ADVISORY/Let There Be Light!: Panel Hosted by IEEE Spectrum Illuminates the Applications of Gallium Nitride at COMDEX Fall 2002.

Business Editors

COMDEX Fall 2002

ADVISORY...for Tuesday (Nov. 19)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

IEEE Spectrum 

WHAT:     Gallium nitride recently revolutionized the market for
          light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by making possible the first
          green, blue, and violet LEDs and creating a market worth
          over half a billion dollars a year. Now, researchers are
          closing in on the next stage in the commercialization of
          gallium nitride, which will feature blue and violet lasers,
          that will be at the heart of digital video consoles and
          optical data-storage systems. Laser printers with twice the
          resolution of today's models are expected to debut not long
          after. Finally, a little further out, are gallium-nitride
          transistors, which will be used in amplifiers in future
          high-speed wireless base stations and satellite
          communications terminals.  IEEE Spectrum Executive Editor
          Glenn Zorpette will explore this topic joined by the
          following experts in this field:

            -   John W. Palmour, Director, Advanced Services, Cree,
                Inc.

            -   Steven DenBaars, Professor, Electrical Engineering,
                University of California, Santa Barbara

            -   Noble Johnson, Manager, Optoelectronics, Palo Alto
                Research Center

WHEN:     Tuesday, Nov. 19, 10:30 - 11:45 a.m.

WHERE:    COMDEX Fall 2002, Las Vegas Convention Center, North 252

DETAILS:  IEEE Spectrum is producing "Crystal Ball: Technology
          Infusions," a five-panel track part of the business
          technology conference at COMDEX Fall 2002. Each panel
          focuses on one of five emerging technologies that are likely
          to have a significant impact on the IT industry within the
          next three to five years. In addition to gallium nitride,
          technologies to be explored are organic electronics, the
          semantic Web, speech recognition technology and autonomic
          computing.

          IEEE Spectrum is a top science and technology magazine whose
          core strength is its ability to round up top industry
          professionals to provide informed, expert commentary on the
          most important science and technology concerns of our time
          in each issue. The magazine serves as a source of
          information on trends in science and technology for everyone
          from the computer programmer, to the CEO to the average
          consumer.

INTERVIEWS: Immediately following each panel, IEEE Spectrum editors
            and panelists will be available for interviews and Q&A at
            the Media/Analyst Facility, Central Hall 2 (C2 Entrance) -
            Room B. To view product prototypes and obtain additional
            information about each emerging technology, visit IEEE
            Spectrum Booth # 7958.

CONTACT:  On-site Contacts:  Tim Heffernan [phone] /
          Henry Feintuch [phone]

          R.S.V.P. via phone or e-mail to: Scott Berwitz / Vu Chung
          KCSA Public Relations Worldwide
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