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  • Kodak's travails provide multiple lessons

    Bill Schweber, Contributing Technical Editor, February 2, 2012
    Markets and technologies that once looked as though they would last forever sometimes do not.  More
  • Sorting out 4G: Are we there yet?

    Janine Love, Contributing Editor, January 30, 2012
    Thanks to clever marketing campaigns and branding, the general public believes that 4G has arrived. The performance of 4G/LTE mobile handsets has improved, and designers are pushing the outer limits of performance in all parts of the handset. In many cases, the limitation is available spectrum, so designers must develop creative approaches until governments act.  More
  • Soitec, Sumitomo offer 'smart-cut' GaN wafers

    Peter Clarke, EE Times, January 24, 2012
    Semiconductor manufacturing materials vendors Soitec and Sumitomo Electric Industries have announced that they have demonstrated four- and six-inch diameter engineered gallium nitride (GaN) wafer substrates and the launch of pilot production to enable wider market adoption.  More
  • Analog design in the 21st century: challenges, tools, and IC advances

    Steve Taranovich, Contributing Technical Editor, January 19, 2012
    Analog-circuit-design engineers overcome new challenges with advanced tools and ICs.  More
  • CES is over; it's time to start designing

    Patrick Mannion, Director of Content, January 19, 2012
    DesignCon focuses on both inspiration and deep-dive exploration of the technologies and techniques designers can apply toward forging the next generation of electronic devices and systems.  More
  • Mark Mitchell: An early interest in computers leads to lifelong ambition

    Ann Steffora Mutschler, January 19, 2012
    Mark Mitchell, director of embedded tools for Mentor Graphics’ embedded-software division, recently spoke with EDN about how he initially became interested in engineering, what today’s engineering students need to know, and the biggest challenges currently facing the software community.  More
  • Future of computers - Part 2: The Power Wall

    Russell Fish III, January 5, 2012
    Continuing his take on the future of computers, and multicore processing in particular, processor expert Russell Fish turns his attention to the "Power Wall" - the increasing heat and power issues associated with increased performance.  More
  • The prototype comes of age

    Brian Bailey, Contributing Technical Editor, January 5, 2012
    A radical change is about to happen in the typical development of an electronic system. The hardware-development flow will no longer be the center around which everything else revolves.  More
  • Xilinx opens R&D center in Beijing

    EE Times staff, December 13, 2011
    The R&D team in Beijing is focused on software-related design activities as part of the company's Programmable Platforms Development group, a global organization responsible for development and delivery of Xilinx flagship programmable platforms.  More
  • Hot technologies: Looking ahead to 2012

    Staff, December 12, 2011
    Our editors reflect on some of the hot trends and technologies in 2011—and look ahead to 2012.  More

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