As is traditional, as we approach a New Year let's turn for a moment to consider the (headline) highlights of 2009...
Here is a look at the ten most viewed news stories of the year (top ten blog posts and picture galleries will follow, so stay tuned).
These are the stories that made the biggest waves online on ElectronicsWeekly.com, with Intel, white LEDs and NXP leading the way:
1. Intel makes its top ten technology predictions for next decade
2. White LED breakthrough could lead to mass UK production
3. NXP 'Being Prepared For Sale' - Analyst
4. RoHS2 is coming - will it work better than RoHS?
5. Freescale cuts pay, freezes benefits
6. TSMC calls the upturn
7. LEDs face the lumens per watt debate
8. NXP debt swap is successful
9. China plans $50bn chip investment, despite downturn
10. Freescale sued, NXP challenged over debt swaps
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