News tagged with next generation

Performance boost for microchips

The semiconductor industry is faced with the challenge of supplying ever faster and more powerful chips. The Next-Generation Lithography with EUV radiation will help meeting that challenge. Fraunhofer researchers ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fujitsu develops innovative anti-distortion technology to cut energy use by two-thirds

Fujitsu today announced the development of a digital signal processing algorithm to compensate for waveform distortion in long-haul transmission systems of over several hundreds of kilometers. This, in turn, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NEC breaks the speed barriers of microwave transmission with ultra high modulations

NEC Corporation introduced today the latest breakthrough in capacity performance of microwave radio systems used in mobile backhaul and other types of networking applications. NEC will implement 2048 Quadrature Amplitude ...

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study confirms that road users are jamming GPS signals

The first direct evidence of GPS jammers in use on British roads will be presented today alongside predictions of a major incident involving ships in the English Channel over the next decade caused by disruption to navigation ...

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Sony develops next-generation back-illuminated CMOS image sensor

Sony today announced that it has developed a new next-generation back-illuminated CMOS image sensor which embodies the continuous evolution of the camera. This image sensor layers the pixel section containing ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

CNN buys iPad news reader Zite

US cable television network CNN announced Tuesday that it has bought Zite, a Canadian company that makes a personalized news reader for the iPad.

Technology / Business

created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Apple planning early 2012 launch for new iPad

Apple plans to begin trial production of a next generation iPad in October with an eye to an early 2012 launch, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 20, 2011 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Scientists designing next generation of Internet to keep up with mobile users

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder are helping develop the next generation of the Internet -- a more mobile version -- and the campus's Office of Information Technology is using this new technology ...

Technology / Telecom

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Up-and-coming forests will remain important carbon sinks

(PhysOrg.com) -- The aging forests of the Upper Great Lakes could be considered the baby boomers of the region's ecosystem.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Examining the safety of the next generation of nuclear reactors

Scientists from The University of Manchester have been selected to undertake vital safety work on the next generation of the world’s nuclear reactors.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Implant-free quantum-well SiGe pFETs for future high-performance CMOS architectures

Imec announces that it has successfully fabricated implant-free quantum-well (IF-QW) pFETs with an embedded silicon-germanium (SiGe) source/drain. These devices show an excellent short channel control and a record logic performance. ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Rumor: Xbox 360 games to be playable on Windows 8 PC's

(PhysOrg.com) -- A number of different sites are reporting the rumors that are making gamers ears twitch. The rumor says that Microsoft is about to make a big addition to the desktop version of its upcoming ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 5 | with audio podcast weblog

Security concerns cast shadow over cloud's bright future

Chances are you've already got your head in the clouds. If Google has its way, you'll trust even more of your life to the digital cumulus.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

New MacBook Air to hit market this month: report

The latest model of Apple's ultra-light MacBook Air is scheduled to hit the market by the end of this month, media in the computer manufacturing hub of Taiwan reported Tuesday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The importance of 'inner values': Female sparrows test the genetic make-up of their mates

How do females select partners? Darwin's initial idea that the fittest males would be the most desirable and would therefore be most likely to secure partners has represented a cornerstone of evolutionary theory since the ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0