| The role of semiconductors in energy conservation
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2009-02-04 |
| The most interesting thing is that underlying all of those technologies (and many others) are the semiconductors that provide the computational engines, the sensing and signal conditioning as well as the power conversion. |
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| Power up your digital home
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2009-02-04 |
| Today's home networking applications, which include gaming and high-definition (HD) video streaming across all rooms of the home, put high demands on existing home networks, and not just in terms of connectivity, but also in QoS. |
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| Will Blu-ray finally fly in 2009?
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2009-01-13 |
| The Blu-ray drives have won a historic battle but the proponents of the technology are finding some of the fruits of that victory a little less than sweet. |
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| Infrastructure needs to keep up with HD demands
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2009-01-13 |
| The rapid adoption of HD and improvements in TV technology are outpacing the capabilities of the current network infrastructure, according to Peter Bocko, chief technology officer for East Asia at Corning Research. |
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| Sony CEO stays positive despite economic crisis
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2009-01-12 |
| Sony Corp. CEO Howard Stringer cheerfully depicted the current worldwide economic crisis as a temporary "challenge" that will eventually succumb to—among other forces—the "innovative" power of the CE industry. |
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| Toshiba shelves 3D, pushes Cell TV
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2009-01-09 |
| Diverging from the path that most consumer electronics vendors are taking, Toshiba Corp. appears to be eschewing 3D TV. |
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| Panasonic, Comcast to bring HDMI-CEC to STBs
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2009-01-09 |
| Panasonic and Comcast Corp. are collaborating to bring HDMI-CEC technology to the latest generation of digital cable STBs. |
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| Energy consumption in consumer electronics
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2009-01-08 |
| As consumers buy more, it is even more imperative that the energy efficiency of these devices continues to improve. |
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| Will PMPs survive the digital video world?
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2008-12-25 |
| With online digital video content inching its way to different viewing channels from mobile handsets to the PC monitor and right onto the living room TV, how does the traditional personal media player (PMP) compete in a digital video future populated with more multifunction devices? |
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| Coming soon: 3D movie experience in homes
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2008-12-22 |
| Altera Corp. and DDD Group plc team up to bring 3D digital cinema-quality images to the living room. |
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| 3DTV format war looms
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2008-12-19 |
| Efforts to set standards are just getting started for everything from 3D content mastering to distribution and displays. There's potential for enough format wars here to make the VHS versus Betamax debate look like a picnic. |
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| The Future of Display Technology
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2008-12-05 |
| While wandering the isles at our local department store, I had to pause in the home electronics section and admire the collection of large format LCD and plasma HDTV systems on display. I slipped back in time to when I was a young engineer and could only imagine displays that large and thin |
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| Amimon boasts WHDI tech in HDTV design win
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2008-11-07 |
| Consumer electronics makers are differentiating TV tuner and media receiver units from HDTV displays, thus releasing the first round of a wireless home network struggle emphasizing on simple, two-way HD wireless connectivity between display and tuner |
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| Order delays haunt LCD tool makers
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2008-11-07 |
| It's a double-whammy for the equipment industry. First, fab-tool makers face a major IC downturn. Now, they see a big slowdown in LCD production. |
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| Internet TV: Next attraction
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2008-11-05 |
| Now, the pieces are being integrated to turn today's appealing flat-panel screens into full Internet clients. |
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