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Breaking, exclusive news and analysis from the editors of EE Times Confidential

Has Cleantech Peaked?

With little to show so far from government investments, and with private sector investment starting to level off, it’s time to ask whether cleantech has already had its moment in the sun.

Ethernet: Coping with the Coming Data Tsunami

Ethernet vendors see a tsunami of data gathering in the rear view mirror and limits of physics and human bandwidth ahead of them.

Samsung, Huawei Pursue Low Power Servers

Samsung and Huawei appear to be joining the growing ranks of companies pursuing low power servers that can act as alternatives to the Intel x86.

Altera, Xilinx Bet on High Frequency Trading

The market for FPGA boards in high frequency financial trading is expanding both in size and in its role as a strategic technology test bed for FPGA market leaders Altera, Xilinx and others.

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Latest Issue - January 2012 Download PDF
EET ON THE QT

A lively roundup of what we've heard on the street and what it means for you

IC Market Still Suffering Fallout Of ‘Delusional’ Tablet Production Forecasts

Feds Stabilize High-Tech Funding

Tighter Controls Targeted For Military Electronics

LAY OF THE LAND

Surveying the landscape of both critical and non-traditional industry segments

SoC Providers Adjust the Picture On Their DTV Strategies

SoC Providers Adjust the Picture On Their DTV Strategies

The rise of MediaTek and MStar in digital TV and set-top chips over the last several years has rocked the global consumer chip industry. When the DTV SoC business cratered last year, some high-profile IC providers fled the segment, presumably concluding that chasing the two Taiwan-based competitors’ doggedly downward pricing model was no longer worth the effort. We take a look at the companies that might stay and fight.

Mobile SoC Players Plot Moves In a Complicated Chess Game

Mobile SoC Players Plot Moves In a Complicated Chess Game

There’s an unprecedented variety of mobile application processors competing for sockets in next-generation smartphones and tablets, giving OEMs and software developers plenty of targets to choose from. But they’ll have to watch out for some tricky technical twists and turns along the way.

Imagination Takes GPU Route to Heterogeneous Computing

Imagination Takes GPU Route to Heterogeneous Computing

Imagination Technologies says it is getting a handle on how space- and power-constrained mobile systems will leverage heterogeneous multicore processing. The U.K. IP licensor calls its approach "GPU compute".

MARKET DATA

Crunching the numbers and discerning trends on varied segments of the global electronics industry

Smartphones, Tablets Will Offset Memory Decline in 2012

Smartphones, Tablets Will Offset Memory Decline in 2012

The chip industry’s balance of supply and demand should begin to realign as the year progresses. Indeed, 2012 will end up being slightly better than was previously expected, thanks to an ever-increasing reliance on outside foundries for production, particularly for high-volume, high-margin ICs used in tablets and smartphones.