Achieving a Prosperous and Continuous Society Through a Fusion of the Real and the Virtual – How Murata is Supporting the Realization of the Vision of the Future

Digital transformation and the solving of social issues are the key to creating a prosperous and more sustainable future. We spoke to Murata's president, Norio Nakajima, and asked him about the shape of the future society that Murata envisions, the significance of Murata's business reform, and the direction of technological developments that the company is working on in order to realize this vision.

• IoT
• 5G
• Digital twin
• VR/AR
• CASE

IIoT × 5G: Progress in 5G Surrounding the Manufacturing Industry

5G provides notable advantages for Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) networks that require advanced information processing using numerous and diverse devices such as sensors and robots, and thus rapid evolution is expected with the spread of 5G.

• IIoT
• 5G
• Smart Factory

Supporting the Realization of a Super-Smart Society: Murata Continues to Respond to the Demands of the Times

The super-smart society that has been the aim of Society 5.0 is coming. A super-smart society that materializes mega trends such as digital transformation (DX) and decarbonization will use greater quantities of more advanced electronic components than ever before to make full use of the latest communication and information processing technologies such as IoT, AI, and 5G. Norio Nakajima, President of Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., which has a responsibility to supply electronic components required by the times, talks about the company’s future role and the ways in which Murata will contribute to the creation of a sustainable society.

• Smart City
• DX
• AI
• IoT
• 5G
• SDGs
• Co-Creation

Bringing humans and machines even closer with sensors and AI

Expanding the scope of remote work using VR/AR and 5G technologies

VR/AR technology fuses the virtual with the actual, while 5G technology allows for massive amounts of data to be transmitted. Advances continue to be made in both areas. In this section, we introduce some examples of how these technologies are expanding the scope of remote work.

• Sensors
• AI
• IoT
• VR/AR
• Work style reform
• 5G
• Solution

Installing Electronic Circuits of Dramatically Increasing Size into Compact Devices - Murata's MLCC for 5G Smartphones (Part 2 of 2)

In Part 2, we talked about the difficulties in developing MLCC-specific manufacturing technology and the technology that solved our issues, as well as why Murata’s development system is so strong and continues to lead the way in miniaturizing and increasing the capacitance of MLCCs. Murata engineers also explained the prospects for further miniaturization and capacitance expansion of MLCCs.

• 5G
• Developer Interview
• Ceramic Capacitor
• Capacitor
• Smartphone

Installing Electronic Circuits of Dramatically Increasing Size into Compact Devices - Murata's MLCC for 5G Smartphones (Part 1 of 2)

We asked the product planners and engineers who developed the new generation of small MLCCs, which are intended to be installed in 5G-enabled smartphones, about the MLCCs that they have developed and their impact on device development.

• 5G
• Developer Interview
• Ceramic Capacitor
• Capacitor
• Smartphone

Unique Architecture for Buck Regulators Reduces Size and Increases Efficiency

“Smaller size and more efficient” are common objectives sought by many of our customers. When it comes to Murata’s power conversion products, our power design team have developed solutions leading to a 2x reduction in footprint and a one-third reduction in height, with significant improvement in efficiency, transient performance and EMI. Murata’s step-level increase in performance, the result of a unique two-stage architecture that uses many low voltage FETs throughout the powertrain in a complex arrangement, enables thinner and more mobile designs, with improved packing density and efficiency.

• 5G
• Module
• Miniaturization

The Growing Esports Market and the Impact of 5G

Let’s dive into everything from the size of the global esports market to the circumstances of esports in different countries, as well as the network environments such as 5G networks that are enhancing the rising popularity of esports. We’ll take a look at the present and future of esports.

• Games
• Esports
• 5G

5G: Technology

5G Challenge: Miniaturization

Electronics devices are likely to become more complex to satisfy consumers expectations for small or slim devices. Reliability and miniaturisation of component technology will become a necessity.

• 5G
• Miniaturization
• Ceramic Capacitor

5G: Technology

5G Challenge: Low latency

Ultra-reliable, low latency communication (URLLC) is a set of features that provide low latency and ultra-high reliability for mission-critical applications such as remote surgery for healthcare, mobility vehicle-to-vehicle communication, smart grids or industrial private networks. In 3GPP release 15 5G-NR it has been specified that the target is for 1-ms delivering near perfect reliability.

• 5G
• Low latency
• AI chip
• URLLC
• Battery backup