COMPUTER/ PERIPHERAL: Blogs
By Alan Ball, ON Semiconductor. Computer boards and peripherals interface with the internal power sources of a computer. There is a need for local protection circuitry whenever a device is interfaced to a power source with multiple loads.
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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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by Steve Weinger, Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. Solid state drives (SSDs) are popping up everywhere. Dell, Lenovo, Sony and Toshiba are just some of the notebook PC OEMs who are now offering SSDs. A growing number of IT managers around the globe as well have been looking at the SSD option for notebooks in corporate networks.
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By Neil Epstein, Zoran Corporation Product development in consumer electronics markets is increasingly characterized by intense pressures to both reduce costs and add value-rich features.This is...
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By Russell Dietz, Hifn The data storage and security industry has long suffered from a lack of interoperability standards, and end users and computer resellers/integrators often bear the burden. Many practical and theoretical issues in security and storage result from the lack of standards, despite the best efforts of industry trade associations such as Storage Networking Industry Association...
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By Russell Dietz, Hifn The data storage and security industry has long suffered from a lack of interoperability standards, and end users and computer resellers/integrators often bear the burden. Many practical and theoretical issues in security and storage result from the lack of standards, despite the best efforts of industry trade associations such as Storage Networking Industry Association...
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By Neil Epstein, Zoran Corporation Product development in consumer electronics markets is increasingly characterized by intense pressures to both reduce costs and add value-rich features.This is certainly true in the market for consumer inkjet printers. Currently exceeding $11 billion in annual hardware sales, inkjet printer manufacturers continually push to add new features that offer...
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By Gary O'Donnell, Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. The issue regarding the future of standard logic is a question that seems to be asked every year, going back as far as the 1980s when it was predicted that standard logic was dead because ASICs and FPGAs had rendered the product category irrelevant.
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By Rick Zarr, National Semiconductor Corp. With any technology, consumers drive the next generation. After all, technology is defined by how people use it. In the case of video, we have gone from the early days of extremely heavy and expensive black and white, tube based “television” devices circa 1950s to today’s modern flat panel LCD and Plasma Television / Monitors. With...
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By Steve Massie, Omron Electronic Components Touch-sensing technology has been very popular in appliance & consumer electronics, as a result of the proliferation of microcontrollers, using change of capacitive firmware.
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By Alex Lloyd, Axiom Microdevices, Inc. Irvine, Calif. Conventional wisdom has it that increasing levels of integration bring benefits in terms of reduced cost, size and increased reliability.
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