Mass Production of 450mm Wafers Bumped Back Again: 2018 article mentions that probably one of the most interesting presentations at HOPE9, “Indistinguishable From Magic: Manufacturing Modern Computer Chips,” covered modern semiconductor fabrication. It tells why these things are cool. View the video of the presentation from YouTube to see it yourself: Integrated circuit design is →
Nokia wanted to bring amazing presentation of the new Lumia phones. Particularly a good description of the amazing camera features. They announced a good looking demonstration video in Nokia Conversations blog post. Here is the video. It looks amazing when you view it. The video and pictures look really good, almost too good to be →
Community driven, Design Ideas have always resonated deeply with EDN magazine’s audience (including me), with their inspired, hands-on, practical, and useful circuit-design contributions. Readers’ Choice: Vote for your favorite Design Ideas article tells that to highlight those contributions magazine has collected the most-clicked-on Design Ideas published since January 2011. They want the readers to tell →
Nerdy Math Jokes page has 19 pics that contains math jokes. Enjoy. Here is one example what to expect. →
Raspberry Pi 2.0 ready to ship article says that a new version of the Raspberry Pi has made its way into distribution channels. Revision 2.0 boards, as the new model is known, don’t feature any substantive changes. All the changes are detailed in Upcoming board revision blog posting. The new board version incorporates some changes →
Ban on incandescent lamps is progressing. Say goodbye to incandescent lamps – soon they are no longer visible in stores. Incandescent light bulb ban has progressed gradually. As early as September last year, the 60-watt incandescent bulbs were banned. The manufacturing of 40W and the weaker light bulbs in the manufacture and importation of the →
I upgraded to Firefox 15 and got an annoying error: I keep getting annoying often “Type error: Can’t access dead object” errors. That message is displayed endlessly after using many web pages and closing their tab. After some Googling I found page http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/935811 that tells that Drag & Drop upload extension could be the cause. →
Power factor correction devices: Can they really reduce your electricity bill? article tells that so-called “Power Saver Devices” (known by different names) are nothing but Power Factor Correction (PFC) devices that would connect to the mains and improve power factor measured by your electricity meter. The so-called “Power Saving” device may be useful for industrial →
Now it is time to get rid of Java. Get rid of Java on your web browser now. You need to do it if you care your security at all. Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority Cert-Fi site and Security company F-Secure’s Chief Research Officer Mikko Hypponen calls for removal of Java software from browsers. Most of →
30 years of DSP: From a child’s toy to 4G and beyond article tells that this year, as TI celebrates its 30th year in the DSP market, that long-ago question has been answered many times over. Without DSP and the advances it has enabled in audio, graphics, and multimedia processing, there would be no digital →