Steve Furber at London RISC OS user group, Monday 16th November 2009
dgs rougol
Acorn and ARM
presented by
Professor Steve Furber
Monday 16th November, 7:45pm
The Blue-Eyed Maid (upstairs)
173 Borough High Street
London
SE1 1HR
Steve worked at Acorn between 1980 and 1990, and was a designer on early
projects such as the MK14 computer, before being a principal designer of the
BBC Micro and the original ARM processor, and many other products.
Steve is now Professor of Computer Science at the University of Manchester,
where his research covers asynchronous systems and more recently the
SpiNNaker neural systems project, all using ARM processors or derivatives of
them. He was made CBE in 2008 for his services to computer science.
Steve will be talking about all of these things, so this is a fantastic
opportunity to witness one of the key people behind the Acorn and ARM
revolution talking about his involvement and his vision of the future. There
should be plenty of time for questions, but please try to resist the
temptation to ask when RISC OS will run on SpiNNaker!
More information about SpiNNaker can be found here:
http://intranet.cs.man.ac.uk/apt/projects/SpiNNaker/
The presentation should benefit from video projection so that everyone has a
great view. A range of hot and cold food, alcoholic and non- alcoholic
drinks (quite expensive), will be on sale. Admittance is free and everyone
is welcome.
PLEASE NOTE this presentation is likely to be very popular, so please arrive
early if you want a good seat. Please fill up seats from the front where
possible. If arriving later, it's fine to move to the front to fill up
seats - even if the presentation has already started.
Anyone with wireless enabled handhelds or laptops should be able to access
the internet during the meeting, or possibly use ROUGOL's own Risc PC to do
so later. Please speak to Bryan Hogan if you have problems connecting.
The venue is between London Bridge and Borough tube stations, so readily
accessible by public transport (both stations are a five minute walk away,
through well lit and CCTV'd main streets). It also has ample cycle parking
(covered by CCTV) very close by.
If you are arriving by car, the Congestion Charge ends at 6pm and our
meeting starts much later. However, please note that parking on double red
lines is restricted at all times. On single red or yellow lines, it is best
to park after 7pm. If you aren't completely familiar with *central* London
parking or driving, please allow extra time, patience, and maps.
Future ROUGOL meetings
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ROUGOL will continue to meet at the same venue on the third Monday evening
of each month.
November 16th - "Acorn and ARM" presented by Professor Steve Furber
December 21st - informal Christmas meeting (maybe downstairs)
January 18th - (PROVISIONAL) Lua and RISC OS presented by Gavin
Wraith
If you need any help reaching the venue, or any other information, please
contact us as below.
RISC OS User Group Of London in...@rougol.jellybaby.net
http://rougol.jellybaby.net/ 07785 317 330
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