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Outsourcing services now a key part of manufacturing chain, Gartner reports 7/23/2008

The continued industry movement toward fabless business models plays directly into the hands of the semiconductor assembly and test services (SATS) companies, with the net result that foundry and SATS outsourcing services will grow faster than the overall semiconductor industry, according to the market research company.

Results roundup: Linear Tech bucks economic trends with record results 7/23/2008

Showing seeming imperviousness to prevailing economic conditions, Linear Technology today announced record revenue and earnings for both its fiscal quarter and its fiscal year, while industry stalwarts Freescale and STMicroelectronics reported modest revenue and earnings--if one ignores certain expenses and special charges.

Nokia, Qualcomm settle all litigation, enter 15-year agreement 7/23/2008

Ending a bitter legal battle than spanned several continents, Nokia and Qualcomm ink an agreement covering various standards including GSM, EDGE, CDMA, WCDMA, HSDPA, OFDM, WiMAX, and LTE. The financial structure of the settlement includes an up-front payment and on-going royalties payable to Qualcomm. Nokia has also agreed to assign ownership of a number of patents to Qualcomm, including patents declared as essential to WCDMA, GSM, and OFDMA.

Applied Materials begins $17M Taiwan manufacturing center expansion 7/23/2008

The expansion aims to increase the company’s ability to meet demand for both its AKT flat panel display equipment and SunFab Thin Film Solar manufacturing equipment.

Bad economy good for PC market 7/22/2008

Gartner estimates Q2 PC demand grew 16% year over year as the weak macroeconomic conditions contributed to strong average-selling-price pressures for the notebook PC market, keeping laptop prices low and encouraging consumer demand.

Where is EDA going now? 7/10/2008

Some important changes have been altering the EDA landscape for years, and these changes—in the geographic composition of the chip-design community and in the nature of the chip-design process—are now impossible to conceal.

Voices: National Semiconductor’s David Anderson 7/10/2008

EDN's Paul Rako talks with David Anderson, National Semiconductor's chief technologist for power management, about his long and distinguished engineering career, his company, and the present and future of power management.

Voices: Synopsys’ Aart de Geus on investing to win 6/12/2008

EDA leader discusses 'Frankenstein' flows, multicore trends, and the economy's impact on IC design.

Voices: Intellon’s Mark Hazen on the HomePlug AV powerline-networking alternative 5/15/2008

How will today's diversity of powerline networking technologies sort out over time, how will the market potential be impacted until then, and how does powerline compete with, coexist with, and cooperate with other LAN and WAN interconnect approaches? Intellon's Mark Hazen fields these and other probing questions.

Solid-state drives: HDD replacements? Huge disappointments? Neither. 5/1/2008

While the tit-for-tat over the relative merits of and prospects for traditional hard-disk drives versus flash-memory-based SSDs (solid-state drives) continues, our expert weighs in with a more pragmatic assessment. Economic and technical factors mean the two storage formats are more likely to coexist and thrive in specific niches.

Roles shift as the embedded-systems design chain disaggregates 11/13/2007

Roundtable discussion: What used to be a fairly linear design chain has morphed into a nebulous ecosystem, with shifting responsibilities and new complexities. EDN recently brought together a who's who of executives from this new world to discuss the situation.

Where do engineers get the best education? 11/6/2007

Breakfast in the Valley: While some countries push more knowledge on students, a panel of internationally educated executives say there is more to creating great engineers than just facts.

Airing problems in wireless 10/9/2007

Breakfast in the Valley:  Rapidly evolving technologies raise questions about data collisions between and within devices; future devices to become aware of what else is on the network.

The race for seamless connectivity
9/7/2007

Breakfast in the Valley: Vendors and carriers look to the unlicensed mobile access spectrum to bridge the gap between home, mobile and office voice and data communications around the globe; change is underway.

EDA, ESL in automotive: How do we get there? 8/24/2007

Breakfast in the Valley: When the automotive industry sees 22 million to 24 million cars and trucks recalled each year, but only sees 17 million cars and trucks sold every year, there’s a clear problem. And this problem is driving the automotive industry to turn to the electronic design engineering community for possible solutions for skyrocketing verification costs. A panel of experts discusses the options.

Cadence's beat 12/18/2007

Electronic News/EDN recently sat down with Mike Fister, president and CEO of Cadence Design Systems Inc. and the former senior VP and general manager of Intel Corp.'s enterprise platforms group, to discuss the EDA industry, work across the capital-equipment value chain, and life after Intel. 

Targeting Japan 11/6/2007

William Mitchell, chairman, president and CEO of Arrow Electronics, discusses the global distribution supply chain giant’s first Japanese subsidiary, how Japan differs from other parts of Asia, and the company’s strategy for the region in this one-on-one interview.

Distribution’s balancing act 10/30/2007

Executive Insight: Harley Feldberg, president of Avnet Electronics Marketing, discusses the Avnet Inc. operating group’s recent quarterly numbers, the distribution industry’s overall competitive landscape, and the global balancing act that the company uses to gain sales and market share in a challenging business environment in this one-on-one interview.

Inside Intel: Where next? 10/23/2007

In this second of two parts, Dadi Perlmutter, senior vice president and general manager of Intel’s Mobility Group, sounds off on the company’s plans to expand the Intel Architecture into new markets and the developments that will play a key role in making that happen.

Special Report: Inside Intel 10/16/2007

First of two parts: The world's biggest processor maker takes aim at data centers and consumer electronics with its new low-power chips and on-board graphics. Pat Gelsinger, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group, sat down with Electronic News to talk about the company's new target markets, integrated graphics and the next big thing.