MobileNations did a great video touting Samsung’s Smart Window.

As Joanne said, CES was all about the touch screen display – and yes, its very minority reportish.  Putting this one on my wish list.

This year’s CES had a few themes to take away, but the one that seems to define the rest is that the old model is dead. We are firmly at a new frontier of technological development, and whatever new age we’re entering, it’s being shaped by Apple Inc.  Everyone else seems to still be struggling [...]

As usual, CES was huge and overwhelming …too much to see, too little time.   Actually there may have been enough time, but my feet gave out before I could get to everything.  The Qualcomm booth wasn’t really a booth; it was a mini-city with 2-story briefing rooms.   From what I did see, the big trend [...]

Generally I would say that my observations drew me to the conclusion that most of what was at CES this year was improvements on existing products technologies.  That is I didn’t see anything that was totally revolutionary.  There were two announcements made at keynote speeches that I found quite intriguing.
Qualcomm CEO Dr. Paul Jacobs gave [...]

The semiconductor industry likes to think it doesn’t have to worry about software or Digital Rights Management (DRM). I’m often told “those things will work themselves out on their own.”
But the truth is, DRM defines how a user will interact with technology. And it defines how different devices are able to communicate. Can you play [...]

In the closing days of 2011 it was reported that Amazon’s shipments of Kindle Fire were stronger than expected. It was launched in mid-November. By the end of 2011 Amazon announced about 4 million Kindles were shipped in December alone, of which more than half were the Fire. Amazon has not yet released official end-of-year [...]

Last week I attended my first Semicon Japan.  This is typically one of the largest Semicon events, but considering the lull in equipment sales since this summer combined with the Japan earthquake in March, I was uncertain what to expect.  Seating at the opening keynote and welcome presentations were standing room only, but the foot [...]

Recently there have been two major announcements in the MEMS (microelectromechanical system) oscillator market. Market leader SiTime breaks into high-precision OCXO timing with Stratum 3 compliant solutions; and Integrated Device Technology Inc. (IDT) jumps into the MEMS oscillator market with a piezoelectric MEMS resonator.
SiTime has introduced the SiT5301 and SiT5302, which address the [...]

If you’ve read any of my previous articles, you know I’m not a big fan of cable. So my short, biased answer to the question at the top of this article is yes. The more convoluted answer is “Probably, if you’re willing to test out some hardware.”
Luckily, even though there still [...]

Plug-in electric vehicles are here to stay and Semico Research believes that these vehicles will be in high demand by consumers. There are many advantages that electric vehicles provide.  A lower gas bill is just the start.  They also have fewer moving parts resulting in higher reliability, a quieter motor than internal combustion vehicles, lower [...]