There's a little something in this week's Circuits section of the New York Times about CableCard, a newish technology for cable TV that you're going to be hearing a lot about soon.

ENGADGET: Get ready for CableCard

If MEMS were integrated circuits, this would be 1968: hundreds of small companies chasing new technology, but no dominant player yet no MEMS Intel or Motorola to rise above the pack and give the industry an identity.

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Every February the best and brightest researchers of the semiconductor industry converge on San Francisco to share their new developments in chip technology at the International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC).

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