News, in-depth tutorial feature articles, and Design Ideas published in EDN.com's Consumer Electronics Design Center. en-us http://www.edn.com/community/47043/Consumer+Electronics+Design.html Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use (http://www.edn.com/index.asp?layout=page&module=terms) Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:24:43 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6707780.html?rssid=238 To seriously compete with hard-drive makers, semiconductor vendors must amass a robust, sustained supply of silicon for solid-state drives. They also must address plenty of misconceptions about the newer technology's capabilities and limitations. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6702276.html?rssid=238 Microsoft's Zune HD is notably more competitive with Apple's products than earlier Zune generations and even one-ups the iPod touch in several areas. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6699739.html?rssid=238 Mobile data provides a notable growth opportunity for cellular operators, but adoption will be slow unless networks can provide good service to all subscribers. Deep packet inspection enables operators to understand the applications their subscribers are using and to build appropriate networks. Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT