Silicon Valley

Field:
e business > Silicon Valley

Popular name of American California state, Santa Clara of the San Francisco suburb & Palo Alto & San Jose area. Because the computer-related enterprise which begins the semiconductor manufacturer in valley zone accumulates like this it is called. The major computer manufacturer and the software house arrange the eaves, the high-tech venture is active actively, because there is also the Stanford University inside Silicon Valley, has become mecca of the information communication industry of America.

SIMD

Reading: [shimudo]
Full spelling: Single Instruction/Multiple Data
Field:
Microprocessor > design/structure > SIMD

In the microprocessor, the processing mode which handles the plural data in one order. DSP and it is utilized with the super computer. Also multimedia extended function of MMX and SSE etc which it unites to the microprocessor of the Intel corporation and has been troubled is the application of SIMD.

The baseplate which has the terminal in order installs several memory chips, in the edge outside and to exchange the signal. It is used as main memory of the personal computer.

SimpleText

Reading: Simple text
Field:
OS > Mac OS > SimpleText

The text editor which belongs to Mac OS usually. There is also a function which handles the picture of PICT type, sticks sound to the document.

With Mac OS X, as for text editor of standard from SimpleText it was modified to TextEdit.

SIM card

Reading: Shim card
Full spelling: Subscriber Identity Module card
Field:
Portable telephone > 3G > SIM card

IC card which the portable telephone company issues, records contractor information. Inserting in the portable telephone, you use in the identification of the user. With the replacement of SIM, it is possible to utilize the plural terminals with the same contractor treatment. GSM which is European standard portable telephone system has adopted SIM. But at present it can utilize SIM with only GSM portable telephone service, with IMT-2000 which is standard of the next generation, it reaches the point where common SIM can be utilized even between the portable telephone systems which differ. Distinguishing this with former SIM, it calls USIM or UIM etc. It is the schedule where the utilization of UIM becomes possible even with “FOMA” of the IMT-2000 service which NTT [dokomo] starts from 2001 May.

SIM lock

Reading: Shim lock
Field:
Portable telephone > terminal > SIM lock

By the portable telephone terminal which corresponds to the SIM card, the enterprise of specification (the carrier) only the SIM card in order not to be able to utilize, it is the restriction which is applied.

It is designed in such a way that with 3rd generation portable telephone system of general GSM system and W-CDMA and CDMA2000 etc, we utilize the memory card which is called to the identification of the user the SIM card in Europe and America, if communication standard the same we do not replace the terminal and the [te] just replace the card and are changed to another carrier.

As for the SIM lock way this carrier change is not possible, only the card of the carrier of specification with thing of the restriction which it tries not to operate, the case where the carrier is changed even with the same communication standard you must replace either the terminal. For example, in the portable telephone terminal which corresponds to FOMA of NTT [dokomo], inserting the SIM card of software bank 3G of the same W-CDMA standard, it cannot utilize.

SIP

Reading: SIP
Full spelling: Session Initiation Protocol
Field:
Network technology > VoIP/IP telephone > SIP

SIPC

Reading: SIP sea
Full spelling: Simply Interactive Personal Computer
Field:
Personal computer > product > SIPC

For the home which the Microsoft corporation announces the specification of PC. To load IEEE 1394 interface and the MPEG-2 decoder, connection with the AV equipment was made easy, but because price is high, it was not accepted.