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.
Hector Ruiz, chairman and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, discusses the company’s new quad-core Barcelona server chip, the future of AMD’s business and its forthcoming push into the consumer electronics world.
Executive Insight: Rick Hill, chairman and CEO of Novellus, talks about what’s changing in capital equipment, why there won’t be any new competitors and why it may cost more for companies to develop manufacturing processes.
Executive Insight: Bill Sullivan, president and CEO of Agilent, sounds off on the convergence of various scientific disciplines in the nano world and why physicists see things differently than biologists.
Executive Insight: Dr. Hans Stork, CTO and senior VP of silicon technology development at Texas Instruments, discusses the company’s decision to outsource its process development, how decisions are made about which foundry to use, the power of semiconductor manufacturing equipment suppliers and the positive impact that foundries have had on the industry as a whole.
Applied Materials' CEO sounds off on where to find new opportunities outside of the box and how the company is leveraging its expertise in thin films into everything from solar to RFIDs and potato chip bags.