{"id":2128,"date":"2007-08-15T20:43:09","date_gmt":"2007-08-16T03:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/?post_type=news&#038;p=2128"},"modified":"2012-12-17T22:51:14","modified_gmt":"2012-12-18T06:51:14","slug":"wii-a-boon-to-chip-makers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wii-a-boon-to-chip-makers\/","title":{"rendered":"Wii A Boon to Chip Makers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2129\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/wii_motion_sensor.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"312\" \/>AUG. 15, 2007 <em>\u2022<\/em> The Wii is proving to be a boon to the motion-sensing component segment. Japanese newspaper Nikkei reports that Mitsumi Electric, which supplies Wi-Fi components and power chips to Nintendo Co. Ltd for use in the Wii, has experienced a five-fold increase in operating profit. In Italy, STMicroelectronics, which produces sensors for the Nunchuk controller, is adding a new production line near Milan. While in the Unites States, Analog Devices has dedicated one of its plants to Wiimote sensor production.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em>Impact: Motion-sensing technology has been around for years. With the Wii, the technology has a proven killer consumer application. Riding the coattails of the Wii is probably just the tip of the iceberg.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUG. 15, 2007 \u2022 The Wii is proving to be a boon to the motion-sensing component segment. Japanese newspaper Nikkei reports that Mitsumi Electric, which supplies Wi-Fi components and power chips to Nintendo Co. Ltd for use in the Wii, has experienced a five-fold increase in operating profit. In Italy, STMicroelectronics, which produces sensors for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2128"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2128"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2257,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2128\/revisions\/2257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}