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Damping down 5G ambitions 20/05/2013

The move to the next generation of mobile phone technology has much the same 'cadence' as Moore's Law. While Moore pushes companies to the next ...

Intel: a modest suggestion 16/05/2013

Intel has made its first decision by heavily funding the fab program. Great choice; Intel's new process development and fab division is the heart of ...

Facing the 5G challenge 14/05/2013

Since 1981, a new generation of mobile phone technology has been introduced every 10 years. And, if Samsung is to be believed, the industry is on ...

IP set to become big business for eda companies 14/05/2013

As the semiconductor industry chased Moore's Law, eda companies produced ever more capable software which dealt with the issues thrown up by the ...

What goes around ... 08/05/2013

Once upon a time, as they say in the best stories, there was a company called Tality. It was created by Cadence as a home for its design services ...

Is a patent a must have for protecting your product idea? 08/05/2013

The numbers are telling; patent applications filed in the United States have risen every year since 1978 - and rising quickly. Submissions have ...

Autonomous, not driverless 03/05/2013

I don't know about you, but I'm looking forward to the era of self driving cars. After all, why spend countless hours negotiating rush hour traffic ...

Rising from the ashes 01/05/2013

Four years ago, Spansion was figuratively left for dead by the electronics industry. The company was on its uppers and took the only option left to ...

Will European power project threaten the UK’s efforts? 29/04/2013

The market for industrial power components is believed to be worth $130billion a year and to be growing at rates of in excess of 10%. The UK has a ...

Predicting the future for semiconductor revenues is a risky ... 23/04/2013

The semiconductor industry has shown remarkably consistent growth over the last 50 years. Plot a graph of sales revenue against time and the slope ...

Queen’s Awards winners announced 22/04/2013

More than 150 companies have been recognised in the latest Queen's Awards for Enterprise - the UK's most prestigious awards to business. Of these, 27 ...

Every picture tells a story 17/04/2013

Following every Mobile World Congress (or 3GSM) for the past 10 years, I've taken at least another week of vacation before returning to Phoenix.

Is a 2.2% drop in semiconductor sales revenue really ... 15/04/2013

The semiconductor industry has shown remarkably consistent growth over the last 50 years. Plot a graph of sales revenue against time and the slope ...
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The item you never knew you didn’t need ... 15/04/2013

Designers have always looked back to earlier times for inspiration – perhaps there are only so many ideas out there.

The impact of four generations of mobile phone technology 09/04/2013

It's hard to believe the first mobile phone call was made 40 years ago; the technology continues to feel as though it's a recent development. Yet, ...

What's in a name? 04/04/2013

When the Government announced late in 2011 that it was to award in the name of The Queen a £1million prize to recognise engineering achievement, ...

Roadrunner finally meets its match 03/04/2013

The world of technology is a funny place. In the consumer world, it seems we all want the latest and greatest pieces of kit – no matter whether it's ...

Even supercomputers get superseded 02/04/2013

The High Street is typified by consumers looking for the latest and greatest technology - more capable smartphones, better tablets and home ...

Flogging a dead horse 20/03/2013

You had the feeling the end was nigh for ST-Ericsson when its chief executive resigned the other week. Didier Lamouche was parachuted into the ceo's ...

Is Warren East the retiring type? 19/03/2013

There are a number of reasons why a successful and relatively young businessman would want to retire. One is an addiction to golf, other leisure ...

Cadence looks to knock Synopys off its IP perch 13/03/2013

In a report from December 2012's IPSoC conference in Grenoble, Louise Joselyn commented that 'Cadence may be about to challenge Synopsys' dominance ...

Has the UK’s plastic electronics sector been slow out of ... 12/03/2013

At the end of 2009, the Government announced a strategy to nurture the growth of the UK's plastic electronics sector. It seemed timely: although the ...

Is Altera the first of some 'big name' foundry deals for ... 12/03/2013

Intel appears to be entering the foundry business in a meaningful fashion. While there hasn't been a corporate announcement to that effect, the ...

Chip scale packages might be thinner, but their profile is ... 28/02/2013

Freescale has launched the latest – and smallest – member of its Kinetis range of ARM based microcontrollers. The Cortex-M0+ based Kinetis KL02 takes ...

A dip into BT’s technology archive shows there’s nothing ... 26/02/2013

It's easy to believe that every consumer electronics development is brand spankingly new, yet it appears some ideas have been around for many years.