One should also include in the pantheon of suppliers powerchip companies like IXYS (IXYS) that offer leading-edge capabilities for higher efficiency and lower weight in the critical power electronics.
When that happens, both TSMC and UMC will be in a stronger position to offer leading-edge chipmaking capabilities to its traditional customers, the "fabless" chip companies like Altera, Xilinx, Nvidia and Broadcom.
"More leading-edge IT capabilities will be available only in the cloud, forcing reluctant organizations closer to cloud adoption," said Gartner's Yefim V. Natis, adding that this will be a good thing.
NASIC is the U.S. military's primary producer of intelligence on foreign air and space forces, weapons and systems, while the AFRL provides leading-edge warfighting capabilities to keep the United States air, space and cyberspace forces the world's best.
Still, Micron executives said the company will have spent $1.8 billion on leading-edge manufacturing and processing capabilities by the end of its fourth quarter Aug. 30.
Stuttgart – Whether it be a quick call to a business colleague for an important discussion, listening to favourite music tracks or checking home and office e-mails whilst on the move – the Apple iPhone® is a leading-edge business tool with multimedia capability, available in Germany and other markets.
We analyzed McKinsey Global Institute data on the "automatability" of 2,000 different workplace activities, comparing job requirements to the current capabilities of leading-edge technology.
Leading-edge businesses are instead adapting their businesses to the capabilities these technologies provide.
"This new 45 nm device shows our continued commitment to extending the capabilities of the Snapdragon platform with leading-edge process technology and an expanded list of integrated features".
Russia disposes of a number of leading-edge product/process technologies, and of a broad range of technological capabilities, but lags in some key product/process technologies, and, for historical reasons, over the whole area of organisational technology.
