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Four Overarching Trends
These high-level trends have driven the industry for the past
five decades—and will continue to do so.
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MINIATURIZATION
Miniaturization enables innovation— past, present, and future
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By Maury Wright, Editor in Chief
Shrinking semiconductors stand out in the race to smaller
products.
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SOFTWARE-IZATION
Software and
processors: here, there, and everywhere
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By Steve
Leibson, Tensilica Inc
Software was almost nonexistent at EDN's debut 50 years ago. Now,
software and processors are ubiquitous.
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THERMAL EFFICIENCY
The thermal
cost of performance
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By Joshua
Israelsohn, Contributing Technical Editor
Electric-energy efficiency serves as one measure of how far the
electronics industry has come. Explore how lighting, measurement
instrumentation, and audio amplification highlight the thermal
challenges that engineers face.
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VIRTUALIZATION
Does
virtualization drive the future?
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By Ron Wilson, Executive Editor
The ability of electronic systems to simulate reality has made
them more intelligent. Could it make them self-creating?
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EDN's 25th Anniversary Issue
Travel back in time to see how the engineers and editors
of 1981 envisioned 2006.
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Voices
From the EDN Archives
As part of our planning for EDN's 50th-anniversary
celebration, we've spent an astonishing amount of time
leafing through dusty, hardbound copies of old issues. In
our travels, we've come across some interesting statements. |
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