Semi Conscious
Rumored Japanese chip merger by the numbers
Dylan McGrath
2/7/2012 7:21 PM EST
Merging the SoC businesses of Renesas, Fujitsu and Panasonic would create a large company, but the exact size in sales is difficult to pinpoint.
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WW Thinker
ST-E is not looking good at the moment especially considering the mega-merge happened even earlier ...
Video: Are tech jobs returning to the U.S.?
Dylan McGrath
2/3/2012 12:12 AM EST
EE Times hit the exhibition floor at DesignCon 2012 to get engineers' perspectives on whether high-tech jobs are coming back to the U.S.
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daleste
They don't want to say that, but that is their goal. Right now, the employers have the upper hand ...
An analyst's take on the Lam-Novellus deal
Dylan McGrath
12/27/2011 2:50 PM EST
Dean Freeman, a semiconductor capital equipment analyst at Gartner, offers his perspectives on Lam Research's proposed $3.3 billion acquisition of Novellus Systems.
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SudsSutherland
Too bad that Novellus screwed up the SpeedFam acquisition as at the time they had the "best" CMP ...
In search of new chip startup funding models
Dylan McGrath
12/6/2011 8:09 PM EST
With VCs having all but abandoned the semiconductor industry, a working group within the GSA is trying to create a new model to nurture startup innovation.
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iniewski
thank you Paul for an interesting perspective...we are organizing a panel on this topic at CMOS ...
Engineering and the American Dream
Dylan McGrath
11/29/2011 1:29 PM EST
A growing number of people are now bemoaning the death of the American Dream. Among EEs, this sentiment has existed for years.
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Bob Lacovara
I knew, I knew that my sardonic notion wasn't unique... I just couldn't remember from whom or where ...
Slideshow: Hot gadgets for 2012
Dylan McGrath
11/15/2011 1:01 PM EST
It's not looking like a banner year for consumer electronics gadgets in 2012, but we've cobbled together a list of some devices that are likely to be hot.
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dylan.mcgrath
Wow, I didn't realize that. Thanks for the info. I still say, even if it is a "toy," it's pretty ...
Dylan McGrath
11/10/2011 2:09 PM EST
Despite significant layoffs announced by two chip companies last week, there seems to be legitimate reason to believe we aren't in the early stages of a wave of semiconductor industry job cutting.
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elwood
There are longer term trends in this industry, for sure. But the semiconductor cycle of ups and ...
Dylan McGrath
11/1/2011 1:09 PM EDT
It's time to replace every politician in Washington with an engineer.
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Silicon_Smith
Reminds me of a similar article and discussion over at The Economist. Technocracy is hard to build ...
One on one with lead designer of Cortex-A7
Dylan McGrath
10/24/2011 7:46 PM EDT
Highlights from a brief sit down with Peter Greenhalgh, an ARM engineer who served as the lead designer on the Cortex-A7 core.
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Image gallery: Scenes from the Korea Electronics Show
Dylan McGrath
10/18/2011 1:39 AM EDT
A smattering of images of some of the thousands of cutting edge products and projects that were showcased at last week's Korea Electronics Show outside Seoul.
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kdboyce
The Korea Electronics Show has come a long way since its inception ~40 years ago. The first ones ...
