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Marvell sees return to normalcy following Thai floods

Marvell sees return to normalcy following Thai floods

Chip maker Marvell Technology Group said it benefited from supply chain recovery in the wake of last year's devastating floods in Thailand and that it ...
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IHS: DRAM's share of smartphone BoM cut in half

IHS: DRAM's share of smartphone BoM cut in half

Although DRAM content in smartphones is on the rise, DRAM's share of the average smartphone's bill of materials has fallen by about half over the ...
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If the price fall continues, is there a risk of finding the quality & reliability also to fall in ...
Amkor plans back-end chip facility in South Korea

Amkor plans back-end chip facility in South Korea

Semiconductor packaging and test services provider Amkor Technology said it plans to build a state-of-the-art test and packaging facility and global ...
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NASA, SpaceX lower expectations for historic flight to space station

NASA, SpaceX lower expectations for historic flight to space station

SpaceX and NASA managers sought to dampen expectations in advance of the scheduled launch of a commercial spacecraft to the International Space ...
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ST sues InvenSense alleging patent infringement

ST sues InvenSense alleging patent infringement

STMicrolectronics NV has filed a complaint in the Northern District of California alleging that InvenSense Inc., a supplier of motion tracking ...
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Update: I would have written: "...now running"
Report: ARM aims to take 20% of notebook PC market

Report: ARM aims to take 20% of notebook PC market

Warren East, CEO of processor IP licensor ARM Holdings plc, has said he expects companies making processors based on the ARM cores will take between ...
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Wishful thinking by ARM. Intel already has a price & power competitive Medfield chip for ...
Living virus generates electricity

Living virus generates electricity

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Labs have discovered a way to genetically engineer a living virus to be piezoelectric, enabling ...
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This is an example of real "bug" in electronics! :) How long do they survive?
Samsung researchers propose graphene 'barristor'

Samsung researchers propose graphene 'barristor'

A research team from the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (Yongin, Korea) has proposed a novel three-terminal device that could overcome ...
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How many more such application of graphene can we expect?...seems endless. Eager to see some ...
NASA, commercial space industy brace for critical test

NASA, commercial space industy brace for critical test

The upcoming launch of a new rocket to the International Space Station will test NASA's strategy of relying on commercial carriers to launch cargo and ...
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One of the advantages and disadvantages of a free market economy (or mostly free market) is that ...
Weightless standard for IoT outlined in book

Weightless standard for IoT outlined in book

Professor William Webb, CTO and cofounder of Neul, has written a 200-page book outlining the Weightless standard for machine-to-machine communications ...
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Foundries' 28-nm capacity build keeping Applied in the black

Foundries' 28-nm capacity build keeping Applied in the black

Applied Materials' fiscal second quarter showing was driven largely by strong sales to foundries that are scrambling to add 28-nm capacity.
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Engineering Ferrari

Engineering Ferrari

Nothing but pasta could possibly be more representative of Italian sumptuousness than Ferrari, the sexy luxury race car brand that made its debut in ...
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Hi Sylvie, Readers of this article would probably be interested in a story I did for Design News ...
Gary Smith: The man who “cried ESL & virtual prototype” gets the last laugh

Gary Smith: The man who “cried ESL & virtual prototype” gets the last laugh

Many years ago and in a Galaxy that seems far far away, my buddy and journalism mentor Richard Goering teamed up to provide EDA coverage for EE ...
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I'd vote for Gary. Gary Smith for President. And he's got entertainment value, too.
Gearing Up for DAC – Verification demos

Gearing Up for DAC – Verification demos

This entry is the first in the what to see at DAC blogs. It includes listing about the demos that companies will be showing in the area of ...
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Electric Imp's cool versus Cambridge's Neul in IoT

Electric Imp's cool versus Cambridge's Neul in IoT

Comparing a couple of leaders in the Internet of Things domain - Electric Imp Inc. and Neul Ltd. - shows the same bases get covered but with different ...
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"However, there is an argument that if IoT is going to be truly successful the nodes will become so ...
"Hi, I’m your data; can you hear me now?"

"Hi, I’m your data; can you hear me now?"

Extracting insight from mounds of data may benefit from using old techniques
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Very much so, I used to deal with multisite modems on a polling system and got to know when there ...
EDA/IP Weekly Roundup – May 16th

EDA/IP Weekly Roundup – May 16th

Mathworks, MIPS, Imperas, Cadence, Sigrity, Kilopass, EVE, Carbon and ams made the lineup today. See here for their news…
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Will China hit a (great) wall? Don’t bet on it

Will China hit a (great) wall? Don’t bet on it

Some naysayers argue that China can't innovate and that the Chinese economy is bound to "hit the wall" like Japan's export-driven economy did in the ...
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It took awhile for the motive all of this positive spin and coverage on China to sink in on me. EET ...
Plastic doesn't pollute, people do

Plastic doesn't pollute, people do

Plastic may not be the most beloved of materials to the more environmentally minded, but a tradeshow held last week in Italy aimed to mold a different ...
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The problem gets even worse when it comes to so-called "bio-plastics" because then people think it's ...
Test equipment market snapshot

Test equipment market snapshot

Grab your lunch and head to Frost&Sullivan’s webinar tomorrow, May 16th on the test equipment market.
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He probably means more money for education, research and development in universities (and ...
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pixies: The researchers claim eventually the metamaterials can be used in optical communications and ...
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May 2012 Caption Contest: Elvis
This is definately NOT "where the girls are".
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How many more such application of graphene can we expect?...seems endless. Eager to see some ...
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Sanjib.Acharya  05.18.2012
Living virus generates electricity
This is an example of real "bug" in electronics! :) How long do they survive?
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If the price fall continues, is there a risk of finding the quality & reliability also to fall in ...
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Making the robot autonomous on the moon surface is a challenging job and I think full-time ...
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I think I disagree with this. I came from completely the other side. I studied Computer Science ...
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"and outsourcing every part of his life to India (including reading bedtime stories to his ...
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Rick DeMeis  05.18.2012
Engineering Ferrari
Hi Sylvie, Readers of this article would probably be interested in a story I did for Design News ...
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"However, there is an argument that if IoT is going to be truly successful the nodes will become so ...
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What instrument can look at a battery or capacitor and determine if it is charged or not charged? ...
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