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From: qrk on 14 Jan 2010 13:41
On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:52:07 -0700, Jim Thompson
<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com/Snicker> wrote:

>On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:47:30 -0800, qrk <SpamTrap(a)spam.net> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:09:14 -0700, Jim Thompson
>><To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com/Snicker> wrote:
>>
>>>Here's a 7-8 year-old chip design...
>>>
>>>www.analog-innovations.com/SED/SampleDesign_2010_01_11_A.pdf
>>>
>>>It was designed for qrk/Mark who posts here from time-to-time.
>>>
>>>I'll leave it to Mark to decide what to say about its functions before
>>>I elaborate. (The company, at least the Santa Barbara operations, are
>>>defunct... and it's beyond the NDA limit... but I'll still limit
>>>myself to whatever Mark thinks appropriate.)
>>>
>>>("ToddBlock" is the VHDL-created stuff from another contractor.)
>>>
>>>In the mean time, flip thru the 40 pages of schematics, muse, amass
>>>questions, and see if you can figure it all out ;-)
>>>
>>> ...Jim Thompson
>>
>>The company still exists, even in SB (skeleton crew left). However,
>>they are so mired in upper level management gratification they don't
>>function effectively.
>
>Hi, Mark,
>
>It was really a shame to see them go so downhill.
>
>Do you still have contact with Philippe?
>
> ...Jim Thompson
No, I haven't heard from Philippe since the project. I wish I had
someone like him to work along side. He was chock full of useful
knowledge.

As to the downhill bit, from a personal gain, it was a good thing. No
baggage from the investors who thought that the old company could
increase revenue by 6 times in a year period. They actually said this
in a all hands meeting which quickly, but calmly, "ended" after I
started to ask a few questions about their new business model. Nice to
get back to a small company where I don't need to give silly talks to
financial people who have no idea what a sonar is every year. Nice to
only deal with current products instead of splitting my time up to
support products still in production after 15 years.

--
Mark
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