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Denmark’s iPower consortium plans to integrate renewable energies into future power grids
Denmark’s iPower consortium plans to integrate renewable energies into future power grids
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The official opening of the new iPower consortium saw 32 partners meet at Denmark’s Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy…
Silica Launches EMEA SpeedWay Design Workshops
Silica Launches EMEA SpeedWay Design Workshops
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Distributor Silica will host a series of SpeedWay Design Workshops featuring the low-cost Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA LX9 MicroBoard in Europe…
Integrating antennas within clothes using metallic thread
Integrating antennas within clothes using metallic thread
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To make communications devices more reliable, Ohio State University researchers are finding ways to incorporate radio antennas directly into clothing,…
Supercomputer, data center nets diverging
Supercomputer, data center nets diverging
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The technology road maps for the networks used inside supercomputers and data centers are diverging, and both kinds of networks…

Drawing superconducting shapes for future microcircuits
Drawing superconducting shapes for future microcircuits
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A breakthrough in controlling defects could lead to new generation of electronic devices. Reporting in Nature Materials this week, researchers from the London Centre for Nanotechnology and the Physics Department…
Single-chip solution for instrument clusters targets hybrids
Single-chip solution for instrument clusters targets hybrids
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Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe has expanded its scalable line-up for instrument clusters, covering the range from MCUs for traditional clusters up to 3D graphic SoCs with the capability of driving virtual…
Rochester Electronics reinstates manufacturing of AMCC’s standard products
Rochester Electronics reinstates manufacturing of AMCC’s standard products
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Manufacturer and distributor of end-of-life and mature semiconductors, Rochester Electronics is now providing continuing manufacturing services for more than 50 products from Applied Micro Circuits Corporation's standard semiconductor product portfolio.
JEDEC reveals key attributes of upcoming DDR4 standard
JEDEC reveals key attributes of upcoming DDR4 standard
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JEDEC Solid State Technology Association has announced selected key attributes of its widely-anticipated DDR4 (Double Data Rate 4) standard. With publication forecasted for mid-2012, JEDEC DDR4 will represent an advance in…
DC-coupled, single-to-differential design solutions using fully differential amplifiers (Part 1 of 2)
DC-coupled, single-to-differential design solutions using fully differential amplifiers (Part 1 of 2)
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Michael Steffes, Sr. Applications Manager, Intersil Corp focuses on DC-coupled, single-to-differential design solutions using fully differential amplifiers.
Resistors advance diverse medical diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities
Resistors advance diverse medical diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities
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Stephen Oxley, Senior Applications Engineer, TT electronics explains how resistors are able to advance diverse medical diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities.
Design electronic systems for EMC, part 2 of 3
Design electronic systems for EMC, part 2 of 3
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William G. Duff contunues to examine the considerations for designing circuits, equipment and systems for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) in the presence of electromagnetic interference (EMI).
Power Tip 38: Simple latch circuit protects power supplies
Power Tip 38: Simple latch circuit protects power supplies
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Robert Kollman, Texas Instruments explains how a simple latch circuit can be used to protect power supplies.
Bits from Hot Chips: Robots, Cisco, Oracle
Bits from Hot Chips: Robots, Cisco, Oracle
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Researchers demonstrated personal robots, Oracle debuted its latest server processor and Cisco described an Ethernet chip on the last day of Hot Chips.
IBM plants transactional memory in CPU
IBM plants transactional memory in CPU
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IBM has become the first company to ship a commercial microprocessor using transactional memory, a new feature for multicore chips researchers have studied for years.
Tensilica DSP core does 100 GMACs at 1 W
Tensilica DSP core does 100 GMACs at 1 W
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Tensilica described a new integer DSP core for next-generation cellular applications that when made in a 28nm process can compute 100 GMACs/second at less than a Watt. The BBE64 core…
LCD polarizers to double as organic photovoltaics in mobiles
LCD polarizers to double as organic photovoltaics in mobiles
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Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have created a novel concept for harvesting and recycling energy for electronic devices, one that involves equipping these…
NIST questions carbon nanotube reliability
NIST questions carbon nanotube reliability
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National Institute of Standards and Technology researchers have found in recent reliability tests that carbon nanotubes device reliability is a major issue.
ARM wrestles with silicon, battery hurdles
ARM wrestles with silicon, battery hurdles
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Big hurdles in silicon scaling and battery technology stand in the way of huge opportunities in mobile systems, said an ARM executive in a keynote here.
IBM demos cognitive computer chips
IBM demos cognitive computer chips
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By replicating the functions of neurons, synapses, dendrites and axons in the brain using special-purpose silicon circuitry, IBM claims to have developed the first custom cognitive computing cores that bring…
NXP spearheads CAN Partial Networking with ISO11898-6 compliant chips
NXP spearheads CAN Partial Networking with ISO11898-6 compliant chips
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In June 2011, five German OEMs (the "G5") announced to jointly support partial operation of in-car CAN networks as one of several measures to reduce energy consumption. The G5 intends…
Speeding the development of organic semiconductors for flexible displays
Speeding the development of organic semiconductors for flexible displays
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Organic semiconductors hold immense promise for use in thin film and flexible displays but they haven't yet reached the speeds needed to drive high definition displays. Inorganic materials such as…
IBM unveils cognitive computing chips that mimic brain cells
IBM unveils cognitive computing chips that mimic brain cells
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IBM researchers unveiled a new generation of experimental computer chips designed to emulate the brain's abilities for perception, action and cognition. The technology could yield many orders of magnitude less…
Optimization of LED based lighting applications
Optimization of LED based lighting applications
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Since the light intensity of LEDs does fade over time, it is beneficial to implement automatic dimming where the light output of the LED is measured and the power supply…
Morgan, Zytek combine electric drive with manual transmission
Morgan, Zytek combine electric drive with manual transmission
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A high-performance electric sportscar prototype is being developed by the Morgan Motor Company and a consortium of British technology specialists. The Morgan +E programme will deliver two engineering concept vehicles…
SIGNAL CHAIN BASICS #56: Clock Jitter Demystified—Random Jitter and Phase Noise
SIGNAL CHAIN BASICS #56: Clock Jitter Demystified—Random Jitter and Phase Noise
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John Johnson, Manager, Market Development and Systems Engineering, Texas Instruments discusses the relationship between jitter and phase noise and how they impact the performance of high-speed links.
Cree prototype exceeds DOE’s 21st Century Lamp L Prize requirements
Cree prototype exceeds DOE’s 21st Century Lamp L Prize requirements
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LED lighting technology company Cree, Inc. unveiled a concept LED light that, according to the company, can deliver more than 1,300 lumens at 152 lumens per watt (LPW). Thus, the…
ZigBee Alliance approves draft 0.7 Smart Energy Profile version 2.0
ZigBee Alliance approves draft 0.7 Smart Energy Profile version 2.0
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The ZigBee® Alliance has announced the Smart Energy Profile version 2.0 draft 0.7 was unanimously approved in the latest Smart Energy Working Group letter ballot. This successful vote is a…
Use of common mode chokes in high speed data links
Use of common mode chokes in high speed data links
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Complementing widely used infotainment bus systems such as MOST or IEEE 1394, serial data links are increasingly used for point-to-point high-speed data connections in the infotainment realm. National Semiconductor's SerDes…


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