Silicon Valley’s Smartest Loser

Behind every success story is a missed opportunity. For every…

Know what you’re printing: the story of YieldStar

In the semiconductor world, success comes from creating faster, lower-power chips that have more functionality. That in turn means being able to print ever more complicated patterns built up from smaller and smaller features onto a silicon…

How Will Silicon Platforms Evolve?

Semiconductor Technology for the Internet of Things

How Will the Chip Wars be Won?

Intel vs. ARM

Intel dominated and defined the semiconductor landscape during the PC era on two complementary fronts — silicon process technology and computing architecture (x86). Through its partnership with Microsoft, Intel enjoyed a near…

Computer on a Chip

The Silicon Platform for the Internet of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) broadly describes the entire emerging segment of connected and pervasive computing systems and platforms. These systems will have wide-ranging silicon technology…

Reflections on a Trade Show, and a Turning Point for Silicon

Alex Lidow, CEO & Co-Founder, Efficient Power Conversion (EPC)

Envelope Tracking and Wireless Power Transmission

In past posts, we discussed the disruptive nature of the eGaN FET and the inevitability of it displacing the aging power MOSFET. We also discussed how the superior capabilities of eGaN FETs are enabling new applications. This issue of Fast Just…

Computing Transitions

A Semiconductor Perspective

The Unexpected

There’s an app for that!

There are almost one billion smart phones sold in 2013. Each of these phones comes pre-loaded with a collection of mobile apps and the hope that users will download clusters of additional apps that fit their specific needs and…

Power Conversion: The End Of The Road For Silicon

Electricity is present in our day-to-day lives in just about everything we do. From cell phones to refrigerators to the cars we drive, electricity is required to perform an intended function in order to achieve a desired result. As the middle…