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Chris Edwards

Chris Edwards

Chris Edwards is the Electronics editor.

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  • System Error warning dialog box

    The wrong answers

    Chipmakers are encountering atomic-level design problems. Is the future full of mistakes?

Latest articles

  • Ethics and synthetics

    Synthetic biology is fast becoming the guinea pig for merging social and natural sciences.

  • Pils promise

    Getting cheap biofuel out of microbes involves careful tuning.

  • Graphical future

    The CPU is dead, long live the GPU. E&T talks to nVidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang to find out why he thinks the end is nigh for the regular processor.

  • Breaking up is hard to do

    Vertical integration seems so 20th century. However, it could be making a comeback, finds E&T.

  • Running into the buffers

    Exponentials never last forever. Sooner or later, silicon transistors are going to stop getting smaller, if only because it’s tough to make one with less than an atom of silicon in it. The reality is that conventional silicon transistors will stop shrinking sometime before that happens. But how much sooner?

Features

[You rate it!] Transformational change: the revolution in electronics design

With globalization and technological developments changing market dynamics, it is time for organizations to reassess their business processes and start making some radical transformations.

The new compact

The netbook has become a runaway bestseller, and as economic conditions bite, consumers are being drawn to the cheap, compact machine. It’s a prospect that could trouble PC builders and chipmakers alike.

The crystal method

The hunt for more performance at 22nm is focusing attention on the silicon crystal itself, E&T reports.

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