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ARM broadens IP partnership with SMIC
ARM broadens IP partnership with SMIC
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China's largest semiconductor foundry, SMIC is to offer the ARM Artisan physical IP platform for SMIC's 28 nm poly SiON…
Automation the key to testing very high volumes of advanced smartphones
Automation the key to testing very high volumes of advanced smartphones
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As wireless technology continues to evolve, the rise of the smartphone continues to gather pace along with the challenges of…
Integrated analog: what’s missing?
Integrated analog: what’s missing?
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Didier Juges ponders the integration of analog with digital control or a full-bodied double conversion to the digital domain.
World’s first flexible, plastic, organic AMOLED display revealed
World’s first flexible, plastic, organic AMOLED display revealed
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The world's first truly flexible, plastic, fully organic AMOLED display has been demonstrated by two European partners at the Flextech…

Power line communication implementation for DC applications
Power line communication implementation for DC applications
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Ajinder Singh and Dave Hermann of Texas Instruments focus on the use of PLC over DC power lines and present a reference design that can help customers adopt PLC over…
NTT, Alcatel-Lucent Japan and Fujitsu to study server architecture for future networks
NTT, Alcatel-Lucent Japan and Fujitsu to study server architecture for future networks
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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation has launched a collaborative study with Alcatel-Lucent Japan Ltd., and Fujitsu Limited to develop a server architecture for core systems in telecom networks.
150 V, 100 mA step-down regulator requires only three external components
150 V, 100 mA step-down regulator requires only three external components
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The LTC3639 step-down regulator integrates key high performance features into one compact IC. It is capable of up to 150 V input voltage and 100 mA output current, utilizing synchronous…
Graphene ribbons deliver ‘exceptional’ electrical conductivity benefits
Graphene ribbons deliver ‘exceptional’ electrical conductivity benefits
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An international research team claim to have produced graphene ribbons in which electrons move freely. Charge mobility in the advanced materials exceeded one million cm2/V.s which makes their electron mobility…
How MEMS-based displays enable always-on wearables
How MEMS-based displays enable always-on wearables
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Imagine if, when the first smartphones were being designed, there was no limiting factor around battery life. Think how differently each design decision could have been made. Would form factor…
Model-Based Design of Multi-Physics Automotive Systems
Model-Based Design of Multi-Physics Automotive Systems
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This article explains the use of cyber-physical modeling to complement traditional physical prototyping.
MEMS-based displays enable always-on experience in wearables
MEMS-based displays enable always-on experience in wearables
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Imagine if, when the first smartphones were being designed, there was no limiting factor around battery life. Think how differently each design decision could have been made. Would form factor…
Hydrogen battery aims to replace lithium counter-parts
Hydrogen battery aims to replace lithium counter-parts
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Researchers at Melbourne's RMIT University have developed a novel concept battery that advances the potential for hydrogen to replace lithium as an energy source in battery-powered devices.
Opinion: Powering wearable devices – watch out for safety first
Opinion: Powering wearable devices – watch out for safety first
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Finding an elegant yet safe way of powering wearable devices such as smart watches for extended periods of time has become one of the technology battlegrounds for the big players…
Graphene ribbons engineered for extreme conductivity
Graphene ribbons engineered for extreme conductivity
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An international research team claim to have produced graphene ribbons in which electrons move freely. Charge mobility in the advanced materials exceeded one million cm2/V.s which makes their electron mobility…
Hydrogen battery aims to replace lithium in battery-powered devices
Hydrogen battery aims to replace lithium in battery-powered devices
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Researchers at Melbourne's RMIT University have developed a novel concept battery that advances the potential for hydrogen to replace lithium as an energy source in battery-powered devices.
Atom scale simulation offers nanoscale film growth benefits
Atom scale simulation offers nanoscale film growth benefits
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Researchers at Tyndall National Institute, Ireland, are claiming to have produced the first atom-by-atom simulation of nanoscale film growth by atomic layer deposition (ALD) which opens the way to new…
Siva Power nears 19 percent efficiency for CIGS solar panel
Siva Power nears 19 percent efficiency for CIGS solar panel
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Siva Power (formerly Solexant) has achieved near record efficiency – approaching 19 percent – with the company's CIGS thin film solar panel technology. The company claims to have attained the…
ARM’s server platform standard to ease OS interoperability
ARM’s server platform standard to ease OS interoperability
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ARM’s recent announcement of a collaboratively developed platform standard for ARMv8-A based (64-bit) servers comes after years of consensus across many partners, three years after the first specifications of the…
Is the battery you sell or specify, a potential safety hazard?
Is the battery you sell or specify, a potential safety hazard?
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Test house TÜV SÜD Product Service has introduced a European battery safety testing service, in France and the UK, that will enable manufacturers, importers and retailers demonstrate that their batteries…
The future of video surveillance is hyperspectral
The future of video surveillance is hyperspectral
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Freeze! You’re blushing, we see your blood pumping abnormally fast and our analytical software tells us that you contravene crowd flow statistics, which is yet another reason to closely inspect…
The overt analog at ISSCC
The overt analog at ISSCC
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Having discussed the analog circuitry that is hidden at ISSCC in an earlier blog, Doug Grant provides pointers to the overt analog at the upcoming conference.
Self-programming wireless lighting controls offer major power savings
Self-programming wireless lighting controls offer major power savings
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Cree, Inc. is claiming the first self-programming wireless lighting-control system that reduces energy consumption by more than 70 percent for half the cost of traditional lighting controls.
DDR4 PHY IP reaches 2667Mbps at 28nm: 3200Mbps next?
DDR4 PHY IP reaches 2667Mbps at 28nm: 3200Mbps next?
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Cadence Design Systems claims it has achieved 2667 Mbps performance on its double data rate fourth generation (DDR4) PHY Intellectual Property for 28nm, an industry’s best according to the EDA…
Smart-Light control system cuts lighting energy usage by 80 percent
Smart-Light control system cuts lighting energy usage by 80 percent
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A cost-effective, easy-to-install lighting control system has been unveiled by Xeleum Lighting which claims to reduce lighting energy usage by 80% or more compared with conventional lighting systems that do…
Wideband CMOS RF chip aims for M2M software radio
Wideband CMOS RF chip aims for M2M software radio
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Open source designs have been vital to the specification of a new wideband CMOS RF says the CEO of Lime Microsystems.
Can gum reduce lithium ion battery fire hazard?
Can gum reduce lithium ion battery fire hazard?
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Researchers at Washington State University have developed a chewing gum-like battery material that is claimed could reduce the fire hazard potential of lithium ion batteries.
MEMS mirror images exoplanet
MEMS mirror images exoplanet
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Boston Micromachines Corp. (Cambridge, Mass.), a developer of MEMS-based deformable mirrors and adaptive optics, has announced that its 4K-DM system is being used with the 8-meter diameter Gemini South Telescope…
LED ‘fluorescent lamp’ rolls trim luminaire assembly times
LED ‘fluorescent lamp’ rolls trim luminaire assembly times
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Osram is planning to reveal a LED 'fluorescent lamp' that rolls out at the upcoming "light+building" fair in Hamburg.


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