| Enabling e-paper displays
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2008-02-01 |
| We've all heard the sizzle of e-paper displays, with their promise of wraparound advertising signs, wearable wrist monitors and e-newspapers that we fold or roll up and stick into our pockets. While the age of these gee-whiz products is not yet upon us, their enabling display technologies are on the move. |
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| GPON chips ready to invade homes
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2008-01-31 |
| Startup Iamba Networks Inc. has introduced its first chips to bring fiber-to-the-home, joining the bandwagon of companies hoping a long-awaited ramp in GPONs will begin this year. |
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| Fujitsu files patent infringement case against Tellabs
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2008-01-31 |
| Fujitsu and its U.S. subsidiary Network Communications have filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Tellabs over four patents covering optical transport and wave-division multiplexing architectures |
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| Nanotech retrofit enables sharper X-ray images
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2008-01-28 |
| Researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne in Switzerland have crafted a nanoscale diffraction grating that could be retrofitted into existing X-ray machines, enabling healthcare providers to take also dark-field X-rays. |
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| austriamicrosystems finalizes investment in New Scale Technologies
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2008-01-22 |
| Analog IC vendor austriamicrosystems has completed equity investment in micromotor manufacturer New Scale Technologies Inc. |
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| Group drafts power delivery spec for external SATA apps
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2008-01-17 |
| The SATA-IO has launched the Power Over eSATA initiative to offer a new specification that will provide power to external SATA (eSATA) devices without the need for a separate power connection. |
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| MEMS set to tickle consumer fancy
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2008-01-16 |
| Today, MEMS chips, combined with the smart software that uses them, are being designed into cellphones at a pace reminiscent of camera-phone adoption, enabling a new breed of consumer-pleasing electronic devices. |
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| MEMS measurement tech could increase wafer yields
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2008-01-15 |
| NIST claims that CMOS semiconductor makers could take advantage of its MEMS measurement regime to increase wafer yields by reducing the frequency of failures. |
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| Ericsson clinches optical solution deal with Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom
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2008-01-11 |
| Ericsson and Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom have signed an agreement for the supply of reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers (ROADMs |
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| 3M, Himax to co-develop mobile projectors
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2008-01-08 |
| 3M and Himax Technologies Inc. have entered an alliance to commercialize LCoS mobile projectors by combining their proprietary technologies to deliver a complete mobile projection solution to consumer electronics manufacturers. |
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| Top 10 stories to keep track this year
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2008-01-07 |
| ChannelWeb assembled a panel of industry experts comprising vendors, analysts and solution providers to discuss what they think will be the most important chip stories to watch in 2008. |
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| Sigma set to acquire VXP image processing biz of Gennum
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2008-01-07 |
| Sigma Designs has agreed to acquire assets of the VXP image processing business from Gennum Corp., who designs optical, analog and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions and IP cores for advanced consumer connectivity, enterprise, video broadcast and data communications products |
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| Universal drives all set to conquer the HD optical drive market
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2008-01-04 |
| ABI Research predicts HD optical drives will bring in revenues of about $2 billion by 2012, and from that figure two-thirds will be accounted by universal drives |
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| µ-retarder: Realizing 3D display
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2008-01-02 |
| The Image Optics System Division of the Industrial Technology Research Institute pioneered in 3D display R&D ten years ago. Now ITRI has launched the patented micro-retardation film (µ-retarder) technology, which it describes as the solution for achieving real 3D display at the lowest cost. |
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| Intel sells telecom assets to Emcore for $85M
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2007-12-20 |
| Emcore and Intel have entered a definitive agreement for Emcore to acquire the telecom-related portion of the latter's optical platform division for $85 million |
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