Don’t Let Your NOR Flash Be “The Herbie”
Early in my career I worked for a start-up software company, Maxager, which was trying to change the profitability of asset-intensive manufacturers by analyzing profit in a new way. We didn’t determine profitability based on GAAP-based profit per unit, but on profit per minute. We discovered that products once thought to be stars based on standard gross margin, where actually dogs because it consumed valuable time on the production floor.
Five Trends to Watch in 2012
2012 will mark a further acceleration in the use of Flash Memory as a critical computing component. Beyond the tablets, smartphones and enterprise SSDs, NAND and NOR Flash memory are growing and making an impact throughout all…
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7 Top Phrases that Hit the Jackpot at CES 2012
Nothing new. That was the conventional wisdom about CES 2012 in Las Vegas. Well, after spending two days last week at the show, I think the conventional wisdom is wrong. There are many new and cool electronic…
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The Results are In – The Top 10 Memory Matters Blogs of 2011
As we close out 2011 and prepare for next year, we decided to look back at the most popular blog posts. We covered a lot of exciting topics this year, including applying Spansion NOR flash to various…
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Telemedicine: What’s On TV? It’s Your Doctor
“I need to see a doctor about this.” Often implied in this statement is a face-to-face meeting in an office, but that doctor may actually be in another state or possibly halfway around the world. Telemedicine with…
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