| Tool rids wireless sensor nets of battery
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2007-11-16 |
| No wires and no batteries; now there's a combination. It's the promise of a company at this year's ISA Expo with a battery-free solution for ultralow-power wireless sensor and control networks based on the IEEE 802.15.4 standard. |
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| What's next in microcontrollers?
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2007-11-16 |
| MCUs have come a long way in terms of their applications, processing capability, architectures and fusion with other semiconductor products. So what are some of its future challenges and what is next in MCUs? This article explores the challenges and opportunities ahead. |
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| 'Green' silicon ink prints cheaper RFID tags
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2007-11-15 |
| Kovio claimed that RFID tags using its 'green' silicon ink will drop Kovio's price from 15 cents today to 5 cents by 2008, when Kovio begins volume production of its inkjet-printed RFID tags. |
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| SV Probe opens probe card factory in Vietnam
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2007-11-14 |
| Ellipsiz subsidiary SV Probe has opened a new 4,000m² probe card factory at the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam. |
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| Google bares mobile strategy: open platform
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2007-11-07 |
| Google's long-awaited gPhone has been rechristened "Android," but a briefing on the device focused on the 34-member Open Handset Alliance Google has formed to drive open interfaces for wireless applications, rather than on a handset design |
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| Wi-Fi card for digicams eases photo sharing
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2007-11-05 |
| Eye-Fi Card fits into an SD slot and automatically sends pictures from the digicam to a local PC or Mac or to an online site based on preset user preferences. |
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| Chips address lighting challenge
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2007-11-01 |
| Portable electronic devices today require additional power circuits to drive auxiliary RGB status lights and to backlight the keypad, making lighting a major power management challenge. |
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| 45nm designs demand efficient floorplans
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2007-11-01 |
| With the migration to 45nm cores, optimized I/O planning and placement will become even more critical. These challenges beg the question: Who should take charge of a chip's I/O plan along with the considerations for the package and the rest of the system? |
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| Apple sets up iPhone software development center
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2007-10-30 |
| Apple has finally established an iPhone development center to spur software developers to create application programs. |
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| ATCA advocates seek to open up software features
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2007-10-26 |
| Proponents of the ATCA platform are pressing for new initiatives to woo more large telecom OEMs to open standards. |
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| Consortium drafts IC test interface extension standard
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2007-10-22 |
| The Semiconductor Test Consortium Inc. has published the first draft of terminology specifications for the Semiconductor Test Interface eXtensions (STIX) initiative |
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| Chips head for automotive lane
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2007-10-16 |
| Analog device makers are tailoring analog parts--from LED drivers to switching regulators--to meet automotive OEMs' requirements for automotives. |
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| How much information should a system provide?
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2007-10-16 |
| We're inundated with too much information from too many sources. But there's one large area where we suffer from the opposite syndrome of too little information, the "Check Engine" light in the car. |
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| Engineers work on real-time control of artificial limbs
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2007-10-16 |
| Researchers have reported advances in neural technology as well as the hurdles still ahead for delivering capabilities such as artificial limbs powered by implanted devices that read and harness subtle control signals in the brain. |
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| System security takes on SoC approach
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2007-10-16 |
| Protecting a device's secret key and content as well as understanding the basic requirements of a secure SoC are vital to create leading-edge products. |
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