PR Newswire
Jul 20, 2005 04:35 ET

Top Semiconductor Makers, Including Freescale, Renesas and TSMC, To Participate in Global Sources' Embedded Systems, EDA & Test Conferences

HONG KONG, July 20 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Sources (NASDAQ:GSOL) has confirmed that top semiconductor companies including Freescale, Renesas and TSMC will take part in the fifth annual Embedded Systems Conference-Taiwan (ESC-Taiwan).

ESC-Taiwan will be held from July 27-28 at the Taipei International Convention Center along with the 13th annual Electronic Design Automation & Test-Taiwan Conference & Exhibition (EDA&T-Taiwan).

Mark Saunderson, president of Global Sources' Electronics Business Unit, said: "Taiwan's semiconductor industry is expected to generate US$37 billion in production revenue in 2005. It is Asia-Pacific's most important IC design industry, second only to the United States globally.

"ESC-Taiwan and EDA&T-Taiwan provide leading embedded systems suppliers and EDA tool providers with the opportunity to meet Taiwan's IC design community under one roof. They enable Taiwan designers to learn the latest technologies from the industry's key innovators."

Also confirmed to participate are Agilent Technologies, Ansoft, Cadence Design Systems, Cirrus Logic, IBM Taiwan, Mentor Graphics, Synopsys and Wind River.

More than 3,000 engineers expected to attend

Saunderson said: "Attendance at these events topped 3,000 last year. Pre-registration figures indicate this year's event is expected to top last year's record-breaking numbers of designers and technical managers."

Seventy-six percent of those who attended the last year's events were design or development engineers, 17 percent were engineering managers and 7 percent were test engineers.

In addition, most visitors played a strategic role in the decision-making process-83 percent of visitors at ESC-Taiwan 2004 were already using embedded systems or planning to do so. At EDA&T-Taiwan, 66 percent of visitors said they were planning to purchase EDA tools within the next 18 months.

Cadence Design Systems, IBM Taiwan and Sierra Design Automation among those to lead educational seminars

This year's seminar program provides Taiwan designers with the opportunity to learn new technologies direct from international technology vendors.

EDA&T-Taiwan seminars are scheduled to be hosted by EDA tool companies and distributors including ARC International, Cadence Design Systems, EE Solutions, EverCAD Software, IBM Taiwan, Maojet Technology, Mentor Graphics, PLD Applications, Sequence Design, Sierra Design Automation, Virage Logic and Wipro Technologies.

At ESC-Taiwan, seminars are scheduled to be hosted by embedded systems providers including Agilent Technologies, ARM, Freescale Semiconductor, National Instruments, Renesas Technology, SafeNet Taiwan, Spansion, Tektronix, Tensilica, TeraSoft and Wind River.

STMicroelectronics, Faraday Technology, Xilinx and others to lead discussion forums

Designers can also attend discussion forums featuring technology experts discussing the industry's hottest topics. The forum topics and schedules are:

"Designing video into tomorrow's consumer applications" -- Presenters will include executives from STMicroelectronics, Faraday Technology and MontaVista Software. July 27, 10:00 a.m.

"Design strategies for a globalized design environment" -- Speakers will include executives from Synopsys, Faraday Technology, Mentor Graphics and TSMC. July 27, 1:00 p.m.

"The future of processors for signal processing" -- Presented by Broadcom Corporation, Xilinx and MIPS Technologies and ARM. July 28, 10:00 a.m.

Event exhibition hours are 9:30 am to 5:00 p.m. For more information on ESC-Taiwan, please visit www.escasiaexpo.com . Full details on EDA&T-Taiwan are available in Chinese at www.taiwan.edatexpo.com and in English at www.english.taiwan.edatexpo.com .

About Global Sources

Global Sources is a leading business-to-business (B2B) media company that facilitates global trade, with a particular focus on the Greater China market, by providing information to international buyers and integrated marketing services to suppliers.

We deliver content to our communities through nine vertical marketplaces on Global Sources Online ( www.globalsources.com ) and through specialized magazines, China Sourcing Fairs and technical events. These media serve a growing, independently certified community of more than 430,000 active buyers in over 230 countries and territories. These buyers generate more than 4 million inquiries annually for more than 130,000 suppliers through Global Sources Online alone.

We offer extensive creative services through 150 client service officers, and through more than 850 sales representatives who make approximately 45,000 supplier visits monthly. In mainland China, we have 23 years on-the-ground presence, and are supported by more than 1,200 team members in 44 locations.

Global Sources' solutions are based on 34 years as a trade magazine publisher serving the global trade community, 14 years as a trade management software developer, 13 years as manager of trade shows in Asia, and nine years as an online marketplace operator.

About eMedia Asia Ltd

eMedia Asia Ltd. is a joint venture between Global Sources and CMP, a leading integrated media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum. The joint venture is a leading provider of new technology content, in print and online for the thousands of technology specialists that drive the electronics industry in China and Asia. eMedia Asia Ltd. serves this community's ongoing need for the right information, at the right time through its integrated, local-language web networks, premier technical events and industry leading technical publications Electronic Engineering Times-Asia, Electronic Engineering Times-China and Electronics Supply & Manufacturing-China.

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27-A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21-E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The company's actual results could differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements as a result of the risks associated with the company's business, changes in general economic conditions, and changes in the assumptions used in making such forward-looking statements.

Source: Global Sources Ltd.

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