NIKKEI MICRODEVICES October 2007 vol. 268

Cover Story
Unbeatable thinness and low energy consumption

New enhancement strategy for flat panel displays

Special Feature
EU PVSEC news flash on solar batteries

LSI

Inside Trend in the memory business（1）: NAND flash strategy by Toshiba and SanDisk
Inside Value assessment of Japanese LSI manufactures(3)
Report TSMC’s process technology development strategy

Tutorial LSI

Comprehensive list of inspection equipment technologies that break through the barrier of 45nm (6)

Tutorial FPD

“Positive cycle” of technology development and commercialization brought LCD up to market giant (7)

MEMS

Inside MEMS oscillator and quarts oscillator compared
Report New MEMS project launches

EDA

Report Fujitsu reinforces SSTA with systematic-variation measures

Emerging Technology

Realization of “fiber semiconductor”

Key Word

Testbench

Key Person

Murata Manufacturing tells its device business strategy

SanDisk’s NAND flash memory business strategy

Interview

“We send Japanese customers’opinion to our US headquarters,” says Mentor Graphics Japan

Challenger

Development of mass-production equipment for commercial usage of organic LED light

Watcher/International

Worlds latest news

New Products

Memory LSI test system/Verigy Ltd.
Color conforcal microscope/Lasertec Corp.
Fluorescent X-ray coating thickness gauge/SII NanoTechnology Inc.

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NE Asia fulfills your needs by offering articles covering a wide spectrum of topics. In addition to the English edition, the local editions for Taiwan and Korea now offer editorial sections written by local editors.
Magazine Subscription Information

You can subscribe to the magazines of NikkeiBP from outside Japan at the same price as in Japan!
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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.