[BLU/Officers] Topics for upcoming BLU meetings

[Shankar Viswanathan]

Hi Jabr,

You can use the following summary for the talk:

This talk will be about the different steps involved in designing a 
silicon chip: all the way from a design concept to taking it to volume 
production. A typical PC processor will be used as an example but the 
steps are generally applicable to any silicon integrated circuit design.
It is meant to be a brief introduction to IC design, but more 
importantly, it is to answer questions about the whole process (not a 
monologue). So bring your questions or send it via email ahead of the talk.

-Shankar

On 7/24/19 5:27 AM, John Abreau wrote:
> Thanks, Shankar. I've updated the BLU calendar with the topic 
> "Designing and Bringing Silicon to Market".
>
> Can you send me some details to add to the calendar?
>
> http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2019-oct
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 12:33 PM Shankar Viswanathan 
> <shankar.viswan at gmail.com <mailto:shankar.viswan at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Sure, we can do that. If you don't have a speaker lined up for a
>     particular month, you can pencil me in.
>
>     I have been doing a fair bit of work-related travel in the past
>     few months, I'm hoping I can avoid traveling the week of the Oct
>     BLU meeting.
>
>     -Shankar
>
>     On 7/21/19 10:51 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
>>     Maybe we can schedule a couple of talks
>>
>>     On Sun, Jul 21, 2019, 10:43 AM Shankar Viswanathan
>>     <shankar.viswan at gmail.com <mailto:shankar.viswan at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         There's one other topic I forgot to mention:
>>         3. The process of designing and bringing silicon to market:
>>         from early concept, different phases of design and product
>>         validation
>>
>>
>>         On 7/21/19 10:28 AM, Shankar Viswanathan wrote:
>>>         Hi Jabr,
>>>
>>>         I can shoot for the Oct 16 meeting. I have a couple of ideas
>>>         for the topics:
>>>         1. Q&A about how modern processors and PC platform in
>>>         general work: I can send out an email ahead of time to the
>>>         discuss list asking for questions and I can prepare some
>>>         slides based on the response. I can also answer questions
>>>         live during the meeting
>>>         2. Things about memory every programmer should know -
>>>         details about DRAM architecture, cache coherence and memory
>>>         consistency models
>>>
>>>         I can also talk very briefly about the latest generation of
>>>         Ryzen products.
>>>
>>>         Let me know if you have a preference for the topic.
>>>
>>>         -Shankar
>>>
>>>         On 7/19/19 2:19 AM, John Abreau wrote:
>>>>         Hi, Shankar.
>>>>
>>>>         Just to follow up, Jeff Schiller will be speaking at the
>>>>         December BLU meeting.
>>>>
>>>>         We're still looking to fill October 16 and January 15.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 1:20 AM John Abreau
>>>>         <abreauj at gmail.com <mailto:abreauj at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>             Hi, Shankar.
>>>>
>>>>             Can you send me some ideas for what you might talk
>>>>             about at an upcoming BLU meeting? We're currently
>>>>             looking for speakers for October 16, December 18, and
>>>>             January 15.
>>>>
>>>>             Thanks!
>>>>
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>>>>
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