1.   Biopharmaceutical firms are known for their extraordinarily long product development cycles.

2.   But with the accelerating pace of technological innovation, product cycles are measured in weeks rather than years.

3.   Computer makers get smarter about designing them with each product cycle.

4.   Huether said the product cycle for consumer electronics had accelerated in recent years.

5.   I believe we have entered a tremendous new product cycle.

6.   In addition to product cycles, economic, political and demographic shifts are driving growth for technology companies.

7.   In a time of ever briefer product cycles, dealers can ill afford to risk stocking computers that may not sell.

8.   In the New Economy, people live on Internet time and product cycles are measured in months, not years.

9.   Internet-based companies, by contrast, face few government restrictions, a product cycle as short as six months, and a smaller cash requirements.

10.   It takes roughly two years for the product cycle to catch up to new touch-pad technology, he added.