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Automotive, the next frontier for EDA tools 
By: by Ashok Bindra Editorial Director, Power Electronics Technology & RF Design This year's 44th Design Automation Conference has a special theme, "Automotive Systems." While DAC is more of a silicon design conference, automotive is more than silicon design as it involves several disciplines....

Computer models to facilitate cost-efficient hybrid powertrains 
By: by Ashok Bindra Editorial Director Power Electronics Technology & RF Design While fuel cell-powered automobiles look promising, they are still years away from commercial realization. And, hybrids seem to be the practical solution...

Software AND simulation tools optimize powertrain Controls 
By: by Randy Frank Contributing Editor One of the more recent challenges that carmakers must address includes developing hybrid components, strategies and calibrations. Hybrids require optimizing...

The power behind the performance 
By: by Randy Frank Contributing Editor Vehicle requirements push power semiconductors and ICs to the next level....

Battery Firms Battle for Hybrid Hegemony 
By: by John H. Day, contributing editor Traditional battery makers and a new wave of nanotechnology firms are contending to supply lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries for next-generation hybrid vehicles....

Reinventing the automobile with new DNA 
By: by Ashok Bindra Editorial Director, Power Electronics Technology & RF Design Over the years, automobiles have made tremendous strides in using advanced technologies. And electronics has played a critical role in this transition....

The Newest Car Models - Software 
By: by Randy Frank Saying that today's vehicles are extremely complicated electronic assemblies would be a gross understatement. To cope with this growing electronics complexity,...

Vehicle Thermal Management Systems are Getting Smarter, Better 
By: by Heinz-Ubbo Eilks Dana Corporation One key to significant advances in fuel economy, emissions reduction, and powertrain performance lies within a single area of the vehicle the thermal...

HEV Battery Technology Advances Surely but Slowly 
By: by David Morrison Editor, Power Electronics Technology Though forward steps are being taken, hydrogen-powered fuel-cell vehicles are still several years from entering mass production. Much closer to showroom reality are hybrid electric vehicles, which the FreedomCAR program views as an intermediate technology step to a pure hydrogen economy and hydrogen vehicles....

Ultracapacitors Charge Ahead in Automotive 
By: by David Morrison Editor, Power Electronics Technology Energy storage devices are considered enabling technologies for future automotive designs, particularly hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and fuel cell...



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