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How set-tops got stuck in a TV transition
U.S. funds 'white space' net research
Wafer prices declined in Q2, says GSA
Startup offers 'variability' modeling service
July 'actual' chip sales are above trend
IBM claims fastest MPU
Rice's silicon memristor aims to beat HP
Gartner raises 2010 chip market forecast
GlobalFoundries shows 28-nm AMS design kit

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"Also of Interest" and "Elementals" for Sept. 6, 2010; plus recent "Planet Analog" Newsletters
Reproducing a Cray 1 supercomputer in a single FPGA
LED improvements extend automotive applications
"Also of Interest" and "Elementals" for Sept. 6, 2010; plus recent "Planet Analog" Newsletters
Signal Chain Basics #45: Is high-speed ADC clock jitter being over-specified for communication systems?

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Tech Paper:  Best Practices for Peer Code Review
Tech Paper:  Combining Low Pin Count Test with Scan Compression Reduces Test Interface, Cost
Tech Paper:  Reference Design for Solar Power MPPT Controller
Course:  Fundamentals of PCB Design
Course:  Fundamentals of DSPs: Part 2 - A Filter Application
Course:  Input Overvoltage Protection

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The non-gas car: bounded by physics on one side; the harshness of the road on the other
SD goes high speed
The mysterious case of the microprocessor's memory errors
Winning caption for August 2010 cartoon contest
Kinky coax and a jerry-rigged reflectometer
In-vehicle Internet grows slow and steady

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PartsSearch

6U FPGA-based VMEbus SBC boasts triple redundancy
JST tailors tiny connector for low current, voltage apps
Absolute pressure sensor is small enough for mobile devices
MLCC line expands with gold plated terminations

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ESC Boston, September 20-23, 2010
Embedded Live (London, UK), October 19-21, 2010
ARM Technology Conference, November 9-11, 2010
DesignCon, January 31-February 3, 2011
EE Times presents the Digi-Key Lighting Symposium
EE Times FPGA Virtual Conference, On Demand

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Sanjib.Acharya  09.04.2010
Report: O-S-D sales records set to tumble in 2010
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Mandating an FM radio in every cell phone: what are they thinking, and why?
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Rich Krajewski  09.04.2010
Let's not adopt this bad habit of journalism
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Rice's silicon memristor aims to beat HP
I think using this in analog computing is a great idea! Could we build an array of programmable ...
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Intel CEO: U.S. faces looming tech decline
Now you've done it. You've made me think again. Ouch! Ouch!
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July 'actual' chip sales are above trend
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Light string has contradictory instructions
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Freescale losing share to Cavium, NetLogic
It could make sense for one of the cash rich competitors to pick up Cavium. It would depend on how ...
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Make your own Xbox, anybody?
For what I imagine are those rare junior members of the public looking at this thread, a word of ...
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Job Search using Linkedin - how do you use it?
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HP, Hynix to commercialize the memristor
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Exploding cell phone blamed for farmer's death

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Tablet Wave is Breaking

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