THE BIG IDEA

Changing business models and emerging technology/market segments that could impact your business

‘Universal’ Memory? Not Exactly…

Karin Werder, director of memory development at Research in Motion, told a recent industry conference that the smartphone giant is eager to get its hands on a next­generation memory technology, and the sooner the better.

EET ON THE QT

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

Khosla Plugs into Power Electronics

FCC Poised to Sever the Set­Top Cable

Emotion Next Frontier for Med, Marketing Tests

Darbee Visualizes Near­3-­D

LED Bulbs Battle an Image Problem

TI Foes Question Need for 300-­mm Analog

Taiwan Giants Stack the Deck for TSV

MEMS Shutter Prototypes Zoom in on Pixtronix

Chinese-­Designed MIPS Processor Challenges a Core Tenet

LAY OF THE LAND

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

Taking the Medtech Cure

The medical sector is no cure­all for an electronics industry seeking an infusion of growth, but it does promise plenty of headroom — along with its share of headaches.

VC WATCH

Tracking the hottest industry startups and gauging their chances for success

Startup’s Analog ChipsTap into Growing Biosignal Apps

A veteran University of Utah neural science researcher has parlayed his work on sensing biosignals — along with some angel funding — into two generations of analog chips that are just starting to get traction in a handful of applications. Reid Harrison’s work at Intan Technologies points to one of many growth vectors in medical electronics.

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How Intel is Propping up Semiconductor Startups

Intel Capital, the VC arm of the world’s largest chip maker, has a clear lead among U.S. venture capital companies in supporting the electronics and semiconductor sectors, according to an analysis by EE Times Confidential.

MARKET DATA

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

Patient Monitoring Market Doesn’t Miss a Beat

Billions of dollars in revenues are being generated worldwide through the sale of patient monitoring equipment and diagnostic imaging informatics solutions. The two markets represent some of the best opportunities in the health care market for competitors with electronics capabilities.