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Circuit and Device Engineering


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Pros Cons of the Independent Contractor's Life

An independent contractor--IC--is a person who contracts to perform services for others without having the legal status of an employee. Most people who qu...  Read more

Making Faster Chips--For Home Use Only

New business creates faster chip technology for sale only in American markets.  Read more

Intimate Relations

Global pressures are forcing even the fiercest competitors to create strategic alliances.  Read more

The Third Wave

U.S. entrepreneurs are filling new niches in the semiconductor industry.  Read more

The Company Money Almost Killed

Profile of one CEO and his management of a computer chip company on the brink of bankruptcy.  Read more

Gallium Valley

The quest for faster computers has opened the door to a potentially huge new market in the crowded semiconductor field. Gallium arsenide has been touted f...  Read more

Mutual Benefits

Analog Device's daring strategy for coping with change has led to unique relationships with small companies around the country.  Read more

The Future of the Human Body

Ten innovations that will improve quality of life—and bring down health care costs  Read more

High Concept: I'll Take Manhattan

A new way to build computer memory chips takes its inspiration from the Manhattan skyline: when space is at a premium, build up rather than out.  Read more

The Age Of Alliances

The new semiconductor companies are getting their funding from a powerful combination of hungry venture capitalists, aggressive bankers, and -- suprisingly e...  Read more

The Innovation 50

A listing of the most inventive small companies in entrepreneurial America.  Read more

14 Inventors We Love

Many inventors--the Edisons and Bells of the world--command our respect. But here is a look at 14 inventors, only some of whom are well known, that command s...  View slideshow

How I Did It: Noreen King, CEO, Evolve Manufacturing Technologies

As told to Amy Gunderson Industry: Manufacturing 2006 Inc. 500 Ranking: Read more

Chips Ahoy;

For about two years there, you would have had more luck going public as a maker of chocolate chips than as a maker of silicon chips. But last May, two se...  Read more

1987 The Inc. 100;

WE'RE AWAITING CONFIRMATION FROM THE observatory at Mount Palomar that all the planets and moons did indeed orbit around Wall Street last year. Certainly...  Read more

Small Company Initial Public Offerings: February March 1983

Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. O-TC sym. Company...  Read more

Small Company Initial Public Offerings: June 1982

INC. MARKET INDEX vs. POPULAR AVERAGES S&P NASDAQ DJI 400 ASE Ind'ls INC. % change -2 -3 -5 -4 -5 June-J...  Read more

Storm Clouds Over Silicon Valley

As blind faith in the infallibility of high-tech companies falters, the era of unrestrained growth in the Valley may be over.  Read more

A Little Help From Your Friends

You probably know more potential investors than you realize. The trick is to put together a deal they'll find attractive  Read more

Ventured Guesses

From 1981 to 1984, venture capitalists sunk some $3.7 billion into computer-related businesses. With the go-go days in computers now seemingly gone-gone,...  Read more

Mrs. Drucker Starts a Business

The story of how an 80-plus year old woman, the wife of a management guru, started the first company of her life.  Read more

Recessionade

Don't complain to Inc. 500 CEOs that the economy may be hitting the skids. Where others see danger lurking, this bunch sees opportunity.  Read more

Introducing The 1986 Inc. 100

Like a bunch of adolescents, the companies on the INC. 100 are an unsettled lot. They have grown so fast that their knees ache. They have consumed capit...  Read more

Fast Track;

SCOTT VOSS USED TO WORK AS director of engineering at a semiconductor plant in the Philippines, where the turnaround time to his U.S. customers was 25 day...  Read more

Culture Shock

Sequent's founders thought that a strong corporate culture would be the key to success. They didn't have to wait long to see if they were right.  Read more

The Next Silicon Valley? Part Two

People around the world want to be the next Silicon Valley but today's version may not be the kind of job-generating machine that people expect. This wa...  Read more

Havana on Earth

The story of how a company in Switzerland built a computerized humidor.  Read more

Back in the U.S.S.R.

A museum curator suggests Russia's BESM supercomputer may have been superior to ours during the Cold War.  Read more

The Innovator's Dilemma

What to do when your dream comes true and you hate it.  Read more

The Inner City 100 Profiles: 71-80

NO. 71 Redbarn Pet Products Long Beach, California Dog food manufacturing and salesRead more

INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS: OCTOBER 1987 Offering First Size after- O-T-C ($ ...  Read more

Afternoon In America?

If you're a fan of serious best-sellers, you've been doing some gloomy reading lately. Last year the heavyweight book of the year was Allan Bloom's crotc...  Read more

Is The Sun Setting In The West?;

Is trouble in the air for Arizona? Number one for the second year in a row, Arizona is already watching its electronics manufacturers move across the bor...  Read more

Private Lives;

Demon dialers, Dungeons Dragons, and the great $5 disposable suit.  Read more

Toying With Computers

The inventors of the toy Merlin now are attempting to market a business terminal that even a grown-up can master.  Read more

Power Up: Laptop Battery Life Is Improving

In the past year alone, laptop batteries have been getting longer lasting and more durable. And at least there aren't any more reports about spontaneous comb...  Read more

Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM)

Computer-aided design (CAD) involves creating computer models defined by geometrical parameters. These models typically appear on a computer monitor as a ...  Read more