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The grand challenge of employment
Rick Nelson, Editor-in-Chief, August 26, 2010Robert Reich, professor of public policy at the University of California—Berkeley, contends, “We need 125,000 new jobs per month simply to keep up with the growth of the American population seeking jobs.” More -
How voltage references affect mixed-signal parts
Bonnie Baker, Texas Instruments, August 26, 2010The analog output of an ADC or the digital results of the DAC can be only as good as the voltage reference in your circuit. More -
Beyond timing, accuracy, and repeatability
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Do you like to write? Join EDN
Staff, July 23, 2010EDN is looking for an experienced design engineer who wants to join our staff of technical editors. More -
Moving to hire ground: Dice's Tom Silver on the improving tech employment environment
Interview conducted and edited by Suzanne Deffree, June 24, 2010There’s certainly room for improvement, but the techemployment environment has shown significant recovery so far this year. More -
ON Semi to expand Idaho fab, adding jobs, capacity
Suzanne Deffree, June 7, 2010ON Semi will invest $11 million to add production equipment to an 8-inch fab, upping job count by 35 positions and capacity by 50%. More -
Solid growth shown in outsourced engineering services
By Rob Spiegel, Contributing editor, June 1, 2010The downturn strengthened outsourced engineering. Now the recovery is further proving the validity - and cost advantage - of using outsiders to engineer new products. More -
The best solution brings accuracy
Bonnie Baker, May 27, 2010In my last article, I compared the throughput times of SAR (successive-approximation-register) and delta-sigma ADCs (Reference 1). I concluded that the throughput times-70k and 24k samples/sec-of PGA (programmable-gain-amplifier)-SAR systems and delta-sigma converters, respectively-are close. More -
VCs and entrepreneurs push for 'start-up visa'
By Tam Harbert, Contributing Editor, February 23, 2010Differing from the H-1B visa program, so-called "start-up visas" would help immigrants launch US companies and create jobs in the United States, proponents say. More -
Nokia to cut staff as it focuses Salo plant on smartphones
By Suzanne Deffree, Managing Editor, News, February 8, 2010The planned new focus for Salo is expected to affect a maximum of 285 employees involved in production and in related support functions at the western Finland location. More
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