One Of 50 Tesla Electric Roadsters Spotted On Google Campus; Car Maker Receives $40 Million Loan

November 3, 2008

Tesla‘s electric roadster is now in production, shipping 10 sports car a week.

The company also announced that it received $40 million in investments yesterday morning in the form of convertible debt squashing rumours it was running out of money. Tesla founder, Elon Musk, plans to raise an additional $50 million next year.

One of the very first Roadsters was spotted last week on Google‘s Mountain View campus.

The Googler – whom shall remain anonymous for now – is the lucky owner of an “electric blue” Tesla Roadster.

The San Carlos, Calif.-company has 1,200 back orders for the $100,000+ sports car.

The Googler’s roadster lacks a license plate yet but does have a radar detector sucked to the windshield – the sports car does 0 to 60 MPH in 3.9 seconds – and a kid booster car seat!


National Semiconductor CEO: Moore’s Law is the Enemy of Green; This Is An Analog World!

October 24, 2008
Brian Halla, CEO, National Semiconductor

Brian Halla, CEO, National Semiconductor

A sour economy is the best time to go back to school they say… if you can afford it of course!

Well, that’s what I just did yesterday when I spend my “lunch break” listening to National Semiconductor CEO lecture at San Jose State University.

And really, I wouldn’t have missed it for the world as the colourful executive took pleasure to wake up the engineering students with some blunt views about his own semiconductor industry and frankly their potential future.

You be the witness. Here are some comments Halla made during his talk. Take it away Brian – doesn’t he look a bit like Larry Ellison?

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