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Headlines for Sunday, March 11, 2012

Technology

Cloud-connected MCUs with out-of-box cloud connectivity

Research project sketches centralized computing architecture for e-cars

NFC application revenues to reach $10.6bn in 2012

Personal tracking to be the next billion dollar GPS market

Ford sketches future mobility at Mobile World

Military technology offers disruptive route for scaling M2M systems

Radio waves beamed with a twist allow massive multiplexing

Headlines for Saturday, March 10, 2012

Business

CeBIT 2012, From Jeremy Lin to World of Tanks

Headlines for Friday, March 9, 2012

Business

U.S. to begin testing future drones

Tablets to boost semiconductor use to fourth place

ST-Ericsson loses CTO

Picocells to grow device ecosystem by 2015

Imagination issues positive outlook on multiple fronts

February sales dipped at TSMC

Semtech buys French IP developer

Technology

MIT makes Hornet multicore simulator power aware

Synchrophaser workshop addresses smart grid testing

Headlines for Thursday, March 8, 2012

Business

New iPad may shave Apple’s tablet margins

TI, Altera cut Q1 sales targets

Analyst: Printed electronics is a $9-billion opportunity

GM: We're not pulling plug on Chevy Volt

MediaTek February sales rise 20%

Video: NFC technology, proliferation and challenges examined

Career

Want to learn how to solder? Live near Boulder Colorado?

Technology

Holey optochip breaks the 1-Tbit/s barrier

Headlines for Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Technology

HP Proliant Gen 8 uses Xeon E5s and Nvidia Tesla GPUs

Hard mask development taps use of nanocrystals

Surrey NanoSystems gets funding for commercialization of new materials

Applied Materials, IME open Singapore 3-D packaging lab

Business

GaN power market to rise to $10 million in 2012, says Yole

January chip sales down 14% on annual basis

TI, Nvidia tied for second in tablet CPUs

Video: analysts, companies grapple with mobile security issues

MEMS microphones boomed in 2011, says IHS-iSuppli

U.S. elections to aid chip sales in 2012, says analyst

Dialog licenses Cortex-M0, moves ARM into PMICs

Cypress Semi cuts Q1 sales target

Headlines for Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Business

Intel unimpressed with AMD's SeaMicro buy

Video: Augmented Reality enhances MWC

GSA concerned over WSTS, may seek sales data role

Technology

Don’t get stuck in the I/O bottleneck ahead

Intel rolls first processor optimized for datacenters

IMEC offers 14-nm dev kit, test chip to follow 2H12

Product

Apple steps up graphics with new iPad

Taiwan startup offers Class-D power amp

Design

Report: Fewer design starts are yielding higher value

Cadence offers design support to Australia's IC startups

Extra!

Portrait of a Mobile Software Developer 

Headlines for Monday, March 5, 2012

Business

Elpida's bankruptcy to boost other DRAM suppliers

Vishay buys HiRel Systems for $85 million

Chip sales slipped 2.7% in January

MediaTek takes Rambus license

Report: China forges ahead to grab innovation ring

Money, cleantech and what comes next

Apple bought half of ST's MEMS in 2011, says IHS

MEMS gyro sales to outpace accelerometers, says IHS

TSMC triumvirate sets stage for Chang's succession

Windows 8 consumer preview in pictures

Product

MaxLinear tips full-spectrum capture cable receivers

Cloud-bound PLM 360 redefines product design cycle

Cadence moves physical design software to 20-nm