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    Check out Electronic Design's 70-year history and the stories and technologies we covered.
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    Ethernet at 50: Exploring Its Past, Present, and Future

    June 27, 2023
    Ethernet celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. This article covers the rich history of Ethernet and what lies ahead with this ubiquitous technology.
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    76 Years of the Transistor: Then, Now, and What’s to Come

    March 29, 2023
    Transistor advances have gone through several stages over the years, each driven by the need to meet new demands in terms of size, performance, and power consumption. Explore ...
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    The Evolution of Modern Calibration

    Jan. 24, 2023
    The science of measurement has evolved from the cubit to the latest calibration tools. What’s on the horizon?
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    Flash Memory: A Historical Retrospective

    Nov. 28, 2022
    As flash memory technology reaches a milestone, KIOXIA reflects on past successes and future plans.
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    The Origin, Explanation, and Applications of Triple-Five Timers

    Oct. 20, 2022
    555 timers may be over 50 years old, but they’re still driving the latest electronics to hit the market and will continue in the next-gen devices on the horizon. Read about the...

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    Looking for that Old Copy of Electronic Design?

    Sept. 23, 2022
    Editor Bill Wong goes searching through the Electronic Design archives.
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    Oscilloscopes Evolve from Humble Displays to Powerful Tools

    July 13, 2022
    From the early CRT-based tools to the latest multifunctional powerhouses, the venerable oscilloscope has long been a mainstay of electronic design.
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    The History of Programming by Mark Rendle

    May 20, 2022
    This was the keynote for DevCon 2016 delivered by Mark Rendle.
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    Remembering Electronic Designs

    May 9, 2022
    As Electronic Design celebrates its 70th year, we’re creating an assortment of special article series that look back at how our industry has evolved over the past seven decades...
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    70 Years of Semiconductors

    April 25, 2022
    A brief glimpse at semiconductor history, from SCRs and TRIACs to NVIDIA’s 80-billion-transistor Hopper GPU.
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    What Computer Had the Biggest Impact on You? Your First Computer

    April 21, 2022
    This gallery highlights some of your responses about your first computer.
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    Looking Back at Electronic Design

    April 6, 2022
    Industry magazines are mainly taken for granted, but they’re more important than you realize.
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    70 Years and Still Going Strong

    March 29, 2022
    Electronic Design celebrates its 70th anniversary, and throughout 2022, we’ll be rolling out new features to our online and print publications while highlighting the technologies...
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    A Quick Stroll Through 70 Years of Communications

    March 22, 2022
    A plethora of communication options have emerged over the last seven decades, from parallel buses to LPWANs.
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    A 1935 Weston Selective Analyzer

    March 16, 2022
    In honor of Electronic Design's 70th Anniversary, here's a look at an old Selective Analyzer (Model 665 Mark 1) from the Weston Electrical Instrument Company from 1935.
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    What Computer Had the Biggest Impact on You?

    Feb. 23, 2022
    For different reasons, the HP2000 and Burroughs B1700 stand out as two computers that made an impact during my career.
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    Resistor Two Day is Today

    Feb. 22, 2022
    Today is 2-22-22. Resist the urge to encode it.
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    Processors Have Come a Long Way

    Jan. 11, 2022
    Then and now: From mainframes to MPUs, processor technology has progressed significantly since Electronic Design was first published.
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    Do You Recognize These?

    Oct. 28, 2021
    Electronic Design will turn 70 in 2022. Do you recognize any of these electronic items from the past?
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    The Graphic Chip Chronicles

    April 19, 2021
    Jon Peddie has put together short overviews of graphics chips that have made a major impact over the years. It is a fun look back at how we got to where GPGPUs are the norm.