| INTRODUCTION |
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Innovating the engineering profession
By Rick Nelson, Editor-in-Chief
Innovation is hard to teach and hard to predict, but the 15 technologists highlighted in this issue provide insights into the process. |
| PROFILES |
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Processor innovation brings performance boost
By Brian Dipert, Senior Technical Editor
Ambarella's Les Kohn discusses CPU trends and compelling video applications, such as cameras and security. |
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Shouldering the burden to stay on track with Moore's Law
By Ann Steffora Mutschler, Senior Editor
Applied Materials' Mark R Pinto sets the technological direction for the market-leading capital-equipment company. |
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Lithium-ion batteries prepare to take a giant leap forward
By Margery Conner, Technical Editor
Boston-Power's Christina Lampe-Onnerud discusses lithium-ion batteries, their life cycles, and their role in the environment. |
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Wi-Fi 802.11n standardization remains elusive
By Brian Dipert, Senior Technical Editor
Broadcom's Stephen Palm discusses Wi-Fi and alternative networking technologies. |
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Innovator in blue adapts LEDs for consumers
By Margery Conner, Technical Editor
As the government phases out incandescent bulbs, John Edmond is betting mercury concerns will steer people toward HB LEDs. |
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Substance and style: restrictions on design materials continue
By Suzanne Deffree, Managing Editor, News
Restrictions continue to mount, but, says IPC's Fern Abrams, it's not just the EU's regulatory arm forcing green measures. |
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Big opportunities in minimizing manufacturing variability
By Ann Steffora Mutschler, Senior Editor
Walden C Rhines, chief executive officer and chairman of Mentor Graphics, talks about changes in the industry and technology issues. |
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Network of systems builds on parallelism
By Robert Cravotta, Technical Editor
As systems emerge and evolve, they are increasingly becoming networks working together in coordination. |
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Pursuing the Holy Grail of design and test integration
By Rick Nelson, Editor-in-Chief
National Instruments applies off-the-shelf technology to serve test, control, data-acquisition, and even design applications. |
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How DFT conquers growing chip complexity
By Lawrence D Maloney
Synopsys' Antun Domic talks about the role of design for test in curbing costs and ensuring reliability. |
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Analog maestro plays to medical and other emerging markets
By Paul Rako, Technical Editor
By mixing its marketing expertise with engineering talent, Texas Instruments has become an analog powerhouse. |
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Helping chip design and process development move forward
By Ron Wilson, Executive Editor
TSMC's vice president of research and development, Jack Sun, looks at the future of foundry/design-team relationships. |
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New directions in embedded technology
By Warren Webb, Technical Editor
As processor performance and data rates escalate, embedded-system designers are facing a crisis in power management. |
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The FPGA industry strives to keep on scaling
By Ron Wilson, Executive Editor
Count Xilinx's chief technology officer among the pioneers forging a path toward the next process node. |
| ENDNOTE |
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Driving meta-innovation worldwide
By Rick Nelson, Editor-in-Chief
Innovators 2008: Perhaps innovation itself needs an overhaul. |
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PAST ISSUES: MOVERS & SHAKERS
(As of 2008 "EDN Innovators" replaces "The Electronics Industry's Movers & Shakers"
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