'Research' Category Archive

Holst Centre Researches Organic RFID Tag

Posted by Ken Cheung in Research, Wireless on Thursday, February 28, 2008

The Holst Centre recently presented a plastic 64-bit inductively-coupled passive RFID tag operating at 13.56MHz. With a record 780bit/s data readout of 64 bits over 10cm, the device approaches item-level tagging requirements. The tag generates a 5-fold higher bit rate compared to state-of-the-art plastic RFID systems. The achievement paves the way for low-cost high-volume RFID […]

VDC Embedded Software Test Automation Tools Report

Posted by Ken Cheung in Research, Test Solution on Wednesday, February 27, 2008

According to Venture Development Corporation (VDC), the demand for static analysis tools will drive growth within the market for test automation tools used in the development of embedded software. Increasing device and project complexity, the geographic distribution of development teams, and the growing costs to OEMs from product recalls will continue to justify investment in […]

World's Fastest Embedded DRAM

Posted by Ken Cheung in Components, Research on Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Toshiba Corporation has createded the world's fastest circuit technology for embedded DRAM for System LSI, achieving a speed of 833MHz at 32Mb density. The technology will be applied to graphic processing LSI. Toshiba plans to apply this technology to its leading edge 65nm system LSI process, and to meet market demand for advanced graphic applications […]

Electro Encephalogram Acquisition ASIC

Posted by Ken Cheung in Research on Tuesday, February 26, 2008

IMEC recently announced a complete 200µW 8-channel EEG (electro-encephalogram) acquisition ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) suitable for miniaturized ambulatory EEG measurement systems. The ASIC meets the requirements for clinical EEG systems. Gain and filtering is programmable making it suitable for a wide range of ambulatory EEG applications.
IMEC's EEG acquisition ASIC consists of eight programmable readout channels, […]

MIT and Texas Instruments Improve Energy Efficiency by 10x

Posted by Ken Cheung in Research on Monday, February 25, 2008

Researchers at MIT and Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN) unveiled a new chip design for portable electronics that can be up to ten times more energy-efficient than present technology. The design could lead to cell phones, implantable medical devices and sensors that last far longer when running from a battery. The research was funded in […]

Q4 2007 Global Handset Market Share

Posted by Ken Cheung in Research, Wireless on Thursday, February 21, 2008

According to Strategy Analytics' Q4 2007 Global Handset Market Share Update report, global mobile phone shipments in 2007 grew 12% year-over-year to reach 1.12 billion units (compared to 1.00 billion in 2006). Strategy Analytics forecasts slower growth of 10%, for 1.24 billion units worldwide in 2008. Nokia had a strong fourth quarter in 2007 and […]

In-Stat ZigBee 2007 Report

Posted by Ken Cheung in Research, Wireless on Wednesday, February 20, 2008

According to an In-Stat report, the potential of ZigBee is still unclear. ZigBee is the formal network, security, application-framework, and application-profile layer overlay on top of the 802.15.4 PHY (physical) and MAC (media-access-control) layers used in low-power wireless mesh networks. Currently, ZigBee technology targets building automation, industrial, medical, home automation, asset management, HVAC and other […]

Embedded MMC and Card Product Standard v4.3

Posted by Ken Cheung in Research on Tuesday, February 19, 2008

The MultiMediaCard Association (MMCA) and the JEDEC Solid State Technology Association (JEDEC) published version 4.3 of the Embedded MMC (eMMC) and Card Product Standard. The specification provides a standardized protocol for embedding mass storage flash memory on host systems. The new features build on the eMMC standard, which is currently supported by all major handset […]

Merchant Embedded COTS Board Market

Posted by Ken Cheung in Boards, Busses, Research on Tuesday, February 12, 2008

According to a VDC research report, the market for merchant embedded COTS computer boards in military/aerospace/defense applications will grow in North America and Europe over the next two years. The market totaled US$ 766.8 million in 2006, with North America responsible for a 75% share of this and Europe the remaining 25%. The market is […]

2007 Silicon Wafer Shipments Grew by 8%

Posted by Ken Cheung in Research on Monday, February 11, 2008

According to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG), worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased by 8% in 2007 (compared to 2006 area shipments). Revenues also grew by 21% in 2007 compared to 2006, as a result of 300mm contributing to an overall better product mix. Silicon wafer area shipments in 2007 totaled 8,661 million square […]

IMEC Optimizes Scalable Video Decoding

Posted by Ken Cheung in Research on Monday, February 4, 2008

IMEC's source-code for standard-compliant Scalable Video Decoding (SVC = H.264 extension) now performs 20 times faster and uses only a tenth of the memory footprint compared to the SVC standard reference code. The results were obtained by further optimizing the code through the removal of redundant code and function calls as well as through the […]

EDA Industry Records $1,412 Million for Q3 2007

Posted by Ken Cheung in Research on Wednesday, January 30, 2008

According to the EDA Consortium Market Statistics Service (MSS), the electronic design automation (EDA) industry revenue for Q3 2007 grew 7.2% to $1,412.1 million, versus $1,317.2 million in Q3 2006. The four-quarter average growth rate, which compares the most recent four quarters to the same four quarters in the prior year, was 12.3%. Companies that […]

SEMI December 2007 Book-to-Bill Ratio

Posted by Ken Cheung in Research on Tuesday, January 29, 2008

According to Semi, North American manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.23 billion in orders in December 2007 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 0.89. A book-to-bill of 0.89 means that $89 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month.

VDC MicroTCA Embedded Computing Architecture Report

Posted by Ken Cheung in Research on Tuesday, January 29, 2008

VDC's research on the MicroTCA embedded computing architecture shows that investment in MicroTCA evaluation is growing in the military/aerospace/defense computing market. The research report presents the results of research conducted with potential OEM users distributed evenly across four vertical markets (telecom/datacom, military/aerospace, industrial, and medical). OEMs were asked a series of questions about their knowledge […]

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