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  • Teardown reveals Chevy Volt's electronic secrets

    Rick DeMeis, Automotive Designline, May 10, 2012
    Beyond battery chemistry and electric propulsion and control, the Chevy Volt enhanced-range electric vehicle builds in flexibility, ruggedness, and diagnostics—with attention to quality construction.  More
  • Do new technologies ease small-scale product innovation?

    Bill Schweber, Contributing Technical Editor, May 10, 2012
    PC-based simulation and tools, manufacturing setups, and production equipment mean that it is easier to develop lower-volume products.  More
  • Distributors hone 'traffic' control skills

    Bolaji Ojo, Editor in Chief, EBN, May 7, 2012
    EBN ranks the world's Top 25 electronics components distributors by revenue and address issues of significance to their businesses.  More
  • Shipping now: conflict-free parts

    Barbara Jorgensen, EBN Community Editor, April 19, 2012
    AVX Corp and Motorola Solutions Inc have announced the first shipment of tantalum products validated as conflict-free.  More
  • IHS: Counterfeit parts represent $169B annual risk

    Dylan McGrath, EE Times, April 5, 2012
    The five most commonly counterfeited semiconductor types are analog ICs, microprocessors, memory ICs, programmable logic devices, and transistors, all of which are commonly used in commercial and military applications, according to data provided by IHS.  More
  • AMD relinquishes stake in Globalfoundries

    Dylan McGrath, EE Times, March 5, 2012
    Advanced Micro Devices Ihas agreed to relinquish its remaining 14% stake in Globalfoundries and to pay Globalfoundries $425 million as part of an amended foundry supply agreement between the two firms that will enable AMD to use another foundry provider at the 28-nm node.  More
  • Clamping down on counterfeits

    Tam Harbert, contributing editor, February 22, 2012
    New law pushes responsibility and costs for detecting and replacing counterfeit electronics down to defense subcontractors and, potentially, commercial suppliers.  More
  • Intel muscles into smartphones, tablets

    Bolaji Ojo, EBN Editor in Chief, February 2, 2012
    ARM has maintained its leading position in such wireless markets, but Intel's latest design wins will most certainly break the dam wall.  More
  • Bullish Penn sees chip market growth of 8% in 2012

    Peter Clarke, EE Times, January 23, 2012
    This high single-digit percentage growth is a "safe bet," said Future Horizons' Malcom Penn who indicated that annual growth "could easily be 20%."  More
  • Teardown: The power inverter - from sunlight to power grid

    Steve Taranovich, Contributing Editor, January 13, 2012
    This teardown of a solar inverter card traces the path of harvested DC power from the photovoltaic panel, through boost conversion, power inverter and massive filtering of the created AC power signal required by the power grid. Surrounded by monitoring and microcontroller magic along with safety standard adherence, we uncover the mysteries of solar energy harvesting electronics.  More

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