| 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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| HGST boosts energy efficiency efforts with 'green' HDDs
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2007-12-18 |
| With concerns on energy price spikes and global warming, the IT industry has placed greater emphasis on reducing power consumption in data centers and in hardware used by business customers. |
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| Optical antenna allows submicron laser scans
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2007-12-17 |
| Co-inventor of the quantum-cascade laser, Harvard professor Federico Capasso, has devised an optical antenna that enables QC lasers to perform submicron scans by focusing the laser's spot with nanoscale accuracy |
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| PMC-Sierra licenses ARM processors for ASIC, PON
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2007-12-13 |
| ARM has announced that PMC-Sierra has licensed the ARM Cortex-A8 processor and ARM11 MPCore multicore processor for a broad range of designs, including devices for PON and ASIC devices. |
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| Pixelplus, Sharp co-develop SoC image sensors
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2007-12-11 |
| Pixelplus and Sharp have partnered to co-develop SoC image sensors to address the increasing demand for ultracompact camera modules embedded in mobile devices. |
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| Researchers tout Mach-Zehnder electro-optic modulator
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2007-12-10 |
| IBM researchers have described a Mach-Zehnder electro-optic modulator that will pave the way for multiprocessing chips with optical routing networks for the transmission of information |
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| Alcatel-Lucent aids GPON rollout in Hong Kong
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2007-12-10 |
| Alcatel-Lucent and Hong Kong Broadband Network Ltd (HKBN) have partnered in the deployment of the first Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) in Hong Kong |
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| Alcatel-Lucent secures $1.1B mobile contract in China
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2007-11-28 |
| Alcatel-Lucent has signed a package of frame agreements with a combined value of up to $1.11 billion for mobile communications solutions and services with China Mobile and China Unicom. |
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| Growing MoCA foothold drives call for home-net standard
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2007-11-22 |
| As the Multimedia over Coax Alliance increases it foothold with a handful of service providers, a new standards effort and a startup are responding to a call for next-generation gigabit home networks. |
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| Philips, Uni-Pixel team up to prototype TMOS tech
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2007-11-19 |
| Royal Philips Electronics and Uni-Pixel have concluded a technology and know-how license agreement on the development and assembly of prototypes of the TMOS technology. |
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