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Venture IPO drought worst in 30 years

Posted in EETimes Latest News by on the June 30th, 2008

Scott Loganbill wrote an interesting post today on
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U.S. venture capitalists blame hibernating credit markets and skittish investors with no appetite for new stocks for a venture-backed IPO drought unlike
any seen in the past three decades, according to a new survey.

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Link supports multiple memory channels

Posted in EETimes Latest News by on the June 30th, 2008

JeffSigman wrote an interesting post today on
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Sonics Inc. rolls out its new flagship SonicsSX, a new chip-level interconnect technology supporting multiple memory channels to address what it says is a growing memory bandwidth problem faced by a broad range of people who develop video processors.

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No ‘Apple effect’ seen for NAND market

Posted in EETimes Latest News by on the June 30th, 2008

jeremy wrote an interesting post today on
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What happened to the ”Apple effect” that is supposed to ignite the worldwide NAND flash-memory market?

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Cypress CEO sees gains in programmable ICs

Posted in EETimes Latest News by on the June 30th, 2008

Scott Loganbill wrote an interesting post today on
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Cypress Semiconductor Corp. expects to garner 80 percent or more of its revenue from programmable chips found in electric-powered bikes, light-emitting diodes, washing machines and myriad other devices by
2012, its chief executive said.

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Fujitsu’s IC unit sees more exec changes

Posted in EETimes Latest News by on the June 30th, 2008

Michael Calore wrote an interesting post today on
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There are more changes taking place at Fujitsu Ltd.’s chip unit.

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National Semiconductor enters photovoltaic market

Posted in EETimes Latest News by on the June 30th, 2008

Ina Fried wrote an interesting post today on
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Customer field trials begin for SolarMagic technology, which is designed to extract significantly more energy from solar panels in variable light conditions.

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Purple Labs buys U.S. mobile browser business

Posted in EETimes Latest News by on the June 30th, 2008

Robin Wauters wrote an interesting post today on
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Mobile Linux software specialist Purple Labs SA (Chambery, France) is buying the mobile phone software business of Openwave Systems Inc (Redwood City, Calif.) for up to $32 million.

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Private equity to take major stake in NDS

Posted in EETimes Latest News by on the June 30th, 2008

unknown wrote an interesting post today on
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News Corporation is planning to sell a significant share in its NDS Group plc subsidiary to private equity group Permira. NDS Group is a supplier of software, conditional access systems and architectural blueprints for digital pay-TV systems around the world.

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Cable TV spec could revive living room PC

Posted in EETimes Latest News by on the June 30th, 2008

unknown wrote an interesting post today on
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A new specification that defines a two-way digital cable TV link is in the works at Cable Labs and could revive the languishing living room PC.

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Mentor hires advisors for Cadence bid

Posted in EETimes Latest News by on the June 30th, 2008

unknown wrote an interesting post today on
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Is this the beginning of the end for Mentor Graphics Corp.?

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