Movers and Shakers 2007

INTRODUCTION
Video: Behind the scenes of Movers and Shakers Editorial: What makes a winner? Global economic outlook: What will grow, how much, and how fast?
CEO ROUNDTABLE The Brightest Ideas in Electronics Seven top executives from leading companies let loose with blinding, sometimes scorching, insights into the global electronics industry. Online Exclusive: Who's going to own their own fab? In the past, CEOs used to brag that "Real men own fabs." With costs now pushing well into the billions of dollars, which companies can afford to make their own chips?
PEOPLE: THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST
Jerry Fishman, Analog Devices: Leadership rethinks priorities John Daane, Altera: Keeping pace with the industry Michael Splinter, Applied Materials: Leading with insight Roy Vallee, Avnet: Expanding in a single-digit growth industry Scott McGregor, Broadcom: Making all the right connections Chia Song Hwee, Chartered: Power in partnerships TJ Rodgers, Cypress Semiconductor: Riding the next waves Bernard Meyerson, IBM: Reshaping the business of technology Alex Lidow, International Rectifier: Back to the basics Lothar Maier, Linear Technology: Staying the course Walden Rhines, Mentor Graphics: Looking ahead key to success James Truchard, National Instruments: Zeroing in on industrial Brian Halla, National Semiconductor: Reaching for the stars Eli Harari, SanDisk: Company, flash market see the light Rich Templeton, Texas Instruments: Riding the DSP wave
PLACES

China:	Innovation drives change in China's electronics market Actions Semiconductor: From start-up to first place	Mideast:	The Persian Gulf's other side: booming demand and development
India:	Appeal to electronics industry gets hotter	Western Europe:	Semiconductor landscape drastically changed Online exclusive: Liberated energy moves Qimonda forward
Eastern/Central Europe:	Manufacturing boom shows New Europe's strength Europe's Videoton thrives in EMS world by tempering global ambitions	Japan:	Hot companies hone in on targeted markets Elpida transforms its DRAM business Nintendo executives: Wii are here to play
TECHNOLOGIES MIMO: Apple TV moves video using 802.11n Wi-Fi Lithium-ion-battery technology revives the electric car Telemedical electronics pave the way for personal medicine Emerging-country markets shake tech's assumptions Analog: Appliances start saving energy as population grows Consumer Electronics: Windows Vista an ambiguous bounty for hardware providers Standards for telecom finally come to fruition EDA jumps in to address power dilemma in handheld devices
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