Today's announcement by Macronix of a 256-Mbit serial NOR flash chip is interesting from a capabilities point of view, but leaves a number questions regarding market pull, interface standards and...

Posted by Patrick Mannion on Oct 29, 2009 12:46 PM in DesignScape

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Thanks to a licensing deal with STMicroelectronics reported today, ARM is headed into set-top boxes, the home turf of the MIPS Technologies core. This is just the latest move in...

Continue reading "Survivor: Core Edition"

Posted by Rick Merritt on Oct 28, 2009 03:20 PM in Computing

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Reports are out that English may have to share with other languages in Web addresses, giving way for urls to appear in simplified Chinese characters, Russian Cyrillic, Korean Hangul and...

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Posted by Nic Mokhoff on Oct 27, 2009 09:54 AM in Consumer

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The Department of Energy is expected to give away tomorrow all its $3.4 billion in economic stimulus funds earmarked for smart grid projects. More than 400 groups will be waiting...

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Posted by Rick Merritt on Oct 26, 2009 06:15 PM in Computing

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I just came across an interesting blog written by Ken Klein, president of Wind River. The past few months have been quite interesting from my perch, covering the happenings at...

Posted by Richard Nass on Oct 21, 2009 09:02 PM in Industry

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Steve Jobs might want to change the name of his company back to Apple Computer Inc. after the latest quarterly financial results reported today....

Continue reading "iPhones slow, iPods fall"

Posted by Rick Merritt on Oct 19, 2009 06:05 PM in Computing

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The Wi-Fi Alliance is finishing a 'Wi-Fi Direct' specification that will allow users to to communicate among devices with others without the need to route the data thru a wireless...

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Posted by Nic Mokhoff on Oct 15, 2009 04:56 PM in Consumer

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At last week's tech fest at the IMEC research facility in Belgium, we were given an update on the technologies, processes and design techniques that will get us to 10-nm...

Continue reading "IMEC puts 10-nm interconnects in true perspective"

Posted by Patrick Mannion on Oct 12, 2009 02:40 PM in DesignScape

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The Nobel prize for peace awarded to president Obama is a sign of the times and in spirit of Alfred Nobel's wishes....

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Posted by Nic Mokhoff on Oct 10, 2009 03:49 AM in Consumer

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There was a ton of great content at ESC UK in Farnborough. Some of the highlights includes a pair of panels (both moderated by yours truly) and a Build Your...

Posted by Richard Nass on Oct 9, 2009 03:48 PM in Industry

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Ray Kurzweil is a fascinating man. That's because he states the future as it is....

Continue reading "A singular sensation"

Posted by Nic Mokhoff on Oct 2, 2009 04:01 PM in Consumer

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