On the Road from Makers to Consumers

On the Road from Makers to Consumers
by Don Dingee on 06-20-2014 at 12:00 am

It’s time to break with conventional thinking. For decades, the measure of success for semiconductors has been OEM design wins. Most consumers haven’t known, or cared, about what is inside their electronic gadgets, as long as they work. That may be about to change, because a new intermediary is finding its voice – and being… Read More


No, gosh darn it, I said the NFC is near!

No, gosh darn it, I said the NFC is near!
by Don Dingee on 03-22-2012 at 11:24 am

Getting a feature to take off in today’s smartphone market is tricky. It requires a combination of hardware support, OS support, app integration, and maybe most importantly carrier adoption. Ideas that seem ready technologically, like NFC, get stopped in their tracks by silly things like the William J. LePetomaine Thruway… Read More