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ARM Leading Intel In Process, Architecture And Design

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In the wireless arena, ARM is ahead of Intel in process, architecture and design, and looks likely to stay there for a generation or two.

Wanted: Progressive 18th Century Thinking

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The Yanks are much better than the Brits at understanding that governments can't do much that is useful.

The Killer App of The Decade

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The great killer app of the decade is either well on the way, or it will turn out to be too tricky - technically and legally - to accomplish.

Star Trek - The Great Predictor

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Where did you first see voice-activated computers, touch-screen controls, motion control, 3D displays, remote sensing, non-invasive diagnostics, real-time DNA analysis, flip phones, tablet PCs and diagnostic beds?

The Robots Which Teach Themselves To Evolve

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Could robots evolve autonomously? The HyperNEAT project at Cornell University has put neural-net-based brains inside robotic bodies and programmed the brains to take sensory inputs from the body and use them to figure out how to control the robotic body. Some brains taught themselves how to do it, others didn't.

Widlar Was The Best, Says Dobkin

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Bob Widlar was the best circuit designer in the industry's history, Bob Dobkin, who founded Linear Technology with Widlar and Bob Swanson 30 years ago last month, told me earlier in the week.

Artifical Blood Vessels Made By Printer

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Blood vessels made using a 3D printer by the Fraunhofer Institute are being shown at this week's Biotechnica Fair in Hanover.

HP Looking To Replace Flash In 18 Months

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HP intends to have an alternative technology to flash on the market in eighteen months, an alternative to DRAM in three to four years followed by replacement for SRAM, Stan Williams, Senior Fellow at HP, told the IEF2011 meeting in Seville this week.

For Genius Products Put A Genius In Charge

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There was once a genius who was on the founding team of five semiconductor companies.

Robot Olympic Torch-Bearer

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Robots need encouragement because their evolutionary progress has been agonisingly slow, so the news that a robot has been nominated to carry the Olympic Torch for the 2012 Games will be just the boost the robot community needs.

Can IBM Kick-Start The IC Industry Again?

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IBM has kick-started the IC industry on many an occasion with ideas which have re-invigorated the industry.

The Entrepreneur

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Mallory Square Key West - 102 520.JPGWandering through Mallory Square, Key West earlier in the year, the gentleman in the picture suddenly leapt out from what looked like a bush causing the lovely Terri to shriek.

The Mark Of A Great CEO

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The thing about great CEOs is that they bubble with enthusiasm about what their companies are up to.

Unbelievable But True

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Scott Fitzgerald was wrong - there are second acts in American lives and Steve Jobs is the proof of it.

Turing Archive Saved

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The dark side of the English psyche was exposed by the country's treatment of Alan Turing.

 

Happy Hundredth IBM

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A good guide to Who's Going To Be Who in the tech world is provided by the list of companies which are granted the most US patents.

IBM's Five Life-Style Predictions For 2016

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IBM predicts five life-changing innovations for the next five years.

 

The Road Which Powers Your Car

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It would be absurd to expect trains to run on batteries. So why do we expect electric cars to run on batteries?

 

The Romantic IC

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If an IC can have a romantic history, then CCD - 41 years old this year - must be a romantic chip.

When R&D Is Not Enough

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Although Nokia was the third heaviest spender on R&D last year, behind only Roche and Microsoft with a spend of $8.24 billion according to management consultants Booz & Co, it still hasn't managed to come up with an iPhone-killer.

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