eComm: Wireless Grids Corp. to test software for sharing tech gear at Syracuse University
Norman Lewis, chief strategy officer of Wireless Grids Corp., gave an interesting presentation at eComm where he showed how his company plans to liberate us from being locked into the prescribed uses of our tech gear as dictated by tech manufacturers or telecom operators.
He brought up familiar examples, like how cell phones are locked to carriers or how products from some vendors won’t work with the products of other vendors. This kind of shackle, Lewis… Continue Reading
Intel analyst meeting: Big, big numbers on the Internet’s growth
Intel analyst meetings aren’t normally included in VentureBeat coverage. It is a 40-year-old company, after all. But Intel CEO Paul Otellini talked at a very high level in his presentation about the growth of the Internet itself. The numbers he presents are eye-opening and should give everyone, from start-ups to VCs, a better take on the opportunities at hand. I’m including some details from the webcast in this post. It’s funny compared to the last… Continue Reading
Intel launches a company-ranking site: CoolSW
Tomorrow, Intel is launching a Web site that lets people rank the most compelling software business ideas.
Called CoolSW (it stands for “cool software”), the site looks much like Digg, the popular site that lets users rank technology-oriented news by voting on whether they like it or not.
CoolSW is different because it focuses solely on business ideas. It’s designed to draw on the opinions of the wider developer and entrepreneur community, to help Intel keep track… Continue Reading
Nascentric, chip design and analysis co., raises $7.2M from Intel Capital, others
Nascentric, a San Jose, Calif., chip design company focused on providing “Fast-SPICE” analysis tools, said it has raised a $7.2 million third round of financing.
SPICE stands for “Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis” and is used to verify whether an integrated circuit will function correctly before fabrication. Each IC fabrication attempt can be expensive, and it often takes multiple attempts to get it right, so companies use SPICE as much as possible.
The problem with SPICE… Continue Reading