A Sad Day :-( “PMCS Announces Cost Reduction”

Most of the financial analysts are liking this move, but it comes with a human cost 😦 These were awesome design centers with great people. It is a sad day for me. PMC-Sierra Announces Cost Reduction Initiative and Business Outlook Update for First Quarter 2007: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance:     Press Release Source:...

iInnovate Interviews | Philip Rosedale | Linden Labs | Networking Points

I'm really liking the iInnovate podcast site. So far I've listened to Eric Schmidt, Andy Grove, and Philip Rosedale of Linden Labs the developers of Second Life. I particularly liked Andy Grove's question to Philip Rosedale (PR), which went something like, "What do you envision your needs for computing, client & server, networking, and software...

Chips/Semi Directions – Reaction to Drew Lanza in BWeek

tip to my friend Peter for forwarding Testosterone Chips: The End of an Era - Business Week - Drew Lanza to me this week. This is yet another article that addresses what I call the "The Curse of Moore's Law" and the possible new directions that the semiconductor industry could take. From a VC point...

Heavy Rotation March -> Neil Young | Arcade Fire | Barenaked Ladies | Apples in Stereo

March was a fantastic month for music listening in hNorth-land 😀 Picking a favorite for the month has been very difficult. Arcade Fire's - Neon Bible is fantastic and deserves to be #1. I really like tracks 2 - Keep the car running and 6 - Ocean of Noise. The new Apples in Stereo is...

weekly blog chat – Apple iTV | Eric Schmidt Interview | Vitesse & Semi Hell | FreeMind |

Chatting about blog-land this week. All of these are in my delicious widget on the right and @ http://del.icio.us/hNorth/blog. Spring Break definitely hit late this week. Technology Apple iTV ships this week. Apple iTV - Intel and NVIDIA Inside- Nyquist Capital Andrew comments on the details provided in AnandTech. Apple TV Part 1: Unboxed and...