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High tech celebrates white-spaces victory
12/2/2008
The decision came down to the wire, but proponents like Google, Microsoft, and Dell finally got the FCC to vote for “white spaces.” Tech companies are wasting no time in predicting products that will be coming to market on the ruling, with some expecting the first white-spaces devices to be here for the 2009 holiday season.
Intel, Hitachi agree to develop SSDs for business use 12/2/2008
Through-silicon vias, oxide bonding accelerate 3D IC development 12/1/2008
Semi sales fell 2.4% in October, SIA reports 12/1/2008
Qimonda delays results announcement, pins hopes on partnership talks 12/1/2008
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Analog Design
Just use a 100Ω resistor: Understanding a rule of thumb for oscillating amplifiers
11/27/2008
A capacitor and a resistor that hang on the output of an amplifier change the amplifier's open-loop-gain curve.
Reducing risk by integrating configurable mixed-signal data converters 12/2/2008
MEMS-based inertial sensor is not your grandfather's gyroscope 12/1/2008
Know your ceramic capacitor, part two 11/27/2008
A unique, low-cost approach to power-supply design 11/13/2008
Analog IC designer needs a job
Food journalism can be analog too
IC Design
Through-silicon vias, oxide bonding accelerate 3D IC development
12/1/2008
Stacked-die assemblies are moving beyond wirebonding for die-to-die interconnect. But are design tools ready for them?
Reducing risk by integrating configurable mixed-signal data converters 12/2/2008
MEMS-based inertial sensor is not your grandfather's gyroscope 12/1/2008
From lithography to test 11/27/2008
Making ASICs gel 11/18/2008
Thinking about active audio noise cancellation in SoCs
Automotive applications for Ethernet are coming
Processor-based Design
Get hardware fast: Use your evaluation kit to build a testbench
11/27/2008
Build a testbench using the microcontroller in your project to simplify the new-task learning curve, get a head start on hardware/firmware integration, and shorten the overall development cycle.
All fail down: ESD-induced failures lead to a logical trap 11/27/2008
Migrating software into hardware 11/13/2008
Avnet, TI, and Xilinx deliver FPGA/DSP development board for digital video 10/31/2008
Choosing the right processor candidate: the 35th annual microprocessor directory 10/30/2008
Modern candlewicks: An example of structural processing
Will structural processing take digital processing to new levels of performance?
Applied System Design
RFID in embedded designs: Your move
11/27/2008
With a built-in RFID reader, embedded systems can exchange data with tagged items to create a new category of applications in tune with their surroundings.
Universal submodule concept cuts I/O design costs, time-to-market 11/18/2008
GreenPeak’s technology targets “green” power 11/13/2008
Designing intelligence into door-entry and security systems 11/13/2008
Align up: The case of the out-of-sync synchro amps 11/13/2008
Solid-state drive handles harsh environments
Universal submodule delivers reconfigurable I/O
Power Management
Power SOCs: A “crazy” idea that just might work
11/27/2008
For power-management ICs, fitting an entire power supply, including switching, control, and passive components, onto one chip enables greater power efficiency and lower heat dissipation. Sophisticated power-supply topologies, miniaturized magnetics, and faster switching devices may combine to make the power supply on a chip a reality.
Driving high-power LEDs in series-parallel arrays 11/27/2008
Voices: Avnet LightSpeed’s Cary Eskow: illuminating energy-efficient design 11/27/2008
Tips for designing ultra-low power systems 11/25/2008
Control ICs simplify dimming circuits for energy-efficient CFLs 11/14/2008
Model your own power assumptions for server farm costs with this spreadsheet
November and December could prove to be the cruelest months for auto industry
Consumer Electronics Design
Solid-state drives challenge hard disks
11/13/2008
Hard-disk-drive vendors assert that more-than-50-year-old rotating storage will remain relevant for many years to come. Solid-state-drive suppliers scoff at these claims, calling hard-disk technology a has-been. Which camp is right?
3G wireless data: about to break? 11/13/2008
Designing intelligence into door-entry and security systems 11/13/2008
Avnet, TI, and Xilinx deliver FPGA/DSP development board for digital video 10/31/2008
Slimmer light guide heralds ultrathin-LCD panels 10/16/2008
Virtualization: A VMware Migration and Parallels' Competition
Apple's 2nd Generation iPod Touch: CPUs And Such
Communications/Network Design
3G wireless data: about to break?
11/13/2008
Although the definitions of 3 and 4G wireless data networks, services, and terminals have been moving targets, some long-promised 3G capabilities are starting to appear. Meanwhile, 4G deployments have been delayed even further.
Consolidation among mobile-IC makers squeezes supply chain 11/13/2008
Power-stingy digital accelerometers yield benefits in gesture-driven consumer devices 11/6/2008
POE devices cater to higher-powered applications 10/16/2008
Power-over-Ethernet chips: to the spec and beyond 10/16/2008
OLED Sony TV shines at CES from afar
Blu-ray might have won, but is there a prize?
Components/New Products
Know your ceramic capacitor, part two
11/27/2008
Class II and Class III ceramic capacitor advantages, liabilities, and application considerations.
Linear wind-power meter compensates for temperature 11/13/2008
Circuits drive single-coil latching relays 11/13/2008
Compact fluorescent lights: Not always the best solution 10/30/2008
Tiny lens harnesses oscillating water droplets 10/16/2008
Novacap X7R and X5R: MLCCs target filter applications
Stackpole Electronics HGC: Thick-film chip resistors offer high resistance values
Test & Measurement
Stick to the schematic
10/30/2008
Tales From The Cube: How do you get a 1.6-GHz oscillation from a 1.2-GHz part? When you assigned an intern to build your circuit.
30-GHz signal analyzer offers 40-GHz bandwidth 11/27/2008
Two- and four-channel, 16-bit, 20M-sample/sec LXI digitizers offer floating inputs, 128M-sample/channel memory 11/25/2008
FPGA-based PXI modules improve test-system I/O performance 11/17/2008
On-chip instruments track malicious RTL 11/13/2008
Everyone wants a bailout—how about Tesla?
Show attendance strong, focus shifts from consumer electronics to medical applications
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Semiconductor Manufacturing
Lam cuts 600 jobs, capital equipment industry takes another hit 11/21/2008
Following on the heels of Applied Materials' and KLA-Tencor's layoffs, wafer fabrication equipment provider Lam Research says it will trim 15% of its total workforce.
Elpida uses immersion litho for 50-nm process DDR3 SDRAM 11/26/2008
Applied works on flexible displays with Arizona State U 11/20/2008
KLA-Tencor lays off 900 11/19/2008
Bookings and billings at levels comparable to 2003, SEMI reports 11/19/2008
Capital spending: can it get worse?
Buy a house, get a free solar roof
Business Strategy
High tech celebrates white-spaces victory
12/2/2008
The decision came down to the wire, but proponents like Google, Microsoft, and Dell finally got the FCC to vote for “white spaces.” Tech companies are wasting no time in predicting products that will be coming to market on the ruling, with some expecting the first white-spaces devices to be here for the 2009 holiday season.
Semi sales fell 2.4% in October, SIA reports 12/1/2008
Voices: Avnet LightSpeed’s Cary Eskow: illuminating energy-efficient design 11/27/2008
NXP targets medical market with wireless communication partnership 11/26/2008
ADI cuts manufacturing expenses, expects 20% sales decline 11/25/2008
Electronics Supply Chain
Avnet doubles Japan footprint with Nippon Denso acquisition
12/1/2008
Tokyo-based design-focused distributor has annual revenue of approximately $170 million.
2009 PC outlook slashed on credit crunch 11/28/2008
Voices: Avnet LightSpeed’s Cary Eskow: illuminating energy-efficient design 11/27/2008
Analysts downgrade estimates for 10 chip companies 11/24/2008
Premier Farnell targets dangers of unregulated e-waste recycling in developing countries 11/21/2008
Fairchild notes distributors reduced inventories as it lowers Q4 guidance
Premier Farnell/Newark's $100K green design competition open
Newsletters
EDN on Analog 12/2/2008
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Electronic News Today: Semi sales skid, iPod Touch revelations, e-waste tragedy, more... 12/1/2008
EDN Online: New Design Ideas, ceramic capacitors, more... 11/27/2008
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Blogs
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12/02/2008
Everyone wants a bailout—how about Tesla? from Taking the Measure
12/02/2008
Apple's 2nd Generation iPod Touch: CPUs And Such from Brian's Brain
12/01/2008
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Product fEEd
Novacap X7R and X5R: MLCCs target filter applications 11/21/2008
Stackpole Electronics HGC: Thick-film chip resistors offer high resistance values 11/21/2008
International Resistive Company SC-3: Chip resistor doubles maximum voltage rating 11/19/2008
AVX Corp MLC: Chip capacitor targets tip-and-ring-telecom applications 11/17/2008
Vishay Intertechnology VPR221Z: Z-Foil resistor claims near-instantaneous thermal stabilization 11/17/2008
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