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TUESDAY June 24
SCV Consumer Electronics Chapter
Speaker: Michael Wang, Sr. Field Applications Manager, Macronix
Time: Social, pizza, drinks at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Hewlett Packard, Oak Room, 19447 Pruneridge Avenue (Building 48), Cupertino
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/ce

NOR Flash Memory is usually divided into Parallel Flash or Serial Flash, with the distinction being the type of I/O interface used. Parallel flash uses parallel buses to transfer address (more…)

TUESDAY June 10
SCV Consultants’ Network of Silicon Valley
Speaker: Tom Coughlin, Coughlin Associates
Time: Networking at 6:30 PM, dinner at 7:00 PM, presentation at 8:00 PM
Cost: $20
Place: I Restaurant (Chinese), 20007 Stevens Creek Blvd (at Blaney Ave), Cupertino
RSVP: Use PayPal (through website), or mail a check and send an email RSVP
Web: www.CaliforniaConsultants.org

Just as many technologies converged to make magnetic disk drives ubiquitous, a similar but much more accelerated process has happened with the use of flash memory in the overwhelming success of today’s consumer electronics (CE) devices. This success (more…)

FRIDAY May 30
OEB Magnetics Chapter
Speaker: Prof. P. Freitas, INESC Microsystems and Nanotechnologies, Physics Department, IST, Lisbon, Portugal
Time: Presentation at 1:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Conference room in Bldg 6 (6-2202), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley
RSVP: Please respond by email by May 21 with name, company, to Peter Fischer, PJFischer@lbl.gov so that we can prepare LBNL badges in advance for you
Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/0805-oeb-mag.pdf

Integrated spintronic biochip platforms are being developed for portable, point-of-care, diagnostic applications.  The platforms consist of a microfluidic unit where the bioassay takes place, an arraying and detector chip (more…)

TUESDAY May 27
SCV Consumer Electronics Chapter
Speaker: Bill Shepard, Sun Microsystems
Time: Social, pizza, drinks at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Hewlett Packard, Oak Room, 19447 Pruneridge Avenue (Building 48), Cupertino
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/ce

The talk will discuss how Java technology has emerged as the common platform for developing digital television applications and services for broadcast, cable, satellite, IPTV, and Blu-ray Disc.  The talk will include (more…)

TUESDAY May 27
SF Industry Applications Chapter
Speaker: Ron Y. Beltran, P.E., Field Application Engineer, GE Multilin
Time: Social at 5:30 PM; Presentation at 6:00 PM; Dinner at 7:00 PM
Cost: $25 ($10 for first 5 reserved IEEE Student Members)
Place: Sinbad’s Restaurant, Pier 2 The Embarcadero, San Francisco
RSVP: by email to Jack Lin, jlin@sfwater.org to qualify for our drawing of an IEEE Color Book at dinner.
Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/0805-sf-ias.pdf

The development of microprocessor-based technology in protective relaying has enabled users to employ these devices in a variety of ways.  The “protective relay” has evolved into an “intelligent electronic device” (more…)

TUESDAY May 27
SCV Product Safety Engineering Chapter
Speakers: Arthur Zingher & Mike Silverman, Ops a la Carte
Time: Optional dinner, 5:45 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none for presentation
Place: dinner El Torito Mexican Restaurant, 2950 Lakeside Drive, Santa Clara; talk at Applied Materials, Bowers Café, 3090 Bowers Ave, Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/pses

The recent grounding of flights by American Airlines shows that operational maintenance and potential equipment failures are a serious “real-world” safety concern.  Safety standards for power tools also look at failure modes.  One way (more…)

TUESDAY May 27
SCV Magnetics Chapter
Speaker: Prof. Paulo P. Freitas, INESC MN and Phys. Dept, Inst. Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal
Time: Cookies & Conversation at 7:30 PM, Presentation at 8:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Western Digital, 1710 Automation Parkway, San Jose
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/mag

Integrated spintronic biochip platforms are being developed for portable, point-of-care diagnostic applications.  The platforms consist of a microfluidic unit where the bioassay takes place, an arraying and detector chip (more…)

TUESDAY June 24
SCV Product Safety Engineering Chapter
Speaker: Sanjay Baliga, Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Division, SEMI (Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International)
Time: 5:45 PM dinner at El Torito Mexican Restaurant; 7:00 PM presentation at Applied Materials Bowers Cafe
Cost: Dinner is no-host; no cost for presentation
Place: El Torito Mexican Restaurant, 2950 Lakeside Drive, Santa Clara; Applied Materials, Bowers Café, 3090 Bowers Ave, Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/pses

Unless you’ve been asleep for the past year, you’re probably aware of the intense global focus on sustainability.  For everything from renewable energy to global warming, sustainability is the theme (more…)

WEDNESDAY June 4
SCV Electron Devices Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Yuhua Cheng, ShangHai Research Institute of MicroElectronics (SHRIME), Peking University, China
Time: Social at 6:00 PM, Presentation at 6:15 PM
Cost: none
Place: National Semiconductor Corp. Building E1, Conference Center, 2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/eds

This talk discusses the technology platform development for IC design in nano-CMOS technologies.  New effects and issues in nano-CMOS are reviewed before the discussion on the contents of the technology platform.   (more…)

TUESDAY May 27
SCV Consumer Electronics Chapter
Speaker: Bill Shepard, Sun Microsystems
Time: Social, pizza, drinks at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Hewlett Packard, Oak Room, 19447 Pruneridge Avenue (Building 48), Cupertino
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/ce

The talk will discuss how Java technology has emerged as the common platform for developing digital television applications and services for broadcast, cable, satellite, IPTV, and Blu-ray Disc.  (more…)