Gary Lerude, MWJ Technical Editor
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Gary Lerude

Gary Lerude is the Technical Editor of Microwave Journal. Previously, he spent his career as a “midwife” aiding the growth of the compound semiconductor industry, from device to application, from defense to commercial. He spent 19 years at Texas Instruments, 11 years at MACOM and six years with TriQuint. Gary holds a bachelor’s in EE, a master’s in systems engineering and an engineers degree (ABD) in EE.

Base station market rewards Freescale and NXP

Driven by the deployment of cellular base stations, both Freescale and NXP are seeing strong revenue growth in their RF businesses, only limited by the capacity to fully meet customer demand. It’s a good time to be in the wireless infrastructure business, especially if you are an LDMOS PA supplier.


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Analysis of the IBM-Globalfoundries Deal

Globalfoundries acquisition of IBM's RF SOI and SiGe processes makes Globalfoundries the leader in RF silicon. With the trend toward fewer, larger semiconductor suppliers, this move strengthens the RF industry by adding technology and scale to a major player.


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Beginnings

The end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time — T.S. Eliot

Having just joined Microwave Journal as your Technical Editor, sharing my background and career journey seems appropriate for my first blog post.


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