UC-Berkeley to receive IEEE Milestone for RISC Project on Feb 12, 2015
The UC-Berkeley RISC milestone plaque will be unveiled at 3:30 PM Feb. 12, 2015 in the lobby on the 3rd floor of Soda Hall, Berkeley’s Computer Science building. Speakers will include IEEE 2015...
View ArticleOracle (Sun) to receive IEEE Milestone for SPARC architecture on Feb 13, 2015
The IEEE Milestone Award event recognizing the technological achievement of the SPARC RISC Architecture will be presented at 10am on Feb 13, 2015 at the Oracle Auditorium in Santa Clara, CA. That’s...
View ArticleApril 1st meeting: “Silicon Valley” Semiconductor Industry from 1957-1975
Time & Date: 6pm-8:30pm April 1, 2015 ………………………………………………………………………………… Venue: Key Point Credit Union 2805 Bowers Ave (just off Central Expressway) Santa Clara, CA 95051 Park in lot adjacent to...
View ArticleApril 16th Meeting @Ethernet Tech Summit: Fireside Chat with Larry Roberts
Time & Date: 2pm-3pm April 16, 2015…………………………………………………………………………………Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center (Ethernet Tech Summit 2015) Title: Fireside Chat with Internet Pioneer Larry Roberts...
View ArticleApril 28th Meeting: How Did Hard Disk Drive Track Widths Get That Small?
Time & Date: 6:30pm-9pm April 28, 2015 Venue: Western Digital, 1710 Automation Parkway, San Jose, CA 95131 Directions and Map For questions related to the Western Digital venue, please...
View ArticleJune 1 mtg: EDA’s pivotal role in development of fabless semiconductor industry
Time & Date: 6pm-8:30pm June 1, 2015 ………………………………………………………………………… Venue: KeyPoint Credit Union 2805 Bowers Ave (just off Central Expressway) Santa Clara, CA 95051 Park in lot adjacent to...
View ArticleJuly 28 IEEE CES Meeting: Game On! Origins of the Atari 2600
IEEE Consumer Electronics Society (CES) was able to recruit Joe Decuir – one of the original designers for the chips used in the Atari 2600 (see bio below) and helped build the video game industry....
View ArticleRescheduling – High-Power Microwave Tube Development at Stanford and SLAC
Time & Date: To be determined ………………………………………………………………………… Venue: KeyPoint Credit Union 2805 Bowers Ave (just off Central Expressway) Santa Clara, CA 95051 Park in lot adjacent to building on...
View ArticleJan 14 – Lockheed: A Silicon Valley Strategic Defense Startup
Time & Date: 6pm-8:30pm, Thursday, Jan 14, 2016 Registration Required, donation suggested Click Here To Register and pre-donate Bring ticket to meeting Venue: KeyPoint Credit Union 2805 Bowers...
View ArticleMar 10 – High-Power Microwave Tube Development at Stanford and SLAC
Thursday, March 10, 2016 6:00 PM: Doors open for refreshments and networking 6:30 PM: Panel presentation Registration Required, donation suggested Click Here To Register and pre-donate Bring ticket to...
View ArticleFlash: How Silicon Valley Enabled the Mobile Computing Revolution
Wednesday , May 25, 2016 Doors open at 7:15 Presentation at 7:30 Sponsored with the Saratoga Historical Society (Potluck for members starting at 6:30) $5.00 Donation Requested (at door) Saratoga...
View ArticleSep 8 – Atari’s Impact on Silicon Valley: 1972-84
Thursday, September 8, 2016 – 6:30-8:30pm 6:00 PM: Doors open for refreshments and networking 6:30 PM: Panel presentation SOLD OUT Venue: KeyPoint Credit Union, 2805 Bowers Ave., Santa Clara 95051...
View ArticleNov 7 – Happy Anniversary HP Computing
Fifty years ago, November 7 thru 10, 1966, at the JCC in San Francisco, HP introduced its first computer, the 2116A, although David Packard preferred to call it an instrumentation controller deferring...
View ArticleMar 20 – The Other Women of ENIAC: Rethinking IT Innovation
Monday, March 20, 2017 6:00 PM: Doors open for refreshments and networking 6:30 PM: Presentation Registration Required, donation requested Click Here To Register and pre-donate Bring ticket to meeting...
View ArticleSep 14 – Dialog: The Beginning of Online Search
Thursday, September 14, 2017 6:00 PM: Doors open for refreshments and networking 6:30 to 8:30 PM: Presentation and Questions Registration Required, donation requested Click Here To Register and...
View ArticleHDD history as presented at Flash Memory Summit
A presentation on the history of the hard disk drive[i] at the August 2017 Flash Memory Summit identified “key figures” in the hard disk drive industry and their “breakthroughs” – the key figures were...
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Oct 11 – Gravitational Waves and LIGO: A Technical History
Thursday, October 11, 2018 6:00 PM: Doors open for refreshments and networking 6:30 to 8:30 PM: Presentation and Questions SOLD OUT Venue: KeyPoint Credit Union 2805 Bowers Ave (just off Central...
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Jun 13- Recovery of data from tapes damaged in Challenger disaster
Thursday, June 13, 2019 6:00 PM: Doors open for refreshments and networking 6:30 to 8:30 PM: Presentation and Questions Registration and donation prepayment requested (Not yet opened) Bring ticket to...
View ArticleMar 10 – High-Power Microwave Tube Development at Stanford and SLAC
Thursday, March 10, 2016 6:00 PM: Doors open for refreshments and networking 6:30 PM: Panel presentation Registration Required, donation suggested Click Here To Register and pre-donate Bring ticket...
View ArticleMay 25 – Flash: How Silicon Valley Enabled the Mobile Computing Revolution
Wednesday , May 25, 2016 Doors open at 7:15 Presentation at 7:30 Sponsored with the Saratoga Historical Society (Potluck for members starting at 6:30) $5.00 Donation Requested (at door) Saratoga...
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