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WEDNESDAY January 8, 2014
SCV Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Chapter, with Photonics
Speaker: Dr. Michael Lebby, President and CEO, OneChip Photonics; Professor of Optoelectronics, Glyndwr University, Wales, UK
Time: Optional dinner at 6:00 PM; Presentation at 6:45 PM
Cost: $20; $10 for full-time students and unemployed ($5 more at door)
Place: Biltmore Hotel, 2151 Laurelwood Rd, Santa Clara
RSVP: from website
Web: www.cpmt.org/scv/meetings/cpmt1401.html

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THURSDAY December 12, 2013
SCV Solid State Circuits Chapter, with Circuits and Systems
Speaker: Alberto Valdes-Garcia, RF Circuits and Systems Group, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
Time: Networking and snacks at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: QualComm, 3165 Kifer Road, Santa Clara
RSVP: from website
Web: sites.ieee.org/scv-sscs

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