3D Mobile Devices will drive huge demand for Image Sensors by 2015
After several false starts and years of interest, 3D is finally becoming a mainstream technology through gaming and video content. This would not only have an impact on traditional home consumer...
View ArticlePhone losing charge? Technology created by UCLA engineers allows LCDs to...
We’ve all worried about the charge on our smartphone or laptop running down when we have no access to an electrical outlet. But new technology developed by researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School...
View ArticleBatteries that could last 30 years!
Researchers at Stanford University have demonstrated a high-efficiency new nanomaterial battery electrode that lasts for 40,000 charge cycles without significantly losing its charge-holding capacity....
View ArticleElpida starts shipments of next-gen 4-gigabit Wide IO and LPDDR3 Mobile RAMs
Elpida Memory just started shipping two of its next generation mobile RAM devices 4-gigabit Wide IO and LPDDR3 Mobile RAMs which are expected to boost the memory capacities of future tablets and...
View ArticleApple tops chip consumption with rise of Ipad and Iphone’s
Apple has overtaken HP to become the largest buyer of semiconductors amongst original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). This revelation by IHS iSuppli Market Intelligence, comes the same day Steve Jobs...
View ArticleSmartphone LCD Display Technologies
Most of you probably heard about the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) technology when it replaced the CRT monitors, but it is also used for the displays that are fitted on smartphones, tablets, or other...
View ArticleSmartphone AMOLED Display Technologies
Apart from LCD, the other major technology used for manufacturing various device displays is the OLED, which has a completely different functioning system. For the smartphones and tablets more OLED...
View ArticleArchitecture of a Smartphone LCD Display
A basic diagram of a TFT LCD panel There are four main layers to an LCD panel: there’s the outer protective layer, the polarizing layer (or layers), the liquid crystal layer and the backlight. Outer...
View ArticleHow AMOLED Display in Smartphones work?
AMOLED stands for Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode, as the name hints, the display actually emits colors directly from organic diodes rather than needing polarizing filters, crystals or...
View ArticlePros and Cons of LCD & AMOLED Display in Smartphones
Pros and cons to LCD display: Good: Cheap to produce Can be bright and clearly readable outside IPS panels have accurate color reproduction Low chance of color tinting or color shift More natural color...
View ArticleKnow your Smartphone Displays
When you are looking for a new smartphone, you often come across some of these acronyms in technical specifications – LCD, LCD IPS, OLED, SLCD, TFT, PLS, Retina Display, AMOLED, Super AMOLED, Super...
View ArticleFlexible Electronics – An Impressive & Revolutionary Technology
Flexible electronics are one of the major technological advancements in the field of semiconductor and electronics devices. They have recently attracted much attention because of their potential in...
View ArticleTop Current Trends in Embedded Systems
Embedded systems are more than part of human life. For instance, one cannot imagine life without mobile phones for personal communication. Its presence is virtually unavoidable in almost all facets of...
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