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Speakers show diversity at HardwareCon3
February 2015 – The first annual HardwareCon3 had a variety of speakers and sponsors showing their products and expertise at the event. The lobby had exhibitor tables setup for companies supporting the prototype and production communities and then there were break out rooms with individual experts, and the main hall with panels & keynotes. The…
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HarwareCon3 Educating the Maker Transition to Products
February 2015 – The first annual HardwareCon3 (conference, convention and connection) event was held at the Zero Net Energy (ZNE) center in San Leandro over the weekend of Feb 28-March 1. This first event was designed to help the members of the Marker movement and community move to the business community and product production. The…
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Processors drop power, increase performance at ISSCC
February 2015 – The cost of developing new process nodes and validating the libraries is getting prohibitive. As a result, the processor groups are slowing down Moore’s law by holding on the same node as last year and now moving to design and layout optimization to improve power and performance characteristics. This theme was repeated…
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AMD shrinks design not process for Carrizo
February 2015 – At the ISSCC conference in San Francisco, AMD presented their latest APU architecture on their new processor codename “Carrizo”. The Accelerated Processing Unit (APU)is designed for notebooks and low-power desktop designs and features an advanced power management technology. It is expected that the Carrizo to reduce the power consumed by the new…
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EUV and NanoImprint at Advanced Lithography 2015
February 2015 – The SPIE Advanced Lithography conference in San Jose featured 7 technical track conferences in one venue. The primary focus was on two tracks: (1) the highly anticipated arrival of EUV [Extreme Ultraviolet] lithography [Conference 9422] and (2) Alternative Lithography Technologies [Conference 9423]. The EUV track has 14 sections covering viability and need…
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Optical Interconnect at Photonics West
February 2015 – The SPIE Photonics West Conference in San Francisco covered the diversity of applications on photonics with special sections for Biophotonics, Healthcare and Translational Research, Lasers & Sources, Green Photonics, 3D printing and general optoelectronic devices and materials. The optoelectronic section included optoelectronic materials and devices, photonic integration, displays and holography, nanotechnologies in…
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Music Accessories at NAMM 2015
January 2015 – One of the major things filling the expo floor at NAMM is the accessories to the musical instruments. In this category, you have recording equipment, DJ gear and guitar accessories. Leading off the show, with a preview at the Artist Relations event was the Tronocal team from Germany. Lead off by CEO,…
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TEC Awards 2015 at Winter NAMM
January 2015 – Moving to a new Saturday night time slot, the Technical Excellence and Creativity (TEC) Awards celebrated their 30th annual event. The evening was hosted by comedian and musician Sinbad who kept a fast pace on the evening to make sure everyone got their fair time for both live performances and the thank…
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She Rocks Awards at NAMM2015
January 2015 – At the NAMM Winter Conference, the She Rocks Awards moved from their daytime subdued event to a full nighttime gala event with red carpet. The 2015 She Rocks Awards were hosted by the founder of WiMN Laura B. Whitmore and performer Orianthi. The show opened with an opening performance by the fast…
