NIKKEI MICRODEVICES January 2009 vol. 285 -- Tech-On!

NIKKEI MICRODEVICES March 2009 vol. 285

Cover Story
Strive to realize 0.5V chip first

Special Feature
New packaging technologies appearing in MEMS2009

LSI

Report Elpida’s strategy to reach the top in DRAM industry
Report Wire-bonding up to 33 stacked NAND flash chips as thin as 18 mm
Report Semiconductor trading companies reorganize and strengthen their selling function to survive

FPD

Report hina aims to reorganize FPD industry
Report FPD TV market would experience first negative growth in 2009

Energy

Report Report Oil-producer Abu Dhabi boldly aims to get 7％ of power from renewable sources by 2020

Tutorial FPD

FPD industry at a turning point（2）

MEMS

Report MEMS production/material technologies spread as mounting/assembly technologies

Tutorial Energy

Learn from solar-cell experts (1)

Emerging Technology

Supercritical film deposition technology

Key Word

Gas cluster

Key Person

Toshiba makes inroads into solar system market

Interview

After making 200mm MEMS wafer, AMAT’s turn has come

Challenger

Spread of 3D interconnection boosted by patents

Watcher/International

Worlds latest news

New Products

Spin coat and develop cluster for wafer level packaging/Suss MicroTec AG
Atomic absorption spectrophotometer/Shimazu Corp.
Spectrophotometers confocal laser microscope/Olympus Corp.
Measuring microscope/Nikon 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.