April 2012 – Facilis was showing their multi-platform storage solutions at NAB. The new system the TeraBlock V5.5, supports Mac/Windows/Linux workflows and data storage for most major tools, with a shared file system. The system uses 4Gb/s and 8Gb/s Fibre Chanel for an interface and can also support 1Gb and 10Gb Ethernet. The storage solution [...]
April 26, 2012, GSA Silicon Summit, Mountain View, CA—Chenming Hu from UC Berkeley talked bout the revolutionary scope of multi-gate transistors. He addressed the challenges of cost, speed, and power in the next generation of devices. The biggest issue for many designs is to reduce all facets of power consumption. Scaling is at the heart [...]
April 26, 2012, GSA Silicon Summit, Mountain View, CA—Roawen Chen from Marvell Semiconductor moderated a panel on extending the life of CMOS. Panel members included Jim Aralis from Microsemi, Paul Boudre from Soitec, Shung Chieh from Aptina Imaging, Matt Crowley from Tabula, and Pushkar Ranade from SuVolta. Chen noted that the topic has been around [...]
April 26, 2012, GSA Silicon Summit, Mountain View, Ca—Joel Hartmann from ST Microelectronics talked about the need for SOI technologies. This established technology will enable innovation and influence the ecosystem in mobile, data, and consumer applications. As media converge ; TV, STB, cloud, multi-screen, apps, etc. the primary issue is power. The majority of devices [...]
April 2012 – Las Vegas, NV – Xilinx had three major themes for the NAB show this year – (1) display targeted solutions for high resolution, (2) source code availability for thier real time solutions, and (3) a video over IP solution. The display technology was shown based on the new kintex7 FPGA. Using a [...]
April 26, 2012, GSA Silicon Summit, Mountain View, CA—Subramanian Iyer from IBM looked the issues to “Keeping Moore’s Law Alive” in his presentation at the Computer History Museum, a fitting place for a technology forecast. From an IDM perspective, the primary questions are: is there a problem, what to do about scaling, and what are [...]
April 26, 2012, GSA Silicon Summit, Mountain View, CA—Subramani Kengeri from Global Foundries acknowledged a gap between efforts and capabilities in the lab versus those in the fab. To continue working on Moore’s law requires an SOC view and more collaboration. Currently, four areas are driving improvements in silicon; interconnect, lithography, packaging, and silicon technology [...]
NAB, Las Vegas—We interviewed Render Rocket about their business and technology. Their claim to fame is a scalable 3-D render engine that operates in the cloud. The mission control module reserves and monitors time on the server(s) and enables cross-market use. The tools are being driven by the ongoing cost cutting and reductions in capital [...]
NAB, Las Vegas—We talked with 3ality Technica about rigs and other equipment.3ality Digital acquired (bought) the company Element Technica. Now they are one single company, called 3ality Technica, which merges the complementary expertise of both companies. 3ality Digital created 3D rigs, using a tool kit which included algorithms and image processing technology to solve problems, [...]
NAB, Las Vegas—We spoke with CentralParQ, a Dutch company about their workflow framework. Their solution includes a combination of hardware and software for managing and tracking assets from ingest through production. Part of their offering is a cloud-based set of modules that optimize metadata and other information. The system can track physical media through the [...]
