SUNNYVALE,
Calif., Aug. 14 -- More than 20 first public disclosures of new microprocessor
chips and six full-day seminars by the MicroDesign Resources team of
analysts Steve Leibson, Peter Glaskowsky, and Tom Halfhill, will be
among the highlights of this year's Microprocessor Forum held October
9 through 13 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California.
Featured speakers at the five-day event will include industry experts
Michael Slater, Robert Morris, Linley Gwennap, Bob Wheeler, and Jeff
Bier.
Two days of new product and technology sessions will include disclosures
of new chips and microarchitectures for PCs, networks, information appliances,
workstations, and servers. Presenting companies will include AMD, ARC
Cores, ARM Ltd., Centaur Technology, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, IBM,
Improv Systems, Intel, LSI Logic, Micron Technology, Motorola, picoTurbo,
Samsung, SiByte, STMicroelectronics, Toshiba, Vulcan ASIC Ltd., Xstream
Logic, and ZF Linux Devices.
Technology seminars to be held over three days will include full-day
presentations by Microprocessor Report editor in chief Steve Leibson
on information appliances and by industry experts Linley Gwennap and
Bob Wheeler on network processors.
Microprocessor Report analyst Tom Halfhill will present an all-day seminar
on high-performance embedded processors, and Peter N. Glaskowsky will
lead one on extreme processors for multimedia.
Jeff Bier and other members of Berkeley Design Technology's team of
DSP experts will present full-day seminars on architectures and trends
in processors for DSP and on digital audio applications, algorithms,
and implementations.
Microprocessor Forum seminars and technical sessions are designed to
serve the needs of system architects and design engineers, members and
managers of chip-design teams, engineering management and CTOs, financial
analysts, and anyone who is designing with, evaluating or making business
decisions on the basis of microprocessor chip, core, and DSP technologies.
To qualify for inclusion in the Microprocessor Forum program, company
presentations must include significant technical detail and present
new information not previously disclosed.
Registration for Microprocessor Forum 2000 is available now. Complete
information and on-line registration is available on the web at http://www.MDRonline.com/MPF
or by calling 1(800) 527-0288. For outside North America, call 1(408)
328-3900.
About MicroDesign Resources
MicroDesign Resources, a Cahners company, is recognized as a leading
provider of in-depth analysis of today's electronic industry trends
for technical and business decision-makers. The members of MDR's team
of staff analysts are respected worldwide for their credible, unbiased
views. MDR's Microprocessor Report, published weekly on the Web, focuses
on the constant advances in the microprocessor industry. Topics range
from the most up-to-date analysis of recent developments in PC, server,
workstation, and embedded processors to critiques and evaluations of
the latest acceleration technology for 3D and video.
