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Tech industry girds for tax battle 6/30/2009

The Obama administration hopes to raise some $210 billion over the next 10 years by changing the rules governing how foreign earnings of United States multinational companies are taxed. Although the details are technical, complex, and arcane, the potential impact is big enough to make top technology executives sit up and take notice.

Broadcom ups bid for Emulex to $912M, drops lawsuit 6/30/2009

Broadcom is now offering $11 per share for fibre channel storage networking company Emulex, but says it will move on, considering other alternatives, once this offer expires on July 14.

Amkor founder slides from CEO position to board exec chairman 6/30/2009

James Kim will become executive chairman of the assembly and test company with Ken Joyce succeeding him as Amkor's CEO.

Memcon panel explores readiness of DDR3 6/29/2009

Chips are shipping, but questions remain about the ramp of the new DRAM standard.

Percentage of semis consumed by top OEMs increased in 2008, expected to decrease in 2009 6/29/2009

At 79%, the percentage of semiconductors bought by the top 100 OEMs was up in 2008 from 2007's 76%, but at $202 billion, total value of the units bought was down from 2007's $209 billion, illustrating price erosion issues that plagued the electronics industry last year and that have continued into 2009.

Voices: Avnet’s Jeff Ittel: Think board to go broad 6/25/2009

Avnet's Jeff Ittel discusses designing across the board and its benefits to distributors and engineers.

Transformational change: the revolution to come in electronics design 6/16/2009

GUEST OPINION: Like the proverbial comet-strike that wiped out the dinosaurs, the global recession has changed the climate for electronics. You’d better think about changing your organization’s design culture—and maybe your corporate culture—to adapt.

Voices: Is multimedia abandoning DSPs? Analog Devices disagrees 5/28/2009

Denis Labrecque, marketing-programs manager at Analog Devices, sounds off on DSPs’ past, present, and future in audio, graphics, and imaging.

Voices: Signal-integrity experts speak out 4/23/2009

Two experts discuss signal-integrity challenges and their expectations for signal integrity.

Voices: Chip design in recession: a view from an ASIC consolidator 3/19/2009

Chip design in recession: changing times, changing models, and what they might all mean for designers.

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.