Posts Tagged ‘Michael McNamara’
Tuesday, June 7th, 2016
A big 10-gallon hats-off to Charles Alpert & Team for injecting fresh creativity and energy into the 53rd annual Design Automation Conference. Those who knew little about Alpert, and I’m among those few, were overwhelmed by the DAC General Chair and Host of the Opening Session who took the stage Monday morning in Austin.
Straightaway, Charles shed his corporate persona in favor of his Texas roots, welcomed us all to his home town, asked that we call him Chuck, offered photos and first names only of the entire DAC Executive Committee, showed us a map of a new and innovate layout for the DAC Exhibit Hall – including a central boulevard that Baron Haussmann himself would have celebrated – and then asked us to help him do two things:
Keep Austin Weird, apparently a principle plank in the City’s Charter, and ergo to Keep DAC Weird, as well as Nerdy, Fun and Alive. And no sooner did Chuck extend this request, than it was …
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Tags: 53rd Design Automation Conference, Anna Balazs, Anne Cirkel, Bob Smith, CEDA, Charles Alpert, Chris Rowen, DAC 2016, ESD Alliance, Jiang Hu, Lars Reger, Marie Pistilli, Michael McNamara, Nicole Amoaka, NXP/Freescale, Pat Pistilli, Peng Li, Sharon Hu, Shishpal Rawat, Soha Hassoun, Steve Levitan, Wally Rhines
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Thursday, April 4th, 2013
Let’s be honest about this. The reason the Electronic Design Process Symposium takes place every year in Monterey is because of the surf and sunshine. Otherwise, this conference would be so much more appropriately located in Silicon Valley.
Oh well, where’s the harm? Just hop into your favorite woodie, be it a hybrid or an EV, don’t forget the suncream, sandtoys, and surfboard, and head on down to Monterey Bay for two days of great talks, good food, and quiet-ish contemplation, with an emphasis on -ish. The 20th annual EDPS awaits.
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Tags: Adapt-IP, Alcatel-Lucent, Aparna Dey, ARM, Brandon Wang, Cadence, Camille Kokosaki, Dan Nenni, Docea Power, Don MacMillen, Dusan Petranovic, E-System Design, eda2asic, EDPS 2013, Frank Schirrmeister, Gary Smith, Gene Jakubowski, Gene Matter, Gregory Wright, Guy Bois, Herb Reiter, Intel, Ivo Bolsens, James Colgan, John Heilein, John Swan, Kiron Pai, Luigi Capodieci GlobalFoundries, Mentor Graphics, Michael McNamara, Micron, Mike Black, Namraj Nandra, Naresh Sehgal, Net App, Nimbic, Oracle, Raymond Leune, Rob Aitken, SemiWiki, Space Codesign, Srinivas Nori, Srinivasa Banna, Synopsys, Tom Dillinger, Tom Quan, TSMC, Xilinx, Xuropa
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