Former Apple, Google, Facebook engineers launch IoT startup

One-year old startup Electric Imp has developed a Wi-Fi node in a memory card physical format that it hopes will become a standard way for things to be given an IP address and linked to the Internet ... Read Full Story

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The basics of testing op amps, part 4:Testing op amps requires stable test loops

To achieve stable test loops, you need to use the right capacitor values. A spreadsheet can help you find those values. Two loop-compensation methods will work, but one will achieve loop stability ... Read Full Story

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Handicapping the field of possible MIPS suitors

EE Times editors contemplate the potential list of suitors if and when MIPS Technologies goes on the block, then handicap the odds of who would actually acquire or merge with the IP core licensor. Read Full Story

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NSF's I-Corps targets 'innovation ecosystem'

The National Science Foundation's Innovation Corps is designed to create an agile technology ecosystem that can transform basic research into value-added products. Read Full Story

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Q&A: Nvidia’s Dally on 3-D ICs, China, cloud computing

Bill Dally (shown), Nvidia’s chief scientist calls for a 3-D memory champion, more U.S. spending on computer research and an Ethernet alternative for ...

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GSA spies venture capital investment uptick in April

Investment in semiconductor industry startup and private companies jumped up in April to $194.2 million, according to the Global Semiconductor ...

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OIF to define three 56 Gbits/s serial interfaces

The Optical Internetworking Forum launched projects to define 50-56 Gbits/s serial interfaces for future Fibre Channel, Ethernet and other links.

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Cadence tips faster Spice coming soon

EDA software vendor Cadence is working "feverishly" on producing a faster version of the Spice analog electronics simulator, according to Tom Beckley, ...

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It will be interesting to see how this new FastSpice performs on the speed vs. accuracy trade-off ...

Altis foundry updates 130-nm specialty design kits

Altis Semiconductor SA, the specialty foundry bought by French entrepreneur Yazid Sabeg from IBM and Infineon in 2010, has announced the release of ...

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Not every design needs to be on the leading edge. There is still money to be made at 130 nm if you ...

Cadence extends verification and storage IP offerings

EDA software vendor Cadence announced a couple of extensions in its offering of intellectual property at the Cadence Live European user conference on ...

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Can someone tell me whom Cadence is competing with? Is it Synopsis or Tanner. I think this company ...

IHS: Apple iOS to reassert tablet dominance in 2012

Apple's iOS operating system is expected to reassert commanding leadership of the worldwide tablet space in 2012, following a temporary dip in market ...

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It's not a question of "switch." The tablet market is not saturated yet. So the question is, for ...

AMD’s fires Trinity in x86 notebook battle

AMD launched its 32nm Trinity CPUs with upgraded x86 and graphics cores going head-to-head in notebooks and desktops with Intel’s 22 nm Ivy Bridge ...

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Rick, why do you insist on silly phrases like "Ultrabook, a variant of the Apple MacBook Air"? Is ...

SMIC gets government backing for second Beijing fab

Chinese foundry SMIC said its Beijing subsidiary reached a deal with the Beijing municipal government that will result in a second 300-mm fab in ...

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DRAM sales projected to grow 3% in 2012

Thanks in no small part to the bankruptcy of Elpida Memory, the global DRAM industry is expected to partially reverse massive losses incurred in 2011, ...

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After dropping 25% last year, a 3% rise this year does not make up for much. Yes, the remaining ...

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"Hi, I’m your data; can you hear me now?"

Extracting insight from mounds of data may benefit from using old techniques

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EDA/IP Weekly Roundup – May 16th

Mathworks, MIPS, Imperas, Cadence, Sigrity, Kilopass, EVE, Carbon and ams made the lineup today. See here for their news…

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Will China hit a (great) wall? Don’t bet on it

Some naysayers argue that China can't innovate and that the Chinese economy is bound to "hit the wall" like Japan's export-driven economy did in the ...

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It is a historical fact that the central government managed to feed over 1 billion people. (It also ...

Plastic doesn't pollute, people do

Plastic may not be the most beloved of materials to the more environmentally minded, but a tradeshow held last week in Italy aimed to mold a different ...

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I guess Social Mania about anything is dead right. They are anti everything modern and yet use the ...

Test equipment market snapshot

Grab your lunch and head to Frost&Sullivan’s webinar tomorrow, May 16th on the test equipment market.

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New companies at DAC for the first time in 2012

This is the first of a series of blogs preparing you for DAC this year. This one lists the new companies exhibiting for the first time...

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Hi, Brian! A quick clarification for Space Codesign ... #417 is our demo suite, our exhibit will be ...

Autonomous cars: Sooner than we think?

In the short term, vehicles will be able to take over many driving functions—but full autonomy may be farther down the road.

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No they don't. There must be a driver, with a driver's license, behind the wheel of these ...

Indy engines still pack a 700HP punch

This year, when the Indy cars line up in the grid at the "greatest spectacle in racing," they'll be using engines with less displacement than that in ...

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The fact that these powers can be had is testimony that the technology is there. Obviously those ...

Industry view: iSuppli on Micron/Elpida deal

Mike Howard of IHS iSuppli weighs in on rational markets, Micron's most likely integration strategy, and the one thing Elpida must not do.

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My, how the mighty has fallen. Back in 80s, Japanese DRAM businesses drove most US memory makers ...

Reversal from the foundry model back to IDM ?

One can't avoid the question: Are we facing a dramatic reversal of the trend from the Foundry model back to the IDM model?

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I don't think you will see a lot of companies building their own fabs now. The costs are too great ...

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How to Make Legacy Devices Communicate in a Wireless World	3/1/2012
High-End Audio Made Easy: The Software Story	3/1/2012
Achieving Lowest System Power with Low-Power 28-nm FPGAs	3/1/2012
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Fundamentals of Energy Harvesting	3/28/2012
Fundamentals of Increasing SoC Performance and Efficiency	3/2/2012
Choosing a High Speed Mezzanine Connector	3/19/2012
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March 26, 2012 DESIGN West 2012: March 26-29, 2012

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March 29, 2012 Black Hat Summit, March 29, 2012 at DESIGN West

March 28, 2012 The 2012 Android Summit, A DESIGN West Summit

March 27, 2012 MultiCore DevCon - A DESIGN West Summit

March 27, 2012 EDN's Designing with LEDs: March 27, 2012

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Circuit Design and Simulation in your Browser!! Spicy Schematics Web Version

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There is now a new web version of Spicy Schematics! That's right, circuit schematics and SPICE simulation within your browser! No installs needed, and your

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Collection of interesting resources on C/C++ programming

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I constantly study the Web regarding new articles on C/C++/C++11 programming. If I find them interesting, I post links to them in

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All about PVS-Studio

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PVS-Studio is a static analyzer that detects errors in source code of C/C++/C++11 applications. The PVS-Studio tool integrates into the Visual Studio

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