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1. Green power supplies could dwarf all other power saving efforts

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Tuesday, 06 November 2007

   ... efficient in normal ranges.  The efficiency curves fall off sharply when pushed near their limits. Server farms began realizing this several years ago.  They began switching their server rooms ...

2. Love at second sight? Another look at Microsoft’s HD Photo format

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Wednesday, 04 April 2007

   ... and you see that HD Photo creates substantially less artifacts than JPEG and is capable of creating smoother color transitions – at the expense of sharpness. We have seen file size advantages from ...

3. Sony to scale back investments in Cell

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 14 February 2007

   ... in its semiconductor business and cut expenses in this segment. According to various media reports, a Sony spokesperson said that the firm will “sharply cut” its investments from about $3.8 ...

4. Canon launches compact "full HD" camcorder

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Wednesday, 02 August 2006

   ... as "Real Full HD 1920 x 1080 Sensing." The company claims that the 1 /2.7" sensor deliver a sharp HD image with vibrant and accurate color in a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. The 2.96 megapixel sensor ...

5. Sharp claims development of smallest CMOS camera module

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Monday, 26 December 2005

     Sharp said that it has built the smallest CMOS camera phone module so far. Sharp said that it has built the smallest CMOS camera phone module so far. The 2-megapixel device measures 11.8 by 11.0 ...

6. Samsung shrinks 5 megapixel image sensor

   (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

   Monday, 27 June 2005

   ... sensor is 50 percent more sensitive to light. This will result in sharper images and less problems in low light situations. Read the complete story. (MobileMag)  ...

7. IBM Peers Into CMOS Future At IEDM

   (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

   Wednesday, 10 September 2003

     IBM Corp. IBM Corp. researchers have found a way to sharply boost PFET transistor performance, using epitaxial deposition techniques to deposit silicon with a 110 crystal orientation only where ...

8. Cameras coming to cell phones

   (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

   Monday, 11 September 2000

   ... cameras. The first will hit the market within a year. STMicroelectronics, Agilent, Hyundai, Toshiba, Sharp and Kodak-Motorola are among those developing modules containing lens, sensor and processor that ...