Article history: Received 29 September 2011 Received in revised form 6 December 2011 Accepted 9 December 2011 Available online 22 December 2011

With changes in technology, end markets, and financial markets, the electronics industry has experienced a dramatic downturn over the last year. Many companies will not survive. Those that do will focus on their core competencies, not tangential skills that may not be their area of strength. Successful electronics companies will also take steps to reduce uncertainty in the design of integrated ...

During war years (1992-1995) in Bosnia and Herzegovina development of information society and usage of information and communication technologies (ICT) were halted whilst expansion of the ICT recorded the highest figures in the whole world. As result, Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H) society is at bottom line regarding the development and usage of IC technologies. Postwar development of the informa...

Interpreting relations between constituent parts is a core element of language comprehension. From the perspective of research on concepts, conceptual combination provides rich evidence for this, with everyday examples ranging from well-established noun compounds such as computer chip to relatively temporary novel combinations such as castle tourist; as listeners we are able to interpret combin...

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Texas Instruments, Inc. Stafford, Texas ([email protected]) I am often introduced as an expert in how integrated circuits work. This is not all that accurate. My field of expertise is in how integrated circuits fail and more specifically how they fail in end systems. I find this perspective biases my positions in a different direction from many experts in the fields of silicon test or silicon quali...