April 2, 2013, Ethernet Technology Summit, Santa Clara, CA—The opening of the summit looked at the emergence of software-defined networks (SDN) and the relationship to OpenFlow. Craig Matsumoto from Light Reading chaired the session. The emergence of SDN is a transforming force that is evolving to real use and investments. The overlay of OpenFlow offers…
March 18, 2013, NPD Flat-Panel Display Conference, San Jose, CA—Paul Gagnon from NPD DisplaySearch reviewed the state of the business, risks, and opportunities as well is the most critical trends in televisions. Slowing growth is spurring innovation into new areas, but questions abound. TV production fell 6 percent last year. The growth years from 2004…
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….
June 14, 2012, Invensense Motion Interface Developers’ Conference, San Francisco—Steve Nasiri from Invensense talked about the new era for motion sensing and the resulting market opportunities arising from the technologies. Motion interfaces are a transformational technology. Comparing technologies, Bluetooth chips about 2.5 billion units per year, WiFi 1.9B, touch 1.4B and motion interfaces are about…
May 24, 2012, MEMS Business Forum, Santa Clara, CA—Jeremie Bouchard, director and MEMS analyst at IHS ISuppli talked about MEMS and consumer tends. At issue is the possibility for long-term growth in an industry that is starting to see longer term price erosion. Currently, the big drivers for sensors are consumer and mobile, which are…
November 18, 2011, A. Richard Newton Global Technology Leaders Conference, Mountain View, CA–Arun Sarin currently advising Kohlberg, Kravis & Roberts and former CEO of Vodaphone talked about the transition from land lines (POTS: plain old telephone service) to wireless (PAN: personal area network). Although mobile phones were invented before this year, in ’84 the transition…
August 18,2010, San Jose, CA the TV Ecosystem conference opened with a market and trends analysis from Paul Gagnon, director of N. America TV research at DisplaySearch. The industry is being challenged by two conflicting trends, price erosion as products achievement maturity versus premiums for innovation. In the past couple of years, three key technologies…