NIKKEI MICRODEVICES November 2007 vol. 269

Cover Story
Requirements to be the next winner in the in-vehicle semiconductor market

Special Feature
The competition for cost lowering technologies of solar batteries

LSI

Inside Spansion’s flash memory business strategy
Report Elpida Memory’s DRAM technology development strategy
Report Succession of new ideas for fast and low-power-consumption device usage

Tutorial LSI

Comprehensive list of inspection equipment technologies that break through the barrier of 45nm (7)

FPD

Inside Latest FPD trend in CEATEC 2007
Inside Development of low-power-consumption green laser for mobile phones
Report Organic LED TV by Sony
Report Visual fatigue caused by a large FPD TV

Tutorial FPD

“Positive cycle” of technology development and commercialization brought LCD up to market giant (8)

MEMS

Inside Successive arrival of new MEMS devices in CEATEC 2007
Report New SiTime Inc. announces a new MEMS oscillator product

Emerging Technology

Inorganic EL that is twice as bright, 2.5 times more efficient in light emission

Key Word

Investment funds

Key Person

Breaking through “ceiling” of device capacity utilizing system technologies

TSMC’s technological development strategy

Interview

Doubling sales aided by the brand-new material introduced to the LSI

Watcher/International

Worlds latest news

New Products

Software for X-ray analysis/PANalytical B.V.
Linear encoder/Sendai Nikon Corp.
DFI compatible DDR PHY macro/Fujitsu Ltd.
Multi-pattern generator/Leader Electronics Corp.

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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!
Magazine Subscription Information
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.