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Oct 20, 2003 08:00 ET

Altera Discusses the Future of ASICs and the Role of FPGAs in Traffic Management

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- What: Robert Blake, vice president of product planning at Altera Corporation (NASDAQ:ALTR), will discuss the role of ASICs and FPGAs in the future of the semiconductor industry, as well as show how high-performance FPGAs can be used as a co-processor for performing traffic management functions, this week at the Network Processors Conference West in San Jose, CA. Mr. Blake will be participating in two panel discussions called "Are ASICs Dead & What Will Replace Them?" and "Traffic Management Using FPGAs." The conference will focus on the combination of hardware, software and applications related to network processors.

Speaker: Robert Blake, Vice President, Product Planning, Altera

When: Conference: October 21-23, 2003
Presentation: Open Session 304: Are ASICs Dead & What Will Replace Them?
Wednesday, October 22, 2003 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Pacific Time

Session 222: Traffic Management Using FPGAs
Thursday, October 23, 2003 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time
Where: Parkside Hall, San Jose, 180 Park Avenue, San Jose, California 95113

For additional information, or to register, visit: http://www.networkprocessors.com/English/West/index.html

Website: http://www.altera.com/