Introduction to New Section: Emerging Markets and Technologies

Guest Editors' Introduction: Special Section on Chips and Architectures for Emerging Technologies and Applications

IT is with great pleasure that we introduce this special section on Chips and Architectures for Emerging Technologies and Applications to the audience of the IEEE Transactions on Computers. We are currently witnessing a technology advancement which is making the gap between the present and future much narrower than it has ever been. The purpose of this special section is to showcase highly inno...

New Technologies in Emerging Markets: Understanding Technology, Market and Policy Constraints to the Adoption of Advanced Automotive Technologies

The paper analyses how technology, market and policy issues condition the adoption of aluminum in the manufacturing of auto engine blocks in Brazil. Due to important weight savings, there is a clear tendency in the auto industry to change engine material from iron and steel to aluminum. This tendency has started in the triad market area, mostly because of scale issues, but the increasing global...

Guest Editors' Introduction: Emerging Technologies 2004

Introduction to the Issue on Emerging Technologies for Video Compression

secTIOn I: emeRgIng m-cOmmeRce Issues and TechnOlOgIes

M-commerce uses the potential of wireless technologies to expand the reach of e-commerce applications to any time and any place. Mobile applications can be used to support transactions with customers and suppliers and to conduct e-business within and across organizational boundaries and are becoming an integral part of an organization’s strategy. M-commerce has great potential to promote global...