Integrated Circuits & Microprocessors

Jan. 16, 2013

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ASIC spots passenger child seats to stop airbag deployment

The ASIC, as part of an occupant detection system, prevents airbag injuries to infants by suppressing deployment of the passenger airbag if a child seat is present....More
Nov. 6, 2012

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Nanotube transistors fit for space

Researchers at the U.S. Navy Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., are designing single-walled carbon nanotube-based transistors (SWCNT) that are protected against the ionizing radiation found in outer space and the Van Allen Belt...More
Aug. 9, 2012

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New chips offer efficiency with accuracy? Not exactly…

Prototypes of a new computer chip recently unveiled at the ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers are 15 times more efficient than equivalent chips made using current production technology, promising major power reductions and extended battery life for portable devices....More
Jul. 19, 2012

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Speedy memory chip uses low-power resistive RAM

Researchers at University College London (UCL) have developed the first purely silicon-oxidebased resistive RAM chip that can operate under ambient conditions...More
Mar. 22, 2012

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Compressed gas keeps circuits cool - Scanning for Ideas

The thin-cavity fluidic heat exchanger from Third Millennium Engineering, Plano Tex., uses highvelocity gas flow to form a thin boundary layer that keeps circuits cool and isolated from possible contaminants or EMI/RFI...More
Jan. 14, 2011

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Sandia National Laboratory Develops Tougher Rating System to Evaluate Supercomputers

Sandia National Laboratory develops tougher rating system to evaluate supercomputers...More
Sep. 21, 2010

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Trends in Electronic Distribution

Gil Orozco of Jameco Electronics discusses current trends in electronic distribution with Lee Teschler of MACHINE DESIGN. 5:49...More
Sep. 17, 2010

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Avago Technologies ACPL-C79x Isolation Amplifier

Jamshed Khan, optocoupler application engineer for Avago Technologies, demonstrates Avago's new miniature isolation amplifier, the ACPL-C79x, for current and voltage sensing applications. 5:28...More
Apr. 6, 2010

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Omega Micro Technologies Develops a Chemical Plating Process for Making Ceramic Substrates for Circuits

Omega Micro Technologies develops a chemical plating process for making ceramic substrates for circuits...More
Nov. 18, 2009

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Machine Design

Embedded Electronics Make the Electric Grid Smarter

Key drivers for smart grid electronics are shaping up to be security, antitampering measures, and accuracy....More

Integrated Circuits & Microprocessors

ASIC spots passenger child seats to stop airbag deployment

Nanotube transistors fit for space

New chips offer efficiency with accuracy? Not exactly…

Speedy memory chip uses low-power resistive RAM

Compressed gas keeps circuits cool - Scanning for Ideas

Sandia National Laboratory Develops Tougher Rating System to Evaluate Supercomputers

Trends in Electronic Distribution

Avago Technologies ACPL-C79x Isolation Amplifier

Omega Micro Technologies Develops a Chemical Plating Process for Making Ceramic Substrates for Circuits

Embedded Electronics Make the Electric Grid Smarter

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