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a pillar of consumer electronics. Mobile devices, virtual personal assistants, distributed and wearable sensors, smart home appliances, and automotive electronics are among the many examples of products and services that are benefiting from recent developments in AI. Novel applications, functionalities, and use cases are emerging on an almost daily basis, and providing a comprehensive review within the space of a special issue would be a daunting endeavor. Machine learning currently dominates the AI landscape and this reflects in the submissions that we received, which were mostly related to machine learning and deep learning technologies. We believe that articles selected for this special section well represent emerging applications in sectors with high potential, such as the residential energy and robotic sectors.","PeriodicalId":179001,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Consumer Electron. Mag.","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126615135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"AI for Consumer Electronics - Has Come a Long Way But Has a Long Way to Go","authors":"S. Mohanty","doi":"10.1109/mce.2020.2968754","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mce.2020.2968754","url":null,"abstract":"It reminds me that IEEE MCE has covered intelligent electronics, smart electronics kind articles in some of its past issues. In addition, I guest edited a special issue on smart electronics in IEEE Potentials. In Jan 2019 issue of IEEE Potentials, I defined smart electronics as the class C E systems that are envisioned to be Energy-Smart, Security-Smart, and Response-Smart. I advocated that these 3 key aspects and design trade-offs among them is the crucial for the next generation CE. In fact, in my booked titled “Nanoelectronic Mixed-Signal Systems” published in 2015, I presented a broad perspective for design trade-offs of CE systems under the theme “Design of Excellence (DFX)” or ‘Design of X (DFX)”. In DFX, “X” refers to a subset of characteristics/figures-of-merit (FoMs), such as energy, speed, security, and safety, making it Design for Energy, Design for Speed, or Design for Security. Design for Security is essentially the Security and Privacy by Design (SPbD) which was the theme of March 2020 issue of IEEE MCE. We dedicated cover of April 2017 issue of IEEE MCE to deep learning aka deep neural network (DNN). In September 2019 issue of IEEE MCE, we addressed edge-AI, in which AI at the edge devices (close to the user) was highlighted. The current issue (May 2020) of IEEE MCE further advances these efforts on AI. AI is the superset covering machine learning (ML), expert system, and computational intelligence. A subset of AI is machine learning (ML) and a subset of ML is deep learning (DL). Computational intelligence includes artificial neural network (ANN), and a subset of which is deep neural network (DNN).","PeriodicalId":179001,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Consumer Electron. Mag.","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127535986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}