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2005-07-04 | 10W dc-dc point to lowest cost The single and dual output dc-dc converters in MicroPower Direct's B1000ERW series, an addition to the company's Budget Saver family, are promoted as the lowest cost 10W modules of their type. |
2005-11-04 | $3.6 billion IT research program approved in Europe Europe has outlined and approved a program of collaborative research in IT, with plans to roughly double the budget of a forerunner program, to more than 3 billion euro (about $3.6 billion). |
2009-06-10 | Zigbee SoC tailored for industrial apps Ember Corp. will start shipping in Q3 a Zigbee networking SoC targeting industrial rather than consumer applications, and specifically smart metering in the medium term. |
2005-06-14 | You can do better, survey tells EDA More than 1,000 EDA tool users are handing their vendors a report card at the Design Automation Conference here this week, and the grades can best be described as incomplete. |
2008-06-06 | XO-1 teardown reveals why they can't sell for $100 The OLPC XO-1's displays, batteries, CPUs, fancy enclosures and the rest all add up to a BOM that sits uncomfortably far from the $100 target. |
2006-07-07 | Xilinx unveils design tools for 65nm Virtex-5 FPGAs Xilinx has announced the latest release of its design solution, the 8.2i ISE tool suite, now supporting the company's newest line of 65nm Virtex-5 domain-optimized FPGAs. |
2006-06-29 | Xilinx delivers design solution for 65nm FPGAs Xilinx has released the 8.2i Integrated Software Environment (ISE) design solution supporting the company's 65nm Virtex-5 FPGAs. |
2010-03-04 | Wireless MCUs tailored for home automation, metering Silicon Laboratories has released the ultralow-power Si10xx wireless microcontroller family that addresses the power and RF requirements of battery-operated home automation systems. |
2008-01-30 | Wireless ICs simplify radio design, cut costs Integration Associates has released it EZRadioPRO wireless ICs designed to allow customers to meet upper-end performance characteristics while reducing the design and BOM cost. |
2012-07-06 | Wireless ICs deliver 50% less power consumption New Nordic Semiconductor wireless ICs feature higher performance and low power. |
2013-04-24 | Wireless energy harvesting: Key to M2M's success The need for wireless applications with ultra-low power consumption and the advancements in establishing communication standards offer M2M providers new opportunities to innovate and evolve their products and devices. |
2013-09-05 | Windows Phone shows strong gain in Vietnamese market IDC revealed that Windows Phone has risen from six per cent OS share in 2Q12 to 15 per cent in 2Q13, largely from the local strength of the Nokia brand and Microsoft's investment in the local developer community. |
2011-08-26 | Wind River, McAfee strengthen security for embedded designs The rise of Internet-enabled devices has given embedded system designers the challenge to incorporate security into their designs. |
2006-01-16 | Wind River releases platform for ARINC 653 IMA apps Wind River Systems announced the release of Wind River VxWorks 653 v2.1, its ARINC 653 integrated modular avionics software platform for safety-critical systems. |
2008-09-05 | Wind River platform for consumer devices, VxWorks Edition 3.6 Consumer electronics is a low-margin, high-risk industry where customers have come to expect a single device to perform multiple functions at optimal levels. |
2005-09-01 | WiMAX wireless: A tale of two markets WiMAX hype has led to unrealistic expectations, not only in device capabilities, but also in the future of the market. |
2007-01-24 | WiMAX trails in 4G race WiMAX won't grab the brass ring as the technology that defines 4G cellular systems, but it is likely to capture a healthy minority stake in that emerging sector. |
2011-11-23 | Will SSD go the distance? Here's an overview of the SSD technology and how vendors have been able to improve its endurance and reliability to a level that meets enterprise requirements. |
2003-09-26 | Wi-Fi increases notebook TCO: Gartner According to Gartner Inc., the growing use of Wi-Fi is raising notebook total cost of ownership from 3 percent to 4 percent. |
2014-12-12 | Why you should care about Design-to-Cost Your design process should include Design-to-Cost. With a committed team and the right tools, you can reduce product costs and improve your competitive position. |
2015-05-21 | Who's who in smart robotics: Festo goes head to head with SMC For years SMC led Festo with higher volumes due to lower pricing, but now Festo claims to be catching up by outperforming SMC with "smarter" robotics and programmable logic controllers. |
2008-11-03 | What’s required for RF4CE? The main advantage of the radio protocol is that it ensures interoperability between remote controls and A/V devices that IR never achieved. The protocol’s upper layers are defined specifically for remote control, while the lower layers (including PHY) use IEEE 802.15.4, where ZigBee and 6LowPAN are also based. IEEE 802.15.4 is used in many proprietary protocols in both consumer and industrial markets. |
2003-01-09 | What's next on power management? Asia has increasingly become the key center for the design of portable equipment, including PDAs, notebook computers, cellphones, and digital cameras. |
2006-07-17 | What's in a name? Ask Acer's founder Stan Shih recently spoke with EE Times' Mike Clendenin about Asia's next brands, China's role in the tech world and why invention isn't the only kind of innovation. |
2014-01-10 | What you need to know when designing your PCB Learn about the main aspects of a modern PCB that must be thoroughly considered. |
2008-01-16 | What would I be, if not an engineer? Being an engineer at heart, I find that most other careers provide only portions of what I love about engineering. The truth is, I would probably find most other careers too limited in variety and challenge. |
2013-04-09 | Weightless SIG releases IoT over white space specification Ultra low cost terminal hardware and license free frequency spectrum promises ground breaking cost savings comparable with PAN technologies such as Bluetooth. |
2014-10-27 | Wearables in enterprises: Good, bad, inevitable Innovations are expected to happen first in the enterprise, with the first wave of employees to use them include technicians, doctors, police and construction workers. However, chief information officers should brace themselves for security and integration challenges. |
2015-07-13 | Weak foundry sales spell trouble for tech industry During the first five months of 2015, TSMC and UMC recorded sliding sales growth, capped off by the negative numbers in June, the most recent month for which the companies have reported sales figures. |
2010-11-15 | Water companies wait for smart meters to get cheap Many of the water utilities in the United States are still using 19th century technologies for metering, but the industry is starting to explore the possibility of smart meters. |
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