In memory of Dana

Dana Sehnert who worked for me at Analog Solutions as a Vice President and Account Mgr. for the last 7 years has passed away on November 20, 2012. It is a very sad time here at Analog Solutions. Our prayers are with his wife Lisa and his 3 daughters, especially during this Holiday Season.

Happy Holidays

Wherever you are celebrating your Holiday, hopefully with loved ones and family.... I want to wish you a happy and peaceful time. Precious are the moments we have, and there is never a guarantee of another day.

I will be with my family and enjoying a great Holiday time this season. And with the new year approaching, I am excited about the optimistic 2013 forecast for our Semiconductor Analog Industry. We've already had great interest for Executive Technology Employees and we are ready to hit the ground running in the New Year.

Best to you and yours this Holiday Season!
Gary Fowler, Analog Solutions (www.analogsolutions.com), Executive Technology Recruiter
(photo courtesy of Snoopy :)

Numerous items our Analog World Develops

Most of us know, but just a bit of education for those not in our Analog world...what Analog chips do!

Analog chips are small electronic circuits. Unlike digital chips that can differentiate only between "on" and "off" signals, analog chips can process gradations. In practical terms, digital chips are the best at manipulating or storing data bits as the numeral 1 or the numeral 0, and analog chips can read and process waveforms such as speech, music and video. Hence, analog chips create a bridge to the digital world full of storage and manipulation capabilities.

Examples of Uses

Digital cameras, cell phones, Internet telephony and downloading or uploading Internet audio, video or image files all involve analog technology. The typed word "hello" is simple for a digital chip to understand, but only analog chips can understand the spoken word. Storage on compact discs (CDs) and digital versatile discs (DVDs) is digital. Analog chips are used as translators to bridge the gaps into and out of the digital world, converting waveforms into digital data, then reassembling the data back into waveforms for it to be seen or heard. The digital format provides the storehouse.

Our Prayers are with you Dana

For those of you that know Dana Sehnert who worked for me at Analog Solutions as a Vice President and Account Mgr. for the last 7 years, I would like to ask for your prayers. Dana is in a Tennessee hospice fighting for his life. It is a very sad time here at Analog Solutions. Our prayers are with his wife Lisa and his 3 daughters.

Turkey Trot

For those who like to run and be active, if you happen to be in Silicon Valley for Thanksgiving, you can join the Turkey Trot in downtown San Jose, California.

They have a 5k, 10k run and many other activities on the day of Thanksgiving.

Over 25,000 participants are already signed up and they are hoping to give $700k to charities and non-profit organizations.


To learn more go here!

Gary Fowler, Executive Technology Recruiter, Analog Solutions

Plasma Workshop

Plasma-Therm holds a workshop at the Microelectronic Research Center of University of Texas. Did you know information about semiconductor and materials processing is highly sought after?

Plasma-Therm LLC of Florida host a Plasma processing workshop about technologies used primarily in semiconductor device fabrication and materials science research.

People who are attending this workshop include graduate students, facility staff, post-doctoral researchers, and engineers. Learn more at Semiconductor Today

Most of the workshop attendees are involved in projects requiring process capability that ranges from solar energy, nanostructures, data storage, opto-telecommunications, and MEMS.

Executive Technology Recruiter Gary Fowler, Analog Solutions

Analog Solutions for Sustainability Multi-Billion Dollar...

Gary Fowler of Analog Solutions writes about...

Active-Semi is one of the leaders in highly integrated semiconductor power management solutions. They have recently come out with a Management Solutions Power Applications Controller Platform (PAC) needed by many popular consumer products.

They are pioneering in Micro Application Solutions. This solutions allow conversions to energy efficient home appliances, industrial controls, LED lighting, computer power supplies, automotive electronics and renewable energy products.

LG Electronics raves about this new system..."PAC is a very unique system chip platform that allows us to implement various high energy efficiency products with reduced time to market."

This is a Multi-Billion Dollar market!  Researchers expect global microcontroller products to reach $26.7 billion by 2017.

This is mainly because of electronics demanded by the consumer, industrial and automotive companies depending on microcontrollers to achieve and manage efficient, built-in energy-saving features.

Read more about this innovative technology here.

Excerpt from article (See below for some high consumer demand products using this PAC platform):

• Home appliances such as washing machine, dishwashers and induction heat ovens and stoves
• Air conditioning systems
• Motor controllers
• Power tools
• LED lighting controllers
• Solar micro-inverters
• Uninterruptible power supplies (UPS)
• General purpose high-voltage system controllers