In the wireless arena, ARM is ahead of Intel in process, architecture and design, and looks likely to stay there for a generation or two. “ARM is at 28nm. Intel at 32nm,” Warren East, CEO of ARM, told EW, “in process and design of the sub-system ARM is ahead. ARM has created a much more competitive offering than Intel. I’m not ...
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Touchscreen uses scatter, works with gloves, or anything
Swedish start-up FlatFrog has an in-glass touchscreen that uses scattered light to provide multi-touch. "The capacitive technology used in most competing screens reacts to electronic fields in the screen, hence it responds only to...
US Tech Rigs The System Against Employees
In the Land of the Free is the system rigged against employees?
Phase-change materials can fix machine memory crunch
The technology relies upon phase change materials (PCMs) that can hold information by switching between an amorphous state and a crystalline one. PCM memory can write and retrieve data 100 times faster than Flash memory..
Laser-guided bullets hit the spot
Engineers at Sandia National Labs in New Mexico have developed laser-guided bullets. Red Jones and Brian Kast produced the dart-like 100mm-long projectile to hit laser-designated targets at 2,000m. The design includes an optical sensor...
US takes 53% worldwide semi market share
The Americans continue to dominate the industry they invented taking a 53% worldwide semiconductor market share, according to IC Insights. It is the third year in a row that US companies have held a 50%+ market share. The only other country to ever hold 50% semiconductor market share was Japan, in the mid-80’s, then the US-Japan semiconductor trade Pact and ...
Toshiba drops forecasts; cites global issues
Toshiba has dropped its forecasts for the current financial year due to the Thailand flooding, Eurozone debt problems and appreciation of the yen. The previous revenue forecast of $91bn has dropped to $81bn compared to $83bn in the last financial year to March 31 2011. The operating income forecast has been dropped to $2.6bn from the previous forecast of $3.9bn. ...
Transistorised Chopper Made In UK.
This is news! Now . . . .a transistorised chopper So, 50 years ago, starts an ad in EW’s issue of May 24th 1961.
Intersil has 40V quad amps for high gain in industrial designs
Designed on Intersil's PR40 advanced bipolar process, the ISL28407, ISL28417, and ISL28408 are designed for low noise and high gain in industrial control applications
Light engines hand wire with ease
LED Engin has announced LED light engines with integral connectors that eliminate soldering during the assembly. The poke-home connectors accept 18-24AWG wires to terminate the metal-core PCBs inside LED fixtures. With a common...