Electronic Design Digital European Edition
Fuel conservation and the effort to get greener continue to be front and
center in the electronics industry. Keeping in step with that trend, our
cover story takes a look at power-management techniques used in electric
vehicles. Rapid rate adoption for triple-play link reliability is the focus
of Hot Topics, and our Technology article offers up the latest on standard
serial backplanes. And in the Application section, Continuous Computing's
Mike Coward explains how to leverage COTS with pre-integrated platforms. In
the News, we highlight IAR and Renesas' joint effort to develop RX MCU
tools, and Paul Whytock muses on IPV6 in his Editorial.
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WHAT'S NEW Video Exclusives from ESC 2008 The Embedded Systems Conference this year was even better than last year's. Not even flagging home sales could deter the number of announcements and new products. Click on the link above to check out what went on at the show. Also check out the videos below that were taken at ESC—all hosted by Electronic Design Europe's Editor-in-Chief Paul Whytock.
NEWS Industry Calls For 450mm Wafer Collaboration Hsinchu, Taiwan: Intel Corp., Samsung Electronics, and TSMC have reached agreement on the need for industry-wide collaboration to transition to larger, 450mm wafers starting in 2012.
Joint Research Effort Focuses On RF Transistors For Cognitive Radios Leuven, Belgium and Tokyo, Japan: Renesas Technology Corp. and IMEC (an independent nanoelectronics research center) will collaboratively perform research on 45nm RF transceivers that target gigabit-per-second cognitive radios.
EDITORIAL Memristor Makes "Moore" Of The Law Congratulations go to the outstandingly patient and farsighted Professor Leon Chua, who back in 1971 at Berkeley, University of California, expounded a theory about memristors. These were described as the fourth building block of circuits after resistors, capacitors, and inductors. Now scientists at Hewlett Packard have fabricated the devices and used them to build a form of transistor, bringing reality to Professor Chua’s theories. His delight at this is understandable given his 36-year wait.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Video Updates From PCIM 2008. Be There!
Editor-in-Chief Paul Whytock will be reporting on the latest in power electronics technology from the floor of the PCIM 2008 exhibition in Nuremberg. On May 27th to 29th, nearly 250 companies will be showcasing their technology in what is one of the world’s premier power-management events. And the team from Penton Media will be there, bringing you on-the-spot, as-it-happens video coverage.
