Manners Hitchhikers' Guide to Electronics in the '90s

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4831-0525-3
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Web PDF

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 electronics, such as the democratizing effects of technology, profits in electronics, and the importance of electronics, and then defines terminologies related to the componentry of the electronics industry. The text discusses the beneficiaries of electronics and the sectors of the electronics industry (i.e. computers, consumers, telecommunications, industrial, transportation, and military). The issues in chip technology including the importance of chips; vast cost of chip research and development and production; effect of erratic chip supplies on equipment companies; East/West imbalance in chip production; and the American and Japanese approaches to chip-making are also considered. The book concludes by describing the trends in electronics for the '90s, including the innovation, development, and rock-bottom cost of the technology. Students of electronics engineering and practicing electronics engineers will find this book useful.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Manners, David

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Hitchhikers' Guide To Electronics in the ' 90s;2
3;Copyright Page;3
4;Table of Contents;4
5;FOREWORD;7
6;CHAPTER 1. WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT ELECTRONICS?;8
6.1;THE DEMOCRATISING EFFECTS OFTECHNOLOGY;11
6.2;ELECTRONICS PRODUCTS OF THEFUTURE;12
6.3;PROFITS IN ELECTRONICS;14
6.4;THE INTERNATIONAL RACE FOR ELECTRONICS LEADERSHIP;16
6.5;THE IMPORTANCE OF ELECTRONICS;22
7;CHAPTER 2. WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?;24
7.1;THE BIRTH OF ELECTRICITY;29
7.2;THE AGE OF ELECTRONICS;30
8;CHAPTER 3. WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?;40
8.1;ACTIVES AND PASSIVES;43
8.2;CONDUCTORS, INSULATORS AND SEMICONDUCTORS;43
8.3;BITS AND BYTES;45
8.4;MILLI, MICRO, NANO, AND PICO;46
8.5;Hz, KHz, MHz, GHz;47
8.6;AMPS/VOLTS;47
8.7;FARAD;47
8.8;BIPOLAR AND MOS (metal oxide semiconductor);47
8.9;BICMOS;48
8.10;LOGIC AND MEMORY AND LINEAR CHIPS;48
8.11;RAMS AND ROMS;49
8.12;VOLATILE AND NON-VOLATILE;49
8.13;STATIC RAMS AND DYNAMIC RAMS;49
8.14;PROMS AND EPROMS;50
8.15;E2PROMS AND FLASH;50
8.16;LOW POWER SCHOTTKY;50
8.17;MICROPROCESSORS AND MICROCONTROLLERS;51
8.18;CUSTOM AND SEMI-CUSTOM (generically known as ASICs);51
8.19;GATE ARRAY AND STANDARD CELL;52
8.20;PALS, GALS AND PLDS;52
8.21;WAFERS, DIES AND PACKAGES;53
8.22;PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD;53
8.23;SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY;54
8.24;HYBRID CIRCUIT;54
8.25;INTEGRATION;55
8.26;SUBSTRATE;57
8.27;DISPLAYS;57
8.28;A SUMMARY OF COMPONENTRY;58
9;Chapter 4. Where does it all go?;62
9.1;COMPUTERS;64
9.2;CONSUMERS;69
9.3;TELECOMMUNICATIONS;71
9.4;INDUSTRIAL;77
9.5;TRANSPORTATION;79
9.6;MILITARY;80
10;CHAPTER 4. WHERE DOES IT ALL GO?;62
10.1;COMPUTERS;64
10.2;CONSUMERS;69
10.3;TELECOMMUNICATIONS;71
10.4;INDUSTRIAL;77
10.5;TRANSPORTATION;79
10.6;MILITARY;80
11;CHAPTER 5. WHAT'S THE CHIP BUSINESS ALL ABOUT? (PART 1);82
11.1;THE CHIP;83
11.2;HOW DID THE JAPANESE DO IT?;90
11.3;THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY AND THE AMERICANS;90
11.4;THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY AND THE JAPANESE;99
11.5;THE CHANGES IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE CHIP INDUSTRY;102
12;CHAPTER 6. WHAT'S THE CHIP BUSINESS ALL ABOUT? (PART 2);104
12.1;THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY ANDTHE EUROPEANS;105
12.2;GERMANY;108
12.3;FRANCE;109
12.4;BRITAIN;112
12.5;HOLLAND;114
12.6;ITALY;116
12.7;A SUMMARY OF EUROPE'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE CHIP INDUSTRY;118
12.8;THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY AND ASIA/PACIFIC;118
12.9;TAIWAN;123
12.10;HONG KONG;126
12.11;SINGAPORE;127
12.12;THE PHILIPPINES;129
12.13;MALAYSIA;130
12.14;OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY;130
13;CHAPTER 7. WHO ARE THE PLAYERS?;132
13.1;THE BIGGEST WORLDWIDE COMPANIES;133
13.2;COMPUTERS;136
13.3;COMMUNICATIONS;138
13.4;CONSUMERS;140
13.5;COMPONENTS;142
14;CHAPTER 8. WHERE DOES IT ALL HAPPEN?;150
14.1;AMERICA;151
14.2;JAPAN;153
14.3;WEST GERMANY;155
14.4;FRANCE;155
14.5;BRITAIN;157
14.6;ITALY;158
14.7;KOREA;159
14.8;TAIWAN;160
14.9;SINGAPORE;160
14.10;HOLLAND;161
14.11;CANADA;162
14.12;BRAZIL;162
14.13;SWITZERLAND;163
14.14;SWEDEN;163
14.15;HONG KONG;164
14.16;BELGIUM;164
14.17;SPAIN;165
14.18;INDIA;165
14.19;SOUTHERN IRELAND;166
14.20;MALAYSIA;167
14.21;THE REST OF THE WORLD;167
15;CHAPTER 9. WHERE ARE WE ALL GOING?;168
15.1;OPEN SYSTEMS;169
15.2;TRON - A New Japanese Operating System;174
15.3;COMPATIBILITY;174
15.4;THE CONVERGENCE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTING;176
15.5;GLOBALISATION;177
15.6;TRANS-BORDER TAKE OVERS AND MERGERS;177
15.7;THE DECLINE OF DEFENCE ELECTRONICS;178
15.8;SYSTEMS ON CHIPS;179
15.9;MULTIPROCESSING;180
15.10;NETWORKING AND THE DECLINE OF THE MAINFRAME;181
15.11;THE RISE OF THE CORDLESS TELEPHONE;182
15.12;THE PRE-EMINENCE OF SOFTWARE;182
15.13;TRANSPORTABILITY;184
15.14;DEMOCRATISING EFFECT OF TECHNOLOGY;185
16;CHAPTER 10. WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?;188
16.1;HOW TO BECOME A MILLIONAIRE;189
16.2;WHAT THE TECHNOLOGY/PRICE TRENDS ARE AND HOW TO PREDICT THEM;190
16.3;DEVELOPMENTS IN KEY COMPONENT TECHNOLOGIES;192
16.4;CHANGES IN MICROPROCESSORS;196
16.5;THE REPLACEMENT SCREEN;197
16.6;IMPROVEMENT IN THE BATTERY;199
16.7;CD-ROMs AND THEIR FUTURE;200
17;CHAPTER 11. WHERE WILL IT ALL END?;204
17.1;WILL SUPERCONDUCTIVITY TAKEOVER?;206
17.2;THE BUG AS AN ALTERNATIVE;207
17.3;OPTICAL COMPUTING;208
17.4;WILL THE DOMINATION BY JAPANCONTINUE?;209
17.5;NEW POTENTIAL ELECTRONICSMARKETS FOR THE WEST;211
17.6;THE GOLDEN AGE OF ELECTRONICS?;213
18;Index;214