As public awareness and support for global environmentalism increases, technology organizations are beginning to implement green initiatives to mitigate... >>
A change in the way consumers use their desktops and notebooks to download files, songs, videos and photos, turn them into entertainment vehicles, apart from basic computing. While desktops are confined to desks either at home or in the business environment, notebooks are the perfect solution for the user who is on the go and looking for instantaneous information or computing. To fulfill these needs, demand for higher memories and speed that allow storage of large files quickly and efficiently while delivering crisp pictures and a clear sound for streaming videos and playing MP3 files, is on the rise. Technologies like Bluetooth, Ethernet, high-end audio, and power management tools for extended battery life, safety against vibration and data protection during free fall, are essentials for today’s notebooks. As components become smaller thermal management is crucial. Simultaneously, devices must be made lead free to reduce environmental damage.
STMicroelectronics’ complete free-fall detection solution has been chosen to protect the user’s data stored on hard-disk drives in the new ESPRIMO Mobile family of professional...
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Spansion released further details surrounding the architecture and performance of its EcoRAM solution, a new class of memory for read-intensive applications.
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By Robert A. Burckle, WinSystems, Inc. How many times have you heard an electronics company proudly proclaim that they are “legacy-free” with their new product or architecture? In some cases this is a necessity which will improve price/performance and/or reduce its impact on the environment, while at other times it is devastating for a customer who continues to need product...
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Suppliers of corporate and business PCs have had success in marketing small-form-factor PCs, but to date the demand for smaller PCs in the consumer market has not appeared because these PCs lacked...
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DDR2 and DDR3 Deliver High Bandwidth with Low Power Consumption for Servers, Desktops and Portables Double Date Rate SDRAM is today’s standard for high-performance servers, desktops and...
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Organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) are poised to break out well beyond their primary applications in cell phone sub-displays over the next several years. According to DisplayBank, a South Korean...
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Intel offers the industry’s first quad-core processors in volume production for multiprocessor server platforms, enabling scalable performance and proven reliability for data demanding...
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This application note describes a compact-footprint, low-cost, 60A, two-phase solution for desktop motherboard applications using AMD K8 CPUs. Test data, schematics, and bill of materials are...
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Fairchild Semiconductor enables designers to achieve higher levels of efficiency in their power designs with its 40V breakdown DC-DC synchronous rectifier.
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Summit Microelectronics has announced the new SMM151/2/3 product family of environmental monitoring products. The devices provide complete digital power supply monitoring and control functions,...
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VIA Technologies, introduced the new VIA OpenBook mini-note reference design targeted at the rapidly growing global market for ultra-portable notebooks.
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Icera, provider of software defined wireless modem chipsets, announced customer sampling of its second generation Livanto soft modem chipset, the ICE8040, which delivers High Speed Packet Access...
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With the breakthrough mobile capabilities and energy-efficiency of Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile technology, now available with the Intel® Core™2 Duo processor, you can do more of...
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By Robert A. Burckle, WinSystems, Inc. How many times have you heard an electronics company proudly proclaim that they are “legacy-free” with their new product or architecture? In some cases this is a necessity which will improve price/performance and/or reduce its impact on the environment, while at other times it is devastating for a customer who continues to need product...