At the start of 2009, we take a look back to consider the most-read stories of 2008 - the news articles that proved the most interesting to your fellow readers.
Some things do not change, with NXP dominating 2008 as it is already doing with 2009. A number of research pieces break into the top ten - HP's work with memristors, and bending visible and infra-red light backwards, for example - and Linux makes its mark, too.
Here is the Top Ten:
1. Freescale and NXP can't repay debts, says BNP Paribas
2. Infineon to merge with NXP? Or Freescale?
3. Intel, AMD multi-core processing approach doomed - UK multi-processing experts
4. Analysis: Linux versus RTOS
5. Infineon may cut 3,000 Jobs
6. Migrating to Linux: How and Why
7. NXP considers how to spend $1.5bn
8. O2 to sell Apple 3G iPhone in the UK in June
9. Materials bend visible and infra-red light backwards
10. HP nano device implements memristor
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