off topic and can be skipped as it currently has nothing to do with QUIK.
But very cool. Currently surgical robots have to feeling in their hands- will surgical robots of the future have a LOT more sensors added to them? I hope so.
J&J and Google to Jointly Develop Robot-Assisted Surgery Program
(Bloomberg) — Johnson & Johnson, the world’s biggest maker of health-care products, is collaborating with Google Inc. to develop a robotic-assisted surgical program.
The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
“This collaboration with Google is another important step in our commitment to advancing surgical care,” Gary Pruden, worldwide chairman of New Brunswick, New Jersey-based J&J’s global surgery group, said in a statement.
Robotic surgeries have been growing in popularity, and J&J’s pact with Google would allow it to better compete against companies like Intuitive Surgical Inc., a major participant in the industry. Still, such procedures aren’t without risks. A 2013 complaint by the Colorado Medical Board alleged patients suffered injuries or complications from robotic surgeries including punctured or torn arteries.
Linley Mobile Conference 2015
Focusing on IC and System Design
April 22 – 23, 2015
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Santa Clara CA
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Registration is Now Open!
The Linley Group will host its Annual Mobile Conference at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Santa Clara CA.
Learn about design innovation for next-generation mobile devices.
Innovation in mobile chip and sytem design is accelerating. Smartphones and tablets already deliver capabililties that previously required desktop PCs and bulky consumer electronics, including multicore computing, high-resolution graphics for console-quality gamiing, HD video displays, and DSLR-quality cameras. Next generation devices will add more powerful 64-bit processors, 4K video recording and playback, and computer vision capabilities that can sense and recognize a user’s environment in three dimensions. Wearable devices will shrink many of these functions into even smaller packages, and new functions for communications, entertainment, fitness, and health.
To deliver these new capabiltities, mobile processors must integrate a plethora of IP cores, including big and little CPUs, DSPs, GPUs, video, security, and NoCs to connect them all. Mobile systems also require complex RF design, power management, and sensor hubs.
This two-day, single-track conference features technical presentations addressing design issues for devices such as tablets, smartphones, and media players, along with emerging categories such as smartwatches and wearable devices. The Linley Group will also present an overview of the market, technologies, equipment-design, and silicon trends for designers of mobile devices.
This event is the only one of its kind focused on mobile platform design.
This conference is intended for *designers of mobile chips, mobile devices, and mobile software as well as service providers, press, and the financial community. Attendance is free to *qualified registrants.
Here is a list of some outstanding talks and speakers:
Keynote Day One: Mobile Market Overview
Linley Gwennap, Principal Analyst, The Linley Group
Design & Debug of Mobile SoC’s with USB Type-C Connector
Morten Christianson, Technical Marketing Manager, Synopsys
FlexNoc Physical: Automating SoC Timing Closure Using Network On Chip Interconnect & Physical Information
K. Charles Janac, President and CEO, Arteris
Heterogeneous Computing for Smart and Energy-Efficient Mobile Applications
Roy Ju, Sr. Technical Director, MediaTek
Embedding Vision in Mobile SoCs
Dr. Yankin Tanurhan, VP R&D, Solutions Group, Synopsys
Always Alert: New Processors for Low-Energy Wireless Sensor Nodes
Chris Rowen, CTO, IP Group, Cadence
Partitioning Between Software and Hardware is Key to Ultra-Low Power Tim Saxe, CTO, QuickLogic
Cost-Effective Implementation for High-Resolution Display Mobile Devices
Hezi Saar, Product Marketing Manager, DesignWare MIPI IP, Synopsys
Enabling Intelligent Vision Processing in Embedded Systems
Yair Siegel, Director of Product Marketing, CEVA
Embedding Robust Platform Security into Application Processors and IoT SoCs
Steve Singer, VP WW Field Applications Engineering, Inside Secure
The Next Challenge in SoC Design: Customizable Cache Coherency
Joe Rowlands, Chief Architect, NetSpeed Systems
Taking Mobile Performance to New Levels with ARM Cortex-A72
Brian Jeff, Director Product Marketing, Mobile and Consumer CPU, ARM
Computer Vision in Mobile Devices: Progress and Challenges
Jeff Bier, President, Embedded Vision Alliance
The conference includes:
– Sponsor exhibits and demos
– Evening networking reception on the first day
– Raffles by The Linley Group
– Hosted speaker tables at lunch (meet the presenters)
– Free parking
– Continental breakfasts and gourmet lunches
– Free Wi-Fi
Fitness tracker market to top $5bn by 2019
Activity band boom predicted in latest analyst report
The fitness tracker industry is set to almost triple from one valued at $2 billion in 2014, to $5.4 billion by 2019.
That's according to Parks Associates, emerging consumer tech analyst, who also stated that "connected health devices" jumped from 24% adoption in the US in 2013, up to 30% by the end of last year.
"The most popular devices are exercise equipment with built-in app support and digital pedometers with wireless connectivity," read a statement promoting its latest report - Digitally Fit: Products and Services for Connected Consumers.
Back in August 2014, CCS Insight forecast the wearable device market would increase from 9.7 million device shipments in 2013 to 135 million in 2018.
However, its report pinned the hopes of a wearable tech boom onsmartwatches rather than fitness trackers. It said that of the predicted 135 million sales, 68 million will be smartwatch devices compared to 50 million fitness trackers.
That would represent a huge swing from the genre that currently dominates the wearables market. According to analysts NPD Group, fitness trackers accounted for 72% of all "digital fitness device" sales in 2013.
With the Apple Watch set to raise awareness for the smartwatch form factor, we think CCS may be closer to the money with its prediction, although we wouldn't be surprised to see a big increase in activity band adoption as prices inevitably drop so they can compete with their more feature-rich wearable rivals.
Commentary, after the last cc the anger was palpable and a reflex was for many holders to say that Andy P should loose his head. It is a common shortcut to very wrong decision based on a few dots of info, that may turn out to be very wrong. The GSA is a better judge than those folks and gave Andy P a slot, and not because of the past, but what they see tomorrow.
I think they know better than those who are eager to sell their holdings for what they paid for them.
So while may current holders are selling I am still adding. U only go round once and my trip
is a LOT of fun, win or loose. Bought more today and will continue if it does not move away.
PS for the first time maybe ever, the majority of the QUIK jobs are in Benglaru, ( 4/7).
What does this mean?
overall for me more bang for the $$. They have enough direction and need foot soldiers to move it forward.
Dr Saxe, is in demand, and nice job Andy P......nice group of people,some bigger names than "'il QUIK, use stuff like this to inform about the CEO.
GSA Announces 2015 Board of Directors Election Results and
Appointments
Alliance to Benefit from Leadership of Global Semi Companies
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA),
the voice of the global semiconductor industry, is pleased to announce
the appointment of two key executives as well as the results of its 2015
Board of Directors’ election. GSA’s board is comprised of industry
executives who are representative of the global regions in which GSA
holds active memberships.
“We welcome our new and returning 2015 Board of Directors to the
Alliance as they demonstrate commitment and service to GSA and more
importantly, support for the entire industry whose success is reliant
upon its partners”
Scott McGregor, president, chief executive officer and member of the
board of directors of Broadcom Corporation, has been appointed vice
chairman of the GSA Board of Directors for 2015. Dr. Lisa Su, president
and chief executive officer of AMD, has been appointed as a
semiconductor director.
“We are honored to welcome Scott and Lisa to the GSA Board of
Directors,” said Jodi Shelton, co-founder and president of GSA. “GSA
will greatly benefit from their leadership and unique insight to further
guide GSA’s growth and mission to support a collaborative ecosystem.”
Mr. McGregor is responsible for guiding the vision and direction for
Broadcom’s corporate strategy. Since joining the company in 2005,
Broadcom has expanded from $2.40 billion in revenue to $8.43 billion in
2014 revenue. Mr. McGregor joined Broadcom from Philips Semiconductors
(now NXP Semiconductors) where he served as president and chief
executive officer from 2001 to 2004. Prior to Philips, he held a variety
of senior positions at Santa Cruz Operation Inc. (SCO), Digital
Equipment Corporation (now part of HP), Microsoft and Xerox
Corporation's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). Mr. McGregor received a
B.A. in Psychology and a M.S. in Computer Science and Computer
Engineering from Stanford University. He serves on the board of Ingram
Micro and also is Chairman of the Board of Broadcom Foundation. In 2013
Mr. McGregor received UCLA's IS Executive Leadership Award.
Dr. Su is AMD’s president and chief executive officer and also serves on
the company’s board of directors. Previously, she was chief operating
officer responsible for integrating AMD’s business units, sales, global
operations and infrastructure enablement teams into a single
market-facing organization responsible for all aspects of product
strategy and execution. Dr. Su joined AMD in January 2012 as senior vice
president and general manager. Prior to joining AMD, Dr. Su served in
senior positions at Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., IBM and Texas
Instruments. Dr. Su has bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees in
electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT). She has published more than 40 technical articles and was named a
Fellow of the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE)
in 2009. Dr. Su also serves on the board of Analog Devices, Inc.
The GSA election allows for the majority of the GSA Directors to be
selected each year by the voting members. The election process has just
been completed and the top four candidates include incumbent Neil Kim,
executive vice president, operations and central engineering of Broadcom
Corporation; Peter Gammel, chief technology officer of Skyworks
Solutions, Inc.; Dr. Sam Heidari, chief executive officer of Quantenna
Communications, Inc.; and Andrew Pease, president and chief executive
officer of QuickLogic Corporation. In light of the appointment of Mr.
McGregor, Mr. Kim has stepped aside from his re-elected director
position but will continue to have an important and ongoing role with
the GSA board. Mr. Kim has been a valued board member since 2009 and has
made significant contributions to GSA’s role and mission during his
tenure and will continue to do so in the future.
Mr. Gammel is chief technology officer for Skyworks Solutions, Inc. He
joined the company in 2011 as part of Skyworks' acquisition of SiGe
Semiconductor. At SiGe, he served as chief technology officer and vice
president of engineering. Prior to this, he was vice president of
engineering at Renaissance Wireless and chief technology officer at
AdvanceNanotech and for Agere Systems' Analog Products Business. He was
also a distinguished member of technical staff at Alcatel-Lucent Bell
Labs.
Dr. Heidari, chief executive officer of Quantenna, is a connectivity and
communication technologist seeking perfect solutions that enhance our
everyday lives. He joined Quantenna in 2009 as vice president of R&D and
led the innovation effort in latest Wi-Fi technology. He was appointed
as CEO in 2011, and under his leadership, the company has been raising
the bar on users’ experience by delivering the most advanced Wi-Fi
hardware and software solutions and enabling applications previously not
possible. Prior to Quantenna, he was chief technology officer and vice
president of Engineering at Ikanos Communications. He served as
president and chief executive office at Doradus Technologies which was
acquired by Ikanos in 2006. Dr. Heidari is Chairman of the Board of
Directors for SiTune Corporation and also serves on the advisory board
for the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of
Southern California. He is a senior member of IEEE and holds 36 U.S.
patents. He was named a winner of the 2014 CEO/Executive of the Year by
the Golden Bridge Awards.
Mr. Pease is president and chief executive officer and serves on the
board of directors of QuickLogic Corporation. He joined QuickLogic in
2006 as vice president of worldwide sales and was promoted to the
position of president in 2009 and president and chief executive officer
in 2011. Pease is an experienced semiconductor professional. Prior to
joining QuickLogic he was senior vice president of worldwide sales of
Broadcom Corporation from July 2003 to June 2006 and vice president of
sales at Syntricity, Inc. from March 2000 to July 2003. Prior to 2000,
Pease held senior sales positions at Vantis Corporation, Integrated
Systems Inc., Advanced Micro Devices and DataTrak. Pease is a graduate
of the United States Naval Academy and served as a naval officer prior
to establishing his career in the semiconductor industry.
“We welcome our new and returning 2015 Board of Directors to the
Alliance as they demonstrate commitment and service to GSA and more
importantly, support for the entire industry whose success is reliant
upon its partners,” said Steve Mollenkopf, GSA chairman of the board and
chief executive officer, Qualcomm Incorporated. “We are grateful to have
such dynamic and innovative leaders whose expertise of the industry will
contribute to GSA’s continued growth.”
In its 20 years, the GSA has consistently broadened its global
representation that consists of a membership base spanning large
multinational corporations to start-up companies in their initial
funding phase. Geographically, the GSA represents every major region
within the semiconductor industry. The Alliance has strategically
expanded its international presence in the EMEA and APAC regions through
appointed regional board members, regional partnerships and global
market intelligence initiatives.
To learn more about the GSA Board of Directors, please visit: http://www.gsaglobal.org/about-us/board-of-directors/
