Author: Connected World
Data centers are energy-intensive, and the U.S. Dept. of Energy says data centers collectively account for about 2% of the total U.S. electricity use. But new technology innovations are helping to reduce total data center energy consumption. On the heels of CES, Intel held a launch event for its 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, the Intel Xeon CPU Max Series, and the Intel Data Center GPU Max Series for HPC (high-performance computing) and AI (artificial intelligence), marking what the company calls one of its “most important product launches in company history”. Intel says its new products will help customers reach new…
Juniper Research says connected vehicles to surpass 367 million globally by 2027.
IDC says smart-home shipments forecast to decline slightly in 2022 with modest growth expected in 2023.
Gartner forecasts worldwide government IT spending will grow 6.8% in 2023.
TechInsights says WiFi chip market to grow a healthy 9% per year to reach $20 billion.
Parks Associates says 83% of U.S. internet households subscribe to at least one OTT service, while 45% subscribe to traditional linear pay TV.
Juniper Research says contactless mobile payments to surpass 1 billion users for the first time in 2024.
IDC says by 2026, 75% of market leaders will have systemic, structured digital innovation programs.
ABI Research says satellite communications services market to reach $141 billion by 2030.
From a smart device capable of urinalysis from your home toilet to a robot dog and a smart bird feeder, CES 2023 was full of fun surprises. It also proved the annual event continues to set the tone for the coming year in connected devices across the consumer and enterprise realms, spanning verticals such as healthcare, automotive, smart home, and beyond. In healthcare, the newly announced smart device for home toilets is from Withings, and it really does analyze a person’s urine in realtime. U-Scan is a little Wi-Fi-connected device that contains a dozen test pods with various biomarker tests.…