NIKKEI Automotive Technology 2009 January

Cover Story :
Will DCT replace AT?

Key Person:

Envisioning manufacturing two million DCT in 2015

Technology Report:

Toray's CFRP
Hitachi's safety technology
Daikyonishikawa's resin glass
CSM forecast of power trains
IBM Automotive 2020 report
Alps Electric's prototype instrument panel
Hydroformed components in new-model Odyssey
Toyota Boshoku's iQ seats
JFE's 1220MPa-class high tensile steel
Mitsuboshi Belting's CVT belt
TDK's AC/DC converter
JATO Dynamics' sales data in emerging countries

Market Watch:

Business will turn up around the end of 2009

News Index:

Honda unveils the Insight Concept

Analysis:

Downsizing the inverter with SiC

Analysis:

Why doesn't laser welding spread in Japan?

Road to BRICs:

Export strategy of Mitsubishi Motors Thailand

Theory of Parts Evolution:

Sophistication of glass

New Standards and Rules:

U.S. regulations for monitoring around a vehicle

Event Report:

Paris Motor Show 2008

New Car Report:

Toyota iQ
Honda new-model Odyssey
Nissan new-model Cube
Honda new-model Life
Nissan new-model Murano
Suzuki Splash

Basic Course:

Material/processing technology to cut cost and weight
Sensors update

Inside Story:
Nissan "Around View Monitor"

New Products:

for consumers
for engineers

Letters from readers / From editors / Coming next issue

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Nikkei Electronics Asia (monthly)

We are offering a magazine monthly to qualified engineers and managers free of charge.

In-depth Articles from Nikkei Electronics Asia

Cover Story SSDs Challenge HDDs, but Quality a Problem

Solid-state drives (SSD) using NAND Flash memory are beginning to show up in a variety of equipment as storage devices. Prices are dropping as semiconductor technology continues to evolve, accelerating adoption of the drives, but manufacturers must also deal with eroding quality.

Analysis Expanded Use of Silicon Tuners Transforms Tvs

With analog television broadcasting slated for the axe in about two years in Japan, TV broadcast tuners are evolving rapidly, replacing old radio frequency (RF) analog circuits with new integrated circuits (IC) called silicon tuners. Signal demodulators are evolving with them, and by tracing the direction of their evolution it is possible to delineate the shape of tomorrow's TV.

Convenience Stores Lead in Energy Conservation

Convenience store franchises are moving to slash energy consumption following the revision of the Japanese Act on the Rational Use of Energy, and are rapidly becoming showcases for cutting-edge energy-conservation technology. The technologies honed here will spread to other firms in the distribution industry, office buildings and more, eventually worldwide.