BT and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe have signed a four year deal to transform the PlayStation Portable (PSP) gaming device by adding wireless broadband communications functions, including high quality handheld video calls, voice calls and messaging.
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IBM, Infineon and Freescale, along with Chartered Semiconductor and Samsung Electronics, have signed a series of semiconductor process development and manufacturing agreements which extend their cooperation to the 32nm cmos node.
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RS Components has added an embedded computing section to its Technology Solutions portfolio. This move, says the company, makes it the first high service level distributor to offer these products for sale in single or small quantities with free next day delivery.
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Intel has announced that all future processors, beginning with its 45nm family, will be lead free. The 65nm processor family will be moved to lead free status next year.
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Confirming the recent speculation, STMicroelectronics and Intel – with further investment from Francisco Partners – are pooling their flash memory interests to create an independent semiconductor company.
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Renesas is to develop a new cpu architecture that will, it contends, provide revolutionary enhancements over previous generation microcontrollers in code efficiency, processing performance. The compays says it will launch two cpus based on the new architecture to address 16 and 32bit markets, while maintaining compatibility with existing devices.
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IBM has launched what it claims is the fastest microprocessor yet built. The POWER6 chip is a 64bit dual core device running at 4.7GHz. According to IBM, the chip features 790million transistors and 8Mbyte of L2 cache.
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Fujitsu has revealed details of the MB86K21, an IEEE802.16e (WiMAX) SoC said to provide speed and performance improvements over comparable products. Targeted to be the first such device to take part in WiMAX Forum Wave 2 certification, aamples will be available in August 2007.
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Industry and universities in Europe collaborate better than their US counterparts, according to a recently published Europe wide survey.
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ST Microelectronics plans to deliver micro fuel cells to the market in 2009, as well as samples of plastic electronics devices next year.
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45nm roll out will be fastest yet says TSMC. Graham Pitcher reports.
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France’s R&D spend supports its technopole network. By Vanessa Knivett.
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Holography is set to enter the mass market, enabling high density storage and even volumetric projection. By David Boothroyd.
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US researchers may have discovered a technique that greatly improves the performance of lithium ion batteries, although the development is unlikely to be mature enough for inclusion in the forthcoming revision of an important IEEE standard.
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Driven by demand from the consumer electronics market for image sensors with greater pixel counts and higher frame rates, Micron has expanded its Japan Image Design Centre (JIDC) in Tokyo.
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A panel of experts assembled by distribution trade body afdec suggests there still remains a tremendous amount of opportunity for UK electronics. Mike Richardson reports.
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Specialist antenna manufacturer CTi has launched an active GPS antenna that operates from any voltage from 1.8 to 6V dc. The antenna is believed to be the first capable of operating from such a low voltage, making it suitable for automatic vehicle location and tracking applications.
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Organic light emitting display (oled)materials pioneer OLED-T has unveiled a new host material that is said to bring ‘significant benefits’ over existing materials.
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Dublin based Duolog Technologies has taped out a 0.13µm IEEE802.15.4/Zigbee radio test chip as part of its 802.15.4 transceiver development program.
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The University of Texas at Austin (UT-A) has unveiled a prototype processor based on a post risc instruction set architecture (ISA) which, it claims, better addresses software roadblocks for multicore general purpose processing.
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Innovation Conference shows delegates the way forward. Graham Pitcher reports.
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Altera looks to fill transceiver design gap. Graham Pitcher reports.
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Increasing software content in today’s electronic systems is forcing a change in design methodology at the chip level. Louise Joselyn reports.
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It’s 40 years since the first UK designed and manufactured satellite was launched. How has the UK satellite industry developed? Vanessa Knivett explores.
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IBM says it has borrowed from nature to create a breakthrough nanoscale self assembly process for use in next generation chip manufacture.
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