NIKKEI MICRODEVICES August 2007 vol. 266

Cover Story
Break through the barrier of LSI with MEMS

Special Feature
Technology appears that overcomes issues of high-k/metal gate

LSI

Inside Toshiba develops cleaning process reducing environmental load and chemical cost
Report Device manufactures make inroads into bio/medical market
Report Matsushita Electric Industrial starts to roll out 45nm-generation SoC

Tutorial LSI

Comprehensive list of inspection equipment technologies that break through the barrier of 45nm (4)

Energy

Report Companies in exploding China’s photovoltaic industry join in thin film systems in succession
Report SiC power semiconductors produce a succession of the fruits

FPD

Inside Sony makes flexible organic TFT for future OLED panel
Report Taiwan LCD manufacturers rushing on an expansionary course deploy products covering all fields
Report Prices of LCD TV continue to decline by 20% per year until 2011

Tutorial FPD

“Positive cycle” of technology development and commercialization brought LCD up to market giant (5)

EDA

Inside Toshiba develops C-based design and verification system for SoC

Emerging Technology

Connector with 1/3 of contact height

Key Word

3-dimensional LSI

Key Person

Toshiba’s semiconductor business strategy

Key Person

Sony says, “We will produce TV sets, which are a source of pride for Sony, with organic EL technology”

Interview

E-shuttle talks, “We are developing an LSI prototype service with electron beam lithography”

Watcher/International

Worlds latest news

New Products

Scanning probe microscope/Pacific Nanotechnology Inc.
Lens for larger line sensor camera/Nikon Corp.
IC layout data viewer/TOOL Corp.
Oil-free scroll vacuum pump/ANEST IWATA Corp.

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The NE ASIA News Update e-newsletter

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.