Along with gaming, video playback, touch-panel operations, and other advanced capabilities for portable devices, there has been growing demand for clear, high-resolution LCD displays. NEC Electronics has now developed a low-power, low-cost graphic buffer IC that supports full-color VGA graphics displays. Here the engineers highlight the strengths and the key episode in the development of the new product that is fabricated with NEC Electronics' unique 90-nanometer (nm) embedded DRAM technology.

NEC Electronics has brought a new product lineup to the V850 Series of 32-bit All Flash® microcontrollers, which has been adopted in various fields, including automotive, inverter appliances, and digital AV, and has secured a substantial market share: The V850ES/Jx3-E with built-in Ethernet functions.
The main target is industrial and office devices, and building and plant management systems, which are expected to incorporate Ethernet in the future.

Hi, it's me, Elly. The semiconductor I'll be reporting on today is the "CE143," an image processing system LSI chip for capturing images on a mobile phone that are as clear as those offered by digital still cameras.

The IEEE International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC)—introducing cutting-edge integrated-circuit technologies—was held February 8-12 in San Francisco, California, USA and featured several papers introducing the findings of collaborative research conducted recently by NEC Corporation and NEC Electronics.

We will be reporting on some of the MP201 solutions exhibited by our partner companies at Embedded Technology 2008, which was held at PACIFICO Yokohama from November 19 to 21, 2008 in Japan.

How many "talking devices" play a part in your daily life? In addition to toys and car navigation systems, there are now a growing number of other convenient and user-friendly "talking devices" available on the market that include water heaters, air-conditioners and electronic toll collection (ETC) devices. Here we will be taking a look at a day in the life of a young man in Japan to introduce the audio guidance solution that is making talking devices a reality.

Hello! My name is Elly, and I will be using this journal to help you better understand semiconductors and the role they play in the hottest home appliances through interviews with the people behind their development and information on the latest topics. In this first journal entry I will be introducing the EMMA2TS system LSI chip for tuners that will enable viewing of digital terrestrial broadcasting on analog TVs in Japan.

A POSIX-based real-time OS compatible with NEC Electronics' 32-bit V850 microcontrollers has made its debut, thereby enabling operation of Linux and other UNIX software programs using the V850. This article introduces the advantages of this POSIX-based real-time OS as well as its potential for use in conjunction with microcontrollers.

The proliferation of 1seg terrestrial digital broadcasting, digital cameras and more has not only made video and still images an integral part of our lives but has also led to growing needs for improved resolution. NEC Electronics, in collaboration with NEC Laboratories, has developed a super-resolution technology capable of sharpening out-of-focus images or smoothing rough edges in low-resolution video and still images when they are enlarged for display. Here we will take a closer look at the secret behind this new technology.

The world's most advanced interconnect technology was announced at the IEEE International Interconnect Technology Conference (IITC) 2008, held June 1 to June 4 in San Francisco. Engineers from NEC Corporation and NEC Electronics introduced their joint research results at this year's conference.