New manufacturing technique for microelectronics
24 July, 2003About every 18 months, the number of transistors in computer chips doubles - the direct result of ever-shrinking sizes. By decreasing the size of these components and consequently, fitting more of them onto a single chip, computer speed and power improves. Thanks to a new manufacturing technique - developed by an international team of researchers which includes Paul Nealey, a University of Wisconsin-Madison chemical engineer - manufacturing the minute may soon be cheaper and more exact.
Breakthrough tuning for microelectronics
17 June, 2003The ability to make atomic-level changes in the functional components of semiconductor switches, demonstrated by a team of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, North Carolina State University and University of Tennessee physicists, could lead to changes in the semiconductor industry.
PC-based controller
05 June, 2003ICP Electronics Australia has released the DIN-310, a fan-less Transmeta Crusoe PC-based controller, designed to mount on a DIN rail or be use in wall-mount applications.
8 bit microcontroller
11 February, 2003Available from Active Components in 28 pin PLCC and TSSOP is the Philips P89LPC932 that has a 2.4 to 3.6 V VDD operating range with 5 V tolerant I/O pins.
