Articles by Tom P Kolodziejak

Celebration of “Labyrinth 30th Anniversary”

September 20, 2016

September, Fathom events – Picture Home Entertainment and Fathom Events bring “Labyrinth 30th Anniversary” to the big screen on September 11 at hundreds of theaters throughout the country to celebrate Jim Henson’s imaginative adventure. “Labyrinth,” a children’s fantasy complete with extraordinary Muppet-type puppets, was produced by George Lucas in 1991 and featured David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly. It was initially a critical and box office failure, costing $25 million to produce and grossing $12.5 million. Over the years, however, it became something of a cult favorite, enjoying a new audience ten years and beyond. In fact, the Fathom presentation enjoyed an enthusiastic standing-room-only screening on the evening of it’s presentation. It was directed by Jim Henson who was the creator of the Muppets of TV’s […]

Consumerization of Flash Memory (2)

September 5, 2016

Flash Memory Summit, August 2016 – The process of consumerization of flash memory started around 2004. This year NAND prices drop below DRAM prices for the first time at the same density. Panasonic and Sanyo launched the first flash-based camcorders. SanDisk inaugurated Flash Sansa MP3 players. In 2005 NAND revenue exceeded $10 billion when Apple introduced its first iProducts. Below is the timeline of consumerization of flash memory. 2005 – Apple introduced its first two flash-based iPods, the iPod shuffle and the iPod nano. Microsoft launched Hybrid Hard Disk Drive concept. MMCmicro card was introduced by MMCA. 70nm process was initiated. Micron introduced NAND product. Over 3 billion flash chips were shipped. NAND GB shipments overtook those of DRAM. 2006 – Flash revenue exceed $20 billion. […]

A Short History of Flash Memory (1)

September 5, 2016

Flash Memory Summit, August 2016 – Flash memory is the enabling technology for most of the mobile devices today.  It allows for very high capacities of storage for things like music, voice, photos and videos to be stored for long periods of time, without needing power to store the information when it is not being used. Eli Harari, who holds over 100 patents and has widespread recognition (including IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Data Storage device Technology Award in 2006 and IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal in 2009), described flash memory as descriptive technology in that time. This descriptive technology enabled consumer applications such as cellphones, digital cameras, music players etc. that we enjoy today and they shape our lives. Here is a timeline of history of […]

SMPTE ETCA highlights creation and distribution

August 21, 2016

ETCA, June 2016 – This year SMPTE had a new venue for their Entertainment Technology in the Connected Age (ETCA) conference, relocating to Campbell CA in the center of Silicon Valley from their prior location at Stanford University.  The event was opened by SMPTE President Robert Seidel, who is also the CTO of CBS.  He started by emphasizing that for the past 100 years the group has focused not only on the global standards and methods for content creation, but also on the technologies behind getting that content to the people who can enjoy it.  This includes the identification and use of new devices and methods as well as the definition to be able to share content among them. Robert was followed by Pat Griffis […]

ESA releases essential facts about gamers

June 26, 2016

E3, June 2016 – Every year at E3, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), that owns and operates the show, issues essential facts about the gaming sector. The ESA conducts business and consumer research, and provides analysis and advocacy on issues like global content protection, intellectual property, technology and e-commerce, is the valuable source for information such as players demographics and games statistics. Below what ESA’s report shows for this year. Who is playing and what is the players’ demographics? 63% of U.S. households are home to at least one person who plays video games regularly, which is defined as 3 hours or more per week. There are an average of 1.7 gamers in each game-playing U.S. household. 65% of U.S. household own a device that […]

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