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June 05 2006
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Ecosystem . . . p. 10
H.264/MPEG-4 AVC
What’s New . . . p. 26
- A HDD with Large Capacity Internal Flash Memory Appears
- The Society of Automotive Engineers Releases a Variety of Environmental Protection
and Safety Technologies
- Boston Circuit’s Multicore Microprocessor Implements Thread Scheduler for
Logical Circuitry
- Alps Shows a Holographic Projector for the First Time at the ALPS SHOW 2006
- QUALCOMM to Deliver the Next Generation of BREW within 2007
- A Descriptive Language Specification to Increase the Efficiency of Designing
Low Power LSIs Is Finalized
Leading Trends
It’s Not Only Light; GaN Is Also behind
the Device Advancement. . . p.
51
GaN (gallium nitride) semiconductors have traditionally been used in light-emitting
diodes (LEDs) and laser diodes, but now moves are accelerating to apply them
in transistors, as opposed to light-related devices.
GaN semiconductors
are being increasingly employed in non-LED applications within communications
devices, white goods and automobiles.
New Types of Optical Components Move to Commercialization. . . p. 63
As Fiber to the Home (FTTH) gathers momentum, photoelectric conversion and a
stream of other new technologies related to optical components are moving closer
towards commercialization in equipment for household subscribers.
Successive
new types of modules and communications devices employing these components are
entering the trial production phase as manufacturers seek substantial size and
cost reductions.
Cover Story
The Dawn of “Web Consumer Electronics”. . . p.
87
An environment is now in place for household appliance manufacturers to take
a genuine shot at web appliances, which will extract new value from combining
digital devices and web-based services.
Manufacturers that successfully
tie in so-called “Web 2.0” second generation web services will be
able to deliver new added value that would otherwise have been unachievable with
devices on their own.
Part 1 Exploiting
Communities. . . p.
90
Setting out to build a fan base
Development system giving priority to speed
will be essential
Part 2 Connection to
the Web. . . p. 98
GUI environments the key to the “web-readiness” of digital devices
Part 3 Progress to
date. . . p. 106
A rush of new services for thriving U.S. and European Web 2.0 components
Interview
Google’s Director, Product Management, Dipchand V. Nishar: “By
Working with Businesses, We Can Maximize Value”. . . p.113
Tech Tale
The 30 Year Struggle for Vertical Magnetic Recording (Part
4) : “Traveling
around the world with an Incognito PC”. . . p.
116
The article “HDDs Entering the Danger Zone” in the September 25,
2000 edition of Nikkei Electronics looked at Fujitsu Ltd.’s SFMedia
(synthetic ferri media) for longitudinal recording and Hitachi, Ltd.’s
perpendicular recording method.
These technologies were set to significantly
expand the limits of magnetic recording density.
Guest Paper
Is the Automobile Electrical Component Market Really That Rosy?
Analyzing the Attractions and Risks. . . p. 121
Interest in automotive electronics, in other words electronic devices
and components for cars, is growing within the electronics industry. Many
manufacturers are strengthening business in this field and the mass media and
research organizations have been offering information supporting those efforts.
Ryuichi
Hayashi, who has been active as an electronic parts industry analyst for major
Japanese securities and other companies over the years, has concerns. He
puts pen to paper, anxious that figures representing the number of microcomputer
units per car seem to have a life of their own, and also that electronics engineers
may not know as much as should be expected about the profit structures and practices
particular to the automotive industry. In this essay, he compares and analyzes
the attractions and risks of the automotive parts market and those of the electronic
parts industry, excluding semiconductors and LCD panels.
He also cites
product development policy and business strategy that electronic parts manufacturers
require to succeed in the automotive parts market.
NETs Buyers’ Guide
Laminated Multilayer Ceramic vs. Electro Conductive
Polymer Capacitors. . . p.
132
Capacitors are a type of commonly used passive component. For example,
you will find several hundred capacitors in a mobile phone, and 40-50 just in
the periphery of the microprocessor of a PC.
Most of those used are multilayer
ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) with 0.1µF electric capacitance. MLCCs
have conventionally been used in low-capacitance applications, but their use
in applications requiring larger capacitance has increased thanks to improvements
in capacitance per unit volume. Currently, around 80 percent of 10µF
capacitors are MLCCs.
However, conductive polymer capacitors are looking
to take their place by reducing impedance to the same level as MLCCs. MLCCs
are faced with a number of problems, including falling capacitance when voltage
is applied; other capacitor types, therefore, are increasingly being used to
avoid the problems.
NETs Seminar
The Optimal Circuit Configuration for Digital Power Supply
Controller. . . p.
138
Digital control of power supply started to gather attention from around 2005. Various
forms of power control integrated circuits (ICs) for servers and communications
equipment were introduced to the market. Silicon Laboratories Inc. puts
forward a proposal for a power control IC with a dual processor configuration
aimed at achieving both flexibility and low cost.
The Popularity of Music Players Increases the Uses for Evolving NAND Flash
Memory . . . p.
144
The market for NAND flash memories, which boast a large storage capacity, is
expanding swiftly on the back of the popularity of music players and other new
terminals. Rapid advances in manufacturing technologies, too, such as process
technology and cell structures, mean we can expect further capacity increases
and faster reading and writing speeds.
The Latest on Quantum Encryption (Part 1): Why Should You Pay Attention
to It Now? . . . p.
151
This installment begins our explanation of quantum cryptography, which has
been rapidly heading towards practical application over the last few years. It
was a certain 1990s discovery that really set the technology on its path towards
actual utilization.
In this installment, we lay bare the basics of cryptographic
technology and explain the reasons why quantum cryptography is now in the spotlight.
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