5 gadgets from the near future Oct 31, 2009
Combined with a custom integrated chip or a system on a chip, device makers can use the antenna in pacemakers, neurostimulation devices, and swallowable imaging and diagnostic systems. Connected Patient. (CNN -- International)
Intel unites internet with TV Sep 25, 2009
" New chip For its part Intel is building a purpose-built system on a chip designed specifically for the web-connected consumer electronics market. It will be able to handle high-definition viewing, home theatre quality audio, 3-D graphics and bring net connectivity to the TV. Mr Kim urged the consumer electronics industry to embrace the new CE 3100 chip, code-named Canmore, in an effort to "create an ecosystem to enhance the viewer experience". The widget system is slated to be ready in 2009... (BBC News -- Technology)
New Open-source Camera Could Revolutionize Photography Sep 5, 2009
To create an open-source camera, Levoy and the group cobbled together a number of different parts: the motherboard, per se, is a Texas Instruments "system on a chip" running Linux with image and general processors and a small LCD screen. The imaging chip is taken from a Nokia N95 cell phone, and the lenses are off-the-shelf Canon lenses, but they are combined with actuators to give the camera its fine-tuned software control. (Science Daily)
Nanocollege site of chip-packaging center Jul 16, 2009
The Albany research center will partner with companies such as IBM and to develop system on a chip (SOC) technologies. SOC systems are contained on a single computer chip. (Albany Business Review, NY)
Dell Won't Take No for Answer, Wants More Than PCs Jul 5, 2009
One bit of advice Enderle has for Dell, should it go through with the device: forget the rumored ARM processor, go with nVidia's Tegra system on a chip, like Microsoft (NASDASQ: MSFT) did with the Zune HD. There are plenty of ARM-based Android devices coming out. "They really need to push the envelope and make something distinctive and different," he said. (HardwareCentral)
Small wonders Jun 6, 2009
Best known for its graphics chips, the Californian company is focussed on its Tegra design, a "complete system on a chip" aimed at powering netbooks and even smaller internet connected computers. Tegra combines eight different processors, each one dedicated to a specific task such as HD video decoding or audio playback, packing them onto a circuit board about the size of a pack of chewing gum. (BBC News -- Technology)
Intel and nVidia Tout Mobile Plans at GSMA Feb 17, 2009
LG Electronics and Intel are announcing at the show plans to collaborate on MIDs based on Intel's next-generation Atom system on a chip (SoC) platform, codenamed "Moorestown," and the Linux-based Moblin v2. 0 software platform. (Datamation)
