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3D antenna printing yields an order of magnitude better performance than monopole antenna designs
3D antenna printing yields an order of magnitude better performance than monopole antenna designs
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Researchers at the University of illinois have experimented with omnidirectional printing techniques using metallic nanoparticle inks and a 3D controlled…
Highest density mobile DRAM is using 30nm process
Highest density mobile DRAM is using 30nm process
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Earlier this month, Samsung Electronics started production of four gigabit (Gb), low power double-data-rate 2 (LPDDR2) DRAM using 30 nanometer…
High-temperature superconductor spills secret: a new phase of matter
High-temperature superconductor spills secret: a new phase of matter
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Scientists at the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science (SIMES) have found the strongest evidence yet that a puzzling…
Platform design for testing vibration to electrical power generators
Platform design for testing vibration to electrical power generators
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Recently, the use of sensor networks has expanded into all sorts of applications to collect ambient or industrial data such…

Tag writing app targets NFC-enabled Android smartphones and tablets
Tag writing app targets NFC-enabled Android smartphones and tablets
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NXP Semiconductors has launched an application which allows Android smartphone users to use their NFC-enabled handset to create their own NFC tags. These tags can then be used in multiple…
Report: Computing has hit ‘power wall’
Report: Computing has hit ‘power wall’
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As Moore's Law runs out of steam and computing goes mobile, technologists are searching for ways to make the leap to new parallel programming frameworks that can leverage low-power multicore…
Researchers integrate silicon, III-V
Researchers integrate silicon, III-V
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Integrating gallium nitride emitters and other optical materials onto silicon substrates was recently demonstrated at the Toyohashi University of Technology. Researchers there claim to have solved the lattice mismatch problem…
Tag writing app targets NFC-enabled Android smartphones and tablets
Tag writing app targets NFC-enabled Android smartphones and tablets
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NXP Semiconductors has launched an application which allows Android smartphone users to use their NFC-enabled handset to create their own NFC tags. These tags can then be used in multiple…
Daimler SLK – the electronic roadster
Daimler SLK – the electronic roadster
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This week, Daimler starts delivery of its new SLK roadster model to the dealer's showrooms. Buyers will get a car with an unusual plethora of electronic assistant systems.
Speech recognition in the car
Speech recognition in the car
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In times when dense and hectic traffic situations do not permit any distraction to drivers, voice control is a useful complement to conventional HMIs. It even gives drivers back the…
Motion sensing for smart consumer devices
Motion sensing for smart consumer devices
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STMicroelectronics has released the first details of its iNEMO Engine, which features advanced filtering and predictive software engine to integrate the outputs from a 3-axis accelerometer, 3-axis gyroscope and 3-axis…
Atmel maXTouch solution supports LG Electronics Mobile’s G-Slate Tablet 8.9-inch touchscreen
Atmel maXTouch solution supports LG Electronics Mobile’s G-Slate Tablet 8.9-inch touchscreen
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LG Electronics Mobile, one of the largest handset manufacturers in the world, has selected the Atmel maXTouch solution for its G-Slate 8.9-inch Android tablet touchscreen.
Next-generation iNEMO Engine offers new level of motion-sensing applications on smart consumer devices
Next-generation iNEMO Engine offers new level of motion-sensing applications on smart consumer devices
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STMicroelectronics has unveiled the first details of the company’s iNEMO Engine which claims to be a new advanced filtering and predictive software engine that integrates the outputs from a 3-axis…
Continental center stack brings ergonomics to displays
Continental center stack brings ergonomics to displays
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Electronic displays increasingly play a leading role in vehicle cockpits. Now automotive tier one Continental has introduced a center stack module that combines the versatility of LCD displays with ergonomics…
CERN selects Cadence Services to create and maintain design environments for internal teams and partners
CERN selects Cadence Services to create and maintain design environments for internal teams and partners
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Cadence helps CERN by using the Cadence Services teams and the organization’s pre-existing solution components to create and maintain design environments focused on CERN’s requirements. Key requirements include automating/developing and…
Cloud-based collaboration for M2M applications
Cloud-based collaboration for M2M applications
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Customers will be able to use the platform to monitor, control and manage wireless subscription services and mobile communication devices through a single, easy-to-use interface. As a result, they can…
TrueTouch touchscreen solution drives display in Acer Liquid MT smartphone
TrueTouch touchscreen solution drives display in Acer Liquid MT smartphone
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Acer has selected the TrueTouch touchscreen solution from Cypress Semiconductors to implement the multitouch touchscreen in the Acer Liquid MT smartphone. The flexible TrueTouch solution, based on the PSoC programmable…
Sensor Technology takes centre stage to improve theatre safety performance
Sensor Technology takes centre stage to improve theatre safety performance
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Sensor Technology, a Banbury-based company in the UK is developing technology to ensure safety when excited stage performers and heavy machinery share the same space on a theatre's stage.
Self-powered blood analysis chip could deliver diagnosis in minutes
Self-powered blood analysis chip could deliver diagnosis in minutes
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An international team of researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, Dublin City University in Ireland and Universidad de Valparaíso Chile, have developed a microfluidics device able to process whole…
Cloud-based collaboration for M2M applications
Cloud-based collaboration for M2M applications
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Verizon Wireless and Sierra Wireless have announced a new collaboration to co-market the Sierra Wireless' AirVantage; a cloud-based platform for developing, deploying and operating the next generation of connected devices…
CERN selects Cadence Services to create and maintain design environments for internal teams and partners
CERN selects Cadence Services to create and maintain design environments for internal teams and partners
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CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is relying on Cadence Services to create and maintain design environments for internal design teams as well as for design teams in a…
Analog IP for multimedia SoCs: an eye on a world of essential analog features
Analog IP for multimedia SoCs: an eye on a world of essential analog features
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Navraj Nandra, Sr. Director of Marketing, DesignWare Analog and Mixed-Signal IP, Synopsys, Inc., examines the world of analog IP for multimedia SoCs.
The JESD204A interface: key to broadband wireless system miniaturization
The JESD204A interface: key to broadband wireless system miniaturization
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Bradley Loisel and Maury Wood, NXP Semiconductors; Harpinder Matharu, Xilinx Corporation discuss the key attributes of the JESD204A interface standard…
Study gives 4G data performance high marks
Study gives 4G data performance high marks
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Handsets operating on 4G cellular networks offer significant improvement in data transfer performance compared to their 3G predecessors, according to a study evaluating the performance of smartphones available from U.S.
CEA-Leti forms common lab with IPDiA to focus on 3D-integrated passive components
CEA-Leti forms common lab with IPDiA to focus on 3D-integrated passive components
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The partnership also will pave the way to improved miniaturization of passive components such as resistors, capacitors and inductors. Specifically, the common lab is designed to develop very high-end…
Smart wireless microsystems to provide wearable and implanted body area networks
Smart wireless microsystems to provide wearable and implanted body area networks
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The WiserBAN project will address primarily the following wearable and implantable use cases: hearing instruments, cardiac implants, insulin pumps and cochlear implants. In such applications where miniaturization and unobtrusiveness are…
Don’t let analog/digital misinterpretations put your design in jeopardy
Don’t let analog/digital misinterpretations put your design in jeopardy
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Bill Laumeister, Principal Member of the Technical Staff, Precision Control Group, Maxim Integrated Products Inc., examines some simple analysis can educate designers to avoid simple design errors in future designs.
System awareness improves SOC power management
System awareness improves SOC power management
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Satish Sathe, Senior Systems Architect, Applied Micro Circuits Corp outlines how improving system awareness can help SOC power management…


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