Nikkei Electronics Asia -- May 2007

Nikkei Electronics Asia-May 2007 Cover Story

Mobile GPS Accelerates Chip Development

The market for GPS-equipped devices is quickly expanding, propelled by mobile phones and portable navigation devices (PND). Many components offer receiver sensitivities between -155dBm and -160dBm.

Analysis

PDP Makers Struggle to Reclaim 40-Inch Market

LCD panels have been gaining share in the 40-inch market, traditionally the stronghold of the PDP. Matsushita Electric Industrial, and other PDP TV makers, must decide how best to respond.


Design View from Japan

JEITA Reviews Accelerated Test Standards

Wireless Focus

Z-Wave, ZigBee Spark Home Control Adoption

ins & Vias

Will RoHS Laws Go Global?

Feature

Rohm Blue-Violet Laser to Halve Dissipation

TI Pulls Out of Logic Process Development for 32nm

Hitachi Uses PolySi on VGA Panels on Amorphous Si Line

Spin-Injection MRAM: Hitachi Prototypes 2-Mbit Chip

Sumita Optical Glass Achieves Refractive Index of 2.14

HDMI 1.3 Speeds xvYCC Adoption in Camcorders

Japanese Chip Makers Pull Out of High-Speed ASICs

Insights

Design, Test Challenges for Fixed, Mobile WiMAX

Road to Smooth, Accelerated RFID Rollout

Maximizing Signal Visibility to Reduce Verification Time

Reports

Self-Assembling Batteries Use Short-Range Forces

8nm Flash Memory Opens Path to Terabit Era

GPS Devices Take Center Stage at CeBIT

FPGA Developers Look to India

Energy Savings Theme at ePChina 2007

Executive Interviews -- 15th Anniversary

Renesas Aims to Retain Top Spot in Microcontroller Market

Changes in Asia Create Opportunities for Intersil

Solomon Systech: Driving Original Display Concepts

Murata Seeks Growth from New Product Development

India Vital to Freescale's Long-Term Growth Strategy