| Flexible controllers adopt power-efficient strategies
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2008-12-01 |
| Managing power to today's low-voltage, high-frequency processors poses many new challenges. But innovative digital control technologies make for high-performance business and consumer gear. |
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| Nüvi 205 expands horizon for GPS navigation system
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2008-12-01 |
| No longer at prices that force PNDs into locked glass cabinets, the $199 PND is driving the growing commodity status of standalone GPS systems. |
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| ISSCC to unravel next-gen cellphones
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2008-11-27 |
| The International Solid State Circuits Conference slated on February 2009 is expected to demonstrate future concepts of cellphones such as ones with 32Gbit of flash capable of playing high-definition video ranging across networks from the oldest GSM to the latest 3G. |
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| Analysis: Merger sparks hope for UWB market
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2008-11-24 |
| The announced merger of UWB startups Staccato Communications and Artimi Inc. offers a way forward for others in what one executive recently called a venture capital winter. |
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| Confab to highlight nanotech for bio
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2008-11-21 |
| Advances in nanotechnologies for medicine and biology will be detailed at the December International Electron Devices Meeting in San Francisco. |
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| Comment: Gphones should be more open in net search
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2008-11-20 |
| There's no doubt the first phone to use the Google Android mobile software is open in new and significant approaches. |
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| RTOS ensures safety in critical tool processing
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2008-11-20 |
| DDC-I, a software development firm that work closely with the military and aerospace markets, is penetrating the general-purpose real-time OS market with a couple of OS that address safety-critical applications. |
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| USB interface grabs a higher version
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2008-11-19 |
| The commonly used USB interface has now been upgraded to ver 3.0 at a developers' conference where some companies announced product plans for the new specifications with data rates that could hit 400MBps |
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| Explore NAND flash implementation options
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2008-11-17 |
| Several factors are contributing to the challenges of designing NAND flash memory subsystems. Presented in this article are different NAND flash implementations. |
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| FAQs: USB design
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2008-11-14 |
| What are the differences between USB 1.1 and USB 2.0? Is there a difference between Hi-Speed USB and USB 2.0? Which is the correct nomenclature? |
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| Teardown reveals Android phone BOM cost
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2008-11-13 |
| A virtual teardown conducted by iSuppli Corp. estimates that the BOM cost of T-Mobile G1 smart phone, the first wireless handset to be based on Google Inc.'s Android mobile OS, reached $143.89. |
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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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| Crime fighters get PL edge
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2008-11-03 |
| This article examines the use of FPGAs and soft-core embedded processors in a wireless auto-tracking camera integrated into a police vehicle and a fingerprint ID system. |
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| A less visible, yet important, ballot is underway: P1801
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2008-11-03 |
| In The Standards Game, there is another important ballot underway: IEEE P1801, formally known as the "Standard for Design and Verification of Low Power Integrated Circuits |
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| Electronics follow curves
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2008-11-03 |
| There are many applications in which it would be useful for electronics to conform to curvilinear surfaces or to deform with use, especially in sensing. |
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