Chip prices could be going up in 2009 due to capex cutback

www.purchasing.com | Jul 17, 2008

Semiconductor foundries, which are doing an increasing amount of chip manufacturing, are cutting back on capital expenditures. If they don't have the capacity to meet demand, prices will go up next year.

http://www.purchasing.com/article/CA6577281.html

ECI Touts GPON Advance

www.lightreading.com | Jul 14, 2008

Israeli vendor ECI is making a big play for a slice of the GPON network equipment action with an alternative line card design

http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=158862&f_src=lightreading_default

Boost Controller supports 1-5 W high-brightness LEDs.

news.thomasnet.com | Jul 14, 2008

TI Boost Controller Drives Industrial Lighting Innovation, Texas Instruments, Inc. TI

http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/818453

Transportation industry learning from IT

www.securitydreamer.com | Jul 7, 2008

Demands on technology to support transportation security are increasing. Computer-based data collection and monitoring systems, along with the networks that transport data to central locations where it can be analyzed and stored, and applications to ingest, organize and search data...

http://www.securitydreamer.com/2008/07/transportation.html

Talkback on Purchasing

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It's not uncommon for electronics OEMs to involve purchasers in new product introduction when design engineers begin work on a new product. However, networking equipment company Cisco Systems in San Jose, Calif. is taking purchasing involvement in design to a new level.

http://www.purchasing.com/TalkBack/Comments?talk_back_header_id=6315330&article_id=6315330&articleid=ca6315330

RFID Tags and Mixed Mode ASICs from ASIC Northwest, Inc.

ASIC Northwest logo 14108 SE Mountain View Drive Powell Butte, OR 97753 USA Phone: (541) 923-3755 Fax: (541) 923-8752 General Email: john@asicnw.com Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) MIXED MODE ASIC DEVELOPMENT Passive RFID Tags and Readers ANW also does Digital Designs, Production,

http://www.asicnw.com/

GSM White Paper Brilliant past, bright future

www.3gamericas.org

Global Telecommunications 18 February 2004 Brilliant past, bright future Gareth Jenkins (+44) 20 7547 5849 gareth.jenkins@db.com GSM customers worldwide are nearing the one billion ...

http://www.3gamericas.org/PDFs/gsm_whitepaper_feb2004.pdf

NPU Starts to Reemerge from the Ashes

www.in-stat.com

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., February 1, 2005 - Although the Network Processor (NPU) market has been sluggish in recent years, it is finally perking up, according to In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com).

http://www.in-stat.com/press.asp?ID=1227&sku=IN0401340NT