Big Blue lights fire under new chips
IBM's Microelectronics division has launched a popularity blitz for its silicon-on-insulator chipmaking technology. Executives say licensees are waiting in the wings.
IBM's Microelectronics division has launched a popularity blitz for its silicon-on-insulator chipmaking technology. Executives say licensees are waiting in the wings.
Lots of people read this green tech blog and probably nobody more closely than the big technology vendors themselves. Thus the source of this latest entry.
IBM just published its 2011 corporate citizenship report which outlines a very impressive record of social investment and environmental stewardship. While the environmental program is yielding bottom line contribution, understanding the strategic contribution of its massive giving programme is less intuitive. On the corporate side, IBM has failed to report employee satisfaction figures for the first time in 10 years.
IBM and railroads. This is not a non sequitor. I recently spoke with Keith Dierkx who works for IBM in their expanding business providing services for planning, construction and operation of high-speed rail.
Many of the smart meter pilot projects going on around the United States are still in the selective mode. As in, they're not really happening at scale, although several companies, including Oncor, have recently trumpeted the fact that they've reached 1 million-smart-meter milestones.