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COMMENT 5
Can research and
innovation help to drive
a post pandemic
economic recovery?
NEWS
Heat-free optical switch
would enable optical
quantum computing chips 6
MediaTek looks to usher in
AI-enabled interactive
multimedia experiences 7
Skin-comparable sensor to
help robots perform more
challenging tasks 8
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COVER STORY 10
Smartphones just get smarter
With the roll-out of AI accelerating and
leading to the creation of new applications,
the market for smartphones continues to
thrive. By Neil Tyler
INTERVIEW 14
Delivering 5G’s infrastructure
Brendan Farley, MD of Xilinx EMEA, discusses
the phased roll-out of 5G infrastructure
and the opportunities that will create.
By Neil Tyler
DESIGNING FOR THE IOT 16
Finding the ‘unexpected’ bug
It’s a real challenge to identify bugs in
embedded code across the Internet of Things,
but visual trace diagnostics has made that
process easier. By Johan Kraft
CONNECTED PRODUCT DESIGN 18
Cooking up a connected product
Adding a connected device to your portfolio
can be challenging. Jonathan Pallant looks at
how to pick the ‘perfect ingredients’
Plastic Metal Organic
ADVANCED PLATFORMS 20
Addressing safety critical
FPGA designs
Advanced EDA tools and methodology is
helping designers to avoid synthesis bugs
in safety-critical FPGA designs, as
Rob van Blommestein explains
THERMAL MANAGEMENT 22
Thermal evolution
Generative design and machine learning
point to novel ways to cool systems, as
Chris Edwards discovers
NEXT GENERATION COMMUNICATIONS 25
A blended strategy
Why using a blend of networks will deliver
a more successful Internet of Things
deployment. By Nick Sacke
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