April 11, 2012, FlexTech Workshop, San Jose, CA– Jeffrey Stuart from Lockheed-Martin presented a view on sensors from a systems integrator perspective. They are looking into physiological monitoring across a broad spectrum of parameters to determine the most suitable personnel for war fighter missions. One issue for monitoring our military personnel is understanding the differences…
April 12, 2012, Mentor User2User Conference, Santa Clara, CA—Wally Rhines from Mentor Graphics opened the conference with a talk on ” doing what others don’t” in his keynote address. Hs was trying to counter the conventional wisdom that in the EDA industry, the big companies continue and the small companies innovate, then get acquired. Mentor…
April 11, 2012, FlexTech Workshop, San Jose, CA—Jeffery Ashe from GE talked about the nature of health care and the issue that the healthcare system is increasingly complex. Changes in the systems will require the application of many new technologies and a different way to look at all of the healthcare issues. The domain experts…
February 29, 2012, RSA Conference, San Francisco—Stuart McClure from McAfee called out the opportunity and challenges for the cloud to develop security over the next 10-15 years. The desire to take control of your own liberties and future runs up against the fact that the bad guys have it easier because they only need one…
February 23, 2012, Berkeley EECS Annual Research Symposium, UC Berkeley—Claire Tomlin described the applications of control theory to the manipulations of big data. These new functions require changes not only in the algorithms for larger scale, but also the nature of the data sets themselves. Combining the structures of big data with control theory allows…
November 9. 2011, Cloud Expo, Santa Clara, CA–Garima Thockchom from Gale Technologies talked about moving operations into a cloud architecture. This will work in public, private, and hybrid modes with the main priority being increased utilization and agility. The definition of a cloud is a system that has multiple users who are able to schedule…
November 3, 2011 – Monterey, CA – The MEMS Executive Congress continued the second day with presentation from further members including end users who were creating finished goods with the devices. This brought an overview of the development ecosystem for MEMS to start with process technology and devices and continue through final product development with…
November 3, 2011, International Games Innovation Conference, Orange, CA–Steven Woo from Rambus talked about the challenges for memory systems in future gaming platforms. Evolutions in hardware are driving the need for more performance in al of the subsystems. Dedicated game platforms like consoles and handhelds are moving towards more general purpose functionality like PCs and…
October 12, 2011, IPSO Alliance, Santa Clara, CA–The IPSO Alliance had Bo Begole from PARC talk about changing business models and technologies that will change the way people interact with their worlds. These new models will cause more independent R&D companies to form to address the many changing requirements. Once devices know your location, they…
October 12, 2011 – The IPSO Alliance held a press event in the middle of theit committee meetings in Santa Clara. The group is focused on IP as the interoperability protocol for Smart Objects. Smart objects, an Internet of Things and ubiquitous computing are no longer “future” issues, these areas are here today. These products…