Creating electronic products is as easy as installing software and connecting an electronic circuit board (Evaluation Board)to your desktop or notebook computer's USB port. Semiconductor manufacturers are developing and selling ...READ MORE›
Intel and ARM used to live in peaceful coexistence. ARM designed small chips for a litany of inexpensive devices--mobile phones, disk drives, game systems, anti-lock brakes, washing machines--while Intel's forte was ...READ MORE›
A new radio chip mimics the human inner ear--but detects signals at frequencies of about a million times higher--could enable universal wireless devices that are able to pick up almost any electrical signal in the air.READ MORE›
The semiconductor has been the driving force behind the digital revolution. Now Akira Ishikawa is looking to force the revolution into overdrive by creating semiconductors in the form of spheres instead of chips -- a breakthrough with truly electrifyingREAD MORE›
Everybody worships at the altar of innovation. But it takes a company such as Intel to distill the very essence of innovation and turn it into a set of learnable, repeatable practices.READ MORE›
At 36, Intel's David Marsing suffered a near-fatal heart attack. Now he's running the world's largest semi-conductor factory -- and trying to save Intel from itself.READ MORE›
AMD's Brad Burgess is the chief architect behind the company's future low-power/portable device Bobcat CPUs. We spoke to him about them, but also about the future. READ MORE›
Ask people what makes entrepreneurs successful and you'll hear a familiar list of adjectives; agile, tenacious, resilient, opportunistic, etc. What you don't hear is that often they didn't know any better.READ MORE›
The dream behind Exponential Technology was bold -- to build the world's fastest computer chip. The reality was messy. The end was bloody -- $30 million of wasted capital, four years of wasted effort. So why are so many people grateful for the experience?READ MORE›
Rice University scientists are reporting advances in shrinking the technology that makes computer memory work--a huge key to the next revolution in gadget design. Soon your supercomputer may be iPhone-sized.READ MORE›
Jack Kilby, inventor of the integrated circuit, died Monday. His work in electrical engineering helped birth the information age and propelled the development of the consumer electronics market. Kilby invented the circuit while ...READ MORE›
Intel [INTC] may be the semiconductor industry titan, but new chips released today by AMD [AMD] suggest the company can compete with Intel technologically. AMD's stock is hovering around $2 a share. Are shares of AMD undervalued? ...READ MORE›
When a big technology company begins gathering a specialist group of experts together, in some cases poaching them from key posts in other successful outfits, it's a strategic maneuver. In this case, it's the famously secretive ...READ MORE›
At the Anita Borg Institute, we work closely with technical women, as well as with our partner companies to develop their technical talent, especially at the mid level. As you saw from Caroline’s last post, many women in our ...READ MORE›
Salon's Andrew Leonard suggests that the "Made in China" label is an indicator of how globalization works well.
How so? Despite concerns about offshoring-caused job loss and brain drain, China's consumer electronics industry draws ...READ MORE›
The Apple Tablet--long hoped-for magic unicorn of the high-tech gadget world--is back in the news. But this time instead of merely speculating, people are saying they have hard numbers to back up their rumors. So--is it real?
The ...READ MORE›
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