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August 29, 2004
want ad: oregon start ups: digital home
last week OVP and intel capital hosted a "digital home dinner" in portland.
the idea was pretty simple; we were trying to pull together the eco-system of folks in this region involved in various aspects of the consumer electronics/digital home "evolution" that is upon us. our hope was to draw on oregon's historic roots and strengths in image processing, printing, display, and video. our objective was to bring the eco-system together, putting the large established public firms with the raw start ups in a discussion on a shared interest. this is part of ovp's efforts to "jump start" a regional cluster and foster new starts.
60 representatives from firms like sharp-america, in-focus, LSI, clarity, planar, HP, Tek's video group were there to mix it up with start up teams like ambric,a UWB chip venture, and several guys with early ideas. co host's intel capital and ovp, along with CSFB, smartforest and NWTV were there to add the venture perspective...$'s looking for a home.
ideas were flying fast and furious:
- this isn't a simple case where sony and samsung win the home system with intel and msft make the x86 and pc the heart of the home "data center."
- this is still a UI and protocol nightmare
- there is a sense that many of the "functions" we see in data centers and many of the issues in accessing corporate resouces will have their "analogs" in the home
- these are global markets
- HDTV, cheap flat panels, home networking, BB to the home, and home digital content is the CONVERGENCE that is driving the "big wave"
no clear answers came out...but it's clear that OVP, i-cap, and the other venture folks in the room are intersted and listening hard...send in your ideas.
Posted by Dave at August 29, 2004 8:53 AM
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