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SanDisk can provide samples of 19-nm iNAND Extreme

Published:2012/6/5 3:31:00 Author:Ecco

SanDisk Corp. announced its iNAND Extreme NAND flash memory using 19-nm process technology on Monday (June 4). It is the most advanced process technology for memory chips now. SanDisk planed to provide details of its NAND flash implemented at 19-nm at the International Solid State Circuits Conference in February. According to...   (View)

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GloFo, TSMC announce their process tech progress

Published:2012/6/5 1:53:00 Author:Ecco

Globalfoundries and its larger competitor TSMC reported their process tech progress. Globalfoundries had four flavors of its 28nm process and 3-D IC technology. TSMC reported progress in the same three areas working in collaboration with Cadence Design Systems. For Globalfoundries,...   (View)

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ST has mass-produced MEMS microphones with plastic packages

Published:2012/6/5 1:06:00 Author:Ecco

STMicroelectronics NV has pushed mass-produced MEMS microphones which make the company be the first one. The products are available in plastic packages. The technology is patented for ST while it can save space and increase durability simultaneously. ST’s MEMS microphones are suitable for assembly on flat-cable printed-circuit <...   (View)

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Plessey pushes PS25451 electric-field sensor

Published:2012/6/4 20:48:00 Author:Ecco

Plessey Semiconductors Ltd. has pushed PS25451 which is a low-cost version of its electric field sensor. The original version was aimed at medical applications, such as a remote heart-rate monitoring, while PS25451 sensor provides remote sensing for high volume cons...   (View)

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Samsung acquires Nanoradio for cellular Wi-Fi chipsets

Published:2012/6/3 22:25:00 Author:Ecco

According to the statement made by South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., it would acquire Nanoradio AB, a Swedish developer of ultra low-power wireless LAN chipsets for mobile phones. However, the sum was still discussed. Founded in 2004, Nanoradio was company which specialized in developing small form factor high performance Wi-Fi (View)

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The Global Electronic Industry is in Depression

Published:2012/6/1 3:48:00 Author:Li xiao na

Manufacturers in the electronic industry shear the employees frequently in recent years. The high-tech talents have run into a dilemma. HP, the world’s largest PC manufacturer, has declaimed to cut down 27 thousand of its staff. Renesas Electronics and Black berry plan to cut down 10 thousand and 7 thousand of their employees respectively. Panasonic will also dismiss 3500 employees, accounting 50% of the total. (View)

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HP software is tested in lab tests

Published:2012/6/1 3:14:00 Author:Ecco

According to the engineers at HP Labs, the software in a research setting that significantly lowers power consumption for large data centers is demonstrated. Then, the engineers will measure the tools in a full production data center at Hewlett-Packard and work on turning them into products that could ship with HP’s container-class syste...   (View)

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Freescale designs three wireless recharging projects

Published:2012/5/31 22:25:00 Author:Ecco

According to IMS Research, the wireless charging market is predicted to over 100 million units annually by 2015. Currently, the Wireless Power Consortium has over 100 members for its Qi standard. Wireless inductive (View)

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LTE smartphone sales will be hurt by insufficient baseband chip supply

Published:2012/5/31 1:37:00 Author:Ecco

Some international LTE (Long Term Evolution) smartphones (and tablets) vendors such as HTC, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are worried that their shipments are not enough due to short supply of LTE solution chips from Qualcomm. Currently, Qualcomm is the only provider of integrated multimode...   (View)

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Black Solar Cells of Natcore Lower the Reflectance

Published:2012/5/30 4:02:00 Author:Li xiao na

A black surface on a silicon wafer has been developed by scientists at Natcore Technology, which has an average reflectance of 0.3%. This is the blackest silicon (View)

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HTML5-based apps with RhoMobile Suite are developed

Published:2012/5/30 3:24:00 Author:Ecco

Nowadays, users can use ruggedized Motorola Solutions’ ET-1 tablets in warehouse to manage inventory and visualize their entire supply chain. As the ruggedized tablets are unnecessary in the front office, the RhoMobile Suite is developed. RhoMobile Suite is a software development environment for Window...   (View)

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Ansys signed agreement to acquire embedded software firm

Published:2012/5/30 1:15:00 Author:Ecco

Simulation software provider Ansys Inc. announced that it signed definitive agreement to acquire France-based Esterel Technologies SA for about $53 million in cash. Esterel develops embedded software simulation tools which are used for mission critical applications. It is headquartered in Elancourt, France. The company has about 80 employees and reported revenues of approximately 15 million euro (about $18...   (View)

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The Position Sensor of Melexis can be Used without PCB

Published:2012/5/29 4:16:00 Author:Li xiao na

Melexis has developed a position sensor for automotive applications which can be used without a PCB within sensing modules. The dual mode package construction is the base of this device, which integrates a 12-bit resolution position sensing die together with the decoupling (View)

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Omnivision pushed 16-megapixel image sensor

Published:2012/5/29 3:47:00 Author:Ecco

Omnivision Technologies Inc. has pushed the OV16820 and OV16825 images sensors which provide 16-megapixel resolution. The images sensors can be widely used in digital still and video cameras. The OV16820 and OV16825 support something called burst mode photography and can capture 4K by 2K resolution video at 60 frames per second. The...   (View)

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ARM chief officer discussed architecture scaling for 2020 solution

Published:2012/5/29 2:18:00 Author:Ecco

Mike Muller, the chief technology officer at ARM Ltd., who said that Muller compared the original ARM design of 1983 to that of today’s microprocessors. At the annual IMEC Technology Forum this week at the Square meeting ce...   (View)

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Surrey Develops Xbox Kinect Hardware for Satellites

Published:2012/5/28 4:57:00 Author:Li xiao na

Xbox Kinect hardware will be developed by surrey-based researchers to put into twin satellites in an auto-docking experiment. University of Surrey and Surrey Satellite Technology develop the microsatellites which are ...   (View)

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Intel will make an investment for 14-nm silicon

Published:2012/5/28 1:57:00 Author:Ecco

The Intel wafer fab complex in Leixlip Ireland receives an investment to allow it to manufacture 14-nm silicon, although the investment is expected to be over $1 billion. The company revealed in a presentation to analy...   (View)

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Renesas still flights with restructuring plan for survival

Published:2012/5/28 1:14:00 Author:Ecco

According to the Nikkei Shimbun, Japan’s economic journal, thee Japan’s largest chip companies includingPanasonic, Renasas and Fujitsu Semiconductor are in process of merging negotiations. However, Renasas is still struggling with the restructuring plan. It is reported that the current plan calls for the three chips makes to ...   (View)

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Analog Devices redesigns High-G MEMS to help detect concussions

Published:2012/5/27 19:57:00 Author:Ecco

Here is a kind of new MEMS sensor which is small enough to be mounted inside an athlete’s helmet. It can be used to detect ports-related concussions early. It is reported that ports-related concussions have occured in the U.S. over 3.8 million each year. The new MEMS sensor give doctors enough time to protect patient from preventative concuss...   (View)

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Spansion Develops Single-level Cell NAND with New Feature

Published:2012/5/25 4:16:00 Author:Li xiao na

In order to emerge from a deal with Hynix Inc, Flash memory vendor Spansion Inc begin sampling the first single-level cell NAND flash memory devices. These devices are implemented in 4X-nm floating-ga...   (View)

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