Electronic News

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Articles in Dec 3, 2001, issue of Electronic News

• Predicting the Future of Semiconductors
  by Tom Murphy
• SOI BiCMOS in Bluetooth Apps: Silicon Wave shipping 100,000 parts a month
  by Gale Morrison
• Distributors Long for Yesterday
  by Heidi Elliott
• MKS Instruments Revamps Management
• Executives on the Move
• Let's Get Small: Are distributors thinning strategically, or are they just shrinking away?
  by Rob Spiegel
• Business & Finance
• Titans Battle for Top Spot: Avnet regains No. 1 sales position, Arrow wins on profitability
  by Heidi Elliott
• Editor's Note
  by Ed Sperling
• Fees For Services, But Will Customers Pay?
  by Bernard Levine
• Adept Tech Teams With Japanese OEM
• A New Route for Designers
  by Les Spruiell
• Parts Orders Slip in October: But early November looks better
  by Bernard Levine
• 2001 Ad
  by Jeff Chappell
• The Cutting Edge
• The New CAD Flow
  by Vic Kulkarni
• Where's the Mass Connection?: Supply-chain tools await broad adoption
  by Rob Spiegel
• Who Sold What to Whom
• For the Want of a Nail: Lack of opto-RF, system-level tools and designers hampering EDA
  by Gale Morrison
• Printed Wiring Board Book-To-Bill Slips to 0.86
  by Bernard Levine
• Rambus: Down to the Wire: Success in multiple cases hinges on company's appeal against Infineon
  by Alex Romanelli
• Travel Cuts Abound: Blame the economy, not terrorism
  by Rob Spiegel
• Fairchild Optimistic About 2002: Order bookings and consumer demand strong. others up forecast
  by Peter Brown
• Top 25 Distributor Profiles
• Teijin Expands Solufill Film Production
• Architects of Property: Semi IP vendors are the poor relations of the semi market, but still they could be significant
  by David Manners
• K&S Offers Lead-Free Flip-Chip Bump Alloy
  by Bernard Levine
• Zilog Writes New Chapter in Tax Code: MCU maker files Chapter 11 in unusual repositioning strategy
  by Ed Sperling
• Plexus Buying Most MCMS Assets
  by Bernard Levine
• Inventory Work-Off Slowed by Soft Demand
• Alternate Views: Developing new display technologies fraught with difficulty and high costs
  by Alex Mayhew-Smith
• Photronics Expands its Market
• Where in the World are Franchised Distributors' Sales? Top 25 Distributors, North America 2001: Sales by Region
• 2001: A Year of Erosion
  by Ken Fleck
• IBM Pushes Double-Gate Transistors: Technology just one of many presented at IEDM
  by Tom Murphy
• Fujitsu Closing Gresham Fab
  by Liz Neely
• Philips Wants Philips
• Foundry Mixed Signals May Nix Upturn Hopes
  by Tom Murphy
• Micronic Increases Resolution Capabilities
• Impact Signs Mindspeed
  by Rob Spiegel
• Government Stimulation
• Monterey Design Systems Releases Dolphin 2.0
  by Liz Neely
• Do We Need Another Wireless Technology?
  by Martin Rofheart
• Nokia Predicts Upswing in Mobile Market in 2002
• Applied Opts for E-Beam: Schlumberger metrology unit is latest chapter in acquisition playbook
  by Jeff Chappell
• S.A.S. Dragon Takes HBA into Asia
  by Rob Spiegel
• Shortages?
• It's All in the Plasma: AMAT says it has the low down on high-k
  by Jeff Chappell
• IBM Relishes SOI Validation: Intel, playing the latecomer, benefits from research and development
  by Tom Murphy
• Cirrus Logic Signs Chartered Semiconductor
• Sanyo Chooses TMS for WLAN Chip Testing
• Eastronics Takes on Solidum Systems
  by Rob Spiegel
• Eyeing the Chain
• The Beauty of Intellectual Property: IP has become a must-have tool, but it does have its problems
  by Richard Ball
• 2001: The Perfect Storm: Are calm seas ahead in 2002?
• To SIP Outsource or Not To Outsource?
  by Randy Smith
• Tektronix Rolls Out Scopes for Urban Networks
• Avnet Unveils Storage Program
  by Rob Spiegel
• Want Insurance With That Chip?: For a fee, customers can be exempt from patent disputes, lawsuits
  by Ed Sperling
• PMC Maximizes Acquisitions: Brownridge details restructuring
  by Gale Morrison
• How They Rank
• AE Achieves Critical Mass
  by Jeff Chappell
• IFR Offering Upgrades for GSM Test Set
• What They Sell: Top Distributors—Franchised North America—2001