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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.
Six-core DSP stresses energy efficiency 11/6/2009
Outlooks brighten for 2009, 2010 11/5/2009
Intel faces New York antitrust lawsuit 11/4/2009
ST-Ericsson snags former Intel, TI wireless exec to head strategic planning 11/4/2009
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Analog Design
Take a risk; throw away those bits!
10/22/2009
You can create a 12-bit system using a 24-bit converter and eliminate the need for analog gain and level-shifting circuits.
16-bit, dual-channel ADCs span 20M to 80M samples/sec 11/4/2009
3.3V mixer downconverts RF with good linearity 10/28/2009
Using high-current integrated-switch power-regulator ICs 10/22/2009
FPGA-evaluation boards come with design software 10/21/2009
Never misplace your remote control again
Connectors are an EMI signal integrity problem
IC Design
Debugging FPGA designs may be harder than you expect
10/22/2009
Bugs can originate at every stage in the FPGA design flow; debugging success depends on using the right tools and methods.
Mentor assembles a test-yield fusion platform 11/2/2009
Intel, Numonyx to describe stackable phase-change memory array 10/28/2009
ARM IP group wrestles complexity of 32-nm physical design 10/27/2009
Implementing an all-digital PHY and delay-locked loop for high-speed DDR2/3 memory interfaces 10/15/2009
Intel's Borkar hints at future of SoC architecture and semiconductor test
ITC panel highlights pioneering work of Stanford Center for Reliable Computing
Processor-based Design
"I'd like to buy a µ": the 36th annual microprocessor directory
10/22/2009
Don't take a chance on your processor selections. The recently updated directory provides details on hundreds of processors and cores from more than 70 vendors.
Six-core DSP stresses energy efficiency 11/6/2009
Cortex-M3 microcontroller cuts energy consumption 10/29/2009
FPGA-evaluation boards come with design software 10/21/2009
Specify an external reference clock to improve SERDES performance 10/21/2009
I'd like to buy a µ
Microcontrollers and human-machine interfaces
Applied System Design
Keep on truckin’
10/22/2009
Tales From The Cube: Changing both the antenna and the transmitter didn't clear up this mysterious transmitter-shutdown problem. It turns out that antennas with the same part number were indeed different.
Exhibits emphasize markets and development ease 10/22/2009
Designing an accessible board 10/8/2009
Is there gold in Green Technology? A microelectronics perspective 9/18/2009
Robots, jobs, and war 9/17/2009
Module merges SUMIT interface with ISM form factor
Wireless module claims five year battery life
Power Management
Using high-current integrated-switch power-regulator ICs
10/22/2009
Learn the thermal considerations so you don't get burned.
Microcontroller for power meters thwarts tampering 10/6/2009
Breaking down the sensor-signal path 9/17/2009
Osram develops direct-emitting green-laser diode 9/17/2009
Workshop addresses LED challenges 9/9/2009
2010 “Designing with LEDs” Workshop: Call for Papers
Here’s a list of micro-inverter companies (and some proposed new installations)
Consumer Electronics Design
The Zune HD: more than an iPod touch wanna-be?
10/22/2009
Microsoft's Zune HD is notably more competitive with Apple's products than earlier Zune generations and even one-ups the iPod touch in several areas.
Deep packet inspection optimizes mobile applications 10/8/2009
T-Mobile's G1: Google's Android OS emerges 9/17/2009
Hard-disk drive touts 2-Tbyte storage, speedier spins 9/3/2009
Hands-on project: Transporting high-def video broadcasts: Are wireless networks up to the task? 8/20/2009
Integration Effects: Victims' Stock Price Plummets
Consider Me Unconvinced By USB 3
Communications/Network Design
Keep your hands off my Internet content
10/8/2009
Net neutrality is critical to ensuring that consumers, not deep-pocketed content providers in secret deals with service providers, determine what content they want to access.
3.3V mixer downconverts RF with good linearity 10/28/2009
Device enables remote computer control and management 10/16/2009
10GBase-T: Is it really coming this time? 8/24/2009
Cyborg crickets could create cooperative community networks 8/6/2009
OLED Sony TV shines at CES from afar
Blu-ray might have won, but is there a prize?
Components/New Products
High hot/cold factor boosts HB-LED efficacy
10/8/2009
Philips’ new Luxeon Rebel HB LEDs (high-brightness light-emitting diodes) have a 0.93 hot/cold factor—the ratio of junction temperatures at 100 and 25°C.
Astable multivibrator gets hysteresis from positive-feedback stage 10/22/2009
Class B amplifier has automatic bias 10/22/2009
Cable tester uses LEDs to find faults 10/22/2009
Dual-coil relay driver uses only two MOSFETs 10/22/2009
Optek Technology OVS5MxBCR4: Miniature, 0.5W LED package measures 3.5 mm2
Nextreme Thermal Solutions OptoCooler HV14: Thermoelectric cooler meets 3000g shock-testing standard
Test & Measurement
Tektronix spectrum analyzer reaches 20 GHz
10/22/2009
Tektronix has expanded the RSA6000 series of spectrum analyzers to include the RSA6120A, which extends top bandwidth from 14 to 20 GHz, making the instrument suitable for applications operating at 12 to 18 GHz.
Oscilloscope probe accessories—It's the little things that matter 10/30/2009
Implementation platform has two-times-faster throughput 10/22/2009
Agilent ADS channel simulator mode determines ultralow bit-error rate in seconds 10/20/2009
High-performance MSOs feature 20-GHz analog bandwidth 10/12/2009
Award-winning test engineer's firm gets CE approval for Parkinson's treatment
Net-neutrality opponents: Keep your hands off my Internet content
- Semiconductor Manufacturing
- Business Strategy
- Electronics Supply Chain
Semiconductor Manufacturing
ARM IP group wrestles complexity of 32-nm physical design
10/27/2009
A presentation at the recent ARM Developers' Conference reveals the extent to which library developers will shield chip designers from the challenges of 32-nm lithography.
Ruiz to leave GlobalFoundries 11/3/2009
Agilent teams with Stanford for nanoscale devices 10/28/2009
Applied opens solar research facility in China, says it is largest non-government solar energy research facility in the world 10/26/2009
SEMI: Bookings rise y/y for first time since May 2007, industry continues to improve 10/21/2009
Capital spending: can it get worse?
Buy a house, get a free solar roof
Business Strategy
Manufacturing trending away from China
10/13/2009
The challenges of manufacturing in China and the still recovering global economy cause electronics supply chain jitters among OEMs and encourage second looks at the shift to outsource and the potential benefits of keeping manufacturing closer to home.
Top 20 suppliers show 19% sales growth in Q3 11/6/2009
Outlooks brighten for 2009, 2010 11/5/2009
Intel faces New York antitrust lawsuit 11/4/2009
ST-Ericsson snags former Intel, TI wireless exec to head strategic planning 11/4/2009
Electronics Supply Chain
A design sign of the times: Distributors boost technical support offerings
11/3/2009
Even with an improving economy, the pressure to do more with less continues to transform the electronics design chain. Distributors are answering that call, providing one-stop shops for a variety of components, technologies, and training opportunities.
Electronics supply chain, heal thyself: How industry leaders inadvertently enable the counterfeit parts market 10/20/2009
Surprising demand for DDR2 modules rattles market, Converge reports 10/20/2009
PC shipments back on the rise 10/15/2009
Three indicted for counterfeit IC sales to US Navy 10/13/2009
Do you know enough about LEDs?
Comments wanted on 15 possible 'Substances of Very High Concern'
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Future Cellphones: Leveraging Building Blocks for Better Experiences The majority of phones entering the market over the next few years will provide very different user ...
The Digital Set Top Box Market: Global Demand Remains High Worldwide digital set top box unit shipments are on track to reach 191 million in 2009, a total that...
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Blogs
Integration Effects: Victims' Stock Price Plummets from Brian's Brain
11/06/2009
Free In-Flight Wifi. Use This Code before Jan 7 from Leibson's Law
11/05/2009
2010 “Designing with LEDs” Workshop: Call for Papers from PowerSource
11/05/2009
Consider Me Unconvinced By USB 3 from Brian's Brain
11/05/2009
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Optek Technology OVS5MxBCR4: Miniature, 0.5W LED package measures 3.5 mm2 11/06/2009
Nextreme Thermal Solutions OptoCooler HV14: Thermoelectric cooler meets 3000g shock-testing standard 11/05/2009
National Semiconductor LM3424: LED driver features temperature-management control 11/04/2009
Fujitsu Components America: Self-wetting adhesive sheets targets touchscreen and flat-panel displays 11/03/2009
Avago Technologies ACPL-M71T and ACPL-M72T: CMOS optocouplers target hybrid-electric vehicles 11/02/2009
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