NIKKEI MICRODEVICES October 2006 vol. 256

Cover Story
LCD strategy for 2010 to win in the television market

Special Feature
Carbon nanotube wiring sees pathway to miniaturization and larger diameter

LSI

[Report] SanDisk strengthens its mobile device business
[Report] Oki Electric's new semiconductor manufacturing technology
[Report] NEC Electronics and NEC develop 128 parallel processing SoC for automotives
[Report] "Exam of Skill Assessment" starting to take root, as it expands beyond STARC members

FPD

[Report] The strategies of two LCD manufacturers in Shanghai, China
[Report] What lies ahead for the corporate structure of Philips LCD business?

MEMS

[Inside] Rolls-Royce discusses cutting-edge MEMS research for aircraft
[Report] MEMS device manufacturer enters into final products business
[Report] Hitachi Metals develops world's smallest triaxial acceleration sensor

EDA

[Inside] NEC develops method to improve efficiency of timing design for large-scale LSI
[Inside] Fujitsu applies SSTA to processor design

Tutorial

Overview of process equipment technology(8): Cleaning technology

Emerging Technology

CMOS process realizes optical interconnection

Key Word

Supercritical fluid

Key Person

Sharp's LCD television strategy "to challenge the global market"

Key Person

Sony's television strategy "pursuit of high image quality does not end"

Interview

DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. Co., Ltd. and Applied Materials, Inc. tie up for coater/developer business

Challenger

Breaking the stronghold of Silicon Image, Inc. with HDMI chip IP business

Watcher/International

Worlds latest news

New Products

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy/ULVAC-PHI, Inc.
Laser heating system/SAKAGUCHI E.H VOC Corp.
Semiconductor parametric test system/Agilent Technologies Inc.
Spectrum analyzer/Tektronix, Inc.
LCD photo mask inspection system /Lasertec Corp.
Backlight optical sheet removal and stacking machine for large LCDs/Takatori Corp.

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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.