GeneralURAM Finds Place in Mobile TV Chips

Inexpensive URAM (user-RAM) is now being used in mobile TV chip sets.

Recommend this story? Yes No Please Wait... URAM (user-RAM), a memory technology developed to be embedded on chips, has found a place on mobile TV chipsets developed by Dibcom.Dibcom, of Palaiseau, France, makes chipsets for low-power mobile and portable TV receivers used in products such as mobile phones, laptop computers and small TVs. The company specializes in speed. Its chipsets can pick up TV broadcasts in vehicles exceeding 130 miles per hour, according to its Web site and that of investor Intel Capital.The company tapped UMC of Taiwan to work with it on the memory portion of its chipsets. UMC's URAM was developed to handle the prolonged viewing of TV broadcasts using as little power as possible, which handsets and other small... [ Read more on www.pcworld.com ]

GeneralSun Microsystems extends start-up programme

Sun Microsystems has extended its Sun Startup Essentials Programme to the UK. The programme offers start-ups big discounts on Sun products and services.

GeneralIs the New Year the right time for a new job?

The New Year is a time for taking stock and making changes. Here are ten tell-tale signs that your New Year's Resolution should be to look for a new job.