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Nikkei Microdevices

June 2004 Issue : TABLE OF CONTENTS

Inside Logic

Latest technology to increase the efficiency of SoC verification (Part II): What is "assertion-based verification"?

Inside Memory

A new search method adds more efficiency to process development

Inside FPD

The blind spot of Taiwanese LCD panel manufacturers in high gear

Report

Report/Logic
Cooperation between universities and industries in China differs from that in Japan

Report/Logic
"HALCA" technology implemented on LSI mass production lines

Report/Logic
Forte of the U.S. announces a behavioral synthesis tool using SystemC, filling the gap left by Synopsys

Report/Logic
Mentor Graphics International User Conference introduces PSL and SPIRIT

Report/Memory
F2 vs. EUV - competition in development of post-ArF technology

Report/Memory
From ISIF 2004 - FeRAM to become finer in pitch and have thinner films

Report/FPD
Samsung and Sony's new joint-venture LCD plant

Report/FPD
Matsushita and Hitachi rapidly develop closer ties in LCD TV technology

Report/FPD
New liquid crystal material and color system increase the performance of LCD panels and break the barrier to lower cost

Report/FPD
The latest trend in European displays as seen from research and development of Philips

Report/New Technology
Low-cost MEMS sensor developed

Report/New Technology
Common mode filter gathers attention to its noise countermeasures for high-speed differential signal transmission

Emerging

Diagnosing LSI with THz light waves

Challenger

Stretch of the U.S. challenges the market with a processor that can add instructions while being operated by the user

Key Person

Opinion on PDP patent litigation issues

Interview

Developing new businesses, including MEMS

Watcher/International

Latest information on Taiwan