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Asia-based semi vendors repel 2009 downturn 3/17/2010

While the rest of the global semiconductor industry suffered a sharp downturn in 2009, Asia-Pacific-based chipmakers actually grew, albeit modestly, by 2.3%, according to market researchers at iSuppli Corp.

ADI sees profit in signal-processing chain 3/16/2010 7:05:00 AM

Analog Devices is focusing on the entire signal chain while avoiding market segments with too much competition, commoditization, and ASP erosion, according to president and CEO Jerald Fishman, speaking at ADI's Analyst Day 2010.

Website services help distributors compete 3/16/2010

No longer simple tools for listing components and data sheets, distributor Websites help customers research new technology, compare parts, receive training, and design prototypes.

Intel unveils 32nm, second gen, high-k metal gate data center MPUs 3/16/2010

The chip giant said these 32nm enterprise-class processors integrate robust security for data integrity and server virtualization and deliver up to 60% better performance than the previous-generation processor, so that data centers can replace 15 single-core servers with one server and achieve a return on their investment in as little as 5 months.

iSuppli: semi industry more profitable now than in past decade 3/15/2010

Thanks to the increasingly aggressive management of costs, capacity and competitive positioning, the global semiconductor business is currently more profitable than it has been at any time in the last decade, market researchers at the El Segundo, Calif. market research company said. In addition to capacity management, iSuppli believes the profitability rebound reflects a more fundamental shift in the competitive structure of the global semiconductor industry.

Voices: Mansour Izadinia: spreading analog expertise 2/18/2010

Mansour Izadinia, senior vice president of IDT's analog and power group, discusses product definition, smartphnones, and opportunities in the analog area.

Voices: Roy Vallee: Innovation must go on 12/15/2009

Roy Vallee, a 37-year distribution-industry veteran and chairman and chief executive officer of Avnet Inc, discusses the year that was and the year to come, where opportunities are, and how innovation continued despite a turbulent 2009.

Voices: Leveling the playing field for small hardware start-ups 10/22/2009

Chumby designer Andrew Huang is among the first of a new breed of small-hardware-system entrepreneurs using China's electronics supply chain.

Voices: Asset InterTech Inc’s Tim Dehne: seeking growth in embedded instrumentation 8/20/2009

Tim Dehne, until recently a longtime executive with National Instruments Inc, has joined the board of directors of Asset InterTech Inc, a supplier of boundary-scan and embedded-instrumentation tools. Over a career stretching more than 21 years at NI, Dehne led global marketing and R&D at the company, which reported $824 million in revenues in 2008.

Voices: NXP’s René Penning de Vries: Moving beyond Moore 7/23/2009

René Penning de Vries, senior vice president and chief technology officer of NXP, spoke to EDN about how design and R&D is changing as we evolve passed the traditional definitions of Moore’s Law and into a new era based on value-added applications and guided more than ever before by economics.

Roles shift as the embedded-systems design chain disaggregates 11/13/2007

Roundtable discussion: What used to be a fairly linear design chain has morphed into a nebulous ecosystem, with shifting responsibilities and new complexities. EDN recently brought together a who's who of executives from this new world to discuss the situation.

Where do engineers get the best education? 11/6/2007

Breakfast in the Valley: While some countries push more knowledge on students, a panel of internationally educated executives say there is more to creating great engineers than just facts.

Airing problems in wireless 10/9/2007

Breakfast in the Valley:  Rapidly evolving technologies raise questions about data collisions between and within devices; future devices to become aware of what else is on the network.

The race for seamless connectivity
9/7/2007

Breakfast in the Valley: Vendors and carriers look to the unlicensed mobile access spectrum to bridge the gap between home, mobile and office voice and data communications around the globe; change is underway.

EDA, ESL in automotive: How do we get there? 8/24/2007

Breakfast in the Valley: When the automotive industry sees 22 million to 24 million cars and trucks recalled each year, but only sees 17 million cars and trucks sold every year, there’s a clear problem. And this problem is driving the automotive industry to turn to the electronic design engineering community for possible solutions for skyrocketing verification costs. A panel of experts discusses the options.

Cadence's beat 12/18/2007

Electronic News/EDN recently sat down with Mike Fister, president and CEO of Cadence Design Systems Inc. and the former senior VP and general manager of Intel Corp.'s enterprise platforms group, to discuss the EDA industry, work across the capital-equipment value chain, and life after Intel. 

Targeting Japan 11/6/2007

William Mitchell, chairman, president and CEO of Arrow Electronics, discusses the global distribution supply chain giant’s first Japanese subsidiary, how Japan differs from other parts of Asia, and the company’s strategy for the region in this one-on-one interview.

Distribution’s balancing act 10/30/2007

Executive Insight: Harley Feldberg, president of Avnet Electronics Marketing, discusses the Avnet Inc. operating group’s recent quarterly numbers, the distribution industry’s overall competitive landscape, and the global balancing act that the company uses to gain sales and market share in a challenging business environment in this one-on-one interview.

Inside Intel: Where next? 10/23/2007

In this second of two parts, Dadi Perlmutter, senior vice president and general manager of Intel’s Mobility Group, sounds off on the company’s plans to expand the Intel Architecture into new markets and the developments that will play a key role in making that happen.

Special Report: Inside Intel 10/16/2007

First of two parts: The world's biggest processor maker takes aim at data centers and consumer electronics with its new low-power chips and on-board graphics. Pat Gelsinger, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group, sat down with Electronic News to talk about the company's new target markets, integrated graphics and the next big thing.