THE BIG IDEA

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

Compal's Tsai: ‘We Have One or Two Years To Prepare for This Shift’

Leonard Tsai (shown), a key executive at Taiwan ODM Compal Electronics, is trying to navigate the unknown waters between today’s Wintel PCs and tomorrow’s ARM/Linux tablets. smartphones and other mobile gadgets.

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Notebook Makers Shift Gears for Mobile Race

The direction Taiwan's notebook makers choose over the next 12 months will go a long way toward determining the look and feel of next-generation mobile systems.

EET ON THE QT

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

China Cranks Data Center Accelerator

EDA Pact Seeks to Broaden Simulation Domain

Putting a Price on Patents

Navigating the Flash Drive Rapids

PCI Express Gen 4: Last Stop for Copper

Wanted: Better Embedded Multicore Chips, Tools

Can White-Space Specs Coexist?

RIP for Mobile Broadcast TV

Rambus Takes an Untraditional View of Imaging

VC WATCH

Tracking the hottest industry startups and gauging their chances for success

Leyden Energy Squeezing More Juice from Li-Ion Batteries

Until one of the many emerging battery startups makes a process or materials breakthrough that provides a quantum leap in energy density, Leyden Energy is applying patented technology to improve existing Li-ion batteries.

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Lime Tunes Flexible Radio For a Move into Mobile Gear

Lime Microsystems is looking to leverage its chip technology to move beyond its femtocell basestation origins into white-space radio and even mobile devices.

MARKET DATA

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

In Pursuit of a Smarter Grid

The majority of transmission substations are already fully automated. The automation gap for the coming smart grid exists for distribution substations and distribution circuits. Where's the potential for electronic suppliers?

COMPANY TEARDOWN

We identify and dissect the up-and-comers, the established firms hitting their stride, and the companies in crisis

Why Cisco Needs Reorg 2.0

To get back on track for the long term, Cisco needs to define itself as an infrastructure supplier to businesses. Period.