THE DEVICES we watch films on could get even smaller thanks to NEC, to the chagrin on film directing purists like David Lynch, who recently condemned the plonkers who’ll watch a film on an Iphone.
NEC is shipping new samples of small-footprint power chips for digital cameras, portable game machines and other gadgets where size and power consumption are crucial design factors.
The new low-breakdown-voltage MOSFET (metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor) chips have the same low on-state operating resistance as existing products, but need only a third the board space when mounted.
So perhaps now, we’ll be watching moves on finger nail sized screens. What will Lynch will say about that!?
It’s a family sized portfolio of seven chips. To reduce the footprint of the chips, the company adopted a flat package instead of a gullwing configuration so the lead wires do not stick out and take up extra board space.
NEC plans to mass-produce all seven versions of the chip at a combined rate of five million units a month.
