Here are a selection of articles that appeared in the latest EE Times Europe print edition: February 4 - 17, 2008. Click on the headline to see the full story.

Analysts stay bullish on IC growth

Although storms may be howling around the general economy, the bulls and bears are in surprising harmony when it comes to predicting the prospects for the global semiconductor industry in 2008. True to recent form, U.K.-based market analysis firm Future Horizons is among the more bullish with estimates of 10-percent unit growth and 12-percent growth in dollar terms.

Commentary: Mobile congress ready to roll

Open-source hardware is not a novel concept. Because it was seen as a disruptive technology that could build the type of collaboration that Linux brought to the software world, a host of promising initiatives have emerged with the goal of fostering an ecosystem of freely available, usable and reusable open hardware. Years have passed, and the need for viable business models remains.

Software companies on Romanian shopping spree; Cluj booming

Romania has seen a spate of recent software acquisitions, indicating the country could become an Eastern European hub for software development.

EDA startup offers 'elastic clocks' as cure for variability

EDA startup Elastix Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.) is aiming to address digital IC variability issues by helping designers generate asynchronous implementations of synchronous designs automatically. Early versions of Elastix software have been put out for evaluation with selected customers.

Growth, challenges in store for LED lighting

The use of light emitting diodes for solid-state lighting, rather than as indicators, is on brink of making inroads in applications in the automotive, architectural and general illumination markets, according to market analyst Yole Développement (Lyon, France).

Other news stories in this issue:

Broadcom goes mobile

TI mounts data converter offensive

Infineon chief: shift from fabs to systems

Market slump may spare India, China