NIKKEI MICRODEVICES February 2008 vol. 272

Cover Story
New materials boost power semiconductors

Special Feature
Competition accelerated by FPD industry reorganization and investments

LSI

Inside Tightening development race for a new model RAM that succeeds a DRAM
Inside Hardwired OS achieves significantly low power consumption
Report LSI demand estimated to exceed 300 billion USD by 2008
Report Honda attained success in creating a 3D LSI trial model

Energy

Inside Analyst report on the solar cell industry

FPD

Inside Chinese market starts taking the lead in the FPD TV market
Report The 2008 International CES report

Tutorial FPD

“Positive cycle” of technology development and commercialization brought LCD up to market giant (11)

MEMS

Report Ideas for RF-MEMS device in succession

EDA

Inside Renesas Technology employs SSTA(statistical static timing analysis)to design LSI layout

Emerging Technology

Elastic Si wire covers the larger area

Key Word

Wafer-thin solar cells

Key Person

Why Honda created a 3D LSI trial model?

Key person

LCD business strategy by Taiwanese AU Optronics

Interview

Pulling down Cree’s fort in the SiC board market

Challenger

Challenging to realize a 3D LSI

Watcher/International

Worlds latest news

New Products

Dry etching system for LED / ULVAC, Inc.
Placing & routing software/ATopTech Inc.
Analog tester module/Credence Systems Corp.
Spectroradiometer for high contrast FPD/Konica Minolta Sensing, 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.