[BLU/Officers] Topics for upcoming BLU meetings

[Shankar Viswanathan]

Hi all,

I don't have any planned travel in the near future. So, barring some 
last minute emergency, I will be able to speak at the BLU meeting next 
week. Fingers crossed ...

-Shankar

On 8/3/19 9:08 AM, Shankar Viswanathan wrote:
> 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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