Staff -- Semiconductor International

Staff -- Semiconductor International

Clusterline 300 is a single-wafer cluster system designed for high-volume manufacturing. It can handle wafer sizes up to 300 mm, including 200 and 300 mm bridge tool capabilities. Up to six process modules equipped with high-quality components enable high-process flexibility and optimized productivity. Oerlikon Balzers Coating, Balzers, Liechtenstein,

business jet

business jet
business jet, private jet or, colloquially, bizjet is a term describing a jet aircraft, usually of smaller size, designed for transporting groups of business people. Business jets may be adapted for other roles, such as the evacuation of casualties or express parcel deliveries, and a few may be used by public bodies, governments or the armed forces. The more formal terms of corporate jet, executive jet, VIP transport or business jet tend to be used by the firms that build, sell, buy and charter these aircraft. The allied term bizprop is in use amongst enthusiasts to refer to turboprop-powered aircraft used in similar roles.

Executive Jet Management (EJM) is the charter and aircraft management division of NetJets Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway company.

Services

Executive Jet Management’s services include private and corporate air charter, volume charter, corporate shuttles, charter aircraft management, and turnkey aircraft management. Executive Jet Management’s aircraft are located throughout the United States and include Cessna Citation, Falcon 900, Gulfstream III, Hawker 800, Learjet and Challenger 300.

Business jet, private jet or, colloquially, bizjet is a term describing a jet aircraft, usually of smaller size, designed for transporting groups of business people. Business jets may be adapted for other roles, such as the evacuation of casualties or express parcel deliveries, and a few may be used by public bodies, governments or the armed forces. The more formal terms of corporate jet, executive jet, VIP transport or business jet tend to be used by the firms that build, sell, buy and charter these aircraft. The allied term bizprop is in use amongst enthusiasts to refer to turboprop-powered aircraft used in similar roles but seems unlikely to spread.

There are approximately 11,000 business jets in the wordwide fleet with the vast majority of them based in the United States or owned by US companies. The European market is the next largest, with growing activity in Asia and Central America. There is a pre-owned marketplace in which aircraft are bought and sold based on their immediate deliverability because new aircraft orders often take two to three years for delivery.

Since 1996 the term "fractional ownership" has been used in connection with business aircraft owned by a consortium of companies. Costly overheads such as flight crew, hangarage and maintenance can be shared through such arrangements.

The business jet industry groups the jets into five loosely-defined "classes", Heavy, Super Mid-size, Mid-size

The Industry’s First GPU-based Enterprise Stream Processing Solution
Introducing the AMD Stream Processor™ - the first, dedicated, GPU-based solution to address the needs of high-performance computing users. Featuring the AMD R580 GPU, and a 1GB memory buffer, the AMD Stream Processor™ delivers the computing horsepower to handle the most complex compute tasks. The AMD Stream Processor™ delivers this performance in conjunction with AMD's unique compute runtime driver (CTM™), thereby enabling the most direct access to GPU resources in the industry.1
Next Generation Stream ComputingFeaturing full Shader Model 3.0 support and a scalable ultra-threaded architecture with true 32-bit floating point precision, 48 shader processors, and an ultra-efficient 512-bit ring bus memory controller, AMD Stream Processor™ delivers floating point performance which is an order of magnitude above the CPU's of today.2 Scientists, researchers, and analysts will now be able to benefit from this tremendous increase in computing power to process larger, more complex mathematical models and simulations.
World Class Performance, Reliability and SupportAMD Stream Processors are continually tested to ensure optimized performance and compatibility on a wide range of todays platforms. AMD offers free customer access to our technical enterprise support team.
1 AMD Press Release: 13th November 2006: AMD UNLEASHES THE POWER OF STREAM COMPUTING WITH NEW "CLOSE TO METAL" TECHNOLOGY.

Winamp Control through Bluetooth

Winamp Control through Bluetooth

yeh its possible to control winamp or windows media player installed on your system using your cell phone and a bluetooth device/dongle. The process depends on ur handset. I am posting the stuff for Nokia and sony ericsson phones..

Nokia Handset

1) You will need this software ( control freak) to install on your PC and your symbian phone.
http://rapidshare.com/files/38518865/ControlFreak_v2.22.rar.html


2) The software on phone can be registered with the number 0 (zero) on your phone. You can enjoy the full version now.The setup for windows requires winamp to be installed on your system and will be installed in winamp/plugin folder.You can see this pluggin in winamp preferences->general purpose.Configur it according to your requirement.

3) To start the control , pair your phone with the your pc and start winamp.


4) Next start the application control freak on your fone, goto options->connect.Select your PC when it searches the available bluetooth device. You will get the pop up msg for a remote device been connected on ur PC( for bluesoleil driver)


















All done..now u can see ur playlist/serach songs..and make every possible control of winamp..















Winamp / Windows Media Player Control For Sony Ericsson Phones W710,W810,k750,k790 etc

1) Download this utility..
http://rapidshare.com/files/38524466/Sony_ercson_bluetooth_remote.rar.html

2) Install the software..there will be a winamp remote.hid file in the installation folder.Copy that to your phone memory using bluetooth/datacable

3) Go to entertainment->remote control to enable the control OR click on Bluetooth Human Interface Device Servie in Bluesoleil Software..dunno about Widcomm or Windows generic..but it shud work pretty easily i guess. You can also control Windows Media PLayer through this.
Enjoy!!

For Winamp control you need to set the following hotkeys.

Tune Winamp Global Hot Keys:

Play/pause	Ctrl+Alt+Insert
Stop	Ctrl+Alt+End
Previous in play list	Ctrl+Alt+Page Up
Next in play list	Ctrl+Alt+Page Down
Forward	Ctrl+Alt+Right
Rewind	Ctrl+Alt+Left
Volume Up	Ctrl+Alt+Up
Volume Down	Ctrl+Alt+Down

lcd vs plasma..??

lcd vs plasma...

Plasma displays uses a matrix of tiny gas plasma cells that are charged by precise electrical voltages to emit light and hence to create the picture image. In other words, each picture element in a plasma TV display acts as a miniature light source. More on plasma displays can be found in our article: How-it-Works: Plasma Display Panel.

Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD) panels - work by trapping a liquid crystal solution between two sheets of polarized glass. When an electric current passes through the liquid crystals, they change the polarization of the light passing through them in response to the applied voltage – as a result of which, more or less light passes through the polarized glass to reach the face of the display. LCD panels do not generate light - rather they filter or subtract light generated by a back-light source to create the image on the panel surface. More information on LCD displays can be found at How-it-Works: Liquid Crystal Display Technology.

It is not the scope of this plasma vs LCD comparative guide to go into the actual details of how these different display technologies work. After all, what matters in the end is not what is going behind the screen, more important is how these different display technologies perform as a television screen.

At the same time, one cannot but keep in mind that it is these same differences that give each of these display technologies, its strengths and weaknesses, and that therefore render one more suitable than the other under certain circumstances.

Plasma vs LCD TV – Which flat-panel display technology is right for you?

We apprroach this plasma vs LCD TV comparative analysis by taking a detailed look at three main areas of concern, namely 'price and size', 'picture' related issues, and 'functional' considerations.

We believe that this approach should help better bring out the main differences between these two technologies, and therefore, make it easier to determine where either of these display technologies fit best.

Plasma vs LCD TV: Size and Price

Size ADVANTAGE: This depends on screen size in that when it comes to compare plasma vs LCD TV sets, both technologies are playing on level ground though you have more available options within the plasma TV domain for screen sizes greater than 50-inch. This is partly explained by the fact that though production costs and retail prices have come down for both technologies, yet plasma still has the edge as far as production cost and capacity go.

On the other hand, at the smaller screen size end of the spectrum, i.e. 37-inch, LCD is the dominant technology while anything smaller than 37-inch implies LCD if what you want is something stylish and slim (at under 4" in depth).

Price ADVANTAGE: Here, the playing field is leveling at a fast rate. Up to very recent, plasma was the obvious choice for all screen sizes where collision between these two technologies occurs; this is no longer the case.

In general, plasma still leads by a good margin only at the bigger screen sizes - 50 inch and upwards - with this pricing advantage getting more pronounced as one approaches the 60-inch diagonal. But then, against this higher price tag, LCD HDTVs come with more pixels per display panel.

At the smaller end of the screen size (37-inch up to 44-inch), the price advantage when it comes to plasma vs LCD TV sets, starts to shift more towards LCD TVs since even though plasmas and LCDs are practically selling at the same price tag, LCD TVs delivers more pixels for the same screen size.

Plasma vs LCD TV: Picture Considerations

Overall Picture Performance ADVANTAGE: Here our thumbs up in this plasma vs LCD TV comparative analysis go to plasma televisions even though both technologies are extremely close in terms of overall picture performance.

In other words, both plasma and the latest high contrast TFT-LCD flat panel displays are capable of producing excellent picture quality - with bright, crisp clear images, high contrast levels, and excellent color reproduction. This means that both technologies are suitable as a TV screen, but...

Plasma TVs still have an edge over their LCD counterparts when it comes to displaying deep blacks - thus enjoying better contrast and detail in images where lots of dark and light content is being shown simultaneously.

Generally, Plasma color richness and naturalness will prevail in rooms with controlled lower to normal lighting, while LCDs will be better in brightly lit rooms due to their inherent anti-glare technology.

Plasma vs LCD TV Viewing Angle ADVANTAGE: What used to be a clear advantage for plasma displays is becoming more and more a non-issue especially with the latest generation of LCD televisions, however...

Do not always assume that viewing angle is no longer an issue when comparing plasma vs lcd TVs, especially if the viewing angle is not specified. The tendency – in particular with the cheaper LCD TV sets from unknown manufacturers - is that the deterioration in picture quality with off-axis viewing is more accentuated with LCD than with plasma displays.

Our advice: It is always best to check especially when buying some cheap 'unbranded' LCD TV. If you are buying online, check first the return policy, and opt only for a reputable brand. Buying online is cheaper and safe, but ensure that you follow the recommendations detailed in our Online Buyer's Guide.

Viewing Distance ADVANTAGE: This is a non-issue when it comes to plasma vs LCD TV sets in that none carries any advantage as long as you are within normal viewing distance for your screen size and your viewing distance is more than approximately 9 feet away from your TV screen. More on viewing distance can be found in our article here: TV Viewing Distance.

However, the pixel size and shape of an LCD panel renders a smoother picture than an equivalently sized plasma panel for the same pixel count. This means that if you have a too short TV viewing distance, an LCD television may render itself a better option as its pixel structure is less visible.

Staff -- Semiconductor International

Staff -- Semiconductor International

Clusterline 300 is a single-wafer cluster system designed for high-volume manufacturing. It can handle wafer sizes up to 300 mm, including 200 and 300 mm bridge tool capabilities. Up to six process modules equipped with high-quality components enable high-process flexibility and optimized productivity. Oerlikon Balzers Coating, Balzers, Liechtenstein,

Is the AMD Opteron mainboard project real?

Is the AMD Opteron mainboard project real?

AMD NEWS
Rumors on the Internet say that AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) is readying a new Opteron Socket F server mainboard. The mainboard is said to be named LGA1207, and have a pinless processor interface. The socket in question reportedly has 1027 pins, using a similar frame for retention like the Intel Socket T LGA775.

Rumors also say that the new AMD Opteron processor is going to support 667 and 800 MHz memory modules. Also, the support for DDR2-533 will be available, as well as PCI Express. The photo above is said to feature the LGA1207 pinless processor interface of the new Opteron Socket F server mainboard.

To fill the rumors, it is said that Wal-Mart will sell AMD powered notebooks and desktop PC's at a stunning US$398 price. In a few words, AMD's success in the USA retail market cannot be ignored, but Intel is the first when it comes to all US consumer PC sales. Dell, the number one PC supplier on the US consumer market, uses only Intel processors.