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Elpida Memory develops resistance RAM prototype

Elpida Memory, the world's third largest Dynamic Random Access Memory ("DRAM") manufacturer, today announced the development of its first-ever high-speed non-volatile resistance memory (ReRAM) prototype. As the ReRAM prototype ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

UA makes mirrors for world's largest telescope

(PhysOrg.com) -- The second of seven 27-foot diameter mirrors for the Giant Magellan Telescope was cast on Jan. 14 inside a rotating furnace at the UA's Steward Observatory Mirror Lab.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

A galaxy blooming with new stars

(PhysOrg.com) -- The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) has captured the beauty of the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 253. The new portrait is probably the most detailed wide-field view of this object and its surroundings ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Sharp to introduce industry’s thinnest CMOS camera module with optical image stabilization for smartphones

Sharp Corporation has developed a 12.1-Megapixel, 1/3.2-inch CMOS camera module with optical image stabilization that features the industry’s thinnest profile (5.47 mm in height). The new RJ63YC100 is ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Sharp develops solar cell with world’s highest conversion efficiency

Sharp Corporation has achieved the world’s highest solar cell conversion efficiency of 36.9% using a triple-junction compound solar cell in which the solar cell has a stacked three-layer structure.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 5

Samsung grows ever bigger, but icon status elusive

If you own a consumer electronics gadget, there's a good chance something from Samsung makes it tick. The company has traveled far from its roots as a seller of cheap appliances in the 1970s and 1980s when ...

Technology / Business

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Japan's Sharp to stop sales of Galapagos tablets

Japan's Sharp Corp. said Thursday it will stop production and sales of the original editions of its "Galapagos" tablet computer, just nine months after it was launched.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Nokia abandons Japan market

Nokia Corp., battered by the popularity of smartphones, is abandoning the Japanese market, after a brief foray with luxury cell phones costing as much as 20 million yen ($250,000).

Technology / Business

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sharp to evaluate Eco House, aims to minimize energy consumption

Sharp Corporation has completed a Sharp Eco House at GREEN FRONT SAKAI in Osaka, Japan and in June 2011 began operation with the aim of realizing a house that emits "zero CO2 emissions." Sharp’s dual goals for the Ec ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NTT Docomo's new smartphone features wireless charger

(PhysOrg.com) -- Charging your cell phone can be a hassle, mostly because you have to find your cord, and if you are anything like most people, you don't have just one charging cord lying around your house. ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

Sharp, NHK develop 85-inch direct-view LCD display (w/ video)

NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) and Sharp Corporation have jointly developed an 85-inch LCD compatible with Super Hi-Vision, a next-generation television broadcast format. This is a world first for a direct-view display.

Electronics / Hardware

created May 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Sharp annual profit more than quadruples

(AP) -- Sharp said its annual profit more than quadrupled due to brisk demand for liquid crystal display screens but warned the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan last month will have a "broad" impact on its business.

Technology / Business

created Apr 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Taiwan's AUO, Japan's Sharp agree to drop lawsuits

Taiwanese flat panel maker AU Optronics Corp. said Friday it had signed a patent agreement with Japanese rival Sharp to dismiss ongoing lawsuits the two firms have filed against each other.

Technology / Business

created Apr 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High-output, high-color-rendering LED lighting devices to be introduced by Sharp

Sharp Corporation has developed and will introduce high-output, high-color-rendering 25W-class LED lighting devices that boast an industry’s highest luminous efficacy of 91 lm/W for light sources such ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Japan's Sharp to build LCD lines for smartphones: report

Japan's Sharp Corp. will build production lines to make small and midsized liquid crystal displays for smartphones including Apple's iPhone, a report said Friday.

Technology / Business

created Dec 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0