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No Need For Digital ICs In Consumer Electronics

Although Fairchild gave the first ISSCC paper on the feasibility of CMOS in 1963, and though RCA made the first working CMOS devices in 1964, it was over a decade later before anyone thought of the technology as a go-er.

Motorola targets smartphones with mobile spin-off on hold

Motorola’s plan to spin-off its mobile phone business has been one of the first casualties of the global economic downturn. Plans to spin-off and either sell or merger the mobile business, which were first announced in the summer, have been put on hold. “While our strategic intent to separate the company remains intact, we are no longer targeting the third ...

AMCC powers up 10Gbit/s backplane with Molex

AMCC has teamed with Molex to offer data transmission at 10.3Gbit/s over one metre of copper traces. This is one of the first practical demonstrations to support the emerging IEEE 802.3ap 10G Ethernet standard. “Demonstrating the maturity of the technology and applications will accelerate the adoption in enterprise data centres for server-to-server communication and blade server platforms,” said Gilles Garcia, director ...

America’s OK While It Has Guys Like Elon Musk

Just when you think America’s really in a mess brought low by incompetent politicians and a ruthlessly greedy Wall Street, you suddenly hear a wonderful story which shows all is well with America’s greatest strength – its endlessly resourceful and energetic entrepreneurs.