CASPA eLetter: No. 158, March 15, 2019
Mar 15, 2019
President's Words Dear Members, On March 9, CASPA held the Spring Symposium. We had full house attendees and very positive feedback including new technology concepts and business engagements. As an added benefit to our members, we made the presentation slides available to download here: 4 days later, we hosted a financial seminar on tax preparation and estate planning with trusts. Speaker’s humorous talk and lively Q&As reverberated around the entire room. The next upcoming event is Education...
Mar 15, 2019
President's Words Dear Members, On March 9, CASPA held the Spring Symposium. We had full house attendees and very positive feedback including new technology concepts and business engagements. As an added benefit to our members, we made the presentation slides available to download here: 4 days later, we hosted a financial seminar on tax preparation and estate planning with trusts. Speaker’s humorous talk and lively Q&As reverberated around the entire room. The next upcoming event is Education...
CASPA eLetter: No. 157, February 28, 2019Feb 28, 2019
President's Words Dear Members, CASPA just held a press conference on Wednesday to promote our Spring Symposium - AI of things. Market research predicted that there would be 55 billion IoT devices deployed by 2025. It is equivalent to more than 6 devices per person on earth. By 2022, there will be more than 80% enterprise IoT projects that will include an AI components, comparing to merely 10% today. CASPA is deligated to inform our members about the semiconductor industry’s mega trend. In this...
CASPA eLetter: No. 156, February 15, 2019Feb 15, 2019
President's Words Dear Members, Our first Entrepreneurship seminar in 2019 will take place on this Wednesday night. Please register soon. We thank our sponsor Silvaco for letting us use their facility. CASPA’s symposium team also finalized Spring Symposium’s agenda. We will talk about AIoT on Saturday afternoon, March 9, 2019. We invited industry experts in the fields of AIoT market analysis, hardware, applications, and academic research. We also thank SanDisk/WDC for using their Auditorium at...
CASPA eLetter: No. 155, January 31, 2019
Jan 31, 2019
President's Words Dear Members, We just hosted two soft skill seminars in the beginning of 2019. We are in planning for the next events as follows so please mark your calendar: 1. 2/20/2019 Wednesday: Entrepreneurship Seminar I 2. 2/27/2019 Wednesday: Immigration and Trade law Seminar. 3. 3/09/2019 Saturday: Spring Symposium 4. 3/13/2019 Wednesday: Financial Seminar I: Tax Preparation 5. 3/30/2019 Saturday: Education day Also, for those who want to participate for board election and scholarship...
Jan 31, 2019
President's Words Dear Members, We just hosted two soft skill seminars in the beginning of 2019. We are in planning for the next events as follows so please mark your calendar: 1. 2/20/2019 Wednesday: Entrepreneurship Seminar I 2. 2/27/2019 Wednesday: Immigration and Trade law Seminar. 3. 3/09/2019 Saturday: Spring Symposium 4. 3/13/2019 Wednesday: Financial Seminar I: Tax Preparation 5. 3/30/2019 Saturday: Education day Also, for those who want to participate for board election and scholarship...
CASPA eLetter: No. 154, January 15, 2019Jan 15, 2019
President's Words Dear Members, CASPA is planning a series of seminars. In January, we will have two soft-skill seminars: On 1/23/19, CASPA, CAISS, and CIE will jointly host a seminar on the topic of “Negotiation and Reducing Stress in Workspace.” It is free for the first 40 registrants, so register soon. On 1/30/19, the seminar topic is “Critical Thinking Skills Applied in Current Events Analysis.” This is the first of the 10 series in the leadership development seminars tailored for CASPA...
CASPA eLetter: No. 153, December 31, 2018Dec 31, 2018
President's Words Dear Members, CASPA is planning a series of seminars. In January, we will have two soft-skill seminars: On 1/23/19, CASPA, CAISS, and CIE will jointly host a seminar on the topic of “Negotiation and Reducing Stress in Workspace.” It is free for the first 40 registrants, so register soon. On 1/30/19, the seminar topic is “Critical Thinking Skills Applied in Current Events Analysis.” This is the first of the 10 series in the leadership development seminars tailored for CASPA...
CASPA eLetter: No. 152, December 15, 2018
Dec 15, 2018
President's Words Dear Members, The semiconductor industry is experiencing a perfect storm, driving the continuation of Moore's Law, artificial intelligence applications, and 5G deployment, which also creates huge opportunities. At the same time, in early December, several incidents affecting our industry occurred - Sino-US trade negotiations, an ICT executive in China was detained and bailed in Canada, the loss of the famous Silicon Valley scholar, and the fire in ASML’s supplier. CASPA is a...
Dec 15, 2018
President's Words Dear Members, The semiconductor industry is experiencing a perfect storm, driving the continuation of Moore's Law, artificial intelligence applications, and 5G deployment, which also creates huge opportunities. At the same time, in early December, several incidents affecting our industry occurred - Sino-US trade negotiations, an ICT executive in China was detained and bailed in Canada, the loss of the famous Silicon Valley scholar, and the fire in ASML’s supplier. CASPA is a...
CASPA eLetter: No. 151, November 30, 2018
Nov 30, 2018
President's Words Dear members, While the calendar moves into the last month of year 2018, CASPA team is busy visiting our corporate sponsors for their requirements. If your company would like to participate in our sponsorship program, it is the right time to join. We can visit you for a discussion and even tailor a program for your needs. Please contact us at . Also, in 2019, our first public event is Soft Skill I Seminar on January 23, 2019. We are working on this event and will keep you...
Nov 30, 2018
President's Words Dear members, While the calendar moves into the last month of year 2018, CASPA team is busy visiting our corporate sponsors for their requirements. If your company would like to participate in our sponsorship program, it is the right time to join. We can visit you for a discussion and even tailor a program for your needs. Please contact us at . Also, in 2019, our first public event is Soft Skill I Seminar on January 23, 2019. We are working on this event and will keep you...
CASPA eLetter: No. 150, November 15, 2018
Nov 15, 2018
President's Words Dear Corporate Sponsors, and individual members, On one hand, there were two recent semiconductor related mergers announced. In October 10, Apple has taken control over the power-management technology portion in a $600 million deal with Dialog semiconductor. One month later, II-VI Incorporated announced that they would acquire Finisar with an equity value of approximately $3.2 billion. Both events may be the result of the intense competition to secure the supply of key...
Nov 15, 2018
President's Words Dear Corporate Sponsors, and individual members, On one hand, there were two recent semiconductor related mergers announced. In October 10, Apple has taken control over the power-management technology portion in a $600 million deal with Dialog semiconductor. One month later, II-VI Incorporated announced that they would acquire Finisar with an equity value of approximately $3.2 billion. Both events may be the result of the intense competition to secure the supply of key...
CASPA eLetter: No. 149, October 31, 2018
Oct 31, 2018
President's Words Dear members, CASPA’s BIMS/IC World delegation has ended successfully. We started at Shanghai on day 1, Oct. 20, to participate in CASPA—Shanghai chapter’s Annual Conference. Next day, we went to Beijing to attend the 1st IC World exhibition and hosted the 19th Beijing International Microelectronics Symposium. CASPA also gave speeches and hosted a morning session AI forum with full house attendees. On day 3, We visited BOE’s generation 8.5 fab that is capable of making 6...
Oct 31, 2018
President's Words Dear members, CASPA’s BIMS/IC World delegation has ended successfully. We started at Shanghai on day 1, Oct. 20, to participate in CASPA—Shanghai chapter’s Annual Conference. Next day, we went to Beijing to attend the 1st IC World exhibition and hosted the 19th Beijing International Microelectronics Symposium. CASPA also gave speeches and hosted a morning session AI forum with full house attendees. On day 3, We visited BOE’s generation 8.5 fab that is capable of making 6...
