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- CMOS
- Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. ...
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- Process Variation Aware Transistor Sizing for Load Balance of Multiple Paths in Dynamic CMOS for Timing Optimization
- The complexity in timing optimization of high-performance microprocessors has been increasing with the number of channel-connected transistors in various paths of dynamic CMOS circuits and the rising magnitude of process variations in nanometer CMOS process. In this paper, a process variation aware transistor sizing algorithm for dynamic CMOS circuits while...
- Tags: Aware, Optimization, Transistor, CMOS, Academy Publisher, Optimization Algorithm, Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2008-02-01
- A 10000 Fps CMOS Sensor With Massively Parallel Image Processing
- A high speed analog VLSI image acquisition and pre-processing system has been designed and fabricated in a 0.35 µm standard CMOS process. The chip features a massively parallel architecture enabling the computation of programmable low-level image processing in each pixel. Extraction of spatial gradients and convolutions such as Sobel or...
- Tags: Gradient, Pixel, CMOS, Sensor, IEEE, Image Processing, Retina, Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2007-12-01
- Design Rules for Quantum Imaging Devices: Experimental Progress Using CMOS Single Photon Detectors
- The authors had earlier introduced a set of quantum-based design rules directed at quantum engineers who design single-photon quantum communications and quantum imaging devices. This paper reports on experimental progress using SPAD Single Photon Avalanche Diode arrays of the design and fabricated in CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor technology. They...
- Tags: Quantum, Imaging, CMOS, Quantum Corp., Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2006-08-17
- Ultra-High-Speed CMOS Interface Technology
- Enhancing the performance of the broadband Internet and the performance of computer and storage systems requires high-bandwidth networks to interconnect these systems. Fujitsu has already marketed high-speed network interface products such as the 10 G Ethernet and has recently developed a CMOS interface that accommodates high-speed data transfer at 6.4...
- Tags: Network, CMOS, Fujitsu Ltd., Memory, Networking, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2006-04-01
- Saving energy with probabilistic chips
- As CMOS technology reaches the nanoscale level, researchers are looking at 'noise' and other perturbations. And some of them at the Georgia Institute of Technology have taken advantage of this 'noise' to achieve incredible energy savings by a factor of more than 500 in simulations with their probabilistic CMOS PCMOS...
- Tags: CMOS, PCMOS
- Blog posts 2006-03-09
- Two-Level BEOL Processing for Rapid Iteration in MRAM Development
- The implementation of Magnetic Random Access Memory MRAM hinges on complex magnetic film stacks and several critical steps in Back-End-Of-Line BEOL processing. Although intended for use in conjunction with silicon CMOS front-end device drivers, MRAM performance is not limited by CMOS technology. This paper reports on a novel test site...
- Tags: Magnetic Random Access Memory, CMOS, Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2006-01-25
- In 2004 CMOS image sensors passed CCD sensors
- In 2004 Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor CMOS image sensor shipments surpassed Charge-Coupled Devices CCDs, reports In-Stat. This shift was the result of the exploding camera phone market, with shipments more than doubling from 2003 to 2004. While CMOS has surpassed CCDs, CCDs are not going away. They maintain substantial market...
- Tags: CMOS, CCD
- Blog posts 2006-01-10
- A Single Chip Phase-Locked Loop Local Oscillator for 802.11g WLAN Radio Transceivers in 0.18um CMOS
- This paper describes the design of a PLL for synthesis of a local oscillator in an 802.11g transceiver. The intention is for this device to be included in a zero-IF single chip transceiver fabricated in TSMC's 0.18um CMOS process. CMOS has proven itself to be useful for RFIC applications while...
- Tags: Intention, Transceiver, IEEE 802.11g, CMOS, University Of Waterloo, WLAN, Chip, Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2005-12-07
- Webcab VGA CMOS image censor prices to decline 20% in 2006
- The price of PC camera-use VGA CMOS image sensors is expected to decline by 20% in 2006, DigiTimes reports.
- Tags: VGA CMOS, VGA
- Blog posts 2005-12-02
- Bypass the BIOS password by hacking your CMOS settings
- Recover from a CMOS memory-affecting virus or work around a boot-time password by making BIOS forget all it once knew. A BIOS password can be very effective at controlling access to your personal computer. If the computer won't boot up until a password is entered it is...
- Tags: Password, Hacking, PC, CMOS, O'Reilly Media Inc., BIOS, Hardware, Components
- Book chapters 2005-10-03
- Integrating CMOS Designs in GSM Front-Ends
- As GSM phones represent over 60 percent of worldwide handset sales and are entirely based on switched front-ends, the paper will focus on GSM system requirements and discuss how different switching technologies address them. Also worth mentioning is the integration of other standards, such as Universal Mobile Telecommunications System, into...
- Tags: Peregrine Semiconductor, CMOS, GSM, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- White papers 2005-07-15
- Maybe now, Intel's Centrino will offer a technical advantage
- Maybe now, Intel's Centrino will offer a technical advantageDid someone say "steamroller"?Thought you did! ;)It's the noise, stupidThe challenge is to do the RF processing in standard CMOS. CMOS is noisy and not terribly good at RF, so up until now the RF section was handled in another chip....
- Tags: Memory, Semiconductors, CMOS, Intel Centrino, Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-06-17
- Cell phones could keep atomic time
- Cell phones could keep atomic timedoesn't the server update our cel phone times?why would it need a built in clock?other usesA cubic centimeter is a lot of space inside a cell phone. I wouldn't expect to see it in one of those soon.But as a basic technology/physics/engineering story, this...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, GPS, phone, cell phone, CMOS
- Discussion threads 2004-08-30
- RF CMOS Comes of Age
- All-CMOS radio transceivers and systems-on-a-chip are rapidly making inroads into a wireless market that for years was dominated by bipolar and BiCMOS solutions. For applications such as wireless LAN and Bluetooth, they are dominant, and in areas such as GSM cellular transceivers and GPS receivers, they are making inroads. It...
- Tags: Transceiver, CMOS, IEEE, GPS, LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Networking
- White papers 2004-04-01
- In-Stat/MDR: CMOS image sensor market to grow
- The image sensor market has seencontinued growth over the past year, marking a bright spot in thebeleaguered semiconductor sector, reports In-Stat/MDR. Overall, the high-tech market research firmexpects the image sensor market to grow at a 28.1% annual rate in unitterms through 2007. However, due to ASP erosion, annual revenue growthwill...
- Tags: In-Stat/MDR, CMOS
- Blog posts 2003-10-05
- 1066 MHz RDRAM 256/288 Mb (4Mx16/18x4i)
- The RDRAM device is a general purpose high-performance memory device suitable for use in a broad range of applications including computer memory, graphics, video, and any other application where high bandwidth and low latency are required. The 256/288 Mb RDRAM devices are extremely high speed CMOS DRAMs organized as 16M...
- Tags: Memory, RDRAM, Rambus Inc., byte, computer memory, CMOS, high-performance, graphics, video, computer
- White papers 2001-11-01
- RDRAM for Short Channel 128/144-Mbit (256Kx16/18x32s-C)
- The RDRAM device is a general purpose high-performance memory device suitable for use in a broad range of applications including communications, graphics, video, and any other application where high bandwidth and low latency are required. The 128/144-Mbit RDRAM devices are extremely high-speed CMOS DRAMs organized as 8M words by 16...
- Tags: Memory, RDRAM, Rambus Inc., byte, CMOS, high-performance, graphics, video
- White papers 2001-11-01
- Direct RDRAM 256/288-Mbit (1Mx16/18x16d)
- The Rambus Direct RDRAM is a general purpose high-performance memory device suitable for use in a broad range of applications including computer memory, graphics, video, and any other application where high bandwidth and low latency are required. The 256/288-Mbit Direct Rambus DRAMs RDRAM are extremely high-speed CMOS DRAMs organized as...
- Tags: Memory, RDRAM, Rambus Inc., computer memory, CMOS, high-performance, graphics, video, computer
- White papers 2000-08-01
Additional Resources
- 10 things we'd change on the iPhone 3G
- 10 things we'd change on the iPhone 3GSo you want to......crack it open and void your warranty to replace the battery? Seriously, is that an option for 99% of the users? The change simply makes it easier for technicians to change the battery, not users.Wow. Not to brightWow.....
- Tags: Engineering, Cellular phones, battery, iPhone 3G, Apple iPhone, 3G, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Intel's Sean Maloney talks about the "fog" of online marketing
- I was recently over at Intel as part of the Intel Insiders group of leading bloggers pulled together to offer marketing advice to the world's largest chip maker. Sean Maloney, the number 2 exec at Intel and Chief Marketing Officer spoke about the "fog" of marketing online. ...
- Tags: Intel Corp., Marketing Research, Marketing, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
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