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| Disinformation vs Semiconductor |
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Disinformation "Stargate" - recording of "Type 2"
solar noise storm released as the title track to
the Disinformation "Stargate" LP (published by Ash
International in 1996) which recently featured on
the BBC Radio 4 programme "Broadcasting House".
The audible phenomenon is produced by Coronal Mass
Ejections - plasma bursts on the surface of the
sun, associated with sunpots and solar flares,
which excite radio-emissions that manifest on
terrestrial shortwave radio. Depending on the
polarity of the solar wind, the interaction
between a Coronal Mass Ejection and the earth's
magnetic field may produce magnetic storms, which
trigger auroral displays, lightning and the
release of natural VLF band radio "whistlers", and
disrupt electricity supplies and communications
networks etc. In this way, the "Stargate" project
is closely related to Disinformation's "Ghost
Shells" (VLF whistler recordings) and "National
Grid" (recordings of invisible electromagnetic
interference fields radiated by live mains
electricity) both of which were also released on
LP in 1996 (and re-issued as CD tracks in 1997).
The highest profile exhibition of the original
Disinformation recordings was at Kiasma art museum
in Helsinki.
"While solar flares either dissipate in space or
are drawn back to the surface of the sun, plasma
shock-waves surge outward, increasing the velocity
of the solar wind. On impact the earth's
magnetosphere warps like a tennis ball being hit
with a hammer. Powerlines blow as DC transients
induce in AC grids and submarine cables:
ionospheric disruption distorts or obliterates
radio communications, GPS reception and TV:
satellites malfunction and drift off course:
impulses in astronauts' nerves misfire: aurora
intensify in the sky: VLF whistlers echo across
the nightside of the globe: it has even been
argued that electrical accumulations in the metal
structures of gas-pipelines and petrochemicals
storage have caused explosions claiming hundreds
of lives. While this coronal mass ejection may
take anything from 6 to 40 hours to reach earth,
its emergence through the upper layers of the
sun's atmosphere 'rattles' local plasma exciting a
radio emission which reaches earth at the speed of
light."
Semiconductor (Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt) were
(non-contributing) artists in residence during the
first Disinformation solo exhibition at Fabrica
gallery (Brighton) in 2001, 5 years after the
release of the "Stargate" LP. Ten years after that
original release, Disinformation received a cash
advance from Semiconductor for the use of
"Stargate" as a soundtrack to a Semiconductor
video installation called "Brilliant Noise"
(released on DVD by Fatcat Records). Upon
completion, Joe Gerhardt point blank refused to
inform Disinformation about any exhibitions of the
collaborative work. As a result of his refusal, a
decision not to make this material available
on-line has been reversed, in order to give more
publicity to the historic precedent (and the other
similarities between Semiconductor projects and
themes Disinformation explored years earlier
aren't co-incidental either). The "Stargate" radio
recordings are published by Touch Music and
copyright Disinformation, however none of the
footage of solar flares and sunspot activity etc
used in "Brilliant Noise" was produced by
Semiconductor, as products of US government
employees, according to US copyright law, these
images are therefore public domain, and dozens of
these kinds of videos are already available on You
Tube. Unlike virtually all art-science projects
that since explored similar imagery, the recording
of the original "Stargate" LP was a literally
no-budget, totally DIY project - realised with
miniscule resources, using entirely borrowed
equipment, without any institutional support or
funding, and without any help from professional
scientists.
http://www.lecturelist.org/content/view_lecture/37
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"Stargate" has been exhibited at Kiasma
(Helsinki), at Event Gallery and at The Foundry
(London), and recently presented at the Open Ear
event at Canterbury Christ Church University, at
Another Roadside Attraction and at Goldsmiths
College in London. Details the original "Stargate"
/ "National Grid" LP can be found at
http://www.discogs.com/release/66465
A sample of the original Disinformation release
can also be heard at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytkRng7GZKk
The Semiconductor / Fatcat DVD also features
contributions from Max Richter, The Twilight Sad,
Christian Vogel, Ensemble, Robert Hampson, Iris
Garrelfs, Antenna Farm, Our Brother the Native,
Gaeoudjiparl and Thomas Dimuzio.
The new 35mm cinema version of a Disinformation
project called "Fire in the Eye" (commissioned by
Threshold Studios for The Arts Council of England)
premieres at The Edinburgh International Film
Festival on Saturday 21 June (the first
still-image version of "Fire in the Eye" was made
in 2004 and first exhibited at Wrexham Arts Centre
in 2006) - details from
http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk
Tags : Magnetic Movie Ascarida Caleaflo LA Film Fest NASA Space Sciences Laboratory UC Berkeley Disinformation Semiconductor Films Ruth Jarman Joe Gerhardt Dana Centre Jade Hamilton BBC Radio Broadcasting House Culture Show Arts Catalyst Arnolfini Bristol Kiasma Fatcat Records SightSonic Fabrica Solar Flare Noise Boemlauwebas Phenomena Exhibition |
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Durée : 180 s |
| The Legacy of Fairchild Semiconductor |
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[Recorded Oct 5, 2007]
Founded in September 1957 in Palo Alto, California
by eight young engineers and scientists from
Shockley Semiconductor Laboratories, Fairchild
Semiconductor Corporation pioneered new products
and technologies together with a youthful
enthusiasm and manufacturing and marketing
techniques that reshaped the semiconductor
industry. The planar process developed in early
1959 revolutionized the production of
semiconductor devices and continues to enable the
manufacture of billion transistor microprocessor
and memory chips today. Fairchild was the first
manufacturer to introduce high-frequency silicon
transistors and practical monolithic integrated
circuits to the market. At the peak of its
influence in the mid-1960s, as a division of
Fairchild Camera & Instrument Corporation, the
company was one of the world's largest producers
of silicon transistors and controlled over 30
percent of the market for ICs. Fairchild's
extraordinary success stimulated an
entrepreneurial fervor that gave birth to the
phenomenon of Silicon Valley. Including systems
and software businesses, the total number of
companies in the Bay Area and beyond with
Fairchild roots today lies in the thousands.
This lecture was presented during a celebration of
the 50th anniversary of the founding of the
company held at Stanford University and the
Computer History Museum in Mountain View,
California on October 4, 5, and 6, 2007.
Introduced by Staff Director of the Semiconductor
Special Interest Group of the Museum and Fairchild
Alumnus David Laws, the speakers are all Fairchild
alumni who went on to make significant
contributions to the semiconductor industry. They
were asked to explore the lasting impact of
Fairchild Semiconductor on Silicon Valley and the
world.
Wilfred Corrigan earned a BSc in Chemical
Engineering from the Imperial College of Science,
London, England. After early work at Transitron
and Motorola, Corrigan joined Fairchild
Semiconductor in 1968. He served as president and
chief executive officer of Fairchild Camera and
Instrument Corporation from 1974 until 1979. In
1981 he co-founded ASIC pioneer LSI Logic
Corporation where he served as president, CEO, and
chairman until 2005.
Gordon Moore was born and spent his childhood near
San Francisco, California. He earned a PhD in
Chemistry and Physics from the California
Institute of Technology. He was one of the eight
co-founders of Fairchild in 1957. As head of R&D,
in 1965 he published an observation on the
increase of integrated circuit complexity with
time, now known as "Moore's Law" that emerged as
one of the driving principles of the semiconductor
industry. In 1968 Moore co-founded Intel
Corporation with Robert Noyce, became president
and CEO in 1975 and held that post until elected
chairman and CEO in 1979. He remained CEO until
1987 and was named chairman emeritus in 1997.
W. J. (Jerry) Sanders III was born in Chicago. He
earned a BS in electrical engineering from
Illinois State University and worked at Douglas
Aircraft and Motorola before joining Fairchild as
a salesman in 1961. He rose to group director of
worldwide sales and marketing before leaving to
co-found Advanced Micro Devices in 1969. Sanders
served as president, CEO. and Chairman of AMD
until 2004.
Moderator Floyd Kvamme was an early Fairchild
marketing manager, vice president of marketing at
National Semiconductor, and executive vice
president of Sales and Marketing for Apple
Computer. He is a partner emeritus at the venture
capital firm of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
and co-chair of the president's Council of
Advisors on Science and Technology.
More information on the history of Fairchild
Semiconductor can be found at:
www.computerhistory.org/semiconductor/
Tags : Computer History Fairchild Semiconductor Moore Silicon |
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Durée : 6167 s |
| Semiconductor Malfunction Tester : DigInfo |
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DigInfo - http://movie.diginfo.tv
Hanwa Electronic Ind. has developed the HIT-5000,
an immunity tester that tests semiconductors for
immunity to noise using the impulse method. The
pulse signal generator inside the tester generates
a pulse signal that induces noise on the
semiconductor.
Probing can be easily conducted because the tester
can be connected through a connector, and thus the
tester is ideal for device tests. It also enables
timing analysis.
Normally, when an impulse is applied with an
electrostatic discharge (ESD) gun, the power
supply voltage noise that appears on the LSI pins
may at times form an oscillating waveform even
when the impulse is applied with a positive
discharge.
Particularly in cases where the malfunction
threshold values in the positive and negative
directions differ, it is possible that malfunction
could occur due to values that exceed the negative
direction threshold even if a positive discharge
is applied. The HIT-5000 however offers greater
versatility because it can separately evaluate
either the positive or negative direction when a
square pulse wave is input.
Tags : diginfo Semiconductor Malfunction Tester HIT-5000 Hanwa Electronic Industry Electrotest |
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Affichage : 316
Durée : 119 s |
| Nasdaq, SP500, Semiconductor Review 5/27/07 |
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Technical analysis video review of the stock
market and individual stocks for Wednesday June
27, 2007 including; Nasdaq 100 Trust Shares
(NASDAQ:QQQQ), S&P 500 Index (AMEX:SPY),
Semiconductor HOLDRs (AMEX:SMH), iShares Russell
2000 Index (ETF) (Public, NYSE:IWM), Trend
analysis for daytraders and swingtraders of stocks
and options. Trading stocks involves risk; this
information should not be viewed as trading
recommendations.
Tags : technical analysis stocks trading invest daytrade |
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Affichage : 2247
Durée : 528 s |
| Semiconductor - Brilliant Noise |
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Semiconductor makes Sound Films, which reveal our
physical world in flux: cities in motion, shifting
landscapes and systems in chaos. Central to these
works is the role of sound, which becomes
synonymous with the image as one gets created,
controlled and deciphered by the other. Tonight
they will perform a series of works using a
combination of their own real-time animation
software, Sonic Inc. and image responsive live
soundtracks.
www.semiconductorfilms.com
:: Cinema - 11/03/08 ::
The majority of cinema as a form seeks to:
1. capture ideas and impressions of the spaces and
places we inhabit or
2. visualise those we can't.
The former of these, representation, has been more
dominant throughout cinema's history. The lens has
in effect become a means of capturing our
'reality', allowing us to store and later
reproduce sights and sounds to be replayed as a
substitute for personal memories.
With the arrival of computing and it's now
widespread use within cinema we see the latter
begin to take dominance. Cinema as representation
is changing to cinema as simulation, creating an
era more important than the transition from silent
to sound or from black and white to colour. Cinema
has the possibility to become a form without any
necessarily inferred referent, it is known,
quantifiable (pixels) and so can be modified,
abstracted, constructed in numerous ways. It's
method of production can be improved, changed or
even reconceived allowing it's authors to work as
never before. Cinema arrives at the end of an era
with promise of a new one enabling it to become
immersive, live, participative, interactive,
navigable, recombinatory, distributed, networked,
coded etc.
On March 11th 2008 Open Ear
(http://openear.wordpress.com/) hosted an event
curated by Garrett Lynch (http://www.asquare.org/)
entitled Cinema presenting performances and
experimental films on this theme.
Video by Sebastian Robinson.
Tags : cinema open ear performance art audio video semiconductor brilliant noise film experimental |
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Durée : 362 s |
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