NIKKEI MICRODEVICES July 2006 vol. 253

Cover Story
OLED starts operation, envisioning its future in mobile video equipment

Special Feature
Process technology of Seiko Epson Corp. utilizing liquid materials reduces the manufacturing cost of electronic devices

LSI

[Inside] Advanced versions of SiP are appearing in succession
[Report] Independent foundry project to be disappeared
[Report] With an aim to address reformed production, new "MIRAI" reduces process variations
[Report] Slight roughness of Si wafer's surface can be detected with high speed
[Report] TeraRecon, Inc. launches vector processor chips for image processing of medical equipment

FPD

[Report] New repair technology for LCD

EDA

[Inside] Fujitsu's SoC design technology erases the need of remaking ES

MEMS

[Inside] Results from analyzing the MEMS operation of Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
[Report] Complex sensors are mushrooming in the market

Tutorial

Overview of process equipment technology analyzed through the front runner(6): Doping process

Emerging Technology

Manufacturing OLED elements at low cost by using DNA

Key Word

Software Simulator

Key Person

Toshiba's semiconductor business strategy aims to win a share of 40% in the market of NAND flash memory

Key Person

"How will you treat SED and OLED?" - Interview with Canon's new president

Interview

OLED equipment strategy of Tokki Corp. - "We intend to defeat LCD with cost strategy"

Watcher/International

World's latest news

New Products

IV parametric test system/Agilent Technologies, Inc..
Pulse/pattern generator/Keithley Instruments Inc.
Fluorescent X-ray coating thickness gauge/SII NanoTechnology Inc.
Chemical washer/Takasago Thermal Engineering Co., Ltd.
FPD driver test system/Yokogawa Electric Corp.
Safety sensor system for LSI,FPD factory/SUNX Limited

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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.