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September 2, 2010

Mtg: The Makers of the Microchip: Creating the Planar IC, Establishing Silicon Valley

by @ 10:52 am. Filed under NanoEngineering, Engineering Mgmt, Computers/Software, Communications, Electronics Design, Semiconductors, ALL
 

TUESDAY September 28, 2010
SCV Solid State Circuits, with Electron Devices and Computer Chapters
Speakers: David C. Brock, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Contemporary History and Policy, Chemical Heritage Foundation; Christophe Lecuyer, Principal Economic Analyst, Office of the President, University of California
Time: Presentations at 6:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: National Semiconductor Building E Auditorium, 2900 Semiconductor Dr., Santa Clara
RSVP: EventBrite, from website
Web: ewh.ieee.org/mu/scv-sscs
In the first three and a half years of its existence, Fairchild Semiconductor developed, produced, and marketed the device that would become the fundamental building block of the digital world: the microchip.  Founded in 1957 by (more…)

August 29, 2010

Mtg: How Many Consultants Does it Take to Create a Medical Device?

by @ 6:50 pm. Filed under NanoEngineering, Engineering Mgmt, BioEngineering, Optics/Displays, Electronics Design, Semiconductors, ALL
 

TUESDAY November 16, 2010
SCV Consultants’ Network of Silicon Valley
Speaker: Dr. Kendall Waters, IP and Technology Development, Silicon Valley Medical Instruments, Inc.
Time: Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: KeyPoint Credit Union, 2805 Bowers Ave., Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: www.CaliforniaConsultants.org

Successfully taking a medical device product from concept to regulatory approval requires a broad range of expertise. Effective strategy execution requires having the right talents available at (more…)

Webinar: The Smart Grid: From Appliance to Generator and Back

by @ 4:38 pm. Filed under Engineering Mgmt, Communications, Electronics Design, Electrical/Power, ALL
 

IEEE Oregon Section Webinar, with the SF Bay Area Council
The Smart Grid: From Appliance to Generator and Back
- September 8, 2010   - 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- $99 for IEEE members; $150 for non-members, $25 for full-time students
A systems view of how the Smart Grid provides interactions between the end uses of electricity (”appliances” or industrial processes) and utilities, viewed from the perspective of the technologies, standards, and policies that will enable those interactions and foster innovation and interoperability. For engineers, policy makers, and entrepreneurs who want to understand the Smart Grid in order to make better professional, technical and business decisions.
Talks:   - The Challenge of Synchrophasors and Wide Area Control   - Smart Grid Communications   - Managing Supply and Demand   - Smart Grid Cyber Security   (and more)
For full information: www.e-grid.net/docs/1009-smartgrid.pdf

Mtg: Technology Management and Green Entrepreneurship: Thinking Outside the Glass Box

by @ 4:37 pm. Filed under Engineering Mgmt, Electronics Design, Electrical/Power, ALL
 

THURSDAY September 2, 2010
SCV Technology Management Chapter
Speaker: Kevin Surace, Chairman & CEO, Serious Materials
Time: Networking at 6:00 PM; Forum at 6:30 PM; Dinner at 7:15 PM; Presentation at 7:45 PM
Cost: $10 for IEEE members; $13 for others
Place: RAMADA Silicon Valley, 1217 Wildwood Ave, Sunnyvale
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ieee-scv-tmc.org/

“Thinking Outside the Glass Box” - How an engineer built what Inc Magazine calls a “great company” by doing things differently, and recognizing the power of green.

Mtg: Ultra-Low-Voltage VLSI Design for Minimum Energy Computing

by @ 4:36 pm. Filed under NanoEngineering, Engineering Mgmt, Computers/Software, Communications, Semiconductors, Electronics Design
 

WEDNESDAY September 1, 2010
SCV Circuits and Systems Chapter
Speaker: Massimo Alioto, Ph.D, Visiting Professor at BWRC — UC-Berkeley
Time: Networking/light dinner at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: $2 donation accepted for food
Place: QualComm Santa Clara, Building B, 3165 Kifer Road, Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/cas

In the last years, subthreshold CMOS logic circuits have become very popular in ultra low power applications, which typically constrain the power budget to a few tens of uWs and the supply voltage to (more…)

Mtg: New Developments in HDMI

by @ 4:35 pm. Filed under Computers/Software, Engineering Mgmt, Communications, Semiconductors, Electronics Design, ALL
 

TUESDAY August 31, 2010
SCV Consumer Electronics
Subject:
Speaker: Chandlee Harrell, Silicon Image
Time: Networking/refreshments at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: $10 for non-members, $5 foe IEEE members, free for IEEE CES members & Student IEEE members
Place: Hewlett Packard, Building 20, 3000 Hanover St., Palo Alto
RSVP: from the website
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/ce

HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is that now-familiar interface that you use to connect video and audio to your HDTV set.  It has gone through a number of improvements since it first (more…)

August 28, 2010

Mtg: California Emerging Technology Fund

by @ 7:42 am. Filed under Engineering Mgmt, Communications, ALL
 

TUESDAY September 21, 2010
SF Communications Chapter
Speaker: Susan E. Walters, California Emerging Technology Fund
Time: Lasagne and salad dinner at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: California Public Utilities Commission, 505 Van Ness Ave (use Golden Gate entrance), San Francisco
RSVP: my email to timryan@ieee.org
Web: www.ieee.org/sfcomsoc

California Emerging Technology Fund will present an overview of its background, strategic focus, current activities and accomplishments in closing the Digital Divide in a way that makes California (more…)

August 24, 2010

Mtg: Automated Behavioral Modeling: A Quantum Jump in Mixed-Signal Design Verification Technologies

by @ 6:26 pm. Filed under Computers/Software, Engineering Mgmt, Communications, Semiconductors, Electronics Design, ALL
 

MONDAY October 18, 2010
SCV Circuits and Systems Chapter
Speaker: Prof. Richard Shi, University of Washington
Time: Networking/light dinner at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: $2 donation accepted for food
Place: QualComm Santa Clara, Building B, 3165 Kifer Road, Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/cas

Verification is becoming the number-one bottleneck in mixed-signal systems-on-chip (SoC) design.  This talk introduces a new design and verification methodology based on the automated generation of (more…)

Kickoff Meeting - IEEE Life Members Affinity Group

by @ 6:25 pm. Filed under Computers/Software, Engineering Mgmt, Communications, Semiconductors, Electrical/Power, Electronics Design, ALL
 

TUESDAY October 5, 2010
OEB Life Members Group
Speaker/organizer: Charles Herget, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (retired)
Time: Networking, buffet dinner, discussion from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Cost: $10 for buffet dinner
Place: Willow Tree Restaurant, 6513 Regional St, Dublin
RSVP: by email by October 1, to rsvp@ieee4life.org
Web: www.ieee4life.org

The first meeting of the Oakland/East Bay Life Member’s Affinity Group will be held on Tuesday, October 5, 2010, at the Willow Tree Restaurant in Dublin.  This meeting will be an informal gathering to (more…)

Mtg: What’s in Your Electronic Product, and Why Should a Product Safety Engineer be Concerned?

by @ 4:47 pm. Filed under BioEngineering, Engineering Mgmt, Computers/Software, Communications, Electronics Design, Semiconductors, ALL
 

TUESDAY September 28, 2010
SCV Product Safety Engineering Chapter
Speaker: Rick Row, Consultant
Time: Optional dinner at 5:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: no-host dinner at El Torito Mexican Restaurant; no cost for presentation
Place: Dinner at El Torito Mexican Restaurant, 2950 Lakeside Drive, Santa Clara; Meeting at Applied Materials, Bowers Café, 3090 Bowers Ave, Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/pses

Three trends make mineral sourcing an issue of potentially compelling interest to product safety engineers.  First, many more minerals are used today in manufacturing electronics than just a couple of (more…)

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