Mentor Graphics got into the embedded space by acquiring Accelerated Technology and its Nucleus real-time operating system (RTOS) almost a decade ago. It was a good acquisition, and Mentor has...

Posted by Richard Nass on Jul 31, 2009 04:20 PM in EDA Software

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Is IBM's head of intellectual property the right person to dig the U.S. patent office out of its historic backlog? You can watch online the confirmation hearings of David J....

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Posted by Rick Merritt on Jul 24, 2009 08:40 AM in Computing

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On July 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon, Walter Cronkite, the CBS journalist and anchor of the Evening News just said: "Oh, boy!"...

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Posted by Nic Mokhoff on Jul 17, 2009 09:23 PM in Consumer

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The 80th All-Star Game on July 14th has a Sharp edge to it. Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig has ensured fans that if they can't attend they should be...

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Posted by Nic Mokhoff on Jul 14, 2009 04:29 PM in Consumer

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Thanks to Verizon, PC servers can now be certified for the Network Equipment-Building System standards set for U.S. telephone companies, a fact Hewlett-Packard just clarified to me following their release...

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Posted by Rick Merritt on Jul 13, 2009 07:40 PM in Computing

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South Korea's Dongbu is reportedly moving away from the pure-play foundry model. Dongbu is devising its own LCD display drivers, making it an IDM/foundry, sources said. The company declined to...

Posted by Mark LaPedus on Jul 6, 2009 05:57 PM in Semiconductors

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An article in the Wall Street Journal sheds light on how modern computer technology can be used to decipher cryptic messages that may have set the course of history....

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Posted by Nic Mokhoff on Jul 2, 2009 10:33 AM in Consumer

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