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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,...
Vice President- Information and Product Security
SALESFORCE.COM, INC. ![]()
Izak Mutlu, CISM, is the Vice President of Information and Product Security at Salesforce.com, a company specializing in customer relationship management software. He is responsible for managing IT security, architecture, design, implementation, and operations. Previously, he was the Chief Information...
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,...
CEO
GigFire Microsystems ![]()
Raj Ojha is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of GigFire Microsystems, making ASSPs for 40G and 100G and beyond systems. Mr. Ojha has extensive experience within the semiconductor industry covering end markets like telecom, industrial, consumer and computing supplying FPGA, power management products,...
Mel BurksFounder / Senior Partner
Tech Quest Research, LLC ![]()
Mel Burks is with Tech Quest Research, LLC, a market research company providing consultation and in-depth analysis and reports. He is an acknowledged engineering professional within the semiconductor, test & measurement and PV sector. He held positions in semiconductor manufacturing and semi-equipment...
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...
Managing Director
ISB Ventures ![]()
Israel Beinglass, Ph.D, is President of ISB Ventures. He was until 2006, with Applied Materials, where he held various executive level positions. Currently, he is an Independent Consultant to the industry. Dr. Beinglass has over 25 years of experience in semiconductor technology, semiconductor manufacturing,...
Dieter MackowiakPrincipal
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...
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Cypress Continue To Improve PSOC Family Performance
November 16, 2009
Jerald Kolansky, Former Worldwide VP of Sales, PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Cypress Introduces New PSOC 1 Device With Enhanced Analog Performance | finance.yahoo.com
1. Cypress Semiconductor has introduced PSOC 1 devices with enhanced analog performance. This should help with the adoption of these devices in touch screen phones, appliances, automotive applications, etc.2. Over the last few years Cypress has obtained hundred of design wins with it's PSOC family...
Potential TSMC Entry into LED Market Could Effect Current Supplier Base
November 16, 2009
Jerald Kolansky, Former Worldwide VP of Sales, PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC.
TSMC Looks at Solid State Lighting Market | www.eetimes.com
1. Per this article and other commentary in SEA, it appears that TSMC is going to invest $46M in setting up a product line to make LED's for the lighting market.2. The $46M to be invested in setting up this line represents a substantial sum of money that could benefit equipment manufacturers such as...
Cree Adds Additional Manufactuing Capacity in China
November 12, 2009
Jerald Kolansky, Former Worldwide VP of Sales, PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Cree Buys Huge LED Plant in China | triangle.bizjournals.com
1. Cree's purchase of a large facility in China to manufacture both chips and components is a strong sign that Cree believe that its surge in business will continue in the future.2. The Chinese LED market is a significant one with the Chinese government subsidizing the cost of LED fixtures. In addition,...
"Green" LED Lighting Continues to Replace Tradional Lighting Technologies
November 12, 2009
Jerald Kolansky, Former Worldwide VP of Sales, PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Starbucks Goes Bonkers for LED Lighting | seekingalpha.com
1. Starbucks is just one of a number of commercial business's which are converting their lighting to LED Lighting.2. Starbucks has selected GE for this lighting application in an attempt to become more "Green" and at the same time save on energy costs. 3. LED fixtures are generally still too expensive...
November 5, 2009
Marvell’s new chips will bring cost of eBooks to under $100 | venturebeat.com
The largest contributor to eBook reader price is profit for the proprietary eBook vendors. The cost of chips is negligible. Marvell's commendable advances will themselves have only limited impact on eBook reader prices
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