Study Group: Flash Memory Experts

Council Members in this Study Group: 108

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Michael Cote

President
The Cote Collaborative

Michael Cote is an Independent Telecommunications Consultant and Principal of the Cote Collaborative. He specializes in enterprise mobility, sales and distribution strategy, online strategy, smart phones, and customer care and billing. Mr. Cote has over 15 years of sales, marketing, and operational...

John Berg

Chief Technology Officer
American Semiconductor, Inc

John Berg is the Chief Technology Officer of American Semiconductor, which designs and fabricates low power, high performance IC's for military and aerospace applications. Mr. Berg has subject matter and business acumen around the entire semiconductor supply chain, including design, products, EDA tools,...

Sam Wang

President
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation Americas (SMIC)

Dr. Sam Wang has been in the semiconductor industry for over 25 years and is familiar with the supply/demand situation of wafers and advanced semiconductor process technology from photolithography, fab equipment, capex, EDA, mask making, wafer foundries, testing and assembly to market trends, fab utilization,...

Jerald Kolansky

FormerWorldwide VP of Sales
PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Jerald Kolansky was the Worldwide Vice President of Sales at PLX Technology, a semiconductor company involved in high speed interface circuits, particularly PCI express. Previously, Mr. Kolansky was a Vice President at Cree a high power LED manufacturer. Prior to this, he was the President-Sales at...

Dieter Mackowiak

Principal
Independent Consultant (Dieter Mackowiak)

Dieter Mackowiak is a Senior Executive Advisor to global Semiconductor and Electronics companies working more than 30 years in this industry. Previously, Mr. Mackowiak was the Senior Vice President Memories and TFT-Displays at Samsung Semiconductor USA and an Executive Advisor to the President of Samsung...

Pete Richichi

Chief Operating Officer
Wynit Distribution

Pete Richichi is Chief Operating Officer of WYNIT Distribution, an international distributor of consumer electronics and computer peripheral products. They have thousands of customers who range from small online retailers to large national chains, including Staples, Costco & Radio Shack. In his capacity...

John Jacobs

Director - Notebook PC & Display Elec's Research
DISPLAYSEARCH

John F. Jacobs is Director of Notebook PC Market Research at DisplaySearch, a consultancy focusing on display technologies. He has over ten years of experience in global supply management, material requirements planning, procurement, business analysis and market research. Before joining DisplaySearch,...

James "Jim" Cantore

President & Chief Analyst
JLC Associates LLC

James Cantore is the President and Chief Analyst at JLC Associates, a technology consulting firm. Mr. Cantore consults on technology, strategic marketing, and market intelligence to information technology, investment, high technology and semiconductor sectors. He has over 25 years of experience inthe...

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Green Jet Fuel Critical for U.S. Military & Energy Independence

November 6, 2009

Analysis by:GLG Expert Contributor

Analysis of: Military Biofuels Key to Rid U.S. Foreign Oil Dependence | www.examiner.com

As stated in this original article, oil consumption for aircraft, ships, ground vehicles and facilities makes the U.S. Department of Defense, and namely the U.S. military, the single largest oil consumer in the world. Military biofuels are critical for lessening the country's dependence on foreignoil,...

Lightspeed Venture Partners – Creating an advanced technology SSD Consortium

November 5, 2009

Analysis by:GLG Expert Contributor

Analysis of: Link_A_Media Secures $18 Million in Series C Funding | www.google.com

After reviewing the latest funding of Link-a-Media, a two year start-up focusing on data recovery for both HDs and SSDs, Lightspeed Venture Partners seems to have the vision to provide funding for the most advanced technology needed for building the next generation of SSDs. Chris Schaepe, managing...

Optical disc drives being replaced by flash memory in computers?

November 4, 2009

Analysis by:Thomas Coughlin, President, Coughlin Associates

Analysis of: PC makeover: slimmer profile, no DVD drive | www.mercurynews.com

Many PC makers are not including optical drives, especially for laptops and netbooks. Leaving out optical drives is being done not to reduce cost but to allow slimmer laptop and netbook computers. Flash memory with built in programs and entertainment content are now on the market in USB as wellas...

LED Industry Continues Progress to Repalce Incandescent Light Bulb

November 2, 2009

Analysis by:Jerald Kolansky, Former Worldwide VP of Sales, PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Analysis of: Cree Demonstrates Record Breaking LED LIght Bulb | finance.yahoo.com

1. Cree and Philips are among the first LED firms to demonstrate prototypes of an LED replacement for the A19 size standard incandescent light bulb.2. There are numerous firms competing for the government prize for creating a production worthy A19 incandescent replacement.

Flash Memory Not Ready to Replace Hard Drives in Most Enterprise Applications

November 2, 2009

Analysis by:Jerald Kolansky, Former Worldwide VP of Sales, PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Analysis of: Disc Storage Gone in a Flash | www.forbes.com

1. Despite the content of this article, flash memory is not ready to replace magnetic HDD's in most enterprise applications accept where the higher performance of flash can be taken advantage of.2. Flash memory today is 4-5 times more expensive than HDD magnetic memory, and in reality this past year...

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