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At the Design Automation Conference a couple of weeks ago, one of the big topics of discussion was the use of "Cloud Computing" and one the up-and-coming player in that field is Xuropa.  I did one of my live video interviews with James Colgan, Xuropa's founder an CEO, regarding how that is affecting the bottom line for the industry.  The real kicker came at the end of the interview where James talked about the hard evidence of benefit for the concept... and that got truncated when the bandwidth gods shut down the broadcast.  So here's what I got and after you watch it, I'll tell you tomorrow what the bottom line was. Watch video live on Vpype Live Broadcaster

For my first post of the new year I'm looking at reports from journalists (remember them?) and analysts predicting nothing short of chaos for the semi world this coming year. On the one hand, everyone is in agreement that the industry will be in growth mode, but on the other, they are also saying the industry is not prepared to grow. No one has a plan for an economic turnaround and in spite of every indicator to the contrary, their collective heads are firmly jammed... in the sand. Fabs like TSMC, UMC, Global Foundries and the rest are at capacity, China fabs are starting to tank and companies with fabs are shutting down operation, right at a time when additional capacity is required. No one is buying capital equipment and equipment manufacturers are looking to consolidate, making technology advancements for the next level rare. And the venture capital world, which is supposed to be the spark plug for innovation, is still pouring money into gaming, cloud computing and alternative...