Moore's Law in Triage at Semicon West

Some of the world's smartest semiconductor engineers will gather at Semicon West to discuss ways to keep Moore's Law alive.



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EETimes Puzzle: Mystery MOSFET Loads

This circuit board plugs into something, but we know not what. Can you work it out from the clues?



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Qualcomm Dominated Cellular Baseband Market in Q1

Qualcomm still ruled cellular baseband market in the first quarter, while Intel dropped from third to fifth.



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Regulators Fail to Take Conflict Out of Conflict Minerals

Barely half of the publicly quoted US companies required to file their first conflict minerals reports did so by the June 2 deadline. Those that did file only managed to offer minimal transparency as to whether any tin, tungsten, tantalum, or gold used in their products was sourced from the Democratic Republic of Congo or neighboring war-torn countries.



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Bosch Holds Top Position in Auto MEMS

Bosch extended its lead in the automotive microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensors market last year in a big way, according to a new report from IHS Technology.



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China, Not Apple, Is Way to Go, Says mCube CEO

Ben Lee, CEO of MEMS startup mCube, explains why he wants to spend $37 million on being a supplier of sensors to Chinese ODMs and avoiding a design win with Apple or Samsung.



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ARM Jumps on Open-Source Sensors

ARM Semiconductors jumps into the open-source sensor hubs game by teaming with sensor algorithm company Sensor Platforms to produce open-source software for sensor hub applications.



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