Readers have voted, via their page views--and here are those features that generated the most traffic. The results may surprise you!

Inspecting code is an important group exercise that's painless if you follow etiquette and stay within its narrow scope.

Decrease cost, add new features, and preserve intellectual property.

A new power-device semiconductor process from International Rectifier promises substantial improvement in the key figures of merit

This excerpt from the book "Practical Grounding, Bonding, Shielding and Surge Protection" concludes with a look at the shielded isolation transformer, zero signal reference grounds and signal transport ground planes, and the generation of harmonics in electrical systems and how they can be filtered.

Intel Corp. will make a fresh foray into low-cost PCs at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, launching a tablet-style netbook for students as well as a personal area network technology for linking Wi-Fi devices.

To help sort out the confusion in the market, we have released our own chip forecasts--and other predictions--for 2009.

Renewable energy and emerging semiconductor technologies like memristors were among the top industry stories in 2008.

Here are the 2008 top-rated and "editor's pick" feature articles from the TechOnline DesignLine sites and TechOnline webinars.

The head of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency reflected on his nearly eight years at DARPA, refuting charges the agency has tightened spending on basic research.

Washington state, Alaska, the District of Columbia, Louisiana, Minnesota, and New Jersey all have similar bans in effect.

Lisp would be Zen Buddhism (some say that it's not a language at all; others say that it's the only language that makes sense)...

GPS low noise amplifier with integrated filters is well suited for S-GPS and small form factor designs

Increase your understanding and insight into analog systems, circuits, and components with two chapters from this recent book, presented in serial excerpt form.

Design software enables cutting fuel use by up to 50%.

This excerpt from the book "Practical Grounding, Bonding, Shielding and Surge Protection" looks at ground loops as a cause of noise, the ways in which noise can enter a signal cable and its control, and shielding.

Development tools that can process automotive electronics system models and description formats are becoming established. This article discusses the potential uses of data interchange in an AUTOSAR tool chain example.

A high-speed, high-accuracy real-time V/I curve tracer that is well suited to carrying out dc parametric testing on semiconductor and optoelectronic devices has been introduced by Yokogawa Europe.

An under-the-hood look at how the LynuxSecure RTOS combines time-space partitioning and virtualization to allow multiple, heterogeneous operating systems to execute in a robust, highly secure environment.

TTSystems's Michael J. Post provides details on how to use his company's Eclipse-based Integrated development Environment to do correct-by-construction time-triggered designs