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Seagate, AMD demos SATA 3 capable of 6Gb/s

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  Seagate and AMD have partnered to show the world, the next generation SATA interface that is capable of transferring data up to 6Gigabit/second. In the demonstration, Seagate showed off two SATA HDDs – a 3Gb/s Barracuda 7200.12 drive and the 6Gb/s prototype Barracuda drive, both powered on AMD’s prototype chipset. The benchmark tests displayed […]

Philips preparing OLED Windows for the future

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  Philips Research is busy working on transparent OLEDs that can be used as glasses for windows. The transparent OLED is a concept for now which looks like a normal window when turned off but illuminates when it is turned on. Philips has prepared a 12cm prototype and claims that it could take a few […]

Qualcomm chipset will make sub-$150 phones faster, better

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  Qualcomm has announced a new chipset that will make mid-range phones perform at par with the high-end smartphones. The new Mobile Station Modem (MSM7227) chipset integrates CPU, graphics processor, GPS, HSDPA/HSUPA and the best part is the support for Android, Symbian S60, Windows Mobile and BREW Mobile Platforms, making it widely compatible. Features: 600MHz […]

SanDisk, Toshiba flaunts X3, X4 flash memory technology

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  SanDisk and Toshiba have been collaborating for quite some time to develop flash technologies. The latest breakthrough by them are the 43nm X4 and 32nm X3 flash chips, currently showcased at the International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC). The 32nm 32Gb X3 flash chip is the smallest NAND flash in the industry and is […]

Fujitsu testing bigger, colored e-paper in Japan

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  Fujitsu is testing an e-reader device, FLEPia which has all the features to take down the mighty Kindle. Currently limited to certain areas in Japan, the reader delivers train timetables, weather reports in addition to the usual books and newspapers. It is not clear if FLEPia possesses something like Kindle’s Whispernet but it surely […]

Samsung develops high-speed USB wireless chip

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  Samsung has successfully developed a high-speed Ultra Wide-Band (UWB) chip that touts have the fastest data transfer rate. The chip combines ARM9 core-based baseband processor and flash controller to attain high rate of data speeds. The USB chip now reaches a speed of 120Mbps, which is 70MB faster than the current lot of UWB […]

Toshiba develops highest density non-volatile RAM

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  Toshiba has bested its previous record of non-volatile RAM by developing FeRAM (Ferroelectric Random Access Memory) that boasts the world’s highest bandwidth and density present in non-volatile RAMs. The new chip, though stores only 128Megabits of data, it has a fast read/write speed of 1.6GB per second. The FeRAM makes use of modified chainFeRAM […]

NEC develops 12MP and 1080p capable chip for mobile phones

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  While NEC is not the first phone to jump in the 12-megapixel sensor production fray, their new CE143 LSI chip is definitely the first one to capture still images at 12-megapixel and output videos at full HD resolution. The CE143 chip is a combination of a CMOS image sensor and image processing capabilities and […]

Sony develops finger vein authentication, calls it Mofiria

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  Sony Corp.’s new finger vein authentication technology makes fingerprint recognition and other security measures a thing of the past. With Mofiria (yes, that’s what they call) onboard, devices like mobile phones and laptops could provide more security by scanning the finger vein patterns as it is different for different people and does not change […]