Running one of Japan's largest electronics firms, Minoru Usui, president of Seiko Epson Corp.

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Webster notes that the Sakata region has been hit with a power outage that has affected the Seiko Epson facility.

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He notes that Maxim has about 19% exposure to the quake, as a result of its foundry arrangement with Seiko Epson, in Sakata, Japan.

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He also has experimented with the WristableGPS, a Seiko Epson wrist monitor that tracks the wearer's route by GPS and has a battery life of up to 14 hours.

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Maxim (MXIM): The chip maker said there has been no damage to its partner facility, Seiko Epson, from the earthquake, but that a power outage has affected production at the facility, in Sakata, Japan.

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One thing we can confirm, though, is that it has a camera on board to beam back images and (per the picture to the right) Seiko Epson has all kinds of sci-fi delusions in mind for its future uses.

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It has licensed its technology to DuPont, Philips and Seiko-Epson.

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Its customers include Epson, Pervasive Displays, Motorola, Lexar, Citizen, Seiko, Toppan, Invue, Eton, Motion Display, Neolux and many others.

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