Advanced Switching SIG Hosts Technical Seminar in Munich; Free One-Day Seminar Precedes Electronica Industry Tradeshow.

WHAT:         ASI SIG European Technical Seminar

WHO:          The Advanced Switching Interconnect Special Interest
              Group (ASI SIG)

WHEN:         Monday, November 8, 2004 - 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

WHERE:        Siemens facility in Munich, Richard Strauss St. 76,81679

REGISTER:     http://www.asi-sig.org/press/events/tech_seminarpr

DETAILS:      ASI SIG will present a one-day technical seminar, free
              and open to both ASI SIG members and non-members. The
              seminar will explore in-depth knowledge of ASI protocols
              and features a variety of technical sessions from
              speakers who are steering their companies'
              standards-based backplane interconnect solutions
              strategy. It will include keynote sessions by Simon
              Stanley of Earlswood Marketing and Heavy Reading, as
              well as a representative from Siemens.

              As a precursor to the Electronica tradeshow in Munich,
              the ASI SIG seminar is an ideal event for individuals
              planning to be in the area and looking to learn more
              about Advanced Switching and the rapidly growing
              ecosystem of supporting products. The seminar program
              includes a continental breakfast, lunch and closing
              reception. Seating is limited and will be available on
              a first come, first served basis.

TARGET
AUDIENCE:     IC Design Engineers, Test & Verification Engineers,
              Communications System Designers, Embedded System
              Designers, Engineering Managers, Test Engineers, Board
              Designers, Software Engineers, Consultants, Design
              Houses, System Analysts, Venture Capitalists, and
              Marketing and PR Personnel.

HIGHLIGHTS
OF PROGRAM:   --  Welcome and Update - ASI SIG President
              --  ASI SIG keynote address - Siemens
              --  ASI Core Architecture - Intel
              --  ASI Protocol Interface Spec Overview - Vitesse
              --  Software Fabric Management - IDT
              --  Fabric Landscape & Challenges - Industry Analyst
                  Simon Stanley, Earlswood Marketing and contributor
                  to Heavy Reading
              --  ASI in Access/Edge, Bladed Server & Storage Apps
                  - Stargen
              --  ASI in a Scalable Intelligent Video Server System
                  - Xyratex

For further information on this event please contact ASI SIG administration at [e-mail] or call 503-291-2566.

About the ASI SIG

The Advanced Switching Interconnect SIG (ASI SIG) is a non-profit collaborative trade organization tasked with developing and supporting a switched interconnect and data fabric interface specification for communications, storage and embedded equipment, termed Advanced Switching Interconnect (ASI), based on the PCI Express architecture. The ASI SIG's board of directors and members, comprised of industry-leading equipment manufacturers and semiconductor and tools vendors, has more than 55 members to date. In addition to ongoing technical development of the specification, these member companies help to define, develop and market ASI. Different membership levels provide differing levels of influence, involvement and responsibility. The overall tasks performed by the members of the SIG include establishing broad industry awareness, ongoing technical development and enabling rapid industry adoption through training programs, ecosystem development, and interoperability and compliance testing. The board of directors includes Agere, Alcatel, Huawei, Intel, Siemens, Vitesse and Xilinx. More information can be found at www.asi-sig.org.