Business Strategy

PC MPU unit shipments jump 23% in Q3, signaling market is recovering 11/9/2009

IDC reports that mobile PC microprocessors lead the growth, increasing 35.7% quarter over quarter in Q3. But, because of lower average selling prices on such MPUs, revenue grew at a lesser 14.1%.

Top 20 suppliers show 19% sales growth in Q3 11/6/2009

Four of the top 20 companies are expected to register higher sales in 2009 than in 2008, according to IC Insights.

Outlooks brighten for 2009, 2010 11/5/2009

Following a stronger Q3 than anticipated, moderate growth is expected in Q4, encouraging the SIA and Future Horizons to update their 2009 and 2010 forecasts.

ST-Ericsson snags former Intel, TI wireless exec to head strategic planning 11/4/2009

Prior to joining ST-Ericsson, Edgar Auslander was director of Intel's ultra mobility group and was one of the founders of TI's wireless business unit.

Intel faces New York antitrust lawsuit 11/4/2009

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Intel alleging that the MPU maker bribed and coerced PC OEMs, violating state and federal antimonopoly laws by engaging in a campaign of illegal conduct to maintain its top-ranking place in the MPU market.

Is there gold in Green Technology? A microelectronics perspective 9/18/2009

A panel sponsored by international science and technology interest group Monte Jade explored the realities behind the promise of huge new microelectronics markets from so-called Green Tech—the global drive to lower carbon footprints, reduce energy use, and shift to sustainable consumption. The panel combined venture capitalists, industry executives, and an executive from a key electric power industry organization, and produced a fascinating cross-fire of ideas.

Voices: Newark/Premier Farnell's Gary Nevison: scoping out the Environmental Design of Electrical Equipment Act 9/17/2009

Gary Nevison, legislation and environmental affairs manager at UK-based distributor Farnell and its US company Newark, recently discussed the Environmental Design of Electrical Equipment Act and compared it with ROHS.

Workshop addresses LED challenges 9/9/2009

The US Department of Energy recently invested $6.4 million in LED design to encourage innovation in solid-state lighting. But solid-state lighting is as much about the surrounding electronic-power-control circuitry, thermal management, and optics as it is about the basic LED devices.

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.

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.

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.

Congratulations! You're the new CEO 10/23/2007

Susan Myers, president and founder of Myers Coaching & Consulting, gives some tips on, how as the new CEO, one can chart a course to make it their company and a great place to work.

2007 top 100 contract manufacturers 9/27/2007

Electronic Business offers up its annual accounting of the leaders in EMS (electronics manufacturing services) and ODM (original design manufacturing).

Electronic Business' Top 100 Chinese electronics companies 9/18/2007

Electronics companies in China are gaining critical mass on the global market, but about a third of the 100 companies on the list posted losses for the year.

Market intelligence for the electronics supply chain 8/14/2007

Converge reports that activity in the DRAM market remains quiet; demand for older Intel CPUs is creating a supply shortage; and demand for notebook drives continues to grow.

VCs increase Q2 investments in semiconductor industry, report says 8/6/2007

Venture capitalists invested $7.1 billion in 977 deals in the second quarter of 2007 across 17 industry sectors, the highest level of deals in nearly six years. The diversity is a sign of strong prospects for innovation all around, analysts say.

Special Report: Electronic Business' Top R&D spenders 7/24/2007

In this exclusive special report, we rank the R&D spending leaders in the electronics industry, looking at their R&D investments as a percentage of their annual revenues.