Business Strategy
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Circuits without wiresKevin C Craig, PhD, March 15, 2012Understanding magnetic circuits illuminates electromechanical devices. More
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Tensilica's Chris Rowen: hooked on electronicsInterview conducted and edited by Ann Steffora Mutschler, March 15, 2012Chris Rowen, PhD, the first president of Tensilica Inc, is the company’s founder, chief technology officer, and a member of the board. The RISC guru spoke with EDN about how he became interested in engineering, what engineering students need to know, and the biggest challenges facing SOC design for today’s advanced applications. More
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TI tips partnership to take OMAP into roboticsPeter Clarke, EE Times, March 12, 2012Texas Instruments has announced a partnership with iRobot Corp to develop robotics technology based on the TI OMAP application processors. More
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TI, Nvidia tied for second in tablet CPUsEE Times staff, March 7, 2012Apple dominated the market for applications processors in tablets last year with Texas Instruments and Nvidia in a near tie for second place, according to a new market research report from Strategy Analytics. More
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Dialog licenses Cortex-M0, moves ARM into PMICsPeter Clarke, EE Times, March 7, 2012Dialog Semiconductor plc has licensed the Cortex-M0 microcontroller core from ARM Holdings plc for use in future mixed-signal power management ICs. More
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AMD relinquishes stake in GlobalfoundriesDylan McGrath, EE Times, March 5, 2012Advanced 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
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Engineering the next generation of STEMSuzanne Deffree, Managing Editor, Online, March 1, 2012Industry participants, reacting to the so-called engineering crisis, are doing what they can to foster science, technology, engineering, and math talent and encourage more students to pursue engineering careers. More
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Do, make, design, build, and fix the future of STEMSuzanne Deffree, Managing Editor, Online, March 1, 2012The biggest challenge ahead of engineers can be solved only by engineering. More
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AMD to buy microserver startup SeaMicroDylan McGrath, EE Times, February 29, 2012AMD said the deal would accelerate its strategy to deliver server technology to OEM customers serving cloud-center data centers. More
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Report details Apple's patent holdingsDylan McGrath, EE Times, February 29, 2012Apple Inc has roughly 15,500 patents, about 8,500 of which are US patents, according to a new report detailing the tech giant's patent portfolio. More
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Clamping down on counterfeitsTam Harbert, contributing editor, February 22, 2012New law pushes responsibility and costs for detecting and replacing counterfeit electronics down to defense subcontractors and, potentially, commercial suppliers. More
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January chip sales fell 15% year-on-year, says analystEE Times staff, February 21, 2012A number of factors are likely to have contributed to soft January chip sales according to Bruce Diesen, an analyst at Carnegie Group. More
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Pulse-width modulationKevin C Craig, PhD, February 16, 2012All engineers need to know what PWM is and why it is so common. More
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Analyst ranks chip markets by 2012 growth predictionPeter Clarke, EE Times, February 14, 2012With numerous changes from 2011, some 27 IC product areas out of 33 defined by the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics organization will see market growth in 2012, according to market research firm IC Insights Inc. More
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Apple claims Motorola misusing Qualcomm licenseEE Times staff, February 13, 2012Apple Inc filed a lawsuit against Motorola Mobility Inc Friday (February 10) seeking to block Motorola from asserting patents against Apple in German lawsuit, according to reports. More
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Marvell licenses VeriSilicon DSP coresEE Times staff, February 13, 2012Marvell Technology Group Ltd has signed a licensing agreement for VeriSilicon Holdings Co Ltd's ZSP G3 intellectual property cores, including the dual-MAC ZSP800M and ZSP880M synthesizable DSP cores. More
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Kodak's travails provide multiple lessonsBill Schweber, Contributing Technical Editor, February 2, 2012Markets and technologies that once looked as though they would last forever sometimes do not. More
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Intel muscles into smartphones, tabletsBolaji Ojo, EBN Editor in Chief, February 2, 2012ARM has maintained its leading position in such wireless markets, but Intel's latest design wins will most certainly break the dam wall. More
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Plastic memory firm signs partners for printed systemsPeter Clarke, EE Times, January 24, 2012Thin Film Electronics has joined forces with a number of partners to develop a low-cost printed electronic sensor platform that could be used to monitor the temperature of perishable goods such as food and pharmaceuticals. More
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Freescale, Inside Secure team on smart-meter reference designR Colin Johnson, EE Times, January 24, 2012Freescale Semiconductor has partnered with Inside Secure in a smart-meter reference design that cure security ills associated with near field communication (NFC) technology. More
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