eASIC announces a 45-nanometer custom design process for smaller fish in chips
The hardest thing about starting a chip company these days is the cost. A big team of engineers has to work for 18 months or more to create a custom chip. Then it takes $1 million for the templates, or masks, that the factory needs to stamp out the chips. It takes 16 weeks for the chips to run through the factory.
The cost can hit $65 million before all is said and done. eASIC, a… Continue Reading
Avvo: get advice from lawyers using Web 2.0 techniques
With any luck, Avvo is going to make finding lawyers and getting legal advice a lot less intimidating.
That’s because the company, which formally launched its site today after more than a year of beta testing, applies Web 2.0 techniques that keep the lawyers honest and give consumers more options.
We already know it works — not least because of the controversy it has stirred. When Avvo first launched, negative ratings poured in on certain lawyers, and… Continue Reading
Roundup: Lawyer sues Avvo, Google’s acquisitions, Lifelock’s strange story & more
Here’s the latest action:
Lawyers finally sue Avvo – Earlier we reported the angry response of lawyers to the new site, Avvo, which lets users rate lawyers. Well, now lawyer John Browne has followed through on earlier threats to sue, after he decided he didn’t like the profile rating he was given. The rating noted he’d been disciplined by state authorities. The Seattle PI’s John Cook has the story. His suit is even going after Avvo… Continue Reading
Lawyers, watch out — Avvo is rating you
Avvo is a new company that lets people find good attorneys, letting them seeing how others have rated the lawyers, and whether they have been disciplined. It lets users rate attorneys too.
Avvo is bound to stir controversy. Lawyers given bad ratings are already disturbed. See the story by John Cook of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. One poorly rated criminal defense lawyer calls it “a joke.”
This can be a very valuable service. However, it is open… Continue Reading