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16 March – RISC- V an Unlimited Future16 March

Speaker: Drew Barbier, of SiFive

Abstract: RISC-V is rapidly becoming one of the most widely deployed Instruction Set Architectures in the world. This talk will introduce RISC-V and explain why it has become so successful in the industry.  Drew will also introduce SiFive, a company that was founded by …

16 February – 2023 Investment Outlook

Time/Place: Virtual meeting via ZOOM, 06:00 PM to 07:30 PM

Speaker: Bill Greiner

Topic: 2023 Investment Outlook

Abstract: Inflation and high interest rates had been carried over from 2022. 2023 started with number of tech co. announced layoff.   Recession is being discussed and planned in most business board …

19 January – The World of Exascale Computing and Open Research Questions

Date/Time: Jan 19,2023, 6-8 PM CST 

Location: Virtual Meeting, Zoom ID: 604 353 3501; Passcode will be sent to registrants later.

Title: The World of Exascale Computing and Open Research Questions

Speaker: Michael Ignatowski- Sr. Fellow, AMD Research

Speaker Bio: Michael Ignatowski is a Sr. Fellow, leading AMD’s Research …

17 November – INDEPENDENT FOR LIFE

Date/Time: 17 Nov 2022 06:00 PM to 08:00 PM

6:00 to 6:10 PM – Open for participants to enter and network

6:10 to 6:20 PM – LM and CTCN Business meeting.  Speaker introduction.

6:20 to 7:30 PM – Presentation and Q & A.  Please mute audio and turn off video. Use …

20 October – Extreme Value Analysis

Date/Time: 20 Oct 2022, 06:00 PM to 08:00 PM

Location: Virtual and in-person. Austin American Resource Center, 8401 Cameron Rd, Austin, Texas

Speaker: Al Reich

Biography: Al Reich’s area of specialty is probability & mathematical statistics. Al worked in industry for his entire career (40+ years) in the …

29 September Venture Capital

Venture Capital provides the fuel that propels almost all technical innovation brought to market since 1950’s. Yet, back when we were in little geek school, no one taught us anything about it.

Learn how the high-tech VC world emerged from low-tech whalers, how startups are funded, …

18 August – The Golden Age of Semiconductor: 1970-2000

Date / Time: 18 Aug 2022, 06:00 PM to 08:00 PM Central Time

Location: On-line attendance and face-to-face at Asian-American Resource Center, 8401 Cameron Road Austin, Austin, Texas

Speaker: Mike Collins

Biography: Mike Collins joined Motorola semiconductor in 1978 as a Field Applications Engineer in Houston.  In 1982 he …

July 13 – The next engineering approach to Source Science Technology

Abstract: Can you imagine what it was like to be an engineer before electricity/magnetism concepts, components and equipment were common place? That same kind of frontier engineering is happening in quantum computing and AI development. I will discuss what is happening right now in the …

22 June – Seeing Red – The James Webb Space Telescope

Abstract: The JWST is a new space telescope observatory has been built and recently launched. This portends an exciting new capability to enable science discoveries from the Solar System to the edge of the Universe. The JWST and its instruments are sensitive to near and …