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The article reports on the development of energy-harvesting synergism. It cites that energy harvesting provides great challenges and rewards for electronic engineers to use their skills more effectively. It provides technical background information on energy-harvesting from companies that presented papers during the NanoPower Forum conducted by Darnell Group Inc. held in June 2008 in Costa Mesa, California. The article also provides concepts related to energy harvesting synergies like wireless mesh networks, sensor batteries, and supercapacitors.

Information about several papers discussed during the International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) held on February 2007 in San Francisco, California is presented. It highlights discussions about the recent applications of analog-to-digital converters (ADC), as well as its newest upgrades. It includes the introduction of a successive approximation register (SAR) ADC for applications down to 4.2 Kelvin. Moreover, ADC designers revealed advances in dynamic range and power consumption.

This article presents a preview of the Design Conference in San Diego, California, for the integrated circuit and system design industry. Tracks for the technical program include: logic design and test; embedded systems; nanometer analysis and simulation; and physical circuit design. Attendees will be able to choose from hundreds of panels, papers, sessions, workshops and tutorials. A number of established vendors and startups of the EDA software will display the latest in electronic-system level tools and methodologies. INSET: A DEEP AND VARIED TECHNICAL PROGRAM.

Discusses the presentations and papers in the International Electron Devices Meeting in San Francisco, California, on December, 2000. Sessions that shed light or progress and future challenges for a variety of semiconductor technologies; Developments in the high-speed analog and mixed signal arena; Use of gallium-arsenide heterojunction bipolar transistor as power amplifiers.

Reports on the annual Hot Interconnects and Hot Chips symposia scheduled for August 1994 at Stanford University in California. Sponsorship of event by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' (IEEE) Computer Society; Featured topics; Technical sessions; Presentation of papers.

Reports on the Silicon Valley Personal Computer Design Conference and Exposition scheduled for July 27-29, 1994 at the Hyatt Hotel in San Jose, California. Focus on technical challenges faced by personal computer designers when planning next-generation systems; Presentation of papers that explore multimedia and high-performance graphic displays; Other design issues to be discussed during the conference.

Information about several papers discussed at the first annual nanoPower Forum held by British company Perpetuum in San Jose, California is presented. The event focused on the possibility of harvesting the energy of the beating heart and technological innovations related to piezoelectrics. The meeting featured several speakers including Bradley Mitchell.

Information about several papers discussed during the Embedded System conference held in San Jose, California in April 2007 is presented. The event primarily focuses on the evolution of machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, also known as Web 3.0, in the Internet industry. Details about the characteristics and capabilities of Web 3.0 are also considered. Participants include the executives from Lantronix Inc. and Allegro Corp.'s president Robert Van Andel.

The article highlights the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering International Solid State Circuits Conference that will be held in San Francisco, California on February 5 to 9, 2006. The conference will focus on wireless connectivity, portability and multimedia. There will be discussions on detail trends and developments in low-power design, communications and multimedia technologies included in more than 250 papers of various researchers. Three plenary presentations will precede the conference. Sessions will be conducted to tackle several topics ranging from wireless innovations to mobile television applications to camera image sensors and power management approaches.

Focuses on the schedule for the International Solid-State Circuits Conference on electronic circuits operation techniques, to be held between February 9-13, 2003 at San Francisco Marriott in California. Dates on which technical paper session will be held; Theme of the conference; Website address from which detail information on the conference is available.

Highlights the Wescon trade show, which was held in Los Angeles, California in 1960. Number of authors and panelists scheduled to speak; Papers presented by Motorola and Fairchild Semiconductors on their microelectronics techniques; Excerpt of an article from the August 3, 1960 issue of `Electronic Design' magazine. INSET: Services Spelling Out Micromin Plans.