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  Headlines and summaries from the pages of Electronic Engineering Times. Previous editions are available from the 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997 News Archives.
 Friday January 24, 1997"Evolutionary engineering" could drive future systemsAs semiconductor densities soar, engineers are challenged to perfect the very-large-scale circuitry needed to fully utilize gigabit systems. One solution to the problem would be to "evolve" circuitry from the ground up using genetic algorithm-based design systems.
Quickturn offers compiled-code emulation systemA custom processor-based emulation system announced this week by Quickturn Design Systems offers a fresh alternative to the company's existing FPGA-based systems.
Single-electron R&D fundedThe European Union is helping to fund Japanese-led research into memory technology based on the control of single electrons in semiconductors.
Chips arrive for nascent WDM telecom marketA small company specializing in optoelectronics is debuting the first semiconductor products for the burgeoning telecommunications market of wavelength division multiplexing (WDM).
Tool converts text for WebIntellectual property over the Internet got a boost last week with the release of InterSite, a plug-in for Web browsers that enables on-the-fly conversion of text in digitized graphics.
Wednesday January 22, 1997Darpa program seeds mixed-technology CADArmed with a vision of an entirely new generation of ICs, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has quietly launched a Composite CAD program that will help fund design tools for "mixed-technology" chips. Such chips will place devices like micro-electro mechanical (MEMS) sensors on CMOS devices, along with digital and analog circuitry.
Dual-use effort broadened from Darpa to the servicesThe Pentagon is preparing to shift the focus of its dual-use technology effort from the laboratory to the battlefield. Defense Department officials launched a dual-use applications program last week that includes a $100 million effort, called Commercial Operations and Support Savings Initiative (Cossi), and an $85 million science and technology initiative.
New cell-phone positioning scheme toutedA Cambridge University radio astronomer has designed a system that allows a digital cellular telephone's position to be determined to within about 160 feet. The system promises to enable a variety of services to be offered to cell-phone users at low cost, since it does not use expensive global positioning by satellite (GPS) techniques, nor does it require hardware changes within handsets or existing basestations.
Cable compatibility plan advancesA long-running compatibility dispute between TV makers and the cable industry moved closer to a resolution last week with the disclosure of a proposed compromise that supports both new receiver features and cable scrambling.
Futaba fields FEDs using PixTech technologyFutaba Corp. has begun sampling 5- and 6-inch-diagonal field-emission displays (FEDs) in Japan and the United States, following the lead of PixTech Inc. (Montpellier, France), from which it licensed the technology.
Tuesday January 21, 1997Intel discharges its mil-spec ICsIntel Corp. is dropping its military-specification products in response to the military's increased interest in commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) ICs.
Dolby picks Moto DSPs for AC-3Motorola Semiconductor Products is teaming with Dolby Laboratories on development of low-cost digital audio encoders in a bid to broaden the devices' appeal beyond the professional audio markets.
Analysts see growth slowing in PC salesIndustry sages are already predicting that disappointing December PC sales are a harbinger of a broader slowdown in 1997. Retail personal-computer sales for the fourth quarter of 1996 look flat compared with a year ago.
SGS-Thomson cracks semiconductor Top 10SGS-Thomson Microelectronics (STM) increased its worldwide semiconductor sales by 23.6 percent in 1996 to $4.2 billion, according to market researcher Dataquest's preliminary market-share survey. STM rose five places to enter the Top 10, as ranked by Dataquest, in the ninth position.
CPU Tech teaches old MPU new tricksWhat do you get when you cross a decade-old microprocessor architecture with the latest thinking in retargetable cores? A business opportunity, according to CPU Technology. The processor in question is the old, often-reviled 1750.
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