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'Strong' semiconductor suppliers shine in slow market 11/7/2008

According to data from IC Insights, eight of the top 20 companies had double-digit Q1-Q3 year-over-year growth rates. All of these companies registered growth rates that were more than three times the 4% growth rate of the entire Q1-Q3 semiconductor market, leading the researcher to believe there are still "strong" performers in a "slow" market.

Choosing the right processor candidate: the 35th annual microprocessor directory 10/30/2008

Welcome to the 35th annual EDN microprocessor/microcontroller directory. Once again, the companies and devices in the directory continue to evolve and grow in number. The company roster and product listings are testaments to the variety of processors available and the tremendous variation among requirements, features, and types of applications for which designers are using microprocessors and microcontrollers.

Future Horizons' Malcolm Penn: This is not 2001 11/4/2008

Malcolm Penn, chairman and CEO of global semiconductor industry analysis company Future Horizons, discusses how this financial-crisis-driven downturn differs from other industry downturns, what will cushion the industry's blow, why semiconductors are attractive to investors right now, and how Moore’s Law works into inventory, excess capacity, and ASPs.

Apple's iPhone production could fall 40%, hurt chip suppliers' Q4s, analysts say 11/3/2008

FBR Research supply chain checks find that Apple's iPhone production plans are being revised lower, which suggests the macroecomomic weakness is impacting even high-end consumers and that "no market segment will be spared in this global downturn." Chip suppliers, including Broadcom and Marvell, will feel a Q4 pinch on the production cuts, the firm says.

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EDN: Information, News, & Business Strategy for Electronics Design Engineers

'Strong' semiconductor suppliers shine in slow market 11/7/2008

Elpida delays China manufacturing joint venture on DRAM market's 'unprecedented slump' 11/7/2008

ST-NXP Wireless cuts 500 jobs 11/7/2008

ON Semi expands distribution relationships 11/7/2008

AMD lays off 500 11/6/2008

Transimpedance-amplifier application: The pulse oximeter 10/30/2008

“Crystal” oscillator comes without the crystal 10/30/2008

Designing very high-frequency signal generators with amplifier ICs 10/27/2008

A new way to handle RF/PCB design 10/23/2008

White spaces and black hearts 10/16/2008

DDR3 SDRAM exposed: Inside a bleeding-edge, blazing-fast memory device 11/3/2008

Multicore: the future of SOCs? 10/30/2008

Third-party IP: placement, blocks, and clocks 10/30/2008

“Crystal” oscillator comes without the crystal 10/30/2008

A turn-off: Power management complicates life for verification engineers 10/16/2008

Choosing the right processor candidate: the 35th annual microprocessor directory 10/30/2008

Avnet, TI, and Xilinx deliver FPGA/DSP development board for digital video 10/31/2008

XMEGA processor sports event system for deterministic performance with low power 10/30/2008

PSoC supports CyFi low-power RF 10/30/2008

Artificial cochlea: an example of structural processing 10/2/2008

On time, every time: embedding real-time performance 10/2/2008

UWB IC targets handset, automotive, and industrial uses 10/30/2008

Re-engineering obsolete ICs using FPGAs 10/13/2008

SMS for automobile security system developers 10/7/2008

Extending SPI4.2 capabilities for Ethernet services 10/2/2008

Power-over-Ethernet chips: to the spec and beyond 10/16/2008

New approach to ink boosts solar-cell efficiency to more than 17% 10/24/2008

POE devices cater to higher-powered applications 10/16/2008

A turn-off: Power management complicates life for verification engineers 10/16/2008

Lithium-ion-battery-charging IC powered by charge-transfer, control innovations 10/1/2008

Studying the second-generation Apple iPod Touch 9/30/2008

Avnet, TI, and Xilinx deliver FPGA/DSP development board for digital video 10/31/2008

Slimmer light guide heralds ultrathin-LCD panels 10/16/2008

Virtualization: silicon and software salvation or technological tower of Babel? 10/2/2008

Android phone announced, platform expected to gain 4% of US Q4 smartphone share 9/23/2008

POE devices cater to higher-powered applications 10/16/2008

Power-stingy digital accelerometers yield benefits in gesture-driven consumer devices 11/6/2008

Power-over-Ethernet chips: to the spec and beyond 10/16/2008

White spaces and black hearts 10/16/2008

DisplayPort versus HDMI: Do we really need two digital-display-interface standards? 9/18/2008

Tiny lens harnesses oscillating water droplets 10/16/2008

Compact fluorescent lights: Not always the best solution 10/30/2008

Slimmer light guide heralds ultrathin-LCD panels 10/16/2008

Optimize memory-system design for multimedia applications 9/4/2008

The case of the stolen capacitor 9/4/2008

Stick to the schematic 10/30/2008

DSO-based software analyzes 20-GHz-bandwidth RF signals 10/27/2008

Repeat offender 10/16/2008

High-performance scopes enhance serial-data analysis 10/16/2008

Scalable instrument ups speed, accuracy of MIMO-receiver lab tests 10/14/2008

Elpida delays China manufacturing joint venture on DRAM market's 'unprecedented slump' 11/7/2008

IBM cuts 100 contract workers 11/6/2008

Future Horizons' Malcolm Penn: This is not 2001 11/4/2008

SMIC, UMC cut capexs 10/29/2008

UMC claims 28-nm SRAMs 10/27/2008

Future Horizons' Malcolm Penn: This is not 2001 11/4/2008

'Strong' semiconductor suppliers shine in slow market 11/7/2008

Elpida delays China manufacturing joint venture on DRAM market's 'unprecedented slump' 11/7/2008

ST-NXP Wireless cuts 500 jobs 11/7/2008

AMD lays off 500 11/6/2008

Apple's iPhone production could fall 40%, hurt chip suppliers' Q4s, analysts say 11/3/2008

'Strong' semiconductor suppliers shine in slow market 11/7/2008

ON Semi expands distribution relationships 11/7/2008

Freescale, Samsung partner on LED display technology 11/5/2008

Future Horizons' Malcolm Penn: This is not 2001 11/4/2008

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Diodes Inc AP6714 and AP6015: Buck and boost converters guard against high inrush current and output-voltage overshoot 11/05/2008

Aimtec AM12T-Z and AM12TW-Z: Converters provide regulated single and dual outputs 11/04/2008

Maxim Integrated Products DS2726: Stand-alone protection IC integrates cell balancing 11/04/2008

Phihong POE36U-1AT: Single-port midspan adapter suits a range of applications 11/03/2008

Summit Microelectronics SMB339: Battery-charger IC adapts to individual power sources 11/03/2008