Profile of Rick Merritt
SiliconValley Bureau Chief, EE Times
News & Commentary Posts: 20
Based in San Jose, Rick writes news and analysis about the electronics industry and the engineering profession for EE Times. He is the editor of the Android, Internet of Things, Wireless/Networking, and Medical Designlines. He joined EE Times in 1992 as a Hong Kong based reporter and has served as editor in chief of EE Times and OEM Magazine.
Articles by Rick Merritt
4/20/2015
Here's a sampler of some of the best of the reports that marked the official anniversary of Moore's Law on Sunday, April 19.
4/17/2015
Tales from engineers who drove Moore's Law forward.
4/2/2015
The ZigBee Cluster Library will run over Thread. Here's what it means for the Internet of Things.
3/30/2015
Experts at the Embedded Linux Conference say that open-source software needs more attention to interoperability, security, and its kernel, for the Internet of Things.
2/25/2015
AMD’s next-gen notebook processor, Carrizo, packs a south bridge and HEVC decoder in the same space as its previous Kaveri chip, it said at ISSCC.
2/10/2015
ARM aims to make mbed a unifying code base for the fragmented Internet of Things, where security is an increasingly key concern.
2/5/2015
Income inequality grows even in Silicon Valley, but there's no bubble ahead.
1/14/2015
Here's a look inside IBM's new 141-core computer.
12/30/2014
CTO Of Enlightened says outlook for Zigbee is particularly dim.
10/1/2014
ARM announces plans for IoT device and cloud software under its mbed platform, which is already making waves with embedded software vendors.
10/1/2014
An emerging crop of industrial robots promise to be user-friendly tools for novice users in a wide variety of small companies, but they might be held back by safety standards, experts say.
9/10/2014
Postage-stamp sized chip aims to power the consumer Internet of Things.
8/12/2014
Intel reveals first details of its 14nm chipmaking technology and Broadwell, its first CPU to use it.
8/12/2014
Google, Apple, or a smart startup could steal the microprocessor market from Intel, says microprocessor design veteran Dave Ditzel.
8/6/2014
R&D manager at Alibaba's cloud service discusses how to streamline hardware and software to make more efficient use of flash.
7/2/2014
Are we reaching the limits of our ability to keep making smaller, faster chips? The world's smartest engineers gather in San Francisco to discuss how to keep Moore's Law alive.
4/8/2014
Jobs's 2010 email to executives reveals how closely he followed business moves by competitors.
3/18/2014
Former head of the US patent office shares his views on the so-called mobile patent wars and proposes a sound approach to standards-essential patents.
3/17/2014
Stanford's Hoover Institution launches a five-year effort to determine whether the US patent system helps or hinders innovation.
3/12/2014
Congress and the Supreme Court are poised to take action on patent suits, but data to inform ongoing debates is missing, experts say.