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New Cree LED Platform Transforms What’s Possible with LED Performance and Pricing
DURHAM, N.C.–Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) today announced a breakthrough in LED technology that completely redefines the lighting industry and erases old assumptions about up-front LED cost and…
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The Perils of Performance
Is it just me, or is digital design getting a lot trickier? We were all going along just fine, flipping our little zeroes and ones…
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A New Crop of Wafer Inspection Tools
Nothing can ruin a die like a hunk of debris landing someplace inopportune. Of course, it all depends on what constitutes “debris.” Not from a…
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Does the World Need a New Microcontroller Family?
Everywhere you look there are microcontrollers. 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit; high speed or low power; single or multi-core; and an enormous range of peripherals and…
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The Importance of Being Modular
In the good old days, there were FPGA kits galore. There was almost a carnival atmosphere. Every vendor with anything novel to sell would design…
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A Passive Magic Wand
It’s the stuff of kids’ play and science fiction. A stick that has magic properties. Some such sticks execute actions at a distance – perhaps…
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The PC In Your Ear
So it’s finally happened: an Intel PC that fits in the palm of your hand and costs less than $300. Nobody’s calling it a PC,…