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Chris Edwards

Chris Edwards

Chris Edwards is the Electronics editor.

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    The second wave in MEMS

    The micro-electromechanical systems industry is going through a rebirth as consumer products start to adopt micromachined devices.

Latest articles

  • Back to EDA

    Joe Costello left Cadence Design Systems and the EDA business more than ten years ago, but now he's back with Orb Networks. E&T finds out what he has to say to today’s design industry.

  • Ethics and synthetics

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

  • The wrong answers

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

  • 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.

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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