February 14, 2013 EECS, University of California, Berkeley—The annual EECS status update focused on cloud and computer-based functions, and a number of grad-students presented elevator-pitch information on some of the specific activities in those research centers. Matei Zaharai from the AMP (Algorithms, Machines, and People) Lab noted that big data needs more types of analysis,…
December 10, 2012, International Electron Devices Meeting, San Francisco—Luc van den Hove from IMEC described the changes in device technologies that will be the core of a sustainable society. Electronics has and will continue to affect all aspects of living, and the ability to provide greater performance at ever lower costs will drive societal evolution….
December 10, 2012, International Electron Devices Meeting, San Francisco—Seonki Kim from Samsung presented a view of the current state of the art and the future prospective for the display industry. Changes will take place at both the macro and micro levels for all displays. Displays have evolved from analog CRTs by adding color, and these…
November 13, 2012, A. Richard Newton Global Technology Leaders’ Conference, UC Berkeley—Bernard Amadei from Engineers Without Borders and the University of Colorado, Boulder proposed engineering innovation for all. He noted the need to design for the needs of the 5B poor people in the world. This other 90 percent of the world’s population has great…
October 17, 2012, Storage Network World, Santa Clara, C—Mike McClaskey from Dish Network described the efforts and results of a major IT infrastructure rebuild on the company’s business. The IT overhaul affected most of the departments in the company, so a lot of planning and trials had to be done before the cutover. Dish planned…
October 15, 2012, CEA Industry Forum, San Francisco—John Gerzema from Brand Asset Consulting talked about changes in values in consumer space since the great recession, and how these changes affect the way we buy, sell, and live. Through studies crossing brands, values, and behaviors, we are saying significant changes in consumer behavior. Consumers are now…
July 11, 2012, FlexTech Alliance, San Francisco—David Barnes from Bizwitz talked about the various technologies and the challenges associated with them as new materials and use patterns come into being. At the same time, he cautioned that very little is actually new. Displays depend on the characteristics of the front plane and the drive electronics….
May 21, 2012, Opem Source Business Conference, San Francisco—Elliot Garbus from Intel presented “Sparks of intelligence: where smart devices connect mobile users to open data centers”. He noted that systems need to change to adapt to the emergence of big data. One of the first drivers for today’s data explosion was a pack of gum….
March 20, 2012, Over-the-top TV Conference, Santa Clara, CA—a panel considered the on-going commentary on the demise of cable and broadcast. Jeremy Toeman from Dijit Media moderated the panel. Panel members included Scott Mirer from Netflix, Colin Decker from the Virgin Group, and Richard Bullwinkle from Rovi. Cord cutting? Bullwinkle said this requires redefining service…
October 4, 2011, TVNext, San Jose, CA–Steven Reynolds from Comcast talked about the future of video service devices in a multi-platform universe. The next generation of services will be delivered via the customer’s on-premise equipment. The service providers consider this new set of services to be in the future. Video over IP is going to…