IEE Review
Volume 50, Issue 1, January 2004
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Volume 50, Issue 1
January 2004
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- Source: IEE Review, Volume 50, Issue 1, page: 2 –2
- DOI: 10.1049/ir:20040109
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- Source: IEE Review, Volume 50, Issue 1, page: 4 –4
- DOI: 10.1049/ir:20040110
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(2 pages) - Source: IEE Review, Volume 50, Issue 1, page: 8 –8
- DOI: 10.1049/ir:20040111
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(7 pages) - Author(s): M. Peach
- Source: IEE Review, Volume 50, Issue 1, p. 18 –19
- DOI: 10.1049/ir:20040112
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As many industry sectors have seen their exhibitions go downhill, Matthew Peach asks, what is the secret of the Drives show success? - Author(s): S. Josifovska
- Source: IEE Review, Volume 50, Issue 1, p. 20 –21
- DOI: 10.1049/ir:20040101
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Is European microelectronics R&D on the breadline? Money is the key thing European microelectronics firms want from their governments to keep Europe in the lead in microelectronics and nanotechnology research. Innovation requires funding, and the EU is not injecting enough money into microelectronics R&D, including programmes such as MEDEA+ (Microelectronics Development of European Applications). That's not to say that EU member-states do not invest at all. They do, just not in the areas that offer long and sustained returns on investment, such as electronics and energy, claim MEDEA+ board members. MEDEA+ is a pan-European microelectronics R&D programme. All the funding MEDEA+ receives is seen as a very important EU collaborative project that will keep Europe in the lead in the microelectronics and nanotechnology fields. - Author(s): C. Edwards
- Source: IEE Review, Volume 50, Issue 1, p. 22 –23
- DOI: 10.1049/ir:20040102
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The paper discusses the the effect of the collapse of the telecommunication market on the UK optoelectronics industry. A number of optoelectronics businesses have gone to the wall in the UK but there is still overcapacity. Consolidation or diversification are two of the options for UK optoelectronics companies as they face the future. - Author(s): D. Ross
- Source: IEE Review, Volume 50, Issue 1, p. 24 –25
- DOI: 10.1049/ir:20040103
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The UK government's latest White Paper is out and argues for a high-tech, networked military. The White Paper contains plenty of opportunities for electronics and information technology companies, but headaches for the armed forces. It sets out the UK's likely defence requirements for a future in the post 9/11 world, with close alignment to the US, but still leaving room for working in a European framework. For equipment, the main thrust will be a move away from heavy military kit, such as Challenger II tanks, to a more high-technology, 'joined-up' armed forces. So important is this concept that it has several acronyms to describe it, including NEC (Networked Enabled Capabilities) and C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance). The critical elements in delivering this military effect is threefold: sensors to gather information; an effective network-to consolidate, communicate and exploit that information; and strike assets-to deliver the decisive action. Technology will be a key driver for change. - Author(s): S. Josifovska
- Source: IEE Review, Volume 50, Issue 1, p. 26 –27
- DOI: 10.1049/ir:20040104
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The SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) transformed the smartcard business as mobile phones started to flourish and each had to carry one. But, as the networks become increasingly complex, offering a multiplicity of capabilities to the users-multimedia applications, high-performance processing, large storage and commerce-the complexity of the SIM grows, too. The USIM (Universal Subscriber Identity Module) will improve the relationship with the users and it's a good candidate to enable content delivery. The USIM is expected to offer higher capacities, going into the megabyte domain, to be able to store even more data to meet the growing number of applications in its pitch to be 'all things to all people'. - Author(s): D. Lenton
- Source: IEE Review, Volume 50, Issue 1, p. 28 –29
- DOI: 10.1049/ir:20040105
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Nokia's announcement that all its new handsets will include 'push to talk' (PTT) as a standard feature means that 2004 could be the year when text messaging is finally eclipsed as the dominant mobile technology. Already established for business use in the US, PTT is predicted to create a new telecoms market worth more than $50bn within five years. The technology is usually likened to giving handsets walkie talkie functionality, allowing groups of up to 10 users to communicate without dialling a number or waiting for anyone to pick up. Benefits for business users-like security patrols or maintenance staff who operate over a wide area but need to keep in touch are obvious and outweigh the fact that only one person can speak at a time. - Author(s): K. Pruden
- Source: IEE Review, Volume 50, Issue 1, page: 30 –30
- DOI: 10.1049/ir:20040113
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The industry is moving away from technologies consolidation to supporting a multitude of standards, says the author. - Source: IEE Review, Volume 50, Issue 1, p. 32 –33
- DOI: 10.1049/ir:20040114
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- Source: IEE Review, Volume 50, Issue 1, page: 35 –35
- DOI: 10.1049/ir:20040115
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- Source: IEE Review, Volume 50, Issue 1, page: 36 –36
- DOI: 10.1049/ir:20040116
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A new strategic direction for the Benevolent Fund is announced. - Author(s): R. Dettmer
- Source: IEE Review, Volume 50, Issue 1, p. 38 –42
- DOI: 10.1049/ir:20040106
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Tony Hoare helped lay the engineering foundations of computer science. He has been studying the role of formal methods within Microsoft's software development process. This paper discusses Hoare's early programming experiences and his work on concurrency and specification. - Author(s): G. Lawday
- Source: IEE Review, Volume 50, Issue 1, p. 44 –47
- DOI: 10.1049/ir:20040107
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The physical limitations of parallel bus technology are now the principal constraint on computer performance. However, towards the end of 2004, the first of the new generation of PCs incorporating the latest high-performance serial buses will come into use. The new buses will enable PCs to be more compact, powerful and cost-effective. What is more, the ramifications of these changes are extending beyond the confines of the PC into the embedded system market where some of the latest telecoms systems are already using the new serial buses to great effect. - Author(s): W. Pulleyblank
- Source: IEE Review, Volume 50, Issue 1, p. 48 –52
- DOI: 10.1049/ir:20040108
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Supercomputer performance has been improved by increasing the clock rate of individual central processing units (CPUs) and scaling out to growing numbers of multiple high-performance processors arranged in clusters. The most powerful supercomputers are now comprised of thousands of processors operating in parallel. Such architectures are hitting a performance barrier imposed by constraints on power consumption, footprint and the demands of cooling a machine comprising large numbers of tightly packed, high-frequency electronic components. Sustained performance is also being constrained by the growing disparity between processor and memory access times, which has led to increasingly inefficient utilisation of the processing power available as the CPUs cycle idly, waiting for data to be read or written. The IBM Research team is attacking these problems with Blue Gene/L, one of the first architectures to be developed as part of its Blue Gene project. The Blue Gene approach to resolving this disparity is to employ larger numbers of moderate-frequency processors, in the domain of hundreds of MHz, allowing for a more balanced memory architecture. Systems with more than 100000 moderate-frequency processors are currently planned-interconnected via a massively powerful communication fabric. The potential performance gains of this system are many orders of magnitude larger than what can be obtained with a conventional shared memory machine. - Source: IEE Review, Volume 50, Issue 1, p. 53 –54
- DOI: 10.1049/ir:20040117
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- Source: IEE Review, Volume 50, Issue 1, p. 55 –56
- DOI: 10.1049/ir:20040118
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Editor's comment
Letters
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Let the specialist events prosper
One for all, all for one [microelectronics research funding]
Opto firms peer past telecom bust
Obstacle course [high-tech networked military]
The Queen of SIMs [mobile phones]
Big push is on [mobile phones]
What lies ahead for comms ICs
Gadgets
Efficient and effective
More support for members
Language, truth and software [software development]
On the buses [high-speed serial bus]
How to build a supercomputer
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