Executive Q&A

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.

Patents: fixable, or the next weapons of financial destruction? 5/7/2009

A panel brought together three significant players in the US patent-law debate to discuss the future of the patent office, the current reform legislation in Congress, and the future of intellectual property. The discussion ranged from pessimism over short-term fixes to a dire warning about the arrival of the investment banks in the patent business.

EDA revenues show unprecedented global decline 4/7/2009

Electronic Design Automation Consortium Chair and Mentor Graphics CEO Walden Rhines speaks exclusively with EDN on EDAC's Q4 and 2008 numbers, showing industry revenues down by almost 18% year over year for the final quarter. There were some bright spots in the numbers, however, including global employment in EDA and two industry categories that saw revenue rise during the year.

EDN names winners of 19th Annual Innovation Awards 3/31/2009

EDN has bestowed its 19th Annual Innovation Awards, honoring a diverse group of electronics engineers and the ground-breaking products they have produced. The Altera Stratix IV 40-nm FPGA design team is named Innovator of the Year. Read on for a complete list of the winners.

Voices: Magma Design Automation’s Rajeev Madhavan 2/3/2009

Rajeev Madhavan discusses the evolving EDA business, the state of the semiconductor industry, and the future of education.

Xilinx FPGA introductions hint at new realities 2/2/2009

Xilinx announces its 40-/45-nm generation of FPGAs with the usual accoutrements of a major product launch, but also with several major departures from the Moore's-Law driven traditions of the FPGA industry. These departures say a great deal about the company's strategy, about the realities of electronics below 65 nm, and about the roles FPGAs will play in the future of the industry.

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