NIKKEI MICRODEVICES August 2006 vol. 254

Cover Story
MEMS enters the age of mass production

Special Feature
LG.Philips LCD's 7th generation LCD plant

LSI

[Inside] Samsung unveils strategy for technology to extend the life of flash memory
[Inside] Toshiba implements new wiring technology for 32nm,incorporating self-forming barrier process
[Report] M-Systems develops 4-bit/cell flash memory technology
[Report] ASML's new technology
[Report] "SEMICON West 2006" report
[Report] Cell-based IC for consumer products used for high-speed server chip

FPD

[Report] Flash report from "SINOCES"

EDA

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

MEMS

[Inside] Small-sized, low power consumption massively parallel processor core that can be integrated into consumer SoC

Emerging Technology

Transistor and flash memory realized in one device

Key Word

Robust transistor

Key Person

Professor Esashi of Tohoku University: "MEMS has penetrated the field of electronics components"

Key Person

Samsung:"Silicon through via interconnection technology to be core of package strategy"

Interview

Hitachi Chemical Company discusses its strategy on CMP slurry business

Watcher/International

World's latest news

New Products

Mask inspection system/NuFlare Technology, Inc.
Vacuum robot/ULVAC, Inc.
Liquid crystal viscosity coefficient measurement system / Micronics Japan Co., Ltd.
Laser scanning equipment for marking barcode on LCD glass substrate / YE Data Inc.
Driver IC for mobile phone LCD / NEC Electronics Corp.
3 dimensional router for IC design/Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

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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.