Asiapower

Article Abstract:

Indications of the rise of high technology in Asia's Pacific Rim are evident throughout Japan and what are referred to as the four 'little tigers': South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. The rise is the result in large part of electrotechnology, which includes consumer electronics, computers, computerized design and manufacturing, and satellite and optical-fiber links used in the new global economy. The gross national products of the five countries have increased at double and triple the rates of most older industrialized nations, and Fortune magazine predicts that by the year 2000 the area will have a larger share of the world gross economic product than that of the European Community and one equal to North America's. The cultural aspects of Asia's strengths in technology are described, and a preview of following articles on specific aspects of Asian technology is included.

Taiwan, High technology, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, South, Outlook

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East Asia's power crescent

Article Abstract:

In the years directly following World War II, Japan repaired its wartime damage and Asian colonies won their independence. The flow of goods across the Pacific increased steadily in the 1960s and 1970s until in 1983 there were more goods passing over the Pacific than over the Atlantic. The two areas in which Asian countries have had the largest worldwide impact are automobiles and electronics, but in the 1980s they also increased their role as investors and as targets for investment. Many Japanese analysts claim that the country's recent economic success is rooted in its defeat in World War II; it remade itself under US military occupation, limiting military budgets and encouraging savings over credit buying to foster investment. How the economic turnaround was achieved in South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong and other Asian countries is described.

International trade, Financial Analysis Software, Trends

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Networking the intelligent home

Article Abstract:

The Consumer Electronic Bus Standard Committee (CBSC) of the Electronic Industries Assn is developing the Consumer Electronic Bus (CEBus) standard for the control of home appliances that can be retrofitted into over 90 million existing homes. The system is a local area network with distributed intelligence; it is intended to be usable with any electronic product. The CEBus communications protocol will be based on a packet message format that contains control and information fields. Data transmission is controlled by a carrier-sense, multiple-access protocol with collision detection that is implemented by the 8-bit 'preamble' to the CEBus packet. The CBSC is attempting to determine a retrofitting strategy that does not require costly rewiring. The CBSC is also working with other agencies developing home-control architectures.

Household audio and video equipment, Research, Standard, Standardization, Consumer electronics, Industrial research, Buses (Transportation), Professional associations, Trade associations, Home control systems, Research and Development, Trade and Professional Associations, Buses, EIA, Electronic Industries Association. Consumer Electronics Group

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