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Electric vehicles employ battery management systems (BMS) that work in real time to monitor the performance of individual battery cells. That is, each cell must be monitored to ensure it is operating properly and that there is balanced cell load sharing. Besides managing battery operation, the BMS often has to handle other vehicle functions, including the vehicle's desired operating...

To expand inter-planetary research, ISRO is seeking scientific proposals for Mars Orbiter Mission-2, the government said. In a written response to a question in Rajya Sabha, Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office that looks after the Department of Space, said the configuration, objectives and scientific experiments of MoM-2 is yet to be formulated. “A call...

Nearly three months after the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) between India and the US was signed in the presence of Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and his American counterpart Ash Carter, the pathbreaking agreement is yet to be operationalised. The agreement allows the Indian and American militaries to access each other’s bases for supplies and repairs. The delay is...

Futurists and technology prognosticators have been known to make starry-eyed projections about the so-called Internet of Things. It’s a vision of a world where everything – from implantable biosensors and wearable devices to smart cars and smart home sensors – confers and collaborates wirelessly to make the world a better and more interconnected place. To date, this remains largely a...

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Ltd. (NASDAQ:AOSL) VP Daniel Kuang Ming Chang sold 3,731 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $22.90, for a total value of $85,439.90. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this...

India quietly signed two contracts worth $1.4bn with Israel Aerospace Industries for the purchase of two additional Phalcon/IL-76 Airborne Early Warning and Control Systems (AWACS) valued at $1 billion and 10 Heron TP unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) during the recent visit of Israeli President Reuven Rivil to India. The contracts were signed in New Delhi on 16th November in the...

A drop in growth during 2015 is expected to put a stop to the fantastic growth of the global semiconductor industry in recent years. High manufacturing prices as well as macroeconomic pressures led to the drop in the industry performance during 2015. Taiwan, China and India continue leading the semiconductor market in the Asia Pacific region, while many of the...

NINGBO, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC"; NYSE: SMI; SEHK: 981), one of the leading semiconductor foundries in the world and the largest and most advanced foundry in Mainland China, announced the official inauguration of Ningbo Semiconductor International Corporation, "NSI". On the afternoon of November 19th, Dr. Zixue Zhou, the Chairman of SMIC, Dr. Tzu-Yin Chiu, the CEO and Executive...

There is an African proverb that says “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” This saying goes along well with the opportunities arising in transforming traditional industries, and requires a new mindset from entrepreneurs, investors, and large companies. In 1920s, after the First World War, a Russian economist Nikolai Kondratieff studied...

Lip-Bu Tan is CEO of Cadence Design Systems, one of the world's biggest companies providing software and hardware for designing integrated circuits, systems on chips and printed circuit boards. He is also chairman of Walden International, a venture capital firm he founded in 1987 and which has been active in investing in Indian semiconductor startups. On a visit to Bengaluru, where...