Business Must Go On


Intel’s decision to invest $7 billion in 32nm fabs is possibly the best example yet that in spite of a drop in projected sales, technology companies need to invest in the future. We live in a cyclical business, and cycles begin and end.   Intel is better positioned than most semiconductor companies. It has the largest R&D budget—it’s hard to think of IBM as a chip company, even t... » read more

The Trouble With Multicore Software


David Patterson, Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley, presented his views to the Naval Postgraduate School about the prospects for multicore programming success. This video was excerpted from his presentation. [youtube vid=EDHXIH8DlLY] » read more

Not Everyone Feels The Pinch


By Ed Sperling In the midst of the longest and deepest downturn since the invention of the transistor, not everyone is doing badly. In fact, there are some bright spots across the electronics industry that seem to defy gravity, so to speak. In particular, design tools are doing well. When the industry is down, they’re typically down less because, as any successful executive in technolog... » read more

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