Semiconductor Innovation in an Investment Constrained Economy
Updated: 2011-03-31 21:09:55
The current innovation climate in the semiconductor industry is alive and well but entrepreneurs have to adjust to the realities of the current economic situation and investment trends. The world's governmental economic development agencies have always looked at Silicon Valley with envy and paid big money to try to find the key which would unlock the secrets

The European Commission has announced a public consultation on the so-called “Transparency Directive” (89/105/EEC), which is designed to facilitate the free movement of medicines in the European Union. The directive has not been amended since it was adopted in 1989; it is unlikely that this tradition will be upheld. Of particular interest to medtech OEMs: [...]
This was my first SNUG (Synopsys User Group) meeting as media. In the past, media was not allowed in so it was a ground breaking event. Media was still barred from some of the sessions but hey, its a start. The most blog worthy announcement on day 1 was that Synopsys signed a deal with Amazon to bring the cloud to mainstream EDA!