. 24/7 Space News .
SPACE WIRE
Japanese technology to allow mobile phones to last weeks without charging
  • Parisians brace for flooding risks as Seine creeps higher
  • Volcanos, earthquakes: Is the 'Ring of Fire' alight?
  • Finland's president Niinisto on course for second term
  • Record rain across soggy France keeps Seine rising
  • Record rain across sodden France keeps Seine rising
  • State of emergency as floods worry Paraguay capital
  • Panic and blame as Cape Town braces for water shut-off
  • Fresh tremors halt search ops after Japan volcano eruption
  • Cape Town now faces dry taps by April 12
  • Powerful quake hits off Alaska, but tsunami threat lifted
    • TOKYO (AFP) Dec 13, 2004
     Japanese electronics companies Hitachi and Mitsubishi Electric said Monday they have developed technology that will slash mobile phone power consumption by 90 percent, allowing users to go weeks without having to recharge their batteries.

    The new technology, which will also enable handsets to process data 20 percent faster, is expected to enter production in about 2007 for next-generation telephones.

    The new chips were developed by Hitachi and Renesas, a joint venture between Hitachi and Mitsubishi Electric.

    "Theoretically, the technology will enable mobile phone batteries to last 10 times longer with a single charge, if the handset is in a standby status," said Hitachi spokesman Kantaro Tanii.

    Currently, phone batteries last two to three days with a single charge.

    The breakthrough involves a technology known as complementary metal oxide semiconductor, which is widely used in information technology products.




    All rights reserved. copyright 2018 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse.