July 2000
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THE JULY MEETING of the Wireless Communication Alliance (WCA) took place Tuesday, July 18, 2000, from 4:00 PM - 6:30PM at Hewlett-Packard in CUPERTINO.
THIS MONTH'S AGENDA
July's program was our annual panel discussion of Wireless Semiconductor
Product Markets and State of the Art of Wireless Semiconductor Design. This years
emphasis was on wireless connectivity for data communications. The panel
contained representatives from companies with various disciplines such as RF chip test, RF chip
design tools, semiconductor design and manufacturing, and Semiconductor Intellectul
Property.The panel members discussed tomorrow's issues related
to semiconductor applications and design in wireless systems.
Each presenter was given about 10-15 minutes to discuss their products
and views of the state of the art of wireless semiconductors as applied to
wireless data connectivity systems.
The panel was be led by Roy Richards of Toshiba and Francie Miller of
Metricom who stimulated discussion questions related to the direction of the
technology.
Panelists Included:
"A New Generation of Tools for Systems Level Design" Chris Cavigioli, Product Marketing Manager, COSSAP, Synopsys
"LitePoint Corporation"Benny Madsen, Litepoint,
Kanwar Chadha, Founder, Vice President Marketing, SiRF Technology, Inc.
John Drewry, Director, Product Management, 3Com.
Todd Nash. Business Development Manager, LSI Logic
"Morphics Technology, Inc." - PDF (468K), Randall Fahey, Morphics, Inc.
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