Nikkei Electronics Asia -- December 2009

Nikkei Electronics Asia-December 

2009
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Cover Story

LED Lighting: The Fight for the Throne

[Part 1: Business]

Low-Priced Products Shake the Market; New Makers Vie with Old, Intensifying Competition

Heightened environmental awareness has led to soaring interest in light-emitting diode (LED) lighting, and at last performance improvements are making the idea of replacing fluorescent lighting with LEDs practical. New companies are joining the fray from other industries, intensifying the already fierce melee for market domination.

[Part 2: Technology]

Cheaper and Brighter: Innovations in Thermal Radiation, Chip Architecture and More

Too expensive and too dim: the two major problems that light-emitting diode (LED) lighting has faced. Manufacturers are resolving them through continuing innovation, slashing cost while boosting emission efficiency.

Analysis

Selecting Low-Priced Scopes; Differences in Performance Examined

  Why Digital Oscilloscopes Have Become Cheaper

Fujitsu Microelectronics, Toshiba Re-Invent SICs

Biting the Restructuring Bullet: Profitability at Any Cost

Staying at No.3: IDM Model No Longer Sacred


Latest

SD Memory Cards Hit 300MBps with Serial Transfer, New Pin


Features

Wireless Power Transfer Goes Commercial

Denki Kagaku Kogyo Green Phosphor Resists High Temp

CMOS Power Amp for 3G Phones Rivals GaAs Designs


Reports

Energizer Triples Zinc Air Battery Run Time

Qualcomm's MediaFLO Ready for Mobile TV Launch

PS3, PSP Made Smaller, Lighter to Capture New Customer Segments


India Briefs

BRIC as 'Next Frontier' in Broadband, Says Strategy Analytics

Wipro, Microsoft to Take High Performance Computing, Parallelism Mainstream

BSNL, HCL, Intel Accelerate WiMAX Adoption in Rural India

Toshiba Strengthens Retail Business with New Stores in Bangalore


Insights

Scalable Approach Facilitates Audio Amplifier Design

Electro-Chromatic Control Enhances Rear-View Mirrors


Design View from Japan

1.066Gbps Signal Throughput in DDR3 with 4-Layer Boards