PRESS
RELEASE
10/18/06
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Linley
Tech Seminar Analyzes Multicore Processors and Next-Generation
FPGAs
Program
Features Freescale, AMCC, Cavium, Cswitch, IBM, Xilinx,
Intel, and Teja
MOUNTAIN
VIEW, CA—October
18, 2006—On November 1, The Linley Group presents
a Linley Tech seminar on Programmable Devices for Network
System Design. This one-day event focuses on two distinct
approaches to network system design: high-speed embedded
CPUs vs. advanced FPGAs. The seminar brings together
industry experts and top technologists from leading vendors
to deliver
in-depth technical presentations covering the latest
developments and products. The event is designed to assist
system designers
seeking a high-speed embedded processor or a high-end
FPGA for networking or communications applications.
The morning session, moderated by Linley Gwennap, principal
analyst with The Linley Group, will analyze trends
in embedded CPU design and explore how these processors
are used in
network systems. The discussion will contrast multicore
and single-CPU designs for both control- and data-plane
processing, including recently announced products such
as Cavium's Octeon Plus, Intel's embedded Core 2 processors,
and IBM's PowerPC 970GX. The speakers will also address
power efficiency, interconnect, and software issues.
Joseph Byrne, senior analyst with The Linley Group,
will moderate the afternoon session which focuses
on how to
best utilize advanced FPGAs in system designs, covering
brand-new products such as Xilinx's Virtex-5 LXT
and Cswitch's unique configurable array. These
devices
include many new
features to optimize network system designs. And,
our ever-popular closing panel will challenge the
participants
to defend
their views on the benefits of CPUs vs. NPUs vs.
FPGAs for packet processing.
The speaker list is packed with top technical talent
in this field. Our featured speakers include the
following:
• Dan
Bouvier, Director of Solutions Architecture at AMCC
• Raghib Hussain, Cavium's CTO and VP Software
• Srinivasan Ramani, a senior engineer at IBM
• Pranav Mehta, a senior principal engineer at Intel
• Geoffrey Waters, a senior systems engineer at Freescale
• Joe Byrne, senior analyst at The Linley Group
• Akash Deshpande, CTO of Teja Technologies
• Navneet Rao, a systems architect at Xilinx
• Godfrey D'Souza, VP Engineering at Cswitch
• Linley Gwennap, principal analyst at The Linley Group
This seminar is a great opportunity to get the information
you need to utilize leading-edge technology
to meet your design goals. If you don't believe
us, ask someone who
has attended a Linley Tech seminar: according
to our surveys, more than 97% of the attendees would recommend
our events
to others.
The
seminar, free to qualified individuals who register by
October 27, is targeted at
system
designers, OEMs,
network-equipment vendors, service providers,
carriers, software developers,
press, and the financial community. The
seminar will be held at the Marriott Hotel in Santa
Clara, CA.
For further
details and registration information, visit
our web site.
The
seminar
is sponsored by Freescale, AMCC, Cavium,
Cswitch, IBM and
The Linley Group.
About
The Linley Group
The
Linley Group, the leading provider of independent technology
analysis for networking, communications, and
consumer electronics semiconductors, covers emerging
areas such as high-speed embedded
processors, Gigabit Ethernet, wireless handset processors,
access processors, security and content processors,
and more. The company provides in-depth technology reports
and interactive seminars as well as strategic consulting
services tailored to the individual client. To get free
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