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As surveillance systems continue to evolve, the surveillance server has become a completely different animal from a standard server. Examples include standalone servers, network video recorders (NVRs) and IoT video gateways. Regardless of form, all the servers must capture, archive, and manage video from multiple cameras. Learn more about the forces transforming surveillance – for example, the demand for video ...

CEA-Leti will give details about post-7nm CMOS device architectures, materials and computing-system paradigms at a LetiDay event on Dec. 6 and at IEDM 2015. “Our tradition is to take a broad, production-oriented approach to technology development, to reduce risks and accelerate the transition into high-volume manufacturing, and this is our approach for the post-7nm realm,” said Olivier Faynot, manager of Leti’s Microelectronic Section. “Our ...

IDT has launched transmitter and receiver reference kits that add wireless charging to products for a BOM cost of $30 and $40. The Qi-compliant kits, P9038-R-EVK and P9025-R-EVK,  “enable engineers to incorporate wireless charging capabilities into their designs in a matter of hours”, says IDT. The 5W, 5V kits can be used for PC peripherals, furniture, medical devices, and other portable ...

IMEC plans to supply China with 0.13µm technologyDavid MannersIMEC, the Belgian microelectronics R&D house, is talking to the mainland China foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) about supplying 0.13µm process technology.However, the move would appear to infringe the Wasserman Agreement on restricting sales of advanced semiconductor technology to China. “The Wasserman Agreement is for 0.25µm – although 0.18µm equipment has ...

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Infineon signs DRAM deal with ChineseDavid MannersInfineon Technologies has linked up with the mainland Chinese foundry SMIC (Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation) in a technology-for-wafers swap which should give it an extra 20,000 wafers a month by 2005.Under the deal, Infineon will transfer its 0.14micron process to SMIC, and give it an option for the future transfer of its 0.11micron process. ...

Entry into the important Chinese market is fraught with difficulties for non-Chinese firms

Chip off the old block…Harry YeatesPoor old silicon. There must have been a time when the Periodic Table’s 14thmember thought it had the semiconductor market sewn up. But you can’t stop progress,and the stalwart of 40 years of head-over-heels development is now being passed over, asdesigners seek out new compounds for modern high-frequency, high-power applications. That’s not to say silicon ...

Advantage digital ampsSteve BushLike weeds, digital audio power amplifier chips are springing up all over the place.Three years ago there were only a few low-performance devices on the market. Now there areseveral that can easily beat the old hi-fi thresholds of under 0.1 per cent distortion and20Hz to 20kHz bandwidth. The key advantage of digital, or class D, amplifiers is ...

Wrapper’s delightRichard BallThe past few years have seen enormous advances in analogue chip processes. Parameterssuch as on-resistance for Mosfets have plummeted, but the devices can only be as good asthe packages they go into. Manufacturers have spent the last two or three years catching up with the die makingprocess and, in most cases, have succeeded admirably. National Semiconductor’s MicroSMDs are ...