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Hitchhikers' guide to electronics in the '90s /
Hitchhikers Guide to Electronics in the '90s covers the advances in electronics in a historical context, the microchip technology, which is at the heart of all technological advances, and the major industrial electronics power houses. The book tackles what's most interesting about electron...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Sutton, Surrey] :
Electronic Weekly/Computer Weekly,
1990.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Hitchhikers' Guide To Electronics in the ' 90s; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; FOREWORD; CHAPTER 1. WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT ELECTRONICS?; THE DEMOCRATISING EFFECTS OFTECHNOLOGY; ELECTRONICS PRODUCTS OF THEFUTURE; PROFITS IN ELECTRONICS; THE INTERNATIONAL RACE FOR ELECTRONICS LEADERSHIP; THE IMPORTANCE OF ELECTRONICS; CHAPTER 2. WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?; THE BIRTH OF ELECTRICITY; THE AGE OF ELECTRONICS; CHAPTER 3. WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?; ACTIVES AND PASSIVES; CONDUCTORS, INSULATORS AND SEMICONDUCTORS; BITS AND BYTES; MILLI, MICRO, NANO, AND PICO; Hz, KHz, MHz, GHz; AMPS/VOLTS
- FARADBIPOLAR AND MOS (metal oxide semiconductor); BICMOS; LOGIC AND MEMORY AND LINEAR CHIPS; RAMS AND ROMS; VOLATILE AND NON-VOLATILE; STATIC RAMS AND DYNAMIC RAMS; PROMS AND EPROMS; E2PROMS AND FLASH; LOW POWER SCHOTTKY; MICROPROCESSORS AND MICROCONTROLLERS; CUSTOM AND SEMI-CUSTOM (generically known as ASICs); GATE ARRAY AND STANDARD CELL; PALS, GALS AND PLDS; WAFERS, DIES AND PACKAGES; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD; SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY; HYBRID CIRCUIT; INTEGRATION; SUBSTRATE; DISPLAYS; A SUMMARY OF COMPONENTRY; Chapter 4. Where does it all go?; COMPUTERS; CONSUMERS; TELECOMMUNICATIONS
- INDUSTRIALTRANSPORTATION; MILITARY; CHAPTER 4. WHERE DOES IT ALL GO?; COMPUTERS; CONSUMERS; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL; TRANSPORTATION; MILITARY; CHAPTER 5. WHAT'S THE CHIP BUSINESS ALL ABOUT? (PART 1); THE CHIP; HOW DID THE JAPANESE DO IT?; THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY AND THE AMERICANS; THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY AND THE JAPANESE; THE CHANGES IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE CHIP INDUSTRY; CHAPTER 6. WHAT'S THE CHIP BUSINESS ALL ABOUT? (PART 2); THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY ANDTHE EUROPEANS; GERMANY; FRANCE; BRITAIN; HOLLAND; ITALY; A SUMMARY OF EUROPE'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE CHIP INDUSTRY
- THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY AND ASIA/PACIFICTAIWAN; HONG KONG; SINGAPORE; THE PHILIPPINES; MALAYSIA; OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY; CHAPTER 7. WHO ARE THE PLAYERS?; THE BIGGEST WORLDWIDE COMPANIES; COMPUTERS; COMMUNICATIONS; CONSUMERS; COMPONENTS; CHAPTER 8. WHERE DOES IT ALL HAPPEN?; AMERICA; JAPAN; WEST GERMANY; FRANCE; BRITAIN; ITALY; KOREA; TAIWAN; SINGAPORE; HOLLAND; CANADA; BRAZIL; SWITZERLAND; SWEDEN; HONG KONG; BELGIUM; SPAIN; INDIA; SOUTHERN IRELAND; MALAYSIA; THE REST OF THE WORLD; CHAPTER 9. WHERE ARE WE ALL GOING?; OPEN SYSTEMS
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- A New Japanese Operating SystemCOMPATIBILITY; THE CONVERGENCE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTING; GLOBALISATION; TRANS-BORDER TAKE OVERS AND MERGERS; THE DECLINE OF DEFENCE ELECTRONICS; SYSTEMS ON CHIPS; MULTIPROCESSING; NETWORKING AND THE DECLINE OF THE MAINFRAME; THE RISE OF THE CORDLESS TELEPHONE; THE PRE-EMINENCE OF SOFTWARE; TRANSPORTABILITY; DEMOCRATISING EFFECT OF TECHNOLOGY; CHAPTER 10. WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?; HOW TO BECOME A MILLIONAIRE; WHAT THE TECHNOLOGY/PRICE TRENDS ARE AND HOW TO PREDICT THEM; DEVELOPMENTS IN KEY COMPONENT TECHNOLOGIES; CHANGES IN MICROPROCESSORS