Smart meters could breathe life into flagging chip market

Smart meters could breathe life into flagging chip market

Even as the downturn dries up cleantech capital, smart-meter makers continue to do quite well. With the Obama administration placing emphasis — in the form of $4.5 billion — on smart-grid development, and major utilities like PG&E jumping on board, it looks like the smart-meter… Continue Reading

Samplify Systems — a rare semiconductor startup

Samplify Systems — a rare semiconductor startup

Venture capitalists and entrepreneurs alike have been bemoaning the fact that nobody starts semiconductor companies anymore. It seems that it’s just too costly and too risky for entrepreneurs to challenge old world chip companies who have locked up the market.

But the folks who started Samplify… Continue Reading