What's New! News New Devices Events			View Cart ()   Checkout   MySI Account   News  Articles RSS Feed  Press Releases RSS Feed Everything In Print Inside News Newsletters Press Release Current 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 Tuesday, July 08, 2008 TechInsights to Offer Comprehensive Analytics of Apple's 3G iPhone TechInsights' divisions – TechOnline, Portelligent, EE Times and Semiconductor Insights – collaborate to investigate and provide technical detail of the second-generation handset Tuesday, May 13, 2008 Under the Hood: Mature devices get Rolly rocking The Sony Rolly, shown at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, is a "dancing" MP3 player: When songs are loaded or streamed via Bluetooth, the Rolly can roll around and flap its speaker coverings in time with the music. The speaker flaps can also muffle the sound and give it a bit more flare when noise is channeled through one side or the other. www.techonline.com Published in Tuesday, May 06, 2008 Moving up to DDR2 at printed circuit board layout As increasing processor speeds require more and more from memory, designers´ path to lower latency lies through informed board layout that minimizes performance issues such as power supply jitter, reflections and crosstalk. Published in Monday, April 28, 2008 Under the Hood: Inside Sony´s OLED TV For its first organic LED (OLED) TV, Sony chose to go with memory and processor components from the likes of Samsung, Elpida, Fujitsu, Texas Instruments, NEC and Altera. www.techonline.com Published in Tuesday, April 15, 2008 Under the Hood: Designers boost DRAM efficiency Analysis of some of the latest DDR2 and DDR3 DRAM devices from leading manufacturers has revealed some interesting trends: DRAM manufactures are responding to the harsh DRAM market conditions with more efficient designs for both the mainstream DDR2 market and the next-generation DDR3 market. Published in Monday, April 14, 2008 Under the Hood: GPS Special - Garmin nuvi 750 vs. HP iPaq 310 TechOnline´s Greg Quirk went inside the Garmin nuvi 750 and HP iPaq 310 GPS navigation systems to find components from Texas Instruments, SiRF Technologies, SiGe Semiconductor, Wolfson Microelectronics, National Semiconductor, Linear Technology and CSR. www.techonline.com Published in Monday, April 07, 2008 16-Gbit MLC NAND flash a step up The cutting-edge processes used by IM Flash Technologies can dramatically change the way consumer electronics are built and used. Published in Tuesday, April 01, 2008 Find the Company´s Hidden Treasures - Part 2 of 2 [PDF] The prime factor in choosing any target will depend on how well the company´s patents read against the target´s product line. Research of product data sheets, press releases, journal publications, conference proceedings and so on will be required; and when possible, detailed analysis of a sample product through teardown or reverse engineering should be undertaken. Published in Tuesday, March 18, 2008 Under the Hood: Next steps in NAND flash evolution This article analyzes the latest trends of NAND flash devices from the point of view of device technology by examining process nodes, cell types, chip sizes and cell sizes. Published in Monday, March 10, 2008 Under the Hood: The next gold rush - solar power There is almost palpable excitement about the environmental and political benefits of solar power technology. This article helps to identify the different types of solar cells and their efficiency, the solar market and regional demographic imapact, and the intellectual property aspects of this USD$13B space. Published in Monday, March 03, 2008 Under the Hood: Evolution of the smart phone It is interesting to look at the different ways that HTC and Nokia, two companies that have very competitive and successful smart-phone offerings, arrived at their latest products. HTC used its background as a PDA manufacturer to create the TyTN 2, essentially incorporating phone functionality into a PDA. Nokia came into the smart-phone market from cell phones, so it needed to find ways to increase functionality without substantially increasing the size of its latest phone, the N95. Published in Saturday, March 01, 2008 Find the Company´s Hidden Treasures - Part 1 of 2 [PDF] Hidden treasures in the form of golden patents exist and are more common then you might think. However, finding these patents can be a difficult task. A patent´s licensing potential is not always obvious and for companies with large portfolios, finding a key patent is like finding a needle in a haystack. Even after the right patents are identified, asserting them successfully can be just as difficult. The key to success is experience, hard work and having the right skills. Published in Friday, February 29, 2008 United Business Media Transforms CMP into Four Independent Media and Information Services Businesses New market-focused agile businesses to leverage UBM global resources and infrastructure Friday, February 22, 2008 Under the Hood: DRAM architectures: 8F2 vs. 6F2 As the DRAM market hits hard times, manufacturers place reliance on varying designs in hopes that tradeoffs in one area with translate into paybacks in others, giving them an edge in today´s stiff competition. Published in Tuesday, February 19, 2008 Under the Hood: When is a chip not a chip? There are many reasons why a semiconductor component might be branded with markings that differ from those of its actual manufacturer. Published in Wednesday, February 13, 2008 EE Times Market Intelligence Unit rolls with reports on Ethernet, ATCA The Market Intelligence Unit's Web site, accessible at www.semiconductor.com/eetimesreports, offers analyses from Semiconductor Insights and Portelligent ... Published in Wednesday, February 06, 2008 Under the Hood: 45 nm: What Intel didn't tell you Two months after Semiconductor Insights provided the first PUBLIC VIEW OF Intel ' s 45 - nm technology, AND nearly a month after Intel ' s IEDM presentation, it seems appropriate TO revisit both the technology itself AND what Intel was willing(AND perhaps less than willing) TO reveal. Published in Wednesday, February 06, 2008 Under the Hood: CSR evolves along with Bluetooth The BlueCore 5 Media is one of the latest versions of the popular BlueCore series that integrates additional functionality over previous products. Published in Tuesday, February 05, 2008 Semiconductor Insights and Portelligent to Present the Evolution of the Smart Phone at Mobile World Congress CMP Joint Presentation Examines Trends influencing the Smart Phone Market and their Impact on Future Smart Phones