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...Parthus Technologies Private company based in Dublin, Ireland CEO: Brian Long What it does: Makes a chip designed to power a broad range of mobile Internet devices as well as global positioning satellite and Bluetooth, a technology that allows devices to communicate within a 10-m radius Why it is hot: Licensing and royalty revenues are rising because the benefits of licensing IP platforms, including lower costs and faster time to market, are more compelling in an increasingly competitive market www.parthus.com...
...Systemonic Private company based in Dresden, Germany CEO: Ruediger Stroh What it does: Developer of a broadband wireless chip that aims to understand all major standards, allowing seamless roaming with any broadband wireless device between any network on any continent Why it is hot: Its technology can be applied across many areas of the wireless semiconductor market, estimated to be worth $18 billion by 2004 www.systemonic.com
...speakers, the university is making an exception for the President, who--say sources close to Bush--will receive an honorary degree when he speaks on May 21. The White House and Yale had hoped to keep the visit a secret as long as possible; the President has carried "a chip on his shoulder about Yale," according to Roland Betts, a close friend and member of the Yale Corporation. Bush, seen below as an undergrad, loathed the "intellectual arrogance" he encountered there, he once told TIME. And he resented that Yale didn't give his father (class of '48) an honorary...
...player. This is the first Palm clone to feature a headphone jack and the ability to play MP3s--no simple trick, since the 33 MHz processor that powers these PDAs is too weak to drive MP3 music files. Sony created a neat hack: it added a digital-signal processing chip that bypasses the operating system. You'll need to shell out $150 more for a 64 MB memory stick, though--the 8 MB stick included with the unit holds three songs max. And if you want a wireless modem, you'll have to wait until the end of the year...
Otherwise, the new iBook is golden. Its standard 500 MHz chip is speedy enough for all consumer needs, and the FireWire port means you can even download and edit your digital home movies away from home. Jobs is pushing this as the best portable choice for education, but it looks suspiciously like the laptop for the rest...