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The Song Of The Alpha Ray

In the early 1900’s the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University used to hold raucous annual dinners at which songs were sung by the dons and undergraduates. This is one of them:

TSMC Doubles Profit

TSMC saw Q4 net profit of US$1bn grow 162% from Q408 on revenues up by 43% on Q408 to reach US$2.9bn. Compared Q3009, the Q4 results represent a 2.4% increase in revenue, a 6.9% increase in net income, and a 7.2% increase in diluted earnings per share. Computer-related ICs grew strongly and TSMC reckons the computer market will grow 14% ...

Memories Help Toshiba

The strong rebound in the NAND flash market helped reduce Toshiba’s losses in calendar Q4 (Toshiba’s FY Q3) to $117.5m from $1.3bn in Q408. The other main factor in the recovery was strong demand for nuclear generating plant. Revenue rose 6%. Toshiba said it was on-track to make a net loss of $555m for the full fiscal year ending at ...

How to add 3G radio to embedded devices

Following are the key decisions to help you best integrate 3G technology with your existing hardware and software. In five steps. By Stephen Wampler, Wireless Product Manager at Bsquare; and Mike Cannon, Solution Architect with Bsquare. A 3G radio is rapidly becoming standard equipment on embedded devices. 3G technology offers much faster download and upload speeds compared to older cellular ...