Cover Story
Hon Hai, Friend or Enemy?
Nintendo DS, PSP, iPod nano, RAZR-one electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company, Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., is achieving tremendous growth taking on the job of manufacturing all the hit products that grab global attention. The company is engaged in materials manufacture and assembly, right through to repairs, with mold technology, which is indispensable to the manufacture of product chassis, at the core of operations. As digitalization progresses, EMS companies are going to maintain an increasingly strong presence undertaking mass production of multiple product varieties.
(Part 1)
High-mix, Large-volume Production Capacity Helps in Becoming an Indispensable Contributor to Global Domination
(Part 2)
Five tips for supporting speed, low-price and quality
Special Feature
Instant Boot
The problem of slow start-up used to apply specifically to PCs but is now troubling designers of digital home appliances. But NAND flash memory prices are falling at a tremendous pace, which could very well provide a solution to the problem. Technology is about to be implemented that will drastically shorten start-up time.
Part 1 Trends
Removing the dilemmas of multi-functionality
Plummeting NAND prices inviting further momentum to use
Part 2 In Personal Computers
Eliminating the HDD bottleneck-SSDs to replace 1.8-inch HDDs
Part 3 In Digital Home Appliances
Start-up time to drop below 10 seconds
A wave of new supporting technologies
Keyword
leakage current
Tech Tale
Renewing Information Is the Key to a Car Navigation System (Part 2):
"The TV Station Got Us"
Guest Paper
The Motivation Force for the White Light LED Market Moves from Mobile Phones to Large Scale LCD Panels
NETs Buyers' Guide
Geomagnetic Sensor ICs
Geomagnetic sensors are used to compute direction by detecting the direction of the earth's magnetism. Conventionally employed in wristwatches and electronic compasses, they have been recently incorporated into a string of new mobile phones. The idea is to be able to display the direction the user is facing together with positioning information from GPS systems built into handsets. Portable GPS systems, navigation systems and electronic toys are also being eyed as possible markets. An axis sensor integrated circuit (IC) includes a driver circuit and an amplifier circuit, and there are products on the market that also incorporate acceleration sensors and analog-to-digital converters. Some target compact size and employ wafer-level chip scale packaging. One issue is the method for correcting detected geomagnetic data. Some manufacturers even provide correction software together with axis sensor ICs.
NETs Seminar
What Is the Difference between DLNA and Other Standards
A number of specifications for home networks have emerged, all with differing content and levels of standardization. In this installment, we will look first at the various specifications that aim to facilitate the sharing of digital content, making comparisons between Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), for which a whole line of supporting products has appeared, and other specification standards. Then we will explain the differences specifically between DLNA, Intel Corp.'s Viiv, and Microsoft Corp.'s PlaysForSure.
NETs Seminar
When Crystal Oscillators Won't Work (Final): Avoid EMI by Selecting a Right Crystal Oscillator
As the operating frequency of electronic circuits rises, electromagnetic interference (EMI) only worsens. EMI can be reduced by altering the frequency characteristics of the radiated electromagnetic noise through control of the frequency of the crystal oscillator, which is the clock source. This installment explains how crystal oscillators possessing this function are used.
NETs Seminar
The Latest on Quantum Encryption (Part 5): Moving from Distributing Quantum Keys to Quantum Relay
Quantum cryptography is a quantum key distribution technology that makes use of quantum properties to allow the secure sharing of cryptographic keys between sender and receiver. In this installment, we explain the B92 quantum cryptographic protocol, which emerged later than the E91 protocol, and the workings of relays utilizing differential phase-shift quantum key distribution (DPSQKD) and quantum teleportation.
Interview
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.'s Chairman & CEO, Terry T. M. Gou:
"If You Want to Capture the World, You Should Work with Taiwan"
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