THE BIG IDEA

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

Securing the Transaction

Get ready for smartphones that do double duty as digital wallets — the first splashes in a coming tide of computer and communications systems with enhanced security.

EET ON THE QT

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

Shakeout Coming in High­-End Wireless

PC Industry Shift: Start Prepping Now

NAND Flash Ekes Out Deeper PC Inroads

Signals Point to Samsung’s Analog Reentry

Fab Tool M&A: Big Could Get Bigger

AMD Paints Itself into a Corner with Meyer Ouster

Changing Channels on 3­-D TV’s Tech Direction

Chinese CPUs on the Rise

BRIC Markets’ Urban Dwellers: Urbane Tech Consumers

Worldly Chinese Execs Feeling Their Oats

China’s Telecoms: Can You Hear Them Now?

LAY OF THE LAND

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

ARM Plays Catch­up in Graphics IP

Despite all the jockeying, graphics IP still looks like a one-­horse race. Estimates vary, but Imagination’s graphics core shipments are thought to approach 250 million chips a year.

VC WATCH

Tracking the hottest industry startups and gauging their chances for success

Ireland Forms Funds To Innovate out of Trouble

In a reaffirmation of Ireland’s belief in technology-­based wealth creation, the government announced an 85 million­-euro venture capital fund for high­-tech launches.

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Firecomms Deal Sparks Chinese Investment in Irish Technology

In the first­-ever acquisition of an Irish tech­nology­ company by a Chinese corporation, the ZJF Group has picked up Firecomms, a Cork manufacturer of transceivers for consumer plastic optical fiber.

MARKET DATA

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

Wi­-Fi Chip Makers Beat Back Commoditization

Silicon vendors may have just a few more calendar quarters left to squeeze comfortable margins out of the category before Wi­-Fi chips become pure commodities with tanking ASPs.