MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA--(Marketwire - January 16, 2008) - The Linley Group, the leading provider of
independent technology analysis for networking, communications, and
consumer electronics semiconductors, is pleased to announce that attendance
to its next Linley Tech Seminar will be free to qualified OEMs due to a
joint marketing agreement with corporate and industry sponsors. The one-day
seminar, to be held in San Jose, Calif., will focus on the Design of
Carrier Ethernet Equipment. It will highlight industry trends and zero in
on specific applications using network processors, packet processors,
transport processors, and control-plane processors for applications such as
Ethernet aggregation, Ethernet access and Ethernet-over-optical transport.
"We are pleased to offer this highly qualified technology seminar series to
technical decision makers for free, thanks to the generosity of our
sponsors," said Linley Gwennap, president and principal analyst at The
Linley Group. "Our industry analysts select and screen speakers and content
to ensure that the content is in-depth, application-focused and pertinent
to the needs of the OEM decision maker. For those companies building
carrier Ethernet equipment, this will be an important event, pulling
together in one concentrated day some of the most important suppliers of
enabling technology discussing real-world application challenges and
solutions. Attendees will have a chance to meet, question and interact with
industry participants from leading suppliers in the field and with The
Linley Group analysts who scrutinize and report on the emerging trends in
these market shaping technologies."
"The Linley Tech Seminar is a great forum to inform OEM decision makers of
emerging trends and showcase newly available technologies," said Blaine
Kohl, Vice President of Marketing for the Ethernet Alliance. "Our mission
is to encourage the advancement of existing and emerging IEEE Ethernet
standards and this seminar will highlight the design advantages made
possible by the products and technologies of our members."
Some of the highlights of the scheduled program include:
-- Kyle Aubrey, Global IP Services FAE Team Leader, Freescale, will
present "Building Resilient Carrier-Ethernet Equipment with Freescale's
Multi-Core Processors"
-- Subhash Roy, CTO, AMCC, will present "Enabling Cost-Effective Carrier
Ethernet for the Metro WDM Transport Network"
-- Patrick Bisson, VP Technology Applications, EZchip Technologies, will
present "Challenges in 100Gbps Processing"
-- Liviu Pinchas, Director of Systems Architecture, Wintegra, will
present "Mobile Backhaul over Metro Ethernet"
-- Derek "Mac" McAuley, CTO, Netronome Systems, will present "Network
Flow Processing in Carrier Ethernet"
-- Anders Wirkestrand, Director of Marketing, Xelerated, will present
"Future Carrier-Ethernet Requirements and the Dataflow Architecture"
-- Mike Lardner, VP of Engineering, Lightstorm Networks, will present
"The Follies of Enterprise Silicon in Carrier-Class Networks"
-- Lars A. Pedersen, CTO, TPACK, will present "Building Flexibility into
Carrier-Ethernet Equipment"
Location and Registration
The Linley Group Carrier Ethernet Equipment Design Seminar will be held on
Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at the DoubleTree Hotel in San Jose,
California. For further information and online registration, visit:
http://www.linleygroup.com/Seminars/carrier_ethernet.html
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 and
10G Ethernet, mobile communications 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
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Contact Information: Contact:
Candace Doyle
Company: The Linley Group
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