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Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2025
Jan
7
to Jan 10

Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2025

  • Las Vegas Convention Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Why CES?

CES® unites the brightest tech luminaries to pioneer the future and solve the world's biggest problems. This is where brands get business done, meet new partners and where the industry’s sharpest minds take the stage to unveil their latest releases and boldest breakthroughs.

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SPIE Photonics West
Jan
26
to Jan 30

SPIE Photonics West

Discover the best new products at SPIE Photonics West

Join the photonics industry in San Francisco for the largest optics and photonics tradeshow in North America. The four exhibit halls will feature more than 1,200 companies. Make plans to meet with your current and future suppliers in one convenient location. 

Discover what’s new, learn how to reduce costs, and improve your capabilities.

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DesignCon 2025
Jan
29
to Jan 30

DesignCon 2025

  • Santa Clara Convention Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Conference

With 100+ sessions spanning 14 tracks, DesignCon’s conference program covers all aspects of electronic design, including signal & power integrity, high-speed link design, and machine learning.

Features

The Expo offers multiple free educational and networking opportunities. Attend keynote presentations by visionaries, gain insights at Chiphead 
Theater and watch live demos.  

Expo

Take your expertise to the next level at Silicon Valley’s leading expo for chip, board, and systems design engineers. See the latest in high-speed design tools, technologies, and developments.

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DVCON 2025 Design & Verification Conference
Mar
4
to Mar 5

DVCON 2025 Design & Verification Conference

DVCON U.S. 2025

The Design & Verification Conference & Exhibition is the premier conference on the application of languages, tools, methodologies and standards for the design and verification of electronic systems and integrated circuits. The focus of this highly technical conference is on the practical aspects of these technologies and their use in leading-edge projects to encourage attendees to adopt similar techniques to improve their own design and verification flows. 

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LES: From Problem to Profit: AI-Driven Innovation and Licensing
Nov
19
11:00 AM11:00

LES: From Problem to Profit: AI-Driven Innovation and Licensing

Silicon Valley Chapter: From Problem to Profit: AI-Driven Innovation and Licensing

Learn how AI is helping to accelerate innovation and commercialization by re-shaping problem-solving, invention, and licensing, impacting research, development, manufacturing, and supply chain ecosystems.

Join us for an insightful event hosted by the Licensing Executives Society, Silicon Valley Chapter (LES-SVC), featuring seasoned industry experts, including representatives from Hyundai New Horizon Studio, Owl Autonomous Imaging, Iprova, Dolcera, and KPMG. Together, they will guide you through the journey from identifying problem areas (or opportunities to innovate) and novel solutions to turning them into profitable licensing opportunities. This event is perfect for professionals in the technology and intellectual property licensing field, as well as inventors, entrepreneurs, and business leaders seeking innovative solutions that generate profits.

PANEL: (Bios below)
John Suh,
Former Vice President, Hyundai Motor Company, Founding Director, New Horizons Studio
Joel Rosenberg, Managing Director, Iprova - North America
Samir Raiyani, CEO, Dolcera
Chuck Gershman, President and CEO, Co-Founder at Owl Autonomous Imaging
Braden Weatherhead, Managing Director, KPMG IP Complianc
Michael Pierantozzi, Moderator and Board Member, LES-SVC (IAM Strategy 300)

 

Agenda:

1.      Identifying Problems / Opportunities: Learn effective strategies for identifying problem areas (or opportunities to innovate) within your industry or business.
2.      Discussing the Innovator’s Dilemma: Explore how innovation and creativity, with a special focus on Iprova's invention capability and Dolcera’s IP Author, play a crucial role in problem-solving and licensing.
3.     Success Stories: Hear real-life success stories from businesses that have turned problems into profitable licensing ventures, including:

a.      Hyundai’s New Horizon Studio: Pushing the extreme limits of vehicle development, building vehicles to traverse off-road terrains with unprecedented mobility, through a combination of robotics and wheeled locomotion technology.

b.      Owl Autonomous Imaging (Owl AI): For Automotive OEMs and their Tier 1 suppliers, Owl AI designs, develops and sells intelligent 3D imaging for autonomous vehicles.

c.      Iprova's Invention Studio: Discover how Iprova's cutting-edge invention capability has empowered businesses to create novel solutions, SEPs and drive high value licensing opportunities.

d.      KPMG IP Contract Compliance: Discover how KPMG helps IP owners manage royalty contracts over the lifecycle, including the recovery of royalty revenues lost due to inaccurate and incomplete self-reporting by licensees.

e.      Dolcera’s IP Author: Gain insights into how Dolcera's IP Author enhances intellectual property management and strategy, providing valuable tools for maximizing licensing potential.

4.      Networking Session: Connect with fellow professionals, speakers, and potential collaborators during the networking session.

When you leave the program, you will know more about:

  • What is the role of AI technology and Tech / IP licensing models in re-shaping innovation ecosystems, e.g., automotive?

  • How do inventors and licensing executives use AI to solve problems, support decision-making, and accelerate deals to profitability?

  • How can corporate venture and innovation partners collaborate to accelerate innovation in R&D, manufacturing, and supply chain ecosystems? 

Who Should Attend:
Licensing Professionals, Intellectual Property Managers, FFRDC Managers, Inventors, Entrepreneurs, Business Development Executives, Investors, and Legal Professionals

CLE: 1.5 hours California CLE available.

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GenAI + Semiconductors + Humanity: History in the Making
Nov
13
5:00 PM17:00

GenAI + Semiconductors + Humanity: History in the Making

About the Forum

 The Silicon Catalyst Semiconductor Industry Forum series was launched in 2018 with the charter to create a platform for broad-topic dialog among all stakeholders involved in the semiconductor industry value chain. The Forum topics focus on technical and financial aspects of the industry, but more importantly the industry’s societal, geopolitical & ecological impact on the world.

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TSMC Open Innovation Platform Ecosystem Forum
Sep
25
9:30 AM09:30

TSMC Open Innovation Platform Ecosystem Forum

  • Santa Clara Convention Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Opportunity to gain
insight into

  • Emerging advanced node design challenges and corresponding design flows and methodologies for A16, N2, and N3 processes.

  • Latest updates on TSMC 3DFabric™ chip stacking and advanced packaging processes, InFO, CoWoS®, and SoIC, 3DFabric Alliance, and 3Dblox standard, plus innovative 3Dblox-based design enablement technologies and solutions, targeting HPC, AI/ML, and mobile applications.

  • Comprehensive design solutions for specialty technologies enabling ultra-low power, ultra-low voltage, analog migration, RF, mmWave, and automotive designs targeting 5G, automotive, and IoT designs.

  • Ecosystem-specific AI-assisted design flow implementations for 2D and 3DIC design productivity and optimization.

  • Successful, real-life applications of design technologies, IP solutions, and cloud-based designs from TSMC's Open Innovation Platform® Ecosystem members and TSMC customers to speed up time-to-design and time-to-market.

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LG INNOVFEST 2024
Sep
25
to Sep 26

LG INNOVFEST 2024

  • San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

THE FUTURE STARTS WITH US

This is an innovation event for founders, business leaders, industry professionals, business owners, corporate executives, venture capitalists, investors, and innovators - across healthcare, energy, consumer, sciences and technology markets. Come learn, be inspired, and join the discussion on the latest technologies and business innovations that may impact your business.

Come share your story and co-create the future with LG NOVA

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IMAGINE - The Conference for Edge AI
Sep
24
9:00 AM09:00

IMAGINE - The Conference for Edge AI

The conference for edge AI

Join us on September 24th, 2024 (online or in person) to hear from top technology leaders and innovators in Edge AI. Experience the event virtually or in person (Mountain View, California).

Connectwith businesses

Hear how leading enterprises are solving their biggest challenges with edge AI, unlocking new innovations.

Engagewith AI experts

Connect with like-minded industry leaders and learn best practices for deploying edge AI solutions at scale.

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Sensors Converge
Jun
26
5:00 PM17:00

Sensors Converge

North America's largest electronics event for design engineers

Sensors Converge has evolved over nearly four decades as an event focusing solely on sensor technology, to a larger and more diversified event focusing on electronics technologies and embedded systems that work hand-in-hand with sensors. From enabling innovation, to process design & control development, to transforming markets, Sensors Converge covers technologies and applications that are driving smart sensor innovation into the era of sustainable living. 

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Design Automation Conference (DAC) 2024
Jun
23
to Jun 27

Design Automation Conference (DAC) 2024

  • Moscone Center West (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Design Automation Conference (DAC) is recognized as the premier event for the design and design automation of electronic chips to systems. DAC offers outstanding training, education, exhibits and superb networking opportunities for designers, researchers, tool developers and vendors. The conference is sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and is supported by ACM's Special Interest Group on Design Automation (SIGDA) and IEEE's Council on Electronic Design Automation (CEDA).

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The 2024 AI-Assisted Invention Summit
Jun
4
9:00 AM09:00

The 2024 AI-Assisted Invention Summit

Iprova and Microsoft partner to launch AI-Assisted Invention Summit

AI-assisted invention pioneer Iprova and  global technology giant Microsoft have joined forces to launch a new conference to look at the successes, issues and challenges in the fascinating and rapidly-developing area of AI-assisted invention.  The new conference, “The AI-Assisted Invention Summit”, brings together technology experts and academics, as well as current and potential future users of the approach. The event takes place on Tuesday 4th June in Lausanne, Switzerland, within the prestigious surroundings of IMD, the leading international business school which is well-known for having an important role in the study and development of innovation. In addition to the key role played by both Microsoft, in jointly organising the event with Iprova, and IMD, by hosting the event, the summit is also supported by leading intellectual property law firm Potter Clarkson and by EPFL Innovation Park, the leading Swiss deep tech innovation hub.

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D&R IP SoC Day, Silicon Valley USA
Apr
25
9:00 AM09:00

D&R IP SoC Day, Silicon Valley USA

D&R IP SoC Day, Silicon Valley USA

D&R IP-SoC Silicon Valley 2024 Day is the unique worldwide Spring event fully dedicated to IP (Silicon Intellectual Property) and IP based Electronic Systems.

IP-SoC providers, the seed of innovation in Electronic Industry, are invited to highlight their latest products and services and share their vision about the next innovation steps in the Electronic Industry.

IP consumers can view at a glance the latest Technology trends and exciting Innovative IP/SoC products. Through a global view, Electronic systems leaders may identify disruptive innovation leading to new market segment growth.

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TSMC 2024 Technology Symposium
Apr
24
8:00 AM08:00

TSMC 2024 Technology Symposium

  • Santa Clara Convention Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

DEDICATED IC FOUNDRY

TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) created the semiconductor Dedicated IC Foundry business model when it was founded in 1987. In 2023, TSMC served 528 customers and manufactured 11,895 products for various applications covering a variety of end markets including high performance computing, smartphones, the Internet of Things (IoT), automotive, and digital consumer electronics. Annual capacity of the manufacturing facilities managed by TSMC and its subsidiaries exceeded 16 million 12-inch equivalent wafers in 2023. These facilities include four 12-inch wafer GIGAFAB® fabs, four 8-inch wafer fabs, and one 6-inch wafer fab – all in Taiwan – as well as one 12-inch wafer fab at a wholly owned subsidiary, TSMC Nanjing Company Limited, and two 8-inch wafer fabs at wholly owned subsidiaries, TSMC Washington in the United States and TSMC China Company Limited. In August 2023, TSMC announced its plan to jointly invest in European Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (ESMC), in Dresden, Germany, to build a specialty technology fab. ESMC aims to begin construction of the fab in the second half of 2024 with production targeted to begin by the end of 2027. TSMC continues to execute its plan to construct and operate two fabs in Arizona, the United States. Production of the first fab is targeted for the first half of 2025, and construction of the second fab is ongoing. The Company is also building a new fab in Kumamoto, Japan, with production targeted by late 2024.

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DVCon 2024 US
Mar
4
to Mar 7

DVCon 2024 US

  • Doubletree by Hilton Hotel San Jose (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Design & Verification Conference & Exhibition is the premier conference on the application of languages, tools, methodologies and standards for the design and verification of electronic systems and integrated circuits. The focus of this highly technical conference is on the practical aspects of these technologies and their use in leading-edge projects to encourage attendees to adopt similar techniques to improve their own design and verification flows. 

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SPIE Photonics West
Jan
30
to Feb 1

SPIE Photonics West

Join the world’s largest photonics technologies event. Learn the most cutting-edge research in biomedical optics, biophotonics, industrial lasers, optoelectronics, microfabrication, MOEMS-MEMS, displays, quantum technologies, and more.

Review the lineup of nearly 30 plenary speakers and select advanced training from almost 60 courses. Discuss your product requirements with top optics and photonics suppliers at any of the four exhibitions throughout the week, and participate in the strong industry program.

Conferences and courses: 27 January–1 February 2024
BiOS Expo: 27–28 January 2024
NEW Quantum West Expo: 30–31 January 2024
Photonics West Exhibition: 30 January–1 February 2024

Colocated with SPIE AR | VR | MR 2024
and the new SPIE Global Business Forum 2024

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DesignCon 2024
Jan
30
to Feb 1

DesignCon 2024

  • Santa Clara Convention Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

A Systematic Approach to Learning & Discovery

Join fellow engineers at DesignCon and cover all aspects of electronic design.

Attend the expertly curated, 14-track conference created by engineers for engineers, browse exhibits with hundreds of new products and technologies, and network with high-caliber industry professionals over the three-day event.

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CES 2024
Jan
9
to Jan 11

CES 2024

  • Las Vegas Convention Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

CES showcases companies including manufacturers, developers and suppliers of consumer technology hardware, content, technology delivery systems and more.

It also includes a conference program where the world's business leaders and pioneering thinkers address the industry's most relevant issues.

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Startup World 2023 Grand Finale
Dec
1
9:00 AM09:00

Startup World 2023 Grand Finale

STARTUP WORLD CUP 

Startup World Cup is a global series of conferences and competitions that bring together the top startups, investors, entrepreneurs and tech CEOs around the world. Starting with regional competitions in nearly 50+ countries across six continents, hundreds of selected top technology startups compete for the chance to move onto the Grand Finale event in San Francisco to win a $1 million investment grand prize. Startup World Cup is organized by Pegasus Tech Ventures in partnership with investors and local sponsors.

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VC Taskforce: Intro to AI's Transformation of Venture Investing
Nov
16
11:30 AM11:30

VC Taskforce: Intro to AI's Transformation of Venture Investing

Advancing thought, leadership in the global venture community

VC Taskforce strives to identify and be responsive to the ongoing and changing needs of the membership and provides the venture capital community and their portfolio companies a forum for real-time information exchange and dialogue through panels, workshops and roundtable meetings conducted by business/industry experts.

VC Taskforce holds informational and networking events throughout the year to benefit its member community.

Visionary thinking, uncensored questions, and opinionated discussions around pressing issues of the day that face our members are the hallmarks of our events. In addition to great content, VC Taskforce programs also offer great networking to more than 50,000 members, partners, and participants benefiting from VC Taskforce.

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2023 Semiconductor Industry Forum: AI Wonderland
Nov
9
5:00 PM17:00

2023 Semiconductor Industry Forum: AI Wonderland

This year’s Silicon Catalyst Semiconductor Industry Forum will discuss how the AI era we’ve now entered will impact our industry, our society and most importantly, the world we live in. The panelists will share their thoughts on how best to address some key questions that arise as we look to navigate the years ahead in our new AI wonderland:

The panelists will share their thoughts on how best to address some key questions that arise as we look to navigate the years ahead in our new AI wonderland:

  • What are the AI technologies that will create new business models and industries?

  • What are the implications to semiconductor industry success for incumbents & startups?

  • How do we address the power-hungry AI hyper-scalers’ impact on our energy resources?

  • What impact will potential government and industry regulations have on innovation?

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Mobility Innovators Forum
Nov
2
1:00 PM13:00

Mobility Innovators Forum

  • Festival Pavillion, Fort Mason, San Francisco (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Re-Vision and Re-Value

The mobility industry has undergone remarkable innovation in the past decade, and the pace of change is only accelerating.

The theme of the Mobility Innovation Forum, Re-Vision & Re-Value is a reminder that the mobility ecosystem is on an exciting and challenging journey of transformation.

Join the 8th Mobility Innovators Forum where the brightest minds in the mobility ecosystem will impart their valuable insight on emerging mobility innovations and highlight why now is the crucial moment to reevaluate the visions and values of the modern day to generate a greater significant impact in the industry.

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Samsung Memory Tech Day 2023
Oct
20
9:00 AM09:00

Samsung Memory Tech Day 2023

This upcoming October, Samsung Memory will host a Tech Day in San Jose, CA. The event will feature keynotes, tech sessions, and a networking reception. We are inviting our global partners and customers to share insights and innovative technologies to build a strong memory ecosystem under the theme of ‘Memory Reimagined’. Together, we’d like to reimagine memory innovations and discover opportunities to collaborate for mutual growth.

We are excited to announce our inaugural tech sessions, featuring a diverse range of compelling subjects including computing memory solutions, tiered memory strategies, reimagining storage hierarchies, future of storage technology, automotive innovations, and system infrastructure.

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Silicon Catalyst Advise/Angel Investor Networking Event
Sep
27
5:00 PM17:00

Silicon Catalyst Advise/Angel Investor Networking Event

Silicon Catalyst is the world's only incubator + accelerator focused on semiconductor solutions, including Photonics, MEMS, sensors, IP, materials and Life Science. We accelerate startups from idea through prototype, and onto a path to volume production.

We have engaged with more than 900 semiconductor startups worldwide and have admitted 97 exciting companies.

Our companies participate in a 24-month customized incubation program. Each is guided closely by a Silicon Catalyst partner. This includes a semiconductor focused curriculum and over 45 events worldwide each year.

Silicon Catalyst’s ecosystem provides everything our startups need to design, fabricate, and market semiconductor solutions:

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GlobalFoundries Global Technology Summit 2023
Aug
29
to Aug 30

GlobalFoundries Global Technology Summit 2023

This year's GTS will focus on GF's industry and technology differentiation, highlighted by three key areas of innovation:

  • Power, power, power - Ultra-low power technology platforms and applications, power management and power delivery solutions

  • Best RF wins - RF and mmWave connectivity solutions for mobile and infrastructure applications

  • Intelligence & security - Localized, low-power intelligent applications with secure eNVM

GF's market-focused development includes partnerships across the broad electronics ecosystem - OEM, fabless, OSAT, EDA and IP. The results of those collaborations will be seen and heard in the guest keynote addresses, detailed technology roadmaps, hardware and software demonstrations, and leading applications for automotive, IoT, smart mobile, datacenter and communications infrastructure markets.

New in 2023! GF Technology, Business and Commercial teams will be at GTS to host 1:1 and small group meetings during the event. Please consider if there is someone you would like to meet with during your time in San Jose - requests will be submitted during the registration process. 

 

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Design Automation Conference 2023
Jul
9
to Jul 13

Design Automation Conference 2023

DAC has served as a meeting place for designers of electronic systems and providers of electronic design automation tools for over five decades. Increasingly, the challenges faced by the industry require cross-domain interaction of researchers and practitioners working on electronic design (circuit, architecture, and embedded systems design) and researchers working on design methodologies and tools. DAC serves this need by covering design as a topic area in the research track, in addition to organizing a dedicated designer track for practitioners.

The design topics covered in the research track include the design of cyber-physical, SoC architectures, accelerator-based computing, emerging models of computation such as brain-inspired and quantum computing, digital and analog circuits, and emerging device technologies.

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Embedded Vision Summit 2023
May
22
to May 25

Embedded Vision Summit 2023

  • Santa Clara Convention Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Founded in 2011, the Edge AI and Vision Alliance is a worldwide industry partnership that brings together technology providers who are enabling innovative and practical applications for edge AI and computer vision. Its 100+ Member companies include suppliers of processors, sensors, software and services.

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Design & Reuse IP-SOC Days 2023
Apr
24
9:00 AM09:00

Design & Reuse IP-SOC Days 2023

D&R is glad to announce a series of attractive 2023 IP Centric events.

IP SoC events have as goal to be the premier worldwide meetings between IP (Silicon Intellectual property) providers and IP consumers

  • Like previous years IP SoC Days will be held all around the world in a single hotel large room comprising demo tables in the back to facilitate live exchanges.

  • Filtered audience can freely attend D&R IP SoC days as long as they are really implied in the IP exchange as IP consumers. This free entry intends to attract a large, very specialized audience in terms of IP consumers especially from local companies.

  • Visionary talks are given by high level IP specialists especially :

    • Fabless IC vendors or Electronic system houses using external or internal IPs

    • Foundry IP portfolio managers

    • EDA Vendor IP portfolio managers

    • Experienced IP providers reporting about their vision of the market evolution as well as the innovation embedded in their IP.

    • External IP Managers or Internal Reuse Managers in large companies.

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GOMACTech 2023
Mar
23
5:00 PM17:00

GOMACTech 2023

GOMACTech was established primarily to review developments in microcircuit applications for government systems. Established in 1968, the conference has focused on advances in systems being developed by the Department of Defense and other government agencies and has been used to announce major government microelectronics initiatives such as VHSIC and MIMIC, and provides a forum for government reviews.

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Post Industrial Forum: Generative AI: Accelerating Innovation
Mar
14
5:00 PM17:00

Post Industrial Forum: Generative AI: Accelerating Innovation

Join experts on AI, Enterprise Transformation, and Corporate Innovation,
and explore the innovation impact of Generative AI.

Generative AI has captured the imagination of executives, investors, and entrepreneurs alike. Consumers are amusing themselves with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which Microsoft is integrating into its products. Google has responded with Bard. The applications of Generative AI and Foundation Models overall seem endless, and the limitations are not well understood. In this session we will examine Generative AI and how it can accelerate innovation.

We will discuss:

  • The origin and inner workings of Generative AI

  • Innovation application areas

  • Generative AI in the Enterprise

  • Organizational Transformatio

  • Overcoming limitations of Generative AI

  • Implications for work and organizational cultures

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DVCON
Feb
27
to Mar 2

DVCON

The Design & Verification Conference & Exhibition is the premier conference on the application of languages, tools, methodologies and standards for the design and verification of electronic systems and integrated circuits. The focus of this highly technical conference is on the practical aspects of these technologies and their use in leading-edge projects to encourage attendees to adopt similar techniques to improve their own design and verification flows.

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DesignCon 2023
Jan
31
to Feb 2

DesignCon 2023

  • Santa Clara Convention Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

A Systematic Approach to Learning & Discovery

Join fellow engineers at DesignCon and cover all aspects of electronic design.

Attend the expertly curated, 14-track conference created by engineers for engineers, browse exhibits with hundreds of new products and technologies, and network with high-caliber industry professionals over the three-day event.

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CES Las Vegas 2023
Jan
5
to Jan 8

CES Las Vegas 2023

  • Las Vegas Convention Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

CES showcases companies including manufacturers, developers and suppliers of consumer technology hardware, content, technology delivery systems and more.

It also includes a conference program where the world's business leaders and pioneering thinkers address the industry's most relevant issues.

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2022 GSA Annual Awards Celebration
Dec
8
4:00 PM16:00

2022 GSA Annual Awards Celebration

  • Santa Clara Convention Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

DECEMBER 8
SANTA CLARA CONVENTION CENTER

GSA recognizes semiconductor companies that have demonstrated excellence through their success, vision, strategy and future opportunities in the industry at its annual Awards Dinner Celebration. It is an honor to be selected as a nominee and an even more distinguished achievement to win a GSA Award.

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