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In April 2009, NEC Electronics' system LSIs was awarded the Minister of the Economy, Trade and Industry Prize at the 18th Global Environment Awards in Japan. The history of this LSI goes back two years when the engineers set out to develop a system LSI that could deliver both advanced functionality and low power consumption.

The "2009 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits"—widely recognized as premiere conferences for presenting research results on the latest device, process, and circuit-related developments—were held this year at the Rihga Royal Hotel in Kyoto, Japan, from June 15 to 18. Here we introduce the papers presented by NEC Electronics or in collaboration with NEC Corporation.

• 2009/09/25　"A new measurement method and analytical modeling: Single-charge-based Modeling of Transistor Characteristics Fluctuations Based on Statistical Measurement of RTN Amplitude" has been added.

The twelfth annual IEEE-sponsored International Interconnect Technology Conference—IITC 2009—was held in Sapporo, Japan from June 1 to June 3. Regarded as a premier conference for announcing cutting-edge interconnect-related technologies, here we introduce the papers presented by NEC Electronics or in collaboration with NEC Corporation.

• 2009/10/28　"Wiring Technology for Reducing Power Consumption and Improving Reliability in System LSI chips" has been added.

Light emitting diodes (LEDs) are gaining attention as lighting different from conventional incandescent electric bulbs and fluorescent tubes. Dr. Eco introduces the drivers and microcontrollers that power LEDs, a source of energy-saving light.

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.