• 10 reasons to be bullish and worried
• Spending on gadgets shows shift in priorities
• Who is largest buyer of chips?
• Analog vendors battle phantom forecasts
• Rx for iPhone: Support Adobe Flash, microSD, NFC
• Winners, losers in 2009 chip rankings
• MicroUnity sues mobile giants for patent infringement
• IC Insights' capex rankings for 2010
• Asia to take 39% of smartphone market in 2015, says IMS
• AWR gives graduates free access to design tools
• Philips, researchers light up clothes with LEDs
• Price hikes, shortages hit chip market
• Analyst: Smartphones sales surged in 4Q '09
• Chip firm makes solar cells on RF production kit
• Chip profitability jumps to decade high
• Wafer demand to rise 30% in 2010, says Gartner

• Update: Xilinx moves to single-distributor model
• European semiconductor distribution sees prospects for healthy growth in 2010
• Electronic components distribution in Europe continues to see growth
• Avnet creates new unit for embedded applications
• Avago products added to Digi-Key European linecard

• LFoundry adds ChipStart as solutions supplier
• U.S.: Fake parts threaten electronic market
• Analysts cautious about Xilinx inventory
• What's inside Apple's media pad?
• Intel launches netbook app store

• Rx for iPhone: Support Adobe Flash, microSD, NFC
• Samsung is mass producing 4-Gbit DDR3 DRAM
• Point/Counterpoint: Is CMOS right for 3G handset PAs?
• Apple gets hefty margin on iPad cost
• Toyota recalls: Deeper engineering implications

Do you think business conditions would be better in 2010 than in 2009?
Yes
52%
It will be the same
22%
2010 will be worse
19%
Don't know
6%

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