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The article provides information on the discussion made by computer industry experts, which asserts about the loopholes in their plan to integrate optical instruments for the future of multicore processors in San Jose, California. According to the article, the lack of silicon light sources and the number of years before the commercialization of silicon products are among the factors that contribute to the problem. It affirms that the cost of silicon photonics is also one aspect to look into.

The article reports on the research featured at Microsoft Research's annual TechFest held in the U.S. The World Wide Telescope that integrates digital images from a range of sources and a tool called Boku that uses visual icons to create simple video games are partially aimed at children. The objective of the internal conference is to spark collaboration among product groups.

The article points out that functionality has become more important to consumers, compared to technological innovations. While there will be technological developments in the future, the real innovation in the coming years in computing technology will no longer come from hardware.The author presents as an example the Apple Macbook which worked right out of the box..

The article reports on the launch of "EE Times Europe." The "EE Times Europe" will be launched as an expanded multilanguage web site providing balance global coverage with local reporting from Germany, France, Great Britain, and Scandinavia. It will also expand regional news coverage to Israel, Russia, and Eastern Europe and will introduce a companion bimonthly tabloid print and digital edition of "EE Times Europe."

This article focuses on adoption of high-definition optical disk format by Hollywood studios and consumer and computer companies. Keisuke Suetsugi, managing director of the Panasonic Hollywood Lab, responsible for Blu-ray promotion, said the biggest potential pitfall for the Sony/Panasonic-led Blu-ray format is the possibility that in the end the new spec may offer just another enlarged-capacity DVD format. He insists that the new format's success greatly depends on expanded interactivity and whether its recording medium becomes an integral component of a home network.

The article presents information on various developments related to the electronic industry. Citing stronger-than-expected chip buying, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has revised its annual forecast for global IC sales last week, projecting a record $226 billion in 2005. The SIA also predicted a compound annual growth rate of 9.8 percent for the global industry through 2008 and said global sales could hit $309 billion by 2008. In another development, Power.org, an open community of developers, tool providers and manufacturers creating standards and applications around IBM Corp.'s Power Architecture, has added 11 members.

The article presents news from the computer industry. An effort to revive deadlocked talks aimed at unifying competing next-generation DVD standards has failed, according to the president of Matsushita Electric Corp. Taiwan's industry executives are pressuring their government to loosen restrictions on interactions with China. STMicroelectronics NV has scrapped its traditional R&D model to focus exclusively on funding near-term projects. Intel Corp. is set to launch a desktop PC design for business users as a platform for its chips.

Reports on the plan of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. to make its first revenue shipments of 90-nanometer Opteron server processors. Employment of the PowerNow power-saving technology in Opteron; Features of Opteron; Similarity of the server processors to those launched by Xeon.

Reports on the effect of design-outsourcing in the computer technology industry in the U.S. Establishment of outsourcing sites in India and China; Predictable consequences of outsourcing; Assertion of the autho3r that the reason why its difficult to recruit top talent in the U.S. because it has failed to train enough engineer for the future.

Reports that the Indian government has started to search for a foreign chip makers to help in setting up a semiconductor fabrication facility. Reason behind the government's action; Financial support from the government; Bureaucratic problem.

Reports on field programmable gate array company, Actel Corp.'s introduction of the 6.0 version of its Libero Integrated Design Environment of third-party tools and integration enhancements. Features of the product; Incorporation of the electronic design automation vendor technology into the product; Prices of the product's versions.

Shares insights on the career developments involving executives in the computer industry in the U.S. Recruitment of Michel Mayer as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Freescale Semiconductor Inc.; Issues on the recruitment of Mayer since Scott Anderson was the CEO of the company; Role of Ed Zander in clarifying the confusions regarding the issues.

Provides information on design tools and methodologies to product news and process technology. Explanation of the common multiclock problems and introduction of a clock intent verification methodology by authors from Real Intent; Insights from a Fairchild applications engineer on the video-switch design data streams; Decrease of the revenue on ASIC chip of IBM Microelectronics.

Reports developments involving companies in the computer industry in the U.S. Development of a running shoe by Adidas that uses a microprocessor to adapt the shoe's cushioning to a runner's size and stride; Growth of the revenue of Synopsy Inc. that beats the expectations of Wall Street; Consolidation of Tellabs with AFC.

Discusses the advantages of Infiniband as a backplane standard for data centers in the United States. Enabling of data center managers to change the workload assigned to a server; Enhancement of performance; Elimination of proprietary clustering interconnects.

Comments on the long-term implications of globalization for the electronics and computer industry. Focus on the research and development in the industry; Major factor why U.S. companies are outsourcing jobs; Infineon's plan to expand its research and development center in Bangalore, India; Intel's close ties with China's technical and engineering universities.

Comments on how most component suppliers view application notes as necessary evils. Argument that application notes can be "evil" if the information they contain is not prepared with the same rigor applied to the rest of the development process; Strategies to remedy poorly prepared application notes.

Focuses on Motorola Computer Group's plan to unveil a hardware and software platform for next-generation telecommunications equipment in March 2004. Creation of the platform based in part on the Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (TCA) from the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group; Motorola's plan to deliver Application-Enabling components based on the AdvancedTCA platform.

Comments on the American media's coverage of the European Commission's efforts to regulate Microsoft Corp. American media's focus on whether the Commission remedy imposed on Microsoft would bring any meaningful changes to the personal-computer landscape; Key issues in the European antitrust proceeding; Emergence of high-definition DVD system specifications.

Reports on Open Silicon Inc.'s offering of a route for many ASIC users to travel from concept to silicon. Promises made by Open Silicon about price, delivery and quality base don its unconventional approach to the ASIC business; Open Silicon's plan to deliver ASICs at a small premium over what it would cost a design team to take the finished design to foundry.

Editorial. Considers the future of the computer industry during the downturn period in 2001. Industry's largest players that are grounded in computing; Interconnects that are battling for market share.