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EDA prepares for the multicore revolution

With the proliferation of multicore processors, many vendors of EDA software have rolled out multithreading capabilities for their tools. Nonetheless, one question raised last week at the Design Automation Conference was: is multithreading really the most effective way to exploit multicore systems?

Revolution for healthcare

Aging populations, rising healthcare costs, promising remote and emerging markets and the advent of personally mediated healthcare as an extension of consumer spending, are tempting technology companies, including electronics and semiconductor companies, to jump into the medical electronics marketplace.

Great expectations for Galileo receivers

While much of the discussion of Europe's fledgling satellite navigation system, Galileo, has focused on the political wrangling over the funding of the ambitious project, and the delays this is causing, there is a wealth of R&D under way to ensure there will be working terminals available when, if not before, the system is in commercial operation, now expected to be in 2012 or 2013.

Cleantech, photovoltaics shine in VC scoreboard

The EE Times Market Intelligence Unit has released the 2007 edition of the EE Times Venture Capital Scoreboard. The report shows in quantitative terms the rising investments in Cleantech and photo-voltaic startups and a steady flow eastwards of VC investment in electronics.

Other stories in the issue:

Teams gear up for tug of war in 60-GHz band

Why Atom may bomb

Chip stack up for through-silicon vias

IBM water cools 3D chips