IBM Begins US Layoffs
SAN FRANCISCO — IBM began its first round of United States layoffs Thursday as part of a “global rebalancing” act that could save about $1 billion in costs. The restructuring process could see as many...
View ArticleValidity of New Feature Phone Market
What once looked like a sky’s-the-limit market for smartphones has been grounded. If this week’s Mobile World Congress gave us any clue, low-cost mobile handsets are back in the spotlight. The battle...
View ArticleInternational Oscilloscope Week
Given this week’s four oscilloscope announcements, I’ve decided to declare “International Oscilloscope Week” because the companies hail from three different countries (US, UK, and Germany). Here’s a...
View ArticleInternet of Things: 50 Billion Is Only the Beginning
BARCELONA — When people talk about the Internet-connected devices — the Internet of Things — they do not only mean devices connected to “The Internet,” but to a mix of networks, waveforms, and...
View ArticleMIT Research Looks to Extend Moore’s Law
Despite skepticism in the chip industry that Moore’s Law could be reaching its limits, MIT Researchers believe that they have found a way to enable semiconductor manufacturers to continue shrinking...
View ArticleIoT Is Changing M2M Economics
Most of the money from the Internet of Things is going to come from additional services rather than from connection fees within the next few years. As a result, the proportion of machine-to-machine...
View ArticleNesPoise: A Poseable NES Arcade
The classic Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, holds a very special place in the hearts of many people. Not only do people actively seek out old Nintendo units at thrift stores and yard sales,...
View ArticleEmbedded World 2014: 5 Hot Trends
With 850 exhibitors and 26,688 visitors in Nuremberg, Embedded World is the world’s largest trade show dedicated to the embedded market, so it’s a natural place to see the industry trends from hardware...
View ArticleWhy 450mm Will Be Pushed-Back Even Further
The chart shown below was presented at ISSCC 2014 by Dinesh Maheshwari, CTO of the Memory Products Division at Cypress Semiconductors. The slide clearly illustrates that embedded SRAM (“eSRAM”) scaling...
View Article5Barz Tries to Solve Limited Mobile Connectivity
BARCELONA — 5 Barz used the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona to present the second generation of its Network Extender — a small, lightweight device designed to solve the limited connectivity...
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