PRESS RELEASE
03/09/06


High-End Switch and Router Design Seminar Hosted by The Linley Group
Program Features Freescale, AMCC, EZchip, Xilinx, Hifn, Micron, and P.A. Semi

 

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—March 9, 2006—On March 29, The Linley Group continues its Linley Tech seminar series with a free one-day event focused on High-End Switch and Router Design. This event, sponsored by Freescale, AMCC, EZchip, Xilinx, and Hifn, brings together technical experts presenting advanced solutions for data-plane and control-plane applications.

Industry experts Bob Wheeler and Linley Gwennap, as well as architects and technologists from leading vendors, will deliver information-packed technical presentations addressing four critical areas:

  • Switch and Router Design Trends
  • Control-Plane CPUs
  • Data-Plane Technology
  • Metro Packet Processing

Rounding out the seminar is a closing panel on "Challenges in Metro Equipment Design." The day concludes with a networking reception providing opportunities for you to meet with these industry leaders, analysts, and your colleagues.

You won't want to miss the following program highlights:

  • Subhash Roy, CTO, Transport Products, AMCC, "Carriers and Ethernet: The Next Transition"
  • Rich Schnur, Senior Product Manager, Freescale, "Leveraging PowerQUICC in the Control Plane"
  • Sridhar Subramanian, Consulting Architect, P. A. Semi, "PWRficient Processors for High-Performance Control Planes"
  • Nick Possley, Senior Staff System Architect, Xilinx, "The Benefits of FPGA-Based Traffic Management"
  • Patrick Bisson, Senior Director of Technology, EZchip, "Implementing Metro Ethernet Switches with the NP-2 Network Processor"
  • Axel Kloth, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Hifn, "Advanced Router Architectures"
  • Todd Dinkelman, Senior Applications Engineer, Micron, "Using DRAM to Design High-Performance Data Planes"

The seminar will be held at the DoubleTree Hotel in San Jose and is free to qualified individuals who register by March 24. The seminar is targeted at system designers, service providers, carriers, equipment vendors, OEMs, press, and the financial community.

For further details, program updates, and registration information, visit our web site.

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