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A special supplement to EDN
Published March 4, 2009 |
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In a jobless recovery, innovators will have jobs
By Rick Nelson, Editor-in-Chief
The economy is recovering, or so the economists tell us. The employment picture remains grim, however, and high levels of joblessness may be a permanent condition, according to a recent item in The Huffington Post by Martin Ford, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, computer engineer, and author of The Lights in the Tunnel: Automation, Accelerating Technology and the Economy of the Future. |
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Domino logic boosts performancer
By Robert Cravotta, Technical Editor
Intrinsity's FastCore techniques offer an alternative to high-performance, low-power cores. |
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Innovators get Linux to boot in 1 second
By Paul Rako, Technical Editor
Doing real-time Linux is hard enough. Making it boot in 1 second took real innovation. |
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Phase-change memory enhances and supplements other memory technologies
By Brian Dipert, Senior Technical Editor
Phase-change memory is the latest candidate in the race to knock flash memory off its leadership throne. |
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One-stop shop provides easy-to-use USB 3.0 IP
By Rick Nelson, Editor-in-Chief
With designware, developers can quickly and successfully implement USB 3.0 in their ASIC designs. |
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FPGA design team pushes for a global effort
By Ron Wilson, Executive Editor
One global design team, two product lines, and a unique organization move forward FPGA technology. |
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