Energy Efficiency Accelerates with MosChip’s Smart Street Lighting Solution

End-to-end product development company takes initiative to upgrade street lights by replacing them with LEDs

MosChip, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish and maintain a smart center with centralized command and monitoring system (CCMS) in the state of Andhra Pradesh on a subcontracting basis. The subcontract is valued at Rs. 83 Cr and is to be implemented in 24 months with a seven-year maintenance contract.

“Energy efficiency is paramount to sustain the quality of life, business growth, and economic wellbeing,” said MosChip Senior Vice President Dhananjay Kulkarni.

A centralized smart center will be established in Amaravathi, the new capital city of Andhra Pradesh to manage and monitor the entire process of automation. It is designed to adhere to additional IoT services in the future.

MosChip plans to control and monitor all the LED Street Lights through CCMS boxes by establishing a Centralised Command Center. A total number of 20,00,000 LED Bulbs will be linked with 30,000+ CCMS boxes installed. These boxes are a GSM/GPRS/RF-based product specially designed for street lighting projects which further ensures an optimal on-field product performance. This will result in a drastic reduction of operational and maintenance cost which is estimated about 20 percent less than the present expenditure.

“If you see the penetration of tech-oriented changes in our country, you will notice that we are now in the race to becoming a smart city,” said MosChip Chief Executive Officer Damodar Rao Gummadapu. “Smart lighting essentially rides on the same backbone concept. Hopefully, in upcoming years, we will be one of the smartest countries in the world.”

A study states that 72 percent of lights that are sold are LEDs, and with the Andhra Pradesh government making way into the smart city initiative, an upward curve of energy savings has also been noted. With smart street lighting, one can:

• Control multiple street lights from the single feeder for either single or three phases.
• Schedule time that can be monitored and changed via SMS.
• Receive alerts in case of theft/fault in the lights.
• Reduce electricity bills by up to 30 percent.
• Manage centralized monitoring and control of lights through reports.
• Receive current readings and device fault details via SMS.
• Receive detailed electricity consumption reports.

“MosChip’s advanced analytics not only ensures demand planning and predictive analysis but also capabilities to identify irregularities such as theft, wire cuts and light faults,” said Dhananjay Kulkarni. “There are long-term trends such as increased transmission losses which are detected to increase T&D efficiency. MosChip manufactures all components of the solution, including hardware, firmware, cloud application, smartphone application, and further customizes it based on the unique needs of individual customers.”

Traditionally managed street lights consume excessive electricity. MosChip, along with the Andhra Pradesh government, aims to overcome these challenges with the concept of a smart lighting solution. Once the entire project has been completed, the goal to conserve energy with effective improvement in street lighting will have been met.

About MosChip

MosChip is an end-to-end product development company with deep engineering expertise in Chip Design, Systems Design, Software Development for IoT and Vision Solutions. With more than 16 years of proven track record with a unique combination of product engineering skills, domain knowledge and technology expertise in segments such as aerospace and defense, consumer electronics, networking and telecommunications, mobile electronics, and security. MosChip helps their customers reduce time-to-market of their products with our field proven IP’s.

MosChip’s product development experience with SOC, wireless connectivity, software, and systems engineering allows us to be able to meet with the most complex hardware and software design challenges. With a large pool of engineers segmented into teams with multiple engineering disciplines, MosChip can deliver ASIC, firmware, drivers, boards, and platform solutions.

INFOGRAPHIC: Top 10 Trends for Indian Defence Offset Business

India allocates about 1.8% of its GDP to the defence spending and ranks among the top 10 countries in the world in terms of defence expenditure. With only 35% of defence equipment manufactured in India, it also is one of the largest importers of defence equipment. Even if the defence equipment are manufactured in India, it involves huge import cost of raw material.

To overcome the above-said challenge and to promote the Government’s “Make in India” initiative, the Ministry of Defence is focusing on increasing the defence manufacturing in India. To leverage the defence imports and to boost domestic defence manufacturing industry, the MoD has an “OFFSET POLICY” in place. The offset policy was first made the part of Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) in 2005. The policy has gone through a lot of revisions over time and the latest revision to it were made in 2016.

This infographic share the top 10 trends in the Indian Defence Offset Business to look forward in 2017.

https://moschip.com/blog/infographic-top-10-trends-for-indian-defence-offset-business/ 

MosChip adds another Feather in its Cap

Since the year 2000, Electronica India is the leading trade fair for electronics components, systems and applications in India. An excellent platform to promote new businesses and indulge in experts’ knowledge, Electronica India provides resourceful insights into the latest technologies and applications in all electronics sectors as well as the photonics industry.

This year, EMegatech, a leading Taiwanese manufacturer of I/O controller cards presented their new serial over Ip product line by MOSCHIP 8142 in Electronica India show held in Bangalore from 21-23rd September. Most of the EMegatech designs were connectivity products, except MOSCHIP’s SeSe, an SoC based design. They displayed 4S, 8S and 16 using MosChip’s MCS8142 design.

EMegatech executives Winsome Fang (from Sales) and Andy Lee (Executive Assistant to GM) were present at the event to promote their new line of products. They actively explained the details of the products to enquiring visitors along with their pricing quotes.

Harry Morwin from MOSCHIP, who was there to support EMT new launches also interacted with the visitors who were interested to know more about the SeSe application details. This event serves as an important landmark in recognizing MOSCHIP’s progress to become a global leader in the years to come.

https://moschip.com/blog/company/newsmoschip-adds-another-feather-in-its-cap/

NOW & FUTURE: A sneak peek in the Aerospace industry

Today, the Aerospace industry is on the threshold of entering a new era, where it will presume bigger responsibility in making the nation self-reliant in Defence Production. Flying cars, hybrid vehicles, massive jets, sleek new fighters, and Mars-bound rockets. These are the kinds of things we consider when we think of our latest heights in the endless evolution of human flight. But there is more to this, the sector has a lot more to offer…. more than what we can imagine!!! Let’s take a sneak peek into this sector of Aerospace.

The outlook for Aerospace industry is clouded by many uncertainties like constrained military budgets, new and changing requirements, technology advances, and competition from non-traditional rivals. 

The Software upliftment.

Software is handling a greater percentage of the jobs done on an aircraft. Increased communication with ground control will soon allow for more efficient landings. Currently planes approaching an airport do so in a stair-step process. This allows the control tower to maintain safety at each stage. But when the exact position of each plane is known, the approach can be continuous. The smoothness of the descent will mean every flight will be shorter by two or so minutes and save about 100 gallons of gas. That time may be minuscule for the passenger, perhaps, but worldwide, the savings are enormous.

Communication.

Planes usually need communication to provide information on their current location. This is very important especially for those working in defence programs. Communication allows pilots to tell the distance between them and other pilots to prevent them from crashing into each other. But, communication can only go so far. A recent research program allows a set of drones to be able to communicate with each other’s distance without even talking. These drones were simple AI machines that could tell the distance between each other. This is truly helpful in terms of flying and coordination especially for those pilots with surveillance and targeting assignments.

Growth

Major challenges to international growth include political risks such as export-control regulations and offset requirements, technology-transfer requirements, and intellectual-property issues. Many of these challenges may have reoccupied leaders in 2017. But today they are less concerned about their companies’ inherent abilities to make sales in international markets and more about the political landscapes of the customer nations. So, we may now look forward to a better growth this year.

Education

Aerospace is the third most popular field for engineering students. With over 38,000 new aerospace engineering jobs that opened last year, 4,000 of them were taken by students! That’s a huge number. The aerospace profession has expanded form hardware-based science, technology, and engineering, to systems, and even systems of systems-based engineering. At a very high level that trend has become even more important. And thus, this year we expect, a lot of young professional to take up Aeronautics as a profession!

Data Handling

Surveillance vehicles get a lot of attention for political, military, and techie reasons. But in the field of aerospace engineering, their development and employment is a much smaller challenge. It is likely to be found with millions of investments that the government recently marked for “big data.” This data brings us to a conclusion that there will be a lot of data which would help the defence to be upgraded.

In a nutshell, we can look forward towards a positive and proportionate growth in this sector of Aeronautics and defence. And talking about this sector and technologies that drives it, Moschip is the name that comes in our mind. It has not only successfully been a pioneer in the field of Semiconductors Design Services but has also put its footprint in the field of IoT, Cloud and Connected Devices domain, with respect to this sector of Aeronautics and defence. Driven by a positive outlook, Moschip is moving to more flexible, agile models.

https://moschip.com/blog/company-newsnow-future-a-sneak-peek-in-the-aerospace-industry/

Moschip grabs the Best Electronic System Design Company – Established Indian Company

Mentor Graphic corporation (NASDAQ:MENT), a leader in electronic hardware and software design solution along with Silicon India, announces the 2016 Leadership Awards for Embedded / VLSI industry.

The Silicon India Award is one of its kind, felicitating the best of VLSI/Embedded industry, since 2010.This is the 6th edition, where in the best of VLSI/Embedded industry were honoured with a great show.

Among few others best firms, Moschip grabbed the award for the BEST ELECTRONIC SYSTEM DESIGN – ESTABLISHED INDIAN COMPANY.   Moschip is one of the pioneers in publicly listed semiconductor design and service company. It has an extensive experience in arrays of industries like Aerospace and defence, Consumer electronics, IoT to name a few.

“This Award Would Not Only Motivate But Also Give Inspiration And New Spirit For Innovation And A Strong Entrepreneurial Drive.”- Speaks Mr. Ram Reddy, CEO & Chairman, Moschip.

Moschip’s extensive ASIC design experiences ranges from architecture to netlist. With its mission to constantly exceed the client’s expectation, it has a long way to go!

https://moschip.com/blog/company-news/moschip-grabs-the-best-electronic-system-design-company-established-indian-company/

The First Chapter of AeSI, Aerospace Luminary Lecture series of Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Aeronautical Society of India in association with MosChip, Organised the 1st AeSI Aerospace Luminary Lecture series, Hyderabad Chapter at Taj Deccan.  Attended by 300 Plus guest, it has been one of the major event that the city witnessed on Sunday evening. Air Marshal SB Deo, vice chief of air staff & Indranil Manna, director of Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur were the key note speaker of the evening.

“The Indigenously Designed Developed And Manufactured (IDDM) Category Will Be The Ministry Of Defence‘s First Priority When It Comes To Procurement Of Weapons And Spare Parts, Said Air Marshal SB Deo, Vice Chief Of Air Staff.”

Speaking at the Aerospace Luminary Lecture series of the Hyderabad chapter of the Aeronautical Society of India here on Sunday, Mr Deo said: “The private sector had once challenged to obliterate public defence organisations like DRDO. Today we are around and they are not,” he said. Speaking about leadership at DRDO of stalwarts in the sector, he said passion is crucial. “Working for profit cannot take us far. Working with passion can,” he said.

The meeting was presided by G. Sateesh Reddy, Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister, who lauded the work of the society while asking it to continue contributions even as he outlined the activities lined up for the society this year.

“Weapon technology should be desi”- Air Marshal SB Deo

Deputy Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sirish Baban Deo and IIT Kanpur Director Indranil Manna delivered lectures on Make In India programmes in the aerospace sector and progresses in technology for the sector. Prof. Manna, an expert in materials sciences, said the perspective of the world about India should change. “We are thought of as a trading country when we should be a making country,” he said. He added that pursuit of the aerospace sector, among other things, is to make materials like aluminium better for the industry.

As part of the Lecture Series, Mr. Ramachandra Reddy, Chairman & CEO of MosChip Semiconductor Technology Pvt Ltd., gave a presentation on the Semiconductor Industry, journey & success story of MosChip and their contribution to Indian Defense Labs. Moschip has been a pioneer in the field of Semiconductors Design Services, with constant innovations, technological advancements and vision oriented leadership. Moschip has now, put its footprint in the field of IoT, Cloud and Connected Devices domain, said Mr. Ramachandra Reddy.

https://moschip.com/blog/company-news/the-first-chapter-of-aesi-aerospace-luminary-lecture-series-of-hyderabad/

The Happy Marriage of DevOps and IoT - Moschip

The Happy Marriage of DevOps and IoT

Service revenues rooted in micro-controller-based IoT are expected to reach a whopping $7.3 trillion by the year 2017, according to a recent IDC report, with the radical new paradigm shift of DevOps leading to the perfect storm of IoT adoption.

About two years ago, we started to see a groundswell, The Internet of Things (IoT).  IoT promised that businesses would see trillions of dollars in new value as everything on the planet became connected. This value was going to be driven by increased efficiencies, better customer engagement, and new business models.

A few years further backwards, the hottest term in IT was DevOps. Based on Agile and Lean principles, DevOps helped in enhanced speed and quality of IT services delivery. Enabling a continuous delivery approach, it ensured that the software is thoroughly tested, validated and bugs identified at the earliest. Since then, DevOps has been ensuring the alignment of goals of all functions of the enterprise. The outcome is a seamless process that works efficiently and without glitches. DevOps has already gained a foothold at the enterprise level, as it has been critical to make the best use of cloud computing, big data, and, now, the Internet of Things (IoT).

DevOps makes possible the deployment of software across several platforms simultaneously. Organizations that embrace DevOps in IoT and formalize it through integrated, cross functional teams are likely to have a decided advantage over those that do not.

DevOps in IoT also enable constant update of devices and features, and faster release cycles of connected systems. The ability to constantly deliver new software updates makes it possible to sell services that generate continuous revenues, rather than simply the one-time sale of the underlying product.

Most importantly, IoT is something that comes into play with automated security testing (continuous testing), integration testing (continuous integration), and, finally, deployment (continuous deployment). This is where DevOps methodology can play a vital role.

When the IoT application is tested, a DevOps system needs to consider security around the information coming from sensors.  These are points-of-entry that are easily compromised, such as somebody hacking into your thermostat and sending misleading data.  DevOps security testing tools need to regress through the IoT application to ensure that exposure is minimized.

The case for evolving DevOps, from enterprise systems to IoT edge devices is compelling. But we must agree, change is rarely easy, and instituting DevOps in IoT is no exception. Bringing about a cultural and organizational change, to build necessary processes and systems is rather difficult. Also, IoT systems can be very large, unique, and complex and may require robust hardware platforms. This increases cost. To add to this, IoT solutions have very high demands for reliability, quality, security, and safety. This can be both risky and expensive at the same time.

While we’re still playing around with DevOps and IoT, it’s clear that the connections can be made, and we can indeed benefit from the marriage of IoT and DevOps.  The DevOps concept has been proven at the enterprise level. It is now evolving toward gateways and edge devices, to meet the unique challenges of developing and managing IoT systems.

Fuel it Up! Automotive to Fuel Power Semiconductor Growth - Moschip

The global market for power semiconductors used in cars and light passenger vehicles will grow by more in $3 billion USD in the next six years,” according to new analysis released today by IHS Markit, a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions.

End to end markets that stimulate overall demand for semiconductors are expanding. As silicon-led technology exerts, its influence on many different aspects of life. The automotive sector promises to be a particularly dynamic driver of growth for the semiconductor industry. Not only is the semiconductor content of cars growing rapidly as they rely on greater intelligence, connectivity and sophisticated electronics, but the nature of the automotive industry model is also shifting in new directions.

The Latest Report Released By IHS Markit Predicts That The Global Market For Power Semiconductors Used In Cars And Light Passenger Vehicles Is Estimated To Grow By More Than $3 Billion USD In The Next Six Years. 

Contributing to the rise of power semiconductors, the automotive industry’s mission is to offer self-driving, ‘green’ and connected cars, by the next decade.

The key drivers behind the robust growth include the electrification of vehicles, as well as self-driving, green and connected cars, according to the “Power Semiconductors in Automotive – 2017” report.

According to IHS Markit, intermediate safety milestones such as automatic emergency braking (AEB) and platooning are necessary to realize a road system that will accommodate self-driving cars. Other factors in the trend toward more power semiconductors include the need for more fuel-efficient systems, reflected by increasingly electrifying auxiliary units such, a higher proportion of electric vehicles, and more electronic content per vehicle as required for improved vehicle emission levels.

The Chart Shows An Estimated Average Value Of Power Semiconductors Per Car. It Is The Estimated Total Market For Discrete Power Semiconductors, Power Modules And Power ICs Each Year Divided By The Total Number Of Light Vehicles Produced In Each Year.

It is anticipated that the growth in sales of hybrid and electric vehicles in the next few years will spur power semiconductor sales to climb by CAGR 9.6% from 2015 to 2022 across all vehicles, taking Powertrain’s market share up to 54% of the total market, the report says. Discrete IGBT power transistors account for most of Powertrain power semiconductor revenue, but increased integration of discretes into modules will cause IGBT power module sales to increase at a much faster rate.

Cars and chips. Less than a decade ago this would not have been the most obvious of pairings, but this will be a key driver of our industry today. From self-parking cars to anticipatory braking, semiconductors have been important to automotive innovations in the past decade. As a result, automotive semiconductor revenue is growing at nearly twice the rate of the overall semiconductor market.

MosChip Has Been Leading The Semiconductor Market With Constant Innovation To Drive Automotive Industry. With An Approach To Adopt The ‘Green-Car’ Concept, MosChip Contributes To The Environment, Safety And Comfort.

https://moschip.com/blog/automotive/fuel-it-up-automotive-to-fuel-power-semiconductor-growth

IESA expands Footprint; Launches Hyderabad Chapter - Moschip

IESA expands Footprint; Launches Hyderabad Chapter

Aims to strengthen ties with the local industry and government to make Hyderabad an ESDM and Aerospace and Defense hub

Hyderabad, 16th February, 2017: IESA, India Electronics and Semiconductor Association, today announced the launch of their Hyderabad Chapter. The key objectives of setting up an office in Hyderabad is to widen the eco-system, acquire new members and strengthen the supply chain in the region. This move will boost the electronics, hardware and semiconductor startups and firms in the state with the required support and information. There will also be a large thrust on the Aerospace & Defense manufacturing too.

Spearheading and strengthening ties with the local industry, MosChip Semiconductor has joined hands with IESA. Speaking at the launch of the IESA Hyderabad chapter, Ram Reddy, CEO & Chairman, MosChip , said “We are delighted to be a member company of IESA Hyderabad. We strongly believe that this collaboration will be an impetus to start-ups and engineering/ research students to promote the country’s top design engineers and buyers with the best degree of technical knowhow and help bring the Government and ecosystem together on the same platform.”

Excited with this announcement, K. Krishna Moorthy, Chairman, IESA said, “This is a proud moment for us as we have now expanded our presence across the major technology hubs of the nation. With this launch, we now have an even more strengthened support to bring India into the global radar for manufacturing innovation.”

Commenting on this move, Mr. M.N. Vidyashankar, President, IESA added, “We strongly believe that this expansion will fast-forward our operations and enable us to achieve the common goal of giving a boost to design-led-manufacturing.”

https://moschip.com/blog/company-news/iesa-expands-footprint-launches-hyderabad-chapter/

Global semiconductor industry to see an upwards growth - Moschip

According to Gartner, Worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to total $364.1 billion in 2017, an increase of 7.2 percent from 2016. It is a huge leap of 7.2% compared to 2016, and is said to be a surprise for the industry as the growth for 2016 was just 1.5%.

The semiconductor industry is rapidly becoming an innovation battleground. The contract manufacturing trend has pumped in millions of dollars into emerging and developing countries such as China, India, and Brazil while offering cost savings to electronics and technology companies. The growing aerospace and defense, healthcare and medical devices, telecommunications, and consumer electronics sectors are all embracing miniaturization, making it imperative for the semiconductor and electronics industry to respond actively.

However, compromising performance at the expense of cost is not an option in a highly competitive semiconductor and electronics industry. This has compelled companies to invest heavily in research and development. As the need for memory chips and processors to solve specific issues becomes pressing, larger companies are now turning their attention toward niche markets, leading to an uptick in the number of mergers and acquisitions in the semiconductor and electronics industry. The future of this industry will thus be dictated by changing computing and communications needs.

Key findings:

1. Considering that the global economic outlook seems quite fragile, the current market scenario remains mixed for the coming few years.
2. Semiconductor industry will see significant growth in the automotive and industrial markets.
3. The production of the number of vehicles in Brazil, Russia, India and China will experience a promising increase, driving the automotive market followed by an increase in the average semiconductor content per vehicle.
4. The growth of the industrial sector is fuelled by the expansion of high-speed rail transportation. Rise in the demand of energy in the industrial sector will also inevitably lead towards the need of renewable energy resources.
5. Continued strong market positions by the data processing application market, driven by accelerating tablet sales, and the communications market by the sales of smartphones. Consumer electronics also benefit from a growth in units sold, particularly in digital set-top boxes.
6. China will retain its dominant position with an increase in its market share of global semiconductor sales to almost half of the worldwide market.
7. The global production capacity for semiconductors will increase to meet the global demand.
8. Overall production capacity is sustaining progress toward smaller feature sizes and larger wafer diameters.
9. Positive returns from the Operating profitability, except in the memory and back-end processes subsectors, which face strong competition and cycles of overcapacity.
10. Working capital has been re-established to normal levels.

Overall, the mixed growth seen in 2016 will turn into a broad and more consistent growth in 2017. Areas to watch for in 2017 are the industrial, automotive and storage markets, which are growing quickly but represent a smaller portion of the overall market. Additionally, the slow-growth outlook for traditional applications such as smartphones and PCs, highlights the importance of semiconductor.

https://moschip.com/blog/semiconductor/global-semicondutor-industry-to-see-an-upward-growth

MosChip bags Order to provide design services and manufacturing of Custom Silicon Solution

MosChip bags Order to provide design services and manufacturing of Custom Silicon Solution

Hyderabad- MosChip, a Hyderabad-based leading Semiconductor Company informs that its US subsidiary has entered in to an Agreement with one of its valuable partners in the US to produce and support a custom silicon solution for its digital cinema product.

The value of this current engagement is nearly USD 1 Mn to be executed during the next two quarters. This also enables MosChip to establish a footprint for continued engagement in delivering digital cinema silicon and systems solutions.

With this new partnership, MosChip continues with its vision in the semiconductor market to provide custom silicon design and support for full production, says Damodar Rao Gummadapu, Director of MosChip. It is a great opportunity for us in the international market to build long term relationships, leveraging knowledge and experience to provide something revolutionary to the market, adds Ramachandra Reddy, Chairman & CEO of MosChip.

When IoT goes Industrial

When IoT goes Industrial

“As Per IndustryARC research (June 2016), the industrial IoT market is estimated to reach $123.89 Billion by 2021 at a high CAGR.”

The market opportunity of the IIoT is huge. The driving philosophy behind the IIoT is that smart machines are better than humans at accurately, consistently capturing and communicating data. This data can enable companies to pick up on inefficiencies and problems sooner, saving time and money and supporting business intelligence efforts. In manufacturing, specifically, IIoT holds great potential for quality control, sustainable and green practices, supply chain traceability and overall supply chain efficiency.

IIoT incorporates machine learning and big data technology, harnessing the sensor data, machine-to-machine (M2M) communication and automation technologies that have existed in industrial settings for years. It could create a number of new “smart” paradigms, such as smart power grids and smart healthcare, as well as lead to the development of new manufacturing ecosystems that are driven by self-aware, autonomic machines.

McKinsey estimates that IoT will have a potential economic impact of up to $6.2 trillion by 2025 and the potential to drive productivity across $36 trillion in operating costs across multiple industries, including manufacturing, health care, and mining.

Size and market impact of the Industrial Internet of Things – source: Morgan Stanley, IndustryARC, Accenture and Research and Markets.

But it would not be wrong to say that “the devil is in the details”. Devices that can connect to one another and over the web potentially threaten our Industrial Control Systems (ICSs). More specifically, as business requirements necessitate that industries move beyond “smart” devices merely as a means of control, they might run into obstacles as they seek to incorporate IIoT into their industrial environments.

There are some big challenges that industry will have to deal with before the benefits of IIoT can be maximized.

Interoperability

Concept of IIoT (or even IoT, in this case) is fairly new and making sure that different IIoT devices will work together is still a fairly complicated task. To achieve full interoperability, the industry will have to build and implement standard protocols, compatible interfaces and architectures.

Security:

Virtually everyone agrees that security is a critical issue for Internet-connected industrial systems. Dell Inc., a member of the Industrial Internet Consortium, listed security at the top of its list of IIoT challenges. The technical challenge is to secure Internet-connected devices from cybernetwork attacks, as well as local physical attacks.

Adaptability and Scalability:

Adopting the Industrial Internet of Things will require a change in the way organizations design and augment their industrial systems. IIoT systems must be adaptive and scalable through software or added functionality that integrates with the overall solution, notes Eric Starkloff, executive vice president of Global Sales and Marketing for NI.

Maintenance and Updates:

Industrial Internet components need to be built with maintenance and updates in mind. Industrial systems need to be continually modified and maintained to meet changing requirements.

Flexibility:

Industrial infrastructure is no small investment. To be capable of adapting to changing requirements over time, the need is to build on open, integrated hardware and software platforms, and a real-time network that can scale with new technologies.

Despite this challenging scenario, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is a major trend with significant implications for the global economy. It spans industries representing 62 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) among G20 nations, according to Oxford Economics,1 including that depend on durable physical goods to conduct business, such as organizations that operate hospitals, warehouses and ports or that offer transportation, logistics and healthcare services.

IIoT Benefits

• Vastly improved operational efficiency (e.g., improved uptime, asset utilization) through predictive maintenance and remote management
• The emergence of an outcome economy, fueled by software-driven services; innovations in hardware; and the increased visibility into products, processes, customers and partners
• New connected ecosystems, coalescing around software platforms that blur traditional industry boundaries
• Collaboration between humans and machines, which will result in unprecedented levels of productivity and more engaging work experiences

Future of IIoT

The good news is the Industrial Internet of Things is already here, at least among the most forward-thinking companies. We should soon see IoT machines who not only have Ethernet connectivity, but also support 3G and LTE Modules. Apart from that, we will also be seeing new IoT protocols as well as improved classic ones which will result in faster, easier data transfers between more compatible devices.

The challenge is that most businesses are not ready to take the plunge. But amid the new, an old truth remains: business customers need products and services that create more value for them than those on offer today. The emerging Industrial Internet will unleash new energy into the world of industrial products and services. To be a viable stakeholder as well as partner in the digitally contestable future—and thus generate new revenues—companies will need to make the necessary changes. The time to push is now.

How IoT-MD has the Potential to Improve Healthcare

As we’ve continued to explore IoT in its various applications, there has been no shortage of innovation. From safety and efficiency applications in the construction equipment industry to resource saving and energy monitoring use in the power systems equipment industry, IoT has shown its worth across the board. Just as it’s helped organizations in construction and power equipment industries thrive, the power of the Internet of Things could also mean big things for medical equipment manufacturers.

Today, it has become increasingly possible to remotely monitor a patient’s health with the use of the network of sensors, actuators and other mobile communication devices, referred to as the Internet of Things for Medical Devices (IoT-MD). The IoT-MD provides an environment where a patient’s vital parameters get transmitted by medical devices via a gateway onto secure cloud-based platforms where it is stored, aggregated and analyzed.

Health and wellness is one of the most promising application areas of IoT technology. The Internet of Things (IoT) is increasingly being recognized by researchers and analysts as one of the most sophisticated technologies that has the potential to not only affect the health, safety, and productivity of billions of people but also has a major economic impact.

Applications of IoT-MD

Increasingly digitally-savvy customers, the focus on overall experience and new connected possibilities have propelled the medical device industry to seriously explore IoT’s short- and long-term business possibilities. This blog speaks how the IoT is transforming the medical device space, and how medical device companies can harness the IoT’s potential.

Not surprisingly, the IoT is making strong inroads in the medical devices industry. Medical devices companies are transforming themselves from devices/consumables providers to disease/care management organizations. Digitization in acute care, chronic care or in adherence is greatly aided by IoT-powered medical devices such as subcutaneous drug delivery units, continuous glucose monitors and vitals monitoring equipment.

There are also more fundamental shifts forcing medical devices companies to reinvent themselves: the consolidation of group purchasing organizations (GPOs) and accountable care organizations (ACOs) under healthcare reform, the growing focus on prevention and wellness management, technology convergence, value-based healthcare, etc. The arrival of digital enterprises such as Google and Apple into the consumer health space is ushering in new possibilities. The confluence of all these currents has led medical device companies to innovate from within or via deeper ecosystem collaboration.

At a Glance: The Connected Devices Space

Medical devices present unique IoT challenges. These include the wide spectrum of therapeu­tic areas, the broad range of medical technolo­gies, the diversity of network protocols, critical security and vulnerability considerations, regulatory compliance imperatives resulting from the handling of patient data and stakeholders with varied interests.

Challenges in IoT-MD

The significant challenges in the integration and management of IoT-MD include:

• Managing device diversity and interoperability
• Data integration
• Scale, data volume and performance
• Flexibility and evolution of applications
• Data privacy
• Need for medical expertise

Benefits of IoT-MD

• Lowered cost of care
• Improved patient outcomes
• Real time disease management
• Improved quality of life
• Improved user experience

The Future of Medical Equipment Lies in Connection

With so many benefits of medical equipment connectivity, we can bet on seeing more and more of these IoT connected devices populate care centres. Those in the medical equipment industry have a myriad of application opportunities ahead of them with the kinds of data these sensors can provide. Here are just a few of the benefits medical equipment manufacturers will realize with possibilities of connected sensors and devices:

1. Monitoring

While connecting patient, medical devices can provide unparalleled access to individual health, with connected equipment, techs can also monitor the health of the machines of which they’re in charge. This is especially helpful for those must-have machines that are imperative for patient care. Having this kind 24/7 automatic monitoring can give piece of mind to those organizations in charge of keeping vital medical equipment up and running.

2. Equal Distribution.

Keeping equipment running is the main concern for medical equipment companies, but making sure it’s used effectively can also help service organizations see tremendous benefits. IoT Sensors have the ability to reveal how long, how often, and how well machines are being used. This means that if one piece of equipment is continually overused, while is rarely used, companies can make adjustments so they receive equal wear. Similarly, scheduling times for equipment use can be made easier by updating reservations through cloud based software. Thus, avoiding over booking and resource exhaustion.

3. Implementation

With an endless flow of data from device to manufacturer, companies receive insights into how equipment can be modified or upgraded. For example, if a particular device tends to use resources too quickly, the manufacturer can change the design in the next iteration of the equipment. Useful data about the efficiency or performance of the equipment can make the manufacturing process more efficient, and by relation, healthcare as well.

We foresee that the digital divide between industrial IoT and consumer IoT will start to dissolve, giving rise to new business possibili­ties. For instance, the replenishment orders for nutrients used in a medical pump may find its way from consumer to logistics to production planning. In an abstracted and consumable form, medical device companies will be able to demon­strate how an ecosystem of devices work together as a way of providing transparency and facilitat­ing more informed consumer decision-making.

Medical devices are likely to have built-in user preferences to control how personal data is com­municated and shared. Consumers may opt to allow devices to communicate only the device’s health status or allow exchange of full informa­tion, or various combinations thereof. We expect, in the next few years, user-controlled connected medical devices to become ubiquitous. The pro­gression of the IoT is set to unleash new frontiers in customer-centricity with unprecedented levels of digitization in the medical devices industry.

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IoT Roadblocks and Opportunity

IoT Roadblocks and Opportunity

The Internet of Things is projected to infuse some $7.1 trillion of value into the global information technology economy by the year 2020. But when will it start reaping the benefits?

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a goldmine waiting to happen, says a new report from management consulting firm McKinsey & Co. However, according to its findings, we may have to wait for a long time to unlock its full potential.

The demand for connected devices spans multiple industries, including energy, automotive, consumer devices, healthcare and more. While smart homes may be the consumer face of this movement, the broader potential lies in other areas—like manufacturing, connected cities, healthcare and retail.

The biggest opportunities lie outside some of the “flashy” consumer-level devices like wearables, thermometers and smart refrigerators. The real opportunity lie in industrial IoT. This market is set to reach $151 billion by 2020, according to, MarketsandMarkets. This brings a dramatic change to manufacturing, energy, agriculture, transportation and other industrial sectors, considerably affecting the way companies work. IIoT will evolve to encompass next generation methods and procedures such as “teleoperation” (operation of a machine at a distance), tele-robotics, and other areas that rely upon interface and control of real objects by virtual objects.

The benefits of the IoT are limitless. However, there is a range of complicated factors that pose big hurdles in its full growth.

1. Internet Access:

Though on one side we talk about connected world, Internet is still a far cry in many areas of the world. While companies like Google are working hard to change this with its balloon-powered Internet and other low-power, low-cost ways to spread the Internet, success has been spotty to date.

2. Customer Base:

There aren’t many large potential customers yet. While there are roughly 10 billion sensors deployed today for natural resources, production lines, electricity grids, logistics networks, recycling, homes, offices, stores and vehicles, many are not connected to the Internet or even parts of a network. The investments needed to complete these connections won’t materialize until the revenue potential is clear. Most organizations have been slow to embrace the potential of connecting everything.

3. Lack of standards:

More than 400 standards already exist, which is rather a good amount. The focus now should be now on building standard communication protocols for the sensors they embed into their products, rather than creating data silos with proprietary protocols. The OEM’s producing industry ready IoT devices will need to invest a lot of money and time to create standardized protocols common for all IoT devices or else it will delay product deployment across different verticals.

4. Privacy issues:

The possibility of tracking and surveillance of people by government and private agencies increases as the devices are constantly connected to the internet.

These devices collect user data without their permission, analyze them for purposes only known to the parent company. The social embrace of the IOT devices leads people to trust these devices with collection of their personal data without understanding the future implications.

5. Security:

With so many interconnected devices out there in market and plenty more to come in the near future, a security policy cannot be an afterthought. Smart and connected devices systems and other tools can be attacked or deployed to access highly sensitive data, as scholars and others have highlighted. Also, simply flooding the frequencies of wireless networks can paralyze them. An Internet of Things is no good if the things can’t talk.

6. Power Consumption:

By 2020, Gartner estimates that the number of smart devices would reach 25 billion by 2020, an increase of 100% each year. And the Internet of Things is likely to require even more.

Even with improved batteries and green sources like solar and wind, just meeting the demand will be difficult. Because large deployments mean the batteries in nodes may not be rechargeable or even replaceable, we’ll probably need energy harvesting—in which systems capture and store power from ambient sources like solar or kinetic energy—to power a vast array of lower-power gadgets without batteries.

7. Storage Management:

However, even if the capacity is available now, there will be further demands made on storage availability. Businesses will have weigh up the economics of storage against the value of IoT information. IoT applications will require end-to-end solutions including cloud storage support.

While IoT brings about new opportunities; at the same time, it adds multiple layers of complexity. Yet none of these challenges is necessarily a reason to oppose the Internet of Things. The Internet of Things is a natural extension to the capabilities the Internet of today provides.  With its potential to revolutionize the way we behave with things around us, the next generation of connected devices is already starting to create an interactive interface with our lives.

Ram Reddy, Chairman MosChip elected as an Executive Council Member in IESA.

India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA), today announced Ram Reddy as an Executive Council Member, effective immediately.

A veteran of the semiconductor industry for decades now, Ram is known for his global business, operational and industry expertise. He has over 40 years of experience in Silicon Valley in the areas of design, manufacturing and marketing of various integrated circuits (ICs). He has successfully started several semiconductor design companies and sold them to larger companies in the last 18 years.

While speaking about his current role at IESA, Ram, said “As an Executive Council Member of the IESA, I’m inspired by the Ideas and ability to push the boundaries of industry networking, which would further allow me to, enable innovations to drive the Indian Electronics Systems and Design the Semiconductor ecosystem forward.” He further added, “I am honored to serve as an Executive Council Member and would like to thank to IESA for giving me this opportunity.”

IESA is the leading trade body representing the Indian Electronic System Design and Manufacturing ESDM industry and since 2005. With over 230 members in domestic and multinational enterprises. IESA builds a global awareness for the Indian ESDM industry and supports its growth through focused initiatives in developing the ecosystem. IESA is also working towards government initiatives like ‘Make in India’, ‘Start-up India’ and ‘Digital India’ giving them valuable consultations.