November 2010
3 posts
A Post About Nothing →
Let me give you my excuse for taking time away from paying the mortgage today. I have several reasons for this post. First off, there was a great response with several readers taking the time to…
My latest EE Times post presents a cautionary tale or fabless semicos - http://bit.ly/bz7L8B
Remembrance Day
As I watched my five year old fall into line and march into school with her comrades, I was struck by an image. I hope this is the only circumstance which finds them marching together, heavy packs slung over their shoulders. How different is that image from those we see of young men and women lining up to board the airplanes that will take them to Afghanistan? The colors are different. The boots...
January 2010
5 posts
Paul Boldt for predicted the Apple A4 chip in his blog last week. http://www.gettingtechnologyright.com/category/materials-matters/
RT @chrisindallas: A better article on the A4. Still a lot of speculation, though. http://j.mp/bPtCkZ Funny, EETimes banned because of: …
Introducing...the iPad →
This post is bound to get lost in the barrage of the other “me-too” blog posts and even mainstream media coverage. (That’s right. Even Fox News LA was at today’s big Apple event in San Francisco….
ISSCC 2010 Preview →
At the 2005 ISSCC, a panel of experts looked beyond the horizon to consider what the hot topics might be in 2010. Did anyone get it right? Let’s see from the panelists’ statements that I have…
Important Ontario Employment Law Decision →
November 2009
2 posts
Cowan LRA Semiconductor October Forecast →
Mike Cowan recently released his updated forecast for the semiconductor industry. I posted Mike’s numbers previously on my old blog which has been completely static since I left Semiconductor…
“This is not a failure, just re-evaluated objectives.”
– Prince Julian from the Penguins of Madagascar. But since I was watching it with my kids while reading the newspaper story about the downfall of Nortel, it was easy to be confused about which executive produced this quote.
October 2009
11 posts
Best Bio Ever
A great letter to the editor appeared in today’s Ottawa Citizen. Andy Clarke was lamenting the dumbing down of CBC news (and he’s not alone). His bio reads like this:
Andy Clarke once ran the newsroom at CBC Ottawa. He left the CBC at the end of August to try his hand at other things. He is not missed by his manager.
Image Sensors 2009 Presentations Online →
IntertechPira, the organizers for Image Sensors 2009 in San Diego, have posted all the presentations from the conference that wrapped up the week before last. My own will look quite different in…
See my slides from Image Sensors 2009 on my site. http://semicondr.com/Publications.html
Check out the EE Times cover story comparing non-volatile memory contenders that never made it as a universal memory. http://tiny.cc/fMELV
The Memory industry's quixotic quest →
Image Sensors 2009 Conference Summary →
Recently, I was invited to present at Image Sensors 2009. It was a great opportunity and not only because of the relative improvement in weather conditions traveling from Ottawa to San Diego. I…
RE-cycle →
As a blogger, it’s good to have the bar set so low. Self-congratulation, self-promotion, and all around self-indulgence are pretty much standard. Of course, then there’s all the re-posting,…
New semiconDr post after a long dry spell. On garbage day in Bridlewood, I thought it was good to recycle. http://tiny.cc/39ciW
Did you think twitter was dead to me (or vice versa)? Maybe it’s time to post again. In San Diego next week if anyone cares.
Intel 32nm Analyzed by Chipworks →
You just gotta love this guy →
and for more than just winning a Nobel. Scientist bemoans bureaucracy. Who would have ever thought?
September 2009
4 posts
Intel 22nm SRAM Wafer Shown at IDF →
Did I miss something, or did Intel present an analyst briefing on thirty-two nanometers less than two weeks ago? Last night, Mark Bohr gave another briefing as part of this year’s Intel Developer…
My Intel 32nm Article →
RSS Feed Repaired →
I need to say three things to my blog readers. First, thanks for reading. Second, to those of you who tried, thanks for attempting to get the RSS feed. Third, I apologize for the feed being broken….
July 2009
4 posts
Working from my bed in my jammies, and it’s almost lunch time!
20 Years Ago Today →
After watching a few commemorative videos on YouTube, I was a bit struck by the fact that Walter Cronkite died only two days before the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landings that he…
TSMC 40nm Yield Issues →
There has been a lot of talk recently about horribly low yield on GPU’s manufactured on TSMC’s cutting edge 40 nm process. It appears to originate from an FBR Capital Markets report by Mehdi Hosseini…
Happy CanaDay
June 2009
9 posts
Time to start gearing up for Canada Day. It should be nice and rainy.
Any opinions out there on the cause of #TSMC 40nm yielding so low?
Predicting the Recovery →
Brief note from the editor:
People often compliment me on my workload sharing techniques. For those who know me well, it will therefore come as no surprise that today’s article is written by a guest…
Back from Twitter vacation.
MISFETs at VLSLI 2009 →
I mentioned elsewhere that Intel’s approach of removing the oxide interlayer prior to high-K dielectric deposition was a significant advance on the road to scaling HKMG processes for the 16nm node. …
Time to bike home in the rain.
Technology Review: Gadget Charger Harvests... →
If all that EM we walk around in is giving us brain cancer anyway, Nokia figured we might as well get something out of it.
GM Bankrupt →
It was interesting to be in Washington, DC, capitol of the free world and the free market economy on the very day that icon of American industry, General Motors, filed for bankruptcy. I was in…
Last witness on day one means I’m coming back Tuesday night, but I will back in time for the next Indigo Dolphins soccer game. Go Dolphins!!
May 2009
15 posts
Off to DC now to do my expert witness bit at the ITC. I hope it goes well. The four-year-olds need their soccer coach back on Wednesday.
I’m stifled by bureaucracy and I’m not going to take it anymore.
“The TSMC Open Innovation Platform promotes timeliness-driven innovation amongst...”
– Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. :: TSMC Launches Unified Interconnect Modeling Format for Advanced Process Technologies
Back in business with iPod for my favorite podcasts for tomorrow’s ride to work. Perfect timing! There’s a new #NoAgenda in my iTunes.
Glad to have my iPod back. For two days, I thought the battery was toast. Darned thing called the “hold” button left me to my own thoughts.
VLSI 2009 - the actual preview post →
Partnerships and strange bed-fellows at VLSI Symposium 2009. AMD and Intel collaborators present a paper hot on the heels of the EU ruling demanding $1.4B from Intel for monopolistic behavior in the…
VLSI 2009 blog post turned into commentary (eulogy?) on the Japanese semiconductor industry. http://tinyurl.com/ogg4fd
VLSI Japan →
For each of the jewels in the technology triple crown of conferences - IEDM, ISSCC, and VLSI - I hope to preview (and occasionally post-analyze) the papers. But what started as a quick look at the…
Working on blog post to preview VLSI 09. Hoping to post today.
The official Dilbert website with Scott Adams'... →
NASA - Silver Bullet →
Nintendo DSi →
I have to say I like the Nintendo DS. The popular gaming platform is a clever mix of form, function and fashion not to mention my initials. I wonder if Nintendo was thinking of me…Getting back to…