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DESCRIPTION:Professor John Hennessy\, past President of Stanford University
  (2000-2016) and Chairman of Alphabet Inc. will be in conversation with Al
 an J Weissberger of the IEEE Technology blog. This talk will be about the 
 history of technologies and companies in Silicon Valley since the late 197
 0s.\n\nLater in the program they will be joined on stage by IEEE past Pres
 ident [Tom Coughlin](https://iwrc.ieeeusa.org/blog/portfolio-items/thomas-
 coughlin/) to discuss recent IEEE accomplishments\, current focus areas an
 d suggestions on how to strengthen the world’s largest technology non-pr
 ofit organization.\n\nOur conversation will cover the evolution of RISC (R
 educed Instruction Set Computing) and its applications in smart phones\, t
 ablets and other devices. We will discuss the evolution of GPUs\, the comp
 utational demands of machine learning\, and the emergence of domain-specif
 ic architectures (DSAs).\n\nWe will also discuss the founding of Atheros C
 ommunications (acquired by Qualcomm in 2011) and its development of chip s
 ets for WiFi\, Bluetooth and other OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency-Division Mul
 tiplexing) technologies. That will lead us into a brief discussion of WiFi
  – one of the most successful IEEE standards (802.11) – and Bluetooth\
 , along with the associated semiconductor and equipment companies that dev
 eloped those ubiquitous technologies.\n\nFinally\, we will turn to Google
 ’s history\, particularly its research activities. As a Google Board mem
 ber for more than two decades\, Prof. Hennessy has played a role in helpin
 g develop Google&#39;s strategic direction. With the current pervasiveness of 
 AI\, what does that hold for the future of science\, technology and higher
  education?\n\nThis will be both an in person event at SCU and also an onl
 ine virtual event with zoom. Pre registration is required for the in-perso
 n event.\n\nParking at SCU Note: Parking is free for only 2 hours\n\nLink:
  [SCU Parking Info](https://www.scu.edu/parking-and-transportation-service
 s/parking-services/visitor-parking/)\n\nSpeaker(s): John\, Alan\, Tom\n\nA
 genda: \n5:00 - 5:25 pm	Registration and Networking\n5:30 - 6:15 pm	Conver
 sation with Prof Hennessy about RISC applications\, evolution of DSAs/GPUs
 \, WiFi\, BlueTooth\, Google&#39;s Moon Shot projects\, current status &amp; futur
 e of AI.\n6:15 - 6:25 pm	Conversation with 2024 IEEE President Tom Coughli
 n to discuss how to revitalize and strengthen IEEE.\n6:25 - 6:55 pm	Audien
 ce Q &amp; A\n6:55 - 7:00 pm	Closing Remarks\n\nBldg: Locatelli Student Activi
 ty Center\, 500 El Camino Real\, Santa Clara\, California\, United States\
 , 95053\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/496561
LOCATION:Bldg: Locatelli Student Activity Center\, 500 El Camino Real\, San
 ta Clara\, California\, United States\, 95053\, Virtual: https://events.vt
 ools.ieee.org/m/496561
ORGANIZER:pawlan@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:306
SUMMARY:A Recent History of Silicon Valley Technologies and Companies
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/496561
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 e: 12pt\; font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Professor
  John Hennessy\, past President of Stanford University (2000-2016) and Cha
 irman of Alphabet Inc.&lt;/strong&gt; will be in conversation with &lt;strong&gt;Alan 
 J Weissberger of the IEEE Technology blog&lt;/strong&gt;. This talk will be abou
 t the history of technologies and companies in Silicon Valley since the la
 te 1970s.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: norm
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  normal\;&quot;&gt;IEEE past President &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;colo
 r: black\; mso-color-alt: windowtext\;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://iwrc.ieeeusa.org/
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 ruction Set Computing) and its applications in smart phones\, tablets and 
 other devices. We will discuss the evolution of GPUs\, the computational d
 emands of machine learning\, and the emergence of domain-specific architec
 tures (DSAs). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal
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 ll also discuss the founding of&lt;strong&gt; Atheros Communications&lt;/strong&gt; (a
 cquired by Qualcomm in 2011) and its development of chip sets for WiFi\, B
 luetooth and other OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing) techn
 ologies. That will lead us into a brief discussion of&lt;strong&gt; WiFi&lt;/strong
 &gt; &amp;ndash\; one of the most successful IEEE standards (802.11) &amp;ndash\; and
  &lt;strong&gt;Bluetooth&lt;/strong&gt;\, along with the associated semiconductor and 
 equipment companies that developed those ubiquitous technologies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/
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 rvasiveness of AI\, what does that hold for the future of science\, techno
 logy and higher education?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-he
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 ns-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This will be both an in person event
  at SCU and also an online virtual event with zoom.&amp;nbsp\; Pre registratio
 n is required for the in-person event.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoN
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 if\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;&quot;&gt;Note
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 y about RISC applications\, evolution of DSAs/GPUs\, WiFi\, BlueTooth\, Go
 ogle&#39;s Moon Shot projects\, current status &amp;amp\; future of AI.&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr
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 - 6:25 pm&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td style=&quot;height: 22.3906px\;&quot;&gt;Conversation with 2024 IEE
 E President Tom Coughlin to discuss how to revitalize and strengthen IEEE.
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