FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz., Jan. 30, 2006 — OpenSystems Publishing (OSP), LLC, today announced the addition of a new contributing editor and special columnist, Will Strauss, internationally known industry analyst and leading authority on Digital Signal Processing (DSP) market trends, effective immediately. Strauss will be working with OSP contributing articles for Embedded Computing Design and DSP-FPGA.com.
OSP intends to substantially grow its coverage of and relevance to the embedded DSP and FPGA markets. Strauss will publish reports of market trends starting with DSP-FPGA.com in spring 2006 as well as an audio and cellular market study. He will also participate with Chris Ciufo, OSP group editorial director, Military & Aerospace Group, in the inaugural DSP, FPGA and Reconfigurable Computing E-cast in October. For more information visit, www.opensystems-publishing.com/ecast.html.
”In addition to semiconductor technology and DSP market expertise, Strauss brings important relationships across the technology industry,” said Rosemary Kristoff, vice president of editorial, OSP. ”With his knowledge of the DSP marketplace, Strauss can help OSP deliver on its mission of bringing key market study information and articles to our readership and we are excited to be working with him.”
“OpenSystems Publishing is clearly driving to be the leader in the embedded marketplace and I think our alliance is a perfect fit to help inform and educate the thousands of engineers that read our publications monthly,” said Strauss. “Several key market segments are driving growth in high-performance DSP and reconfigurable products target a sizable portion of the $2 billion high-end DSP market,” he added. Forward Concepts estimates that a significant segment of the high-performance DSP market can be addressed by the performance and flexibility of FPGA-based DSP solutions.
Strauss is President of Forward Concepts, an electronics market research firm based in Tempe, Arizona. He is also considered an authority on semiconductor trends in wireless, audio and VoIP markets. He has degrees in Electrical Engineering (Georgia Tech) and Business (Southern Methodist University) and has worked in electronic design, marketing, sales and market research positions. He was formerly Executive Vice President of In-Stat, Inc. and earlier, Vice President of Market Research for Integrated Circuit Engineering (ICE) Corp. Strauss held earlier positions with General Instrument Microelectronics, Digital Equipment Corporation and Collins Radio Company. Strauss is also a regular contributor to Electronic Engineering Times Magazine and a columnist for IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, and has authored many articles on DSP market trends. He is the principal author of Forward Concepts’ “DSP Strategies” annual studies of the DSP market.
Will Strauss can be reached at [email protected].
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About OpenSystems Publishing
OpenSystems Publishing has been a leading publisher of electronics magazines, e-mail newsletters, and websites for more than 20 years as well as product catalogs. Current publications include: CompactPCI and AdvancedTCA Systems, DSP-FPGA.com, Embedded Computing Design, Industrial Embedded Systems, Military Embedded Systems, PC/104 & Small Form Factors, PXI, Test & Technology, and VMEbus Systems. For more information, visit www.opensystems-publishing.com.