NIKKEI MICRODEVICES June 2006 vol. 252

Cover Story
"Mieru"(visualized)fab wins out in SoC production through implementation of information technology

Special Feature

Are large-scale investments in LSI and FPD all right?

LSI

[Report]TSMC's strategy on semiconductor manufacturing process
[Report]SONOS embedded memory realized by CMOS process
[Report]Fujitsu develops new material for FeRAM
[Report]Samsung introduces through silicon via interconnection technology to memory cards
[Report]Sanyo Electric's SoC for portable VCR, "Platinum Engine"

FPD

[Inside]LCD televisions manufactured outside Japan are catching up in image quality

EDA

[Inside]Exploring the capabilities of a new transistor model

MEMS

[Report]Ricoh develops three-axis acceleration sensor with plastic package
[Report]US SiTime to start mass-production of Si resonator

Tutorial

Overview of process equipment technology analyzed through the front-runner (5): Interconnection process

Emerging Technology

Inkjet technology with 1/1000 droplet volume

Key Word

ZnO

Key Person

AMD, "we can compete with Intel even with just two fabs"

Interview

Harison Toshiba Lighting, "the mainstream light source for LCD televisions will continue to be CCFL

Challenger

CTO of US JEDA Technologies gives focus to SystemC's verification technology

Watcher/International

World's latest news

New Products

MEMS accelerometer tester/Tokyo Electron Ltd.
Room temperature wafer bonding system / Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Linear Actuator/ NSK Ltd.
Conductive Wiper for Clean Room Use/Mitsubishi Paper Mills Ltd.
Laser diffraction particle size analyzer/Shimadzu Corp.
Functional Verification EDA/Mentor Graphics Co

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Nikkei Electronics Asia (monthly)

We are offering a magazine monthly to qualified engineers and managers free of charge.

In-depth Articles from Nikkei Electronics Asia

Cover Story SSDs Challenge HDDs, but Quality a Problem

Solid-state drives (SSD) using NAND Flash memory are beginning to show up in a variety of equipment as storage devices. Prices are dropping as semiconductor technology continues to evolve, accelerating adoption of the drives, but manufacturers must also deal with eroding quality.

Analysis Expanded Use of Silicon Tuners Transforms Tvs

With analog television broadcasting slated for the axe in about two years in Japan, TV broadcast tuners are evolving rapidly, replacing old radio frequency (RF) analog circuits with new integrated circuits (IC) called silicon tuners. Signal demodulators are evolving with them, and by tracing the direction of their evolution it is possible to delineate the shape of tomorrow's TV.

Convenience Stores Lead in Energy Conservation

Convenience store franchises are moving to slash energy consumption following the revision of the Japanese Act on the Rational Use of Energy, and are rapidly becoming showcases for cutting-edge energy-conservation technology. The technologies honed here will spread to other firms in the distribution industry, office buildings and more, eventually worldwide.