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IC Insights expects an 18% "surge" in IC market sales in the second half of the year and claims there is clear evidence that the much-anticipated turning point toward recovery has already occurred.
The 12.0 release introduces new features for printed-circuit-board (PCB) and package thermal analysis, new and enhanced technology for meshing complex geometry, and new physical modeling capabilities....
Via Licensing Corp has announced that Motorola Inc has joined its joint licensing program for patents related to the practice of near field communications (NFC) as a licensor....
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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