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Chris Edwards is the Electronics editor.

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  • Waiting game for 3D TV

    3D TV was all over the Consumer Electronics Show, but it's not going to restore the fortunes of hardware makers just yet.

  • How low can you go?

    The next decade will see the 50-year odyssey of silicon scaling draw to a close. But it’s not the end of the road for cheaper electronics.

  • Frozen out of broadband

    The Earth’s southernmost continent is not kind to technology. Successfully getting data out of the many scientific stations dotted around Antarctica is not easy, as E&T finds out.

  • Out of cold storage

    Work is progressing on several fronts to take superconductors out of the laboratory fridge into the real-world.

  • Until the pips squeak

    Want electronics you could drive from a piece of fruit? So does the semiconductor business.

  • Saints or sinners

    Chips could play a major role in cutting carbon emissions but simply making them incurs a big burden.

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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.

Migrating to Linux: how and why

Linux is firmly established in the embedded market, but migrating existing source code to the operating system is a considerable undertaking. This article explores the steps necessary to migrate, the technical requirements and possible pitfalls and the differences between buying an established Linux implementation and developing one internally.

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Ready for the new season 9 December 2009

David Srodzinski, CEO and founder of Scottish fabless semiconductor house Elonics, is preparing for a busy first quarter. Not because the recovery in the chip business got underway halfway through 2009 but because Q1 is the coming-out season for new silicon.

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