February 23, 2012, Berkeley, CA – At the Berkeley Engineering research conference (BEARS2012) there was a breakout session from the BWRC group on the advances and long term directions in wireless communications and networking. The breakout was led by Ken Lutz, the Director of the center followed by a presentation by Prof. Jan Rabaey which…
February 22, 2012, San Jose, CA – This years ethernet summit focused on data flow in the network, virtualization and also delays/latency/packet loss in the datapath. As the networking world shifts from 10GbE to 40G/100GbE backplanes and interconnects for servers, a number of the data integrity issues have to be addressed. The first day of…
February 21, 2012 – San Francisco, CA – The Future of TV panel at the ISSCC conference discussed the history of TV and also some directions that the platform may move in both near and far term. TV is an interesting platform as it over the wireless & RF space for broadcast, wireline communication and…
February 20, 2012 – The theme of the microprocessor session at ISSCC was no longer raw speed and performance, rather it was data processing throughput per watt of power. Low power and reduced stages for data processing were the key. The session opened with Intel presenting the 22nm introduction of their new ivybridge processor which…
February 7, 2012, Santa Clara, CA – At the Linley Data Center Conference both systems and chip suppliers were disucussing the new directions in data centers and cloud service configurations. As the mix of content that is on the internet changes, so does the optimization of the hardware to deliver that content. In the general…
February 2012 – At the Strategies in Light conference in Santa Clara, Marvell introduced their new LED dimmer and bulb control ICs. These devices bring not only a new capability but new price point for residential and commercial lamps. Following the keynote from Soul Semiconductor, a manufacturer of LEDs for lighting, the growth of the…
January 2012. Anaheim, CA – a major component of the NAMM show was the expansion of home and personal studio recording and playback technology. The prevalence os distributed computing (in smart phones, tablets, laptops and embedded in devices) has now brought the location of these recording devices from the dedicated studio to the home, local…
January 2012. Anaheim, CA – Tascam, a division of TEAC America, lead the press conference with the announcement of the partnership with Onkyo and the integration of their products and channel. They also introduced several products in two classes – the prosumer/professional performer and the mobile musician. On the Prosumer side, they introduced thier new…
January 2012, Anaheim, CA – President and CEO Kaz Tanaka of Roland Corp from Japan, kicked off their 40th anniversary product rollout at the Winter NAMM show. The company which has been dedicated to innovation since 1972, introduced the tag line a “Better Life with Music” at the event. The first announcement was that the…
January 2012, Anaheim, CA – MadCatz the preeminent gaming accessory supplier was at NAMM with their relaunch of the RockBand3 platform. They have acquired rights and have taken over the role of publisher for the game from Harmonics to expand the peripherals and the music content for the latest generation of RockBand3. They are releasing…