[Bloat] Fwd: New reports & publications - the Linux System Definition’s 4 Gems, a glimpse into how semiconductors power the modern world and more!

[Bloat] Fwd: New reports & publications - the Linux System Definition’s 4 Gems, a glimpse into how semiconductors power the modern world and more!

[Dave Taht]

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if it wasn't for oin, we'd not have got fq_codel out the door. Anyway,
should be a happy month....

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*01 | **INDUSTRY INSIGHTS*

*The Months Ahead: Celebrating Open Source & Open Business*
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*March — Open Business Month *— recognizes Bob Young, founder of ACC Corp.
in March 1993. The company merged with Red Hat, one of the world’s most
revolutionary companies. Former Red Hat CEO and current President at IBM,
Jim Whitehurst, published The Open Organization: Igniting Passion and
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*The 2020 Patent Dispute Report *
Not even a pandemic could stop the growth of patent litigation from patent
trolls and patent aggressors in 2020. This trend is only going to continue.
Unified Patents, which protects Open Source from patent trolls through its Open
Source Zone
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*The State of FOSS in India Report*
Reviewed in part by *Venkatesh Hariharan*, our India Representative, "The
State of FOSS in India Report" has been released.

As part of the report launch, FOSS Week India was held with panel
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*02 | OIN IN THE NEWS*


*OIN’s Evolving Linux System Definition  *

Media coverage continues as *The Patent Invention Magazine* writes an
article highlighting our 15th anniversary celebration, our commitment to
protecting the greater Open Source community and the Linux System
Definition’s expansion and coverage area.

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*The Linux System Definition’s 4 Gems  *

Check out *Tech Company News’* article that identifies “Four Gems in OIN’s
Linux System Definition” and how OIN community members benefit from patent
protection in core Linux and adjacent Open Source technologies.

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Shout out to *Amanda Brock*, our European Licensing Representative, and *Rob
Taylor*, our Director of the Linux System Definition, for making the “Top
100 OpenUK Influencers 2021 New Year’s Honours List.”

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*03 | INDUSTRY FOCUS: SEMICONDUCTORS*
*Semiconductors Power the Modern World*

*A single smartphone today has more power than the computers NASA relied on
to send astronauts to the moon and back 50 years ago. Semiconductors were
the brains in 1969 and are propelling future technology advancements at a
rapid pace.*

Artificial Intelligence (AI). The Internet of Things (IoT). Quantum
Computing. 5G. Robots. These are just a few areas influencing the
semiconductor ecosystem. Add to that, an increased demand from both
consumers and businesses for faster speed, higher functionality, and
low-power, “greener” devices. The intelligent chipsets of today, and
tomorrow, do more.

As the world continues transitioning from an application-centric one to a
data-first model, it is only a matter of time until almost all data will be
generated — and consumed by —machines. For the semiconductor industry, this
is good news. The global market is predicted to grow to $90.8 billion U.S.
dollars by 2024, according to *Market Watch*. By 2030, forecasters expect
it to reach $1 trillion.

After revolutionizing software, the Open Source Movement is now influencing
the chip industry. Many semiconductor firms across the globe are embracing
the Open Source approach. And many industry leaders are joining our
community, realizing the plethora of benefits derived from Open Source
innovation and collaboration. Here are a few of our members from the
semiconductor industry: Alibaba, Broadcom, Cirrus Logic International (UK)
Ltd., Cavium (acquired by Marvell Technology), DSP Group, Hitachi Kokusai
Electric, Huawei, Marvell Technology Group, UNISOC and VIA.

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to Open Source Software and to the future as it innovates concept cars,
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compete with large brands by using customized and branded packages with
10-15 days business shipping. ePac soon became the 1st supplier in North
America built entirely on the latest wide-web digital printing technology –
the HP Indigo 20000. It also employs its own software team that develops
custom packaged solutions for Small and Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs).

Today, ePac Flexible Packaging operates manufacturing plants throughout the
United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, with Indonesia and additional
geographic expansions underway.

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* Pegatron Helps Customers Navigate The Futures*

Pegatron Corporation — a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer — is dedicated
to introducing innovative design thinking into every detail of production.
Formed in 2008, the company develops computing, communications and consumer
electronics. It also embraces a passion for technology and believes it
allows people to achieve what was previously thought to be impossible.

Approximately 100,000 Pegatron employees work in Taiwan, China, the Czech
Republic, the United States, Mexico and Japan.

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* Snap Forever **Changes **the Face of  Venice Beach into the “Silicon
Beach Tech Hub”*

Stanford University students Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown
started Snapchat Inc. in September 2011. Today, they all hold executive
roles with the company, which serves over 230 million users in more than 20
countries. It predicts its image and video messaging app will reach 356
million users, or 10.4% of all social media users, by 2023.

The Santa Monica, CA-based company rebranded in September 2016 to Snap Inc.
in order to include its latest product Spectacles under a single company.
Spectacles — a wearable camera with a pair of smart glasses that connect to
the user's Snapchat account and records videos in a circular video format —
has sold over 150,000 since its introduction to the market. Snap also
developed Bitmoji, as well as owns and maintains a number of other
technological products and services. The company’s international
headquarters are in Soho, London.

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* With Over 250 Million Copies Sold, Square Enix Transforms Video Gaming*

Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. — a Japanese video game holding company and
entertainment conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo — develops, publishes,
distributes and licenses games.

The company — established in 2003 — is best known for its *Final
Fantasy*, *Dragon
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collectively, have sold over 250 million copies. Square Enix also publishes
the games *Tomb Raider*, *Deus Ex*, and *Just Cause*; owns an arcade gaming
corporation Taito, known for games such as *Space Invaders*, *Bubble Bobble*
and *Darius*; sells merchandise and manages Gangan Comics. The company
employs over 5,000 people worldwide.

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* America's Most Convenient Bank® Turns to Open Source *

TD Bank Group (TD) has joined us as a community member. Offering a full
range of financial products and services to more than 26 million customers
worldwide, TD is focused on constantly improving its operating platforms
and frequently uses Open Source Software (OSS) to do so.

*"We remain focused on leveraging the best technologies for our platforms
and are excited to join the Open Invention Network (OIN), that supports
protection from patent infringement claims for the greater good of the
wider innovation community,"* said Josh Death, Intellectual Property and
Patentable Innovations Lead at TD.

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(MIT), Venkatesh Hariharan — otherwise known as Venky by those who know him
— discovered Open Source while researching and writing an article for
Slashdot, a social news website that originally billed itself as "News for
Nerds. Stuff that Matters." In his article, "Why Linux Makes Sense for
India,"
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spark a revolution that reaches down to the grassroots levels of the
country. The Indianization of Linux is probably one of the most practical
ways of making Information Technology (IT) available to millions and
millions of Indians. It is now up to linguistic and technical groups to
collaborate and make things happen.”

Venky took that mission into his owns hands and with a colleague, Prakash
Advani, started IndLinux.org
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The Open Source project and many linguistic groups and developers across
the country worked to enable Linux and open source software in 22 Indian
languages today. He remains passionate about Open Source.

*“My philosophy is that collaboration, community and the shared ownership
of knowledge can lead to a better world, and Open Source is the best
example of this. The big challenges that humanity faces such as climate
change, can be solved only through collaboration,” Venky shares. “It is
very inspiring to see how far Open Source has come in the last two decades,
from a niche phenomenon to the new normal, with people around the world
collaborating across geographies, time zones, caste, creed and color. In
emerging areas like big data, blockchain etc., the growth of technology has
been driven by the collaborative innovation model of open source, which
brings the best minds in the world together.”*

To further his mission to democratize access to knowledge, Venky works in
several capacities with industry, academia and government to enable a free
and open Internet ecosystem. He joined Open Invention Network in 2015 as
the India Representative and has recruited community member businesses in
Consumer Services, Commercial & Professional Services, Computer Software,
Networking & Security, Retail & eCommerce.

When Venky is not working, he is giving back to his community as a
volunteer with the Indian Software Product Industry Roundtable (iSPIRT),
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Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs, and Red Hat as Corporate
Affairs Director (Asia Pacific). While at home with his wife, he is most
often found reading fiction, biographies, history, business books and
anything about animals.  Gerald Durell and James Herriot are his two
favorite authors. He also loves movies, travelling, trekking and good food.

*06 | **FUN FACT*

A single semiconductor chip has as many transistors as all of the stones in
the Great Pyramid in Giza. That’s approximately *2.3 million transistors*.
And there are *more than 100 billion integrated circuits* used daily around
the world. That’s equal to the number of stars in our corner of the Milky
Way Galaxy.

*(Source: Semiconductor Industry Association)*
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