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Fear, negative momentum influence chip market, iSuppli says
11/19/2008
The psychology of many industry players has shifted to a "survival mentality," with cost-control and cash-conservation considerations driving decisions, iSuppli says as it reports full-year revenue will decline in 2008 for the first time since 2001.
KLA-Tencor lays off 900 11/19/2008
Bookings and billings at levels comparable to 2003, SEMI reports 11/19/2008
Consumer spending damaging semi sales, growth to return in 2010, SIA reports 11/19/2008
ON Semi backs out of bid for Atmel 11/18/2008
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Analog Design
Transimpedance-amplifier application: The pulse oximeter
10/30/2008
A demanding medical-electronics application, the pulse oximeter requires careful selection and implementation of a transimpedance amplifier.
EDN on Analog: Differential coupling, linear wind-power meter, more... 11/18/2008
A unique, low-cost approach to power-supply design 11/13/2008
Linear wind-power meter compensates for temperature 11/13/2008
Oscillator uses dual-output current-controlled conveyors 11/13/2008
More on the 135-mpg fantasy
Six new reference designs from National Semi
IC Design
DDR3 SDRAM exposed: Inside a bleeding-edge, blazing-fast memory device
11/3/2008
The IC Insider reveals the densely packed real estate and impressive clock-synchronization circuitry that allow Samsung's 1-Gbit K4B1G0846D-HCF8 to achieve its 1066-Mbps data-transfer rate.
Making ASICs Gel 11/18/2008
On-chip instruments track malicious RTL 11/13/2008
Tech innovation addresses societal, environmental challenges worldwide 11/13/2008
Researchers explore nonvolatile resistive RAM as flash replacement 11/13/2008
Thinking about active audio noise cancellation in SoCs
Automotive applications for Ethernet are coming
Processor-based Design
Choosing the right processor candidate: the 35th annual microprocessor directory
10/30/2008
Welcome to the 35th annual EDN microprocessor/microcontroller directory. Once again, the companies and devices in the directory continue to evolve and grow in number. The company roster and product listings are testaments to the variety of processors available and the tremendous variation among requirements, features, and types of applications for which designers are using microprocessors and microcontrollers.
Migrating software into hardware 11/13/2008
Avnet, TI, and Xilinx deliver FPGA/DSP development board for digital video 10/31/2008
XMEGA processor sports event system for deterministic performance with low power 10/30/2008
PSoC supports CyFi low-power RF 10/30/2008
Modern candlewicks: An example of structural processing
Will structural processing take digital processing to new levels of performance?
Applied System Design
Align up: The case of the out-of-sync synchro amps
11/13/2008
Tales From The Cube: An Apollo-program engineers struggles to straighten out a system that suffers from repeated misalignment of antenna synchro amplifiers.
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
Tiny module delivers Pico-ITXe expansion 11/11/2008
New RTOS on the block
Down converter module fits critical applications
Power Management
Power-over-Ethernet chips: to the spec and beyond
10/16/2008
Power over Ethernet allows a basic Category 5 or 6 cable to carry both data and power, enabling simple and inexpensive installations of equipment such as VOIP phones, cameras, and wireless-access points.
Control ICs simplify dimming circuits for energy-efficient CFLs 11/14/2008
A unique, low-cost approach to power-supply design 11/13/2008
Energy scavenger achieves record power 11/13/2008
New approach to ink boosts solar-cell efficiency to more than 17% 10/24/2008
A reader says: Beware of inductive spikes caused by CFLs
Get Smart: How real was the ol’ laptop-fingerprint trick?
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
Exchanging Mini-ITX Boards For Feedback: A Mid-Week (And One-Week-Duration) Competition
Solid-State Drives Challenge Hard Disks: Hackintoshes and Macintoshes
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
Tiny lens harnesses oscillating water droplets
10/16/2008
From cell phones to military drones, many applications demand small, light optical lenses but can’t spare much power for focusing them. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute claim to have developed an innovative liquid lens that fits the bill.
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
Slimmer light guide heralds ultrathin-LCD panels 10/16/2008
International Resistive Company SC-3: Chip resistor doubles maximum voltage rating
AVX Corp MLC: Chip capacitor targets tip-and-ring-telecom applications
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.
FPGA-based PXI modules improve test-system I/O performance 11/17/2008
On-chip instruments track malicious RTL 11/13/2008
DSO-based software analyzes 20-GHz-bandwidth RF signals 10/27/2008
Repeat offender 10/16/2008
Show attendance strong, focus shifts from consumer electronics to medical applications
Halla on what the semiconductor industry is doing for you
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Semiconductor Manufacturing
KLA-Tencor lays off 900 11/19/2008
Following on Applied Material's 12% workforce reduction, fellow capital equipment vendor KLA-Tencor announces plans to cut 15% of its workforce by the end of June.
Bookings and billings at levels comparable to 2003, SEMI reports 11/19/2008
2009 equipment sales could hit lows not seen since 2003, Gartner warns 11/17/2008
Photovoltaic raw materials prices to shrink in 2009, iSuppli says 11/14/2008
Applied cuts 1,800 jobs as capital equipment industry preps for harsh 2009 11/13/2008
Capital spending: can it get worse?
Buy a house, get a free solar roof
Business Strategy
New law set to improve information on the state of US broadband adoption
11/18/2008
While the legislation didn’t go as far as some public interest groups would have liked, it provides a better framework for accurately collecting data about broadband services and is a step up from the old system, industry observers say.
Fear, negative momentum influence chip market, iSuppli says 11/19/2008
KLA-Tencor lays off 900 11/19/2008
Consumer spending damaging semi sales, growth to return in 2010, SIA reports 11/19/2008
ON Semi backs out of bid for Atmel 11/18/2008
Electronics Supply Chain
Apple's iPhone production could fall 40%, hurt chip suppliers' Q4s, analysts say
11/3/2008
FBR Research supply chain checks find that Apple's iPhone production plans are being revised lower, which suggests the macroecomomic weakness is impacting even high-end consumers and that "no market segment will be spared in this global downturn." Chip suppliers, including Broadcom and Marvell, will feel a Q4 pinch on the production cuts, the firm says.
Electronics supply chain sales contract in September, IPC reports 11/18/2008
Intel lowers Q4 guidance, says sales could fall 15% 11/13/2008
Environmental compliance, 2.0 11/13/2008
Worldwide product innovation despite varying standards 11/13/2008
Fairchild notes distributors reduced inventories as it lowers Q4 guidance
Premier Farnell/Newark's $100K green design competition open
Newsletters
Electronic News Today 11/20/2008
EDN Online 11/20/2008
EDN on Components 11/20/2008
EDN on Consumer Electronics: Solid-state drives, 3G wireless data, more... 11/19/2008
Electronic News Today: Fear influencing chip market; automotive Ethernet apps; more... 11/19/2008
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Blogs
Show attendance strong, focus shifts from consumer electronics to medical applications
from Taking the Measure
11/20/2008A reader says: Beware of inductive spikes caused by CFLs from PowerSource
11/20/2008
Breaking News from the “Institute of Microprocessors” from Leibson's Law
11/19/2008
Exchanging Mini-ITX Boards For Feedback: A Mid-Week (And One-Week-Duration) Competition from Brian's Brain
11/19/2008
Get Smart: How real was the ol’ laptop-fingerprint trick? from PowerSource
11/19/2008
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Product fEEd
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
Diodes Inc AP6714 and AP6015: Buck and boost converters guard against high inrush current and output-voltage overshoot 11/05/2008
Aimtec AM12T-Z and AM12TW-Z: Converters provide regulated single and dual outputs 11/04/2008
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