The Genius Collective

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On July 29th 1955, William Shockley wrote in his notebook: "Call Arnold Beckman."

'The Worst Board In The History Of Business.'

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HP is surprisingly resilient in the teeth of a relentless boardroom barrage on the company's effectiveness.

Fable: The Lost Apprentice

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156 years ago a son was born to a Manchester bookseller. His father died before he could be apprenticed to an engineer and, consequently lacking the fees for an apprenticeship, the boy went to school where he loved mathematics and physics.

A way of making highly manufacturable memristors which switch a hundred times faster than flash and use a hundred times less energy to switch, has been accidentally discovered at University College, London (UCL).

Vote On Bozo Bonus Next Week.

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A week tomorrow, at ST's AGM next Thursday (May 30th) in Amsterdam,  resolutions are planned to give CEO Carlo Bozotti up to 100,00 shares and a  'special bonus' to get him to 'increase his efforts for the success of us.'



Top Ten MEMS Companies Ranked By Yole

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Thanks to Yole Developpement for this one - the top ten MEMS suppliers in 2011:

Co-Developing ICs and Their Software Stacks

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Frank Schirrmeister of Cadence tells me they have a product which allows very early co-development of ICs and their software stacks.

It's Time To Start Colour TV Broadcasts, says BBC

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'BBC Television is the world's senior TV service, celebrating its 25th anniversary next year.'

 

S0, 52 years ago, opened a story in Electronics Weekly's edition of December 7th 1960.

Ed Gets Antsy With ETSI

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'The trouble with telecoms ICs is that they take so long to get approval,' writes Ed in his diary, 'we've got one ready to go for the LTE market but it's tied up in the approvals process. Meanwhile our main competitor, Mixed Signal MicroCircuits,  has produced a better chip which is also waiting for approval. My instinct is that this is a suitable application for a modicum of skulduggery. I'll speak to Bob.'

Hard times make for harsh mistresses. In these challenging times, which company would you least like to work for?



How To Raise Money, by Andrew Rickman

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Andrew Rickman made his fortune by founding Bookham Technology. When he IPO'd the company in 2000, it went straight into the FTSE 100. He has some trenchant views on dealing with investors.

Bozotti's Bonus

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The Shareholder Spring does not seem to have drifted down to the Club Med countries.

Fable: A Knight To Remember

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30 years ago a company brought out its best computer which became the biggest selling computer in the US.

The Pocketable Portable With A Roll-Out Screen

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Electronic paper - myth or round-the-corner? Will we ever be able to roll out a decent sized screen from a mobile device?

Why Have Intel's Finfets Changed Shape?

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Why have Intel's finfets changed shape? Last month, Chipworks pointed out the change in shape from Intel's originally published finfet schematic and its currently manufactured finfet reality.



Top Ten Foundries

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Thanks to Gartner for this - the top ten foundries measured by revenues:

Selling In The Far East

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'Study the market, study the people, plan in advance, exercise patience, be determined - and have a good product. These were a few of the points brought out last week in an exclusive interview by Electronics Weekly with Solartron's  H.D.Binyon and D.J.Hendry on their return from the Far East.'

 

So, 50 years ago, starts a story in Electronics Weekly's edition of December 7th 1960.

The Fastest Growing/Shrinking IC Companies in Q1

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Thanks to IC Insights for this one - the fastest growing and shrinking companies among the world top 20 semiconductor companies in Q1 2012 compared to Q1 2011.

Ed Gets Down And Dirty With The Pols

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'This so-called 'Industry Club' Bob's got me into seems to be doing some good - much to my surprise,' Ed confides to his diary, 'I wrote a note to the secretary of the Minister I lunched with last month telling him about our new chip which can dispense doses of medication at regular intervals and the blighter's actually come up with excellent contacts.'

Happy Hols

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Just in time for the Continental holiday season, the Europeans have done us a couple of favours - the EC is reducing the iniquitous roaming charges from July 1st, and the good old French have elected a socialist president so weakening the hitherto strong Euro.




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