78 results found for Lisa Eccles, displaying items 1 - 20
October 15, 2001[Forefront] TI Gets Real
Texas Instruments Inc. and RealNetworks Inc. have broadened their strategic alliance. Together, the companies will offer an integrated streaming audio and video solution for programmable DSP-based video infrastructure equipment and broadband video...
October 15, 2001[Forefront] Micropower Op Amp Squeezes Into SOT-23
The MCP606 2.5-V micropower op amp offers an offset voltage of less than 250 µV. This device also comes in the tiny SOT-23 package. The op amp features a low supply current of 25 µA maximum. While single-supply operation ranges...
October 1, 2001[Forefront] Researchers Demonstrate Single-Molecule Computer Circuit
Researchers at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., have created the world's first logic-performing computer circuit within a single molecule. Such circuits may someday lead to a new class of computers that are smaller and...
September 17, 2001[Forefront] Gate-Drive Optocoupler Targets Low-Power Motor Control
The HCPL-0314 gate-drive optocoupler from Agilent Technologies is the world's smallest gate-drive optocoupler, the company claims. Supplied in a small-outline SO-8 package, its small size helps reduce manufacturing costs while delivering superior...
August 20, 2001[Forefront] Smart Walker Detects Obstacles
A research team at the University of Virginia's Medical Automation Research Center in Charlottesville has developed a prototype "smart" walker. This mobility aid should improve the quality of life and lengthen the duration of independent living...
August 6, 2001[Forefront] Top-Ranked Supercomputer To Reasearch Fuel Efficiency
An IBM supercomputer theoretically capable of achieving 3.8 trillion calculations/s will be used in scientific research that may lead to breakthroughs in fuel-efficient automobiles. According to the independent TOP500 List, it is the world's most...
August 6, 2001[Forefront] Labs Investigate New Materials To Boost IC Speeds
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Motorola Labs, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have entered a cooperative research and development agreement to increase the speed of future generations of ICs....
August 6, 2001[Forefront] Robot Dinosaurs "Roams" The Halls At MIT
Warning! Dinosaurs have invaded the MIT lab! They may one day "roam" through a museum near you, too. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab in Cambridge have created a robotic dinosaur....
August 6, 2001[Forefront] International Treaty Battles Cybercrime
A committee acting under the direction of the Council of Europe, based in Strasbourg, France, has completed the final draft of a treaty that aims to aid countries in the fight against cybercrime. Drafted by the European Committee on Crime Problems...
July 23, 2001[Forefront] 20-nm Transistors Foretell 20-GHz CPUs
Pursuing aggressive reduction techniques, Intel researchers in Santa Clara, Calif., have built transistors just 20 nm in size and foresee what they consider to be the world's fastest silicon transistors. This, they say, will allow them to build...
July 23, 2001[Forefront] Altered Silicon Increases Chip Speeds Up To 35%
Researchers from IBM Corp. have developed a breakthrough method to alter silicon that increases chip speeds by up to 35%. While other technologies attempt to increase chip speed by shrinking chip components, this process tackles silicon as the key...
July 9, 2001[Forefront] 3G Cell Phones Invade Tokyo
NTT DoCoMo has begun testing its 3G wireless phone service, rolling out 4500 handsets in the Tokyo area. Models available for early testing include an upgraded version of the Net-linking i-mode phone and a computer-card model for data transmission....
July 9, 2001[Forefront] Tester Characterizes Laser Diodes With 5-A Peak Pulses
The Model 2520 Pulsed Laser Diode Test System performs electrical characterization of laser diodes in either the chip/bar state or in finished products. According to its manufacturer, the 2520 is the only single-instrument system for testing laser...
June 18, 2001[Forefront] High-Tech Measurement Strikes America's Favorite Pastime
Strike three! Yer out!" Common at Major League Baseball games, a better call when high-tech measurement is up at the plate might be "you're in!" The computerized Umpire Information System (UIS) is set to smack Major League Baseball into the...
June 18, 2001[Forefront] Lightweight Fuel Processor Powers Future Soldier System
Soldiers will be carrying more than guns, rations, and letters from home onto future battlefields. They'll also have heads-up tactical displays, laser range finders, thermal weapons sights, and global positioning systems. But all of this high-tech...
May 21, 2001[Forefront] New Composite Defies The Laws Of Physics
Someone should call the physics police. A new class of composite materials reverses the behavior of many fundamental electromagnetic properties. During a recent experiment at the University of California in San Diego, electromagnetic radiation...
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