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Industrial robot components market worth more than $18B by 2027

Source: The Robot Report, July 12, 2023 [1]
Interact Analysis' research shows that industrial robots' key components, including motors, drives, gearboxes, robot controllers, teach pendants, sensors, end effectors, and machine vision hardware, accounted for over $10.5 billion in 2021. The market is predicted to reach over $18 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 9.7%. Drivetrain components, including motors, drives, and gearboxes, accounted for 42% of total revenues in 2022. Sensors and machine vision are expected to grow the fastest between 2022 and 2027 due to increasing demand for robot safety and flexibility.

How India is working to become the semiconductor hub globally in the next 10 years?

Source: Express Computer, July 13, 2023 [2]
Semiconductor technology is crucial for India's business sector and global chip companies' growth. The pandemic has highlighted its potential. IT minister Ashwini Vaishnav visited the USA to meet Google CEO Sundar Pichai and key chip companies to encourage investment in India. The government approved a $10 billion incentive to build a semiconductor ecosystem in December 2021, with applications closed in February 2022.

Humanoids ready to take first steps

Source: The Robot Report, July 12, 2023 [3]
The age of humanoids is nearing, with companies creating robots with bipedal legs, functional arms, hands, torso, and head. These robots can interact with a world designed for humans, performing real-world tasks like picking up and moving items. Advanced functions include manipulating door knobs, opening and closing doors, and using tools designed for humans.

Time for India to safeguard and boost its semiconductor ecosystem

Source: Organiser, July 16, 2023 [4]
The world continues to be dependent on modern technology. Considering the current dynamics of geopolitics, it is relevant for India to safeguard its interest and boost its semiconductor ecosystem.

Domain-specific architectures and the future of compute

Source: McKinsey & Company, July 18, 2023 [5]
Domain-specific architectures take center stage for compute innovation as transistor scaling falls behind Moore’s law and compute domains proliferate.

Semiconductor association: Make chips, not trade wars

Source: The Register, July 18, 2023 [6]
The US Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) is urging Washington and Beijing to lower tensions over chip exports and halt further restrictions. The US campaign to block advanced semiconductors for AI has strained relations, leading to China's sanctions and a potential trade war. SIA urges dialogue and a thorough assessment of current and potential restrictions to ensure they are clear, consistent, and coordinated with allies.

RISE with SAP to run on AMD EPYC CPUs hosted by Google Cloud

Source: ERP Today, July 12, 2023 [7]
SAP has chosen AMD EPYC processor-powered Google Cloud N2D virtual machines for RISE with SAP. SAP Business Suite workloads will run on AMD EPYC CPUs, enhancing performance and energy efficiency. This collaboration aims to help enterprises achieve performance goals while enhancing energy efficiency, scalability, and resource utilization.

How software can help redefine semiconductor validation

Source: Semiconductor Engineering, July 11, 2023 [8]
Technological advancement is rapidly increasing, requiring engineers to test new designs rapidly to meet time-to-market requirements and innovate quickly. While organizations optimize device testing, there's still a significant opportunity to capitalize on by rethinking test strategies.

Papers

Mapping and optimizing communication in ROS 2-based applications on configurable system-on-chip platforms

Source: arXiv, July June 22, 2023 [9]
This paper introduces gateways to reduce data transfers between hardware and software by synchronizing hardware-and software-mapped topics. The gateways show significant speedups in multi-subscriber scenarios with large message sizes, and present a methodology for communication mapping of ROS 2 computation graphs. An autonomous driving real-world example benefits from the gateway, achieving a 1.4 speedup.

RoSÉ: A hardware-software co-simulation infrastructure enabling pre-silicon full-stack robotics SoC evaluation

Source: ACM Digital Library, June 17, 2023 [10]
Robotic systems, like UAVs and self-driving cars, have the potential to revolutionize computing. Researchers are developing hardware accelerators to improve performance and energy efficiency. However, system-level constraints like data movement and resource contention impact end-to-end acceleration. The closed-loop nature of robotic systems further complicates evaluating robotics SoCs.

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  1. Oitzman, M. (2023, July 12). Industrial robot components market worth more than $18B by 2027. The Robot Report. https://www.therobotreport.com/components-in-industrial-robot-market-worth-more-than-18b-by-2027/ ↩︎

  2. Computer, E. (2023, July 13). How India is working to become the semiconductor hub globally in the next 10 years? Express Computer. https://www.expresscomputer.in/guest-blogs/how-india-is-working-to-become-the-semiconductor-hub-globally-in-the-next-10-years/100972/ ↩︎

  3. Oitzman, M. (2023, July 12). Humanoids ready to take first steps. The Robot Report. https://www.therobotreport.com/humanoids-ready-to-take-first-steps/?spMailingID=93654&puid=2502618&E=2502618&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=93654 ↩︎

  4. Sharma, P. (2023, July 16). Time for India to safeguard and boost its semiconductor ecosystem. Organiser. https://organiser.org/2023/07/17/183909/bharat/time-for-india-to-safeguard-and-boost-its-semiconductor-ecosystem/#google_vignette ↩︎

  5. Domain-specific architectures and the future of compute. (2023, July 18). McKinsey & Company. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/industrials-and-electronics/our-insights/domain-specific-architectures-and-the-future-of-compute ↩︎

  6. Robinson, D. (2023, July 18). Semiconductor association: Make chips, not trade wars. The Register: Enterprise Technology News and Analysis. https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/18/sia_semiconductor_trade_war/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=article ↩︎

  7. Briddock, S. (2023, July 12). Rise with sap to run on amd epyc cpus hosted by Google cloud. ERP Today. https://erp.today/rise-with-sap-to-run-on-amd-epyc-cpus-hosted-by-google-cloud/ ↩︎

  8. Azbell, J. (2023, July 11). How software can help redefine semiconductor validation. Semiconductor Engineering. https://semiengineering.com/how-software-can-help-redefine-semiconductor-validation/?cmid=d9170480-ec54-4d7c-8201-00beb2abb5df ↩︎

  9. Lienen, C., Nowosad, A. P., & Platzner, M. (2023, June 22). Mapping and optimizing communication in ROS 2-based applications on configurable system-on-chip platforms. arXiv. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2306.12761.pdf ↩︎

  10. Kiforov, D. N., Dong, S. K., Zhang, C. L., Kim, S., Nikolic, B., & Shao, Y. S. (2023, June 17). RoSÉ: A hardware-software co-simulation infrastructure enabling pre-silicon full-stack robotics SoC evaluation. ACM Digital Library. https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3579371.3589099 ↩︎