IEEE CTS CTCN and LM August 18, 2022 meeting: The Golden Age of Semiconductor: 1970-2000

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Mike will give a brief history of Motorola, with a focus on the Semiconductor Sector in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s.” He will touch on the interaction of Customer Need, Market Opportunity, Competition, Technology Development and Engineering innovation in wafer process technology, Mask making, Design CAD tools and manufacturing tools. Technology progress started from logic gates to integrated circuits, custom design IC to application specific IC, FPGA, general purpose MCU, DSP and basic functional blocks such as A/D, D/A, PLL, RTC leading to system chip. The 3 C Market (Consumer, Computing and Communication) provided high volume demand, drove the learning curve to increase performance and lowering the product costs. The increase of the automotive market using more electronic contents drove high quality and reliable products.


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  • Date: 18 Aug 2022
  • Time: 06:00 PM to 08:00 PM
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  • 8401 Cameron Road Austin
  • Austin, Texas
  • United States 78754
  • Room Number: 8
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  • Starts 29 July 2022 12:00 PM
  • Ends 17 August 2022 01:00 PM
  • All times are (UTC-05:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
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Mike Collins

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The Golden Age of Semiconductor: 1970-2000

Mike will give a brief history of Motorola, with a focus on the Semiconductor Sector in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s.” He will touch on the interaction of Customer Need, Market Opportunity, Competition, Technology Development and Engineering innovation in wafer process technology, Mask making, Design CAD tools and manufacturing tools. Technology progress started from logic gates to integrated circuits, custom design IC to application specific IC, FPGA, general purpose MCU, DSP and basic functional blocks such as A/D, D/A, PLL, RTC leading to system chip. The 3 C Market (Consumer, Computing and Communication) provided high volume demand, drove the learning curve to increase performance and lowering the product costs. The increase of the automotive market using more electronic contents drove high quality and reliable products.

Biography:

Mike Collins joined Motorola semiconductor in 1978 as a Field Applications Engineer in Houston. In 1982 he moved to Austin and into the factory in 1989 as the Digital Signal Processing Marketing Manager. After that he became a Project Manager in the Research and Development department.
 

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Agenda

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

6:10 to 6:20 PM - IEEE LM and CTCN Business meeting and to introduce speaker.

6:20 to 7:30 PM - Formal Program and Q&A. 

The Austin Consultants Network Affinity Group (CTCN) meets monthly. Except when meeting jointly with other groups, the CTCN meet on the third Wednesday each month. Meetings usually begin with informal networking from 6:00 to 6:10 p.m., followed by presentations from 6:15 to 7:30 p.m. by experts in topics of interest to IEEE Members.   Our meetings are open to the public.