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November 30, 2005 05:01 AM US Pacific Timezone

In-Stat Announces Call for Papers for Spring Processor Forum 2006

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 2005--Participate in the industry's most important event for new microprocessors and related announcements. In-Stat, publisher of Microprocessor Report and the forum host, invites you to submit proposals for presentations at Spring Processor Forum, to be held May 16-17, 2006, in San Jose, Calif. This year's theme will be Power-Efficient Design.

We are looking for technical presentations from leading companies and innovative startups that will show how the industry's best engineers are designing powerful single- and multi-core processors without busting their power budgets. SPF 2006 will also tackle the power-efficiency problem at the system level, with presentations geared for system designers as well as chip developers.

We are now seeking presentations on the following topics:

-- PC processors

-- Server processors

-- General-purpose low-power embedded processors

-- General-purpose high-performance embedded processors

-- Processors for consumer electronics and other application-specific designs

-- Digital signal processors

-- Intellectual property (IP) and tools for system-on-chip (SoC) design

-- New technologies for semiconductor design and manufacturing

-- Software and programming tools for power-efficient system design

Your presentation should be technically deep and market-relevant, with emphasis on new disclosures. Most presentations will be 20 minutes long, but we are also soliciting presentations up to 40 minutes long for topics of special interest.

No other conference has showcased as many new and exciting microprocessors as our prestigious forums have over the past 18 years. Use our online submission form at www.in-stat.com/spf/06 to submit your proposal for Spring Processor Forum today!

Deadline for proposals is Jan. 20, 2006.

About In-Stat

In-Stat (www.in-stat.com) is the leading provider of actionable research, assessments and market forecasts of semiconductors and advanced communications equipment and services. Our forecasts, analysis, and insights are derived from both a deep technology understanding and a unique research methodology, which examines each segment of the value chain for each market. Technology vendors, service providers, technology professionals and market specialists, worldwide, rely on In-Stat's tenured, experienced staff and in-depth research to support critical technology, product and success decisions.

In-Stat is a strategic segment of the $8 billion Reed Elsevier global information network, with access to an expansive worldwide electronic network, extensive technology databases and well-informed personnel. In-Stat analysts gain exceptional insight into geographic marketplaces and specific technologies within markets such as electronics, cable and wireless. As a member of Reed Business Information, In-Stat is a division of the largest business-to-business publisher in the United States.