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		<title>RF integration: Full SoC, or just a SiP?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The radio-frequency circuitry in mobile and portable devices remains some of the most resistant to integration. RF devices are very picky about who their neighbors are, and they sometimes find surprising ways to add interference to the signals they are responsible for handling.
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		<title>MEMS the word for timing chips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, quartz crystals provide the heartbeat for nearly every electronic system, with annual volumes approaching 10 billion units.
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		<title>Power punch to the middle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We can visualize the four levels of &#34;digital power,&#34; as most designers do, as progressing from on/off control for basic power management to full digital control for advanced dc/dc power conversion.
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		<title>Memory fuels performance engine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If an Oscar could be presented for semiconductors, processors would perennially be in strong contention for the Best Actor award, while memory would be a shoo-in for Best Supporting Actor in any given year.
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		<link>http://ee.jobmsn.com/index.php/1333.html</link>
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		<title>OLED TVs arrive; what&#8217;s next?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First appearing in 1999, the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display was expected to be the wunderkind of the flat-panel display world, the LCD killer that would quickly take over across a range of applications.
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		<title>CMOS power amps pave way for one-chip phones</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The cell phone market has become one of the most competitive arenas in the semiconductor industry, with manufacturers producing more than 1 billion units annually.
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		<title>Under the Hood: FinePix undergoes postmortem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fuji&#8217;s FinePix F460 camera was a midtier, circa 2006 5-megapixel camera with 3x optical zoom and the requisite 2.5-inch LCD. Price at introduction was in the $300 range.
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		<title>Linux PC models multiply as Vista struggles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Demand for Linux systems is such that some retailers are selling out. Last year, for instance, Wal-Mart for a time couldn&#8217;t fulfill orders for Everex&#8217;s $199 gPC.
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		<title>eSilicon buys assets of SwitchCore</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fabless ASIC house eSilicon Corp. has acquired the existing product lines and certain assets of SwitchCore AB, a provider of high-performance Ethernet network switching chips. 
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		<title>Freescale sets up 200-mm MEMS line</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Freescale Semiconductor Inc. has established a 200-mm microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) production line to address the growing demand for sensors.
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		<title>IBM preliminary profit beats estimates, shares jump</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IBM reported a better-than-expected 24 percent rise in preliminary quarterly earnings on strong sales in overseas markets, driving its shares up 6 percent and spurring a broader tech rally.
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		<title>EU launches new probes against Microsoft</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission, fresh from a major court victory over Microsoft, launched new antitrust investigations into the software giant on suspicion it abused its market dominance to favor its Web browser and Office product.
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		<title>Freescale expands MEMS capability</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Freescale Semiconductor has built a 200-mm microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) production line at its Oak Hill facility in Austin, Texas to address growing sensors market demand. 
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		<link>http://ee.jobmsn.com/index.php/1324.html</link>
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		<title>Odds are growing for U.S. recession</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The odds of a recession have risen in the United States, but the possible event is not expected to drag down the high-tech sector, according to a leading economist.
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		<title>Memory goes multicore</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ashwood Memory Architecture enables solid-state disks using concepts from cryptography to outperform hard disks, but for a fraction of the price of DRAM.
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		<title>Commentary: &#8216;Open&#8217; is (not) just a four-letter word</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An open-source solution from competitors Cadence and Mentor Graphics aims in a big way to fulfill SystemVerilog&#8217;s potential for the entire industry.
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		<link>http://ee.jobmsn.com/index.php/1321.html</link>
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		<title>Firms push for break up of ASMI</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two shareholders of ASM International NV&#8211;Hermes Pension Management Ltd. and Fursa Alternative Strategies&#8211;are pushing to break up the chip-equipment maker.
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		<link>http://ee.jobmsn.com/index.php/1320.html</link>
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		<title>EDA ekes out modest growth as action moves offshore</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest statistics from the EDA Consortium show semiconductor and electronic design are continuing their gradual shift outside North America. with modest single-digit growth overall for the sector that supplies chip and system design software.
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		<link>http://ee.jobmsn.com/index.php/1319.html</link>
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		<title>Is the sky falling on fab-tool industry?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is the sky falling on the semiconductor equipment industry?
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		<link>http://ee.jobmsn.com/index.php/1318.html</link>
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		<title>Samsung Q4 tops forecast, sees tough Q1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Samsung Electronics, the biggest maker of memory chips used in computers, cameras and music players, posted a smaller-than-expected 7 percent dip in
quarterly profit, as strong sales of its TV screens eclipsed falling chip prices.
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