November 11, 2015, ARM TechCon, Santa Clara, CA–Mike Assenti from Dolby Laboratories talked about the energy consumed in audio processing tasks. He provided definitions and basic techniques for taking power measurements in smaller devices. The growing number of apps for audio functions in mobile devices is a clear indicator of user desire for better audio….
September 24, 2015, Churchill Club Awards, Redwood City, CA—The Churchill Club awarded Elizabeth Holmes as 2015 global benefactor for irrepressible vision and positive impact on society. In a fireside chat with Channing Robertson from Stanford she described her motivations and inspirations for her work. Robertson noted that she was a very assertive student, even as…
September 21, 2015, SNIA Storage Developer Conference, Santa Clara, CA—Christina Lara from IBM explained why system-level verification must include full scale testing. Many installations see peaks of activity that can overload systems and small user base equivalent testing will not stress the system enough to bring out these problems. Most systems are built from a…
August 18. 2015, Intel Developer Forum, San Francisco—Dan Froelich from Intel described the storage transition to PCI-e interfaces. The change is facilitated by new form factors and products. The availability of storage in SSD and PCI-e configurations is approaching 10 percent of the total storage market and growing faster than rotating disks. Forecasts indicate a…
May 6, 2015, Neuro-Gaming Conference, San Francisco—Adam Gazzaly from UCSF talked about the technological and societal changes that will come out of the current research into the brain and its functions. The current lack of deep understanding compared to other physical functions will come about. In physical fitness and other related physical investigations, there are…
April 23, 2014, Data Storage Innovation Conference, Santa Clara, CA—Wayne Adams and David Dale from the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) provided an update on the association’s latest activities. The organization continues to provide leadership and guidance to the storage industry. Among their latest achievements are a cloud interoperability conformance test program to complement the…
April 16, 2014, Churchill club, Santa Clara, CA—Jim Walsh from Global Logic moderated a panel that addressed the need for “greatness” in engineering and design. Panelists included Catherine Courage from Citrix, Steve Johnson from Linked-In, Frederick Pferdt from Google, Larry Tesler from MINE, and Charles Warren from SalesForce. The term “great” has to be added…
January 29, 2014, DesignCon, Santa Clara, CA—Perry Keller from Agilent and the chair of the JEDEC JC 40.5 committee talked about the market and technology drivers facing memories. The industry can expect ongoing turmoil and change over time. Memories are appearing in more applications, leading to consumer expectations for greater performance at lower cost. This…
May 2012 – The Connectivity Week events included a panel discussion on testing, certification and quality of the reporting methods and data. One of the issues regarding smart meters and the reliance on their data is the accuracy of the meters and the data being reported. The panel consisted of Doug Houseman of EnerNex, Rudi…
May 2012 – Connectivity Week has long focused on a number of topics in multivendor interoperatbility and data transfer with IT infrastructure. This years event focused on Power management and the Smart Grid. The lead off for the event was a discussion on the Green Button Initiative In the words of the organization – “Green…