February 12, 2007
[Embedded World] Embedded World 2007 Survival Guide
When I tell people that I’m going to Nuremberg to report on the Embedded World exhibition, about 50% of them respond with the line; “that must be a bit of a trial.” You’re right. It’s not that funny and even less so when you’ve heard it as many times as I have. So, okay, I’ve been to Nuremberg lots of times covering electronics exhibitions and conferences, and I have to say it’s a great city and the Nuremberg Messe is a good exhibition venue.
October 24, 2006
[Electronica Editor's Commentary] Being There Means Getting There
So you've traveled halfway around the world and now you have to figure out how to get to the show. It doesn't help that the train system in Munich is so complicated. Over the years I have found that there are a few reliable and inexpensive modes of transportation available during electronica...
March 2, 2006[Editor's Notebook] Protocols, PoE, And The Less-Is-More Objective
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN Ericsson Power Modules has joined the Power Management Bus (PMBus) Implementers Forum. The company now can contribute to the development of a future, standardized digital power-management platform that it believes will benefit its customers in the short and long terms. The PMBus open-standard digital power-management protocol facilitates communication with a power converter or other device by defining the...
March 17, 2005[POV: Point Of View] Making The Right MOSFET Moves
Hybrid technologies usually work well, providing they make the best of both the bipolar and MOSFET worlds, rather than magnify the worst. With this in mind, STMicroelectronics has developed a hybrid emitter-switched-bipolar transistor that the company says combines the strengths and eliminates the disadvantages of both technologies. Power bipolar technology typically is used in switching applications at frequencies below 70 kHz. Its low collector-emitter saturation...
January 20, 2005[TechView: The Industry] Dutch Team Grows III-V Semiconductor Nanowires On Ge And Si
A team of scientists from Philips and the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience in Delft, the Netherlands, has successfully grown III-V semiconductor nanowires on germanium and silicon substrates. III-V semiconductors cannot be fabricated on silicon or other group IV materials by conventional thin-film deposition and lithographic structuring. Fundamental issues such as lattice and thermal expansion mismatch prevent growth. Expansion mismatch prevents a growth mode in which the...
August 23, 2004[TechView: The Industry] European Strategy For Nanoelectronics
Pasquale Pistorio, president and chief executive of STMicroelectronics, will chair the Technology Platform group of a new European initiative called ENIAC (European Nanoelectronics Initiative Advisory Council). European companies in micro and...
August 23, 2004[TechView: The Industry] Security Solution
ARM and Texas Instruments will collaborate on a security solution that will include ARM TrustZone technology. The collaboration is part of TI's overall strategy to address growing security concerns among service providers, consumers, and wireless...
August 23, 2004[TechView: The Industry] COTS Cat
Primagraphics, a supplier of radar video and graphics display systems, has released the Bobcat commercial off-the-shelf (COTS), single-slot 6U VME dual-channel video/graphics overlay generator. With its pair of independent channels, incoming video...
Paul Whytock is the editor of Electronic Design Europe and Power Design Europe.
