NEC devises chips for even tinier gadgets
David Lynch is going to hate this
THE DEVICES we watch films on could get even smaller thanks to NEC, to the chagrin on film directing purists like David Lynch, who recently condemned the plonkers who’ll watch a film on an Iphone.
NEC is shipping new samples of small-footprint power chips for digital cameras, portable game machines and other gadgets where size and power consumption are crucial design factors.
The new low-breakdown-voltage MOSFET (metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor) chips have the same low on-state operating resistance as existing products, but need only a third the board space when mounted.
So perhaps now, we’ll be watching moves on finger nail sized screens. What will Lynch will say about that!?
It’s a family sized portfolio of seven chips. To reduce the footprint of the chips, the company adopted a flat package instead of a gullwing configuration so the lead wires do not stick out and take up extra board space.
NEC plans to mass-produce all seven versions of the chip at a combined rate of five million units a month.
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Comments
how bout glasses with computer screeens
I own some glasses that function as if you're watching a standard definition television set that's a few feet on on a side from about 10 feet away. So, I could be watching porn or an R-rated movie, and nobody would care.Bring on the tech, I say. I can't think of any tech that's thought of as being at a dead end in terms of possible progress. We've got at least a decade to enjoy Moore's Law, and there's plenty of things that technology could do that hasn't happened yet.