FSA Announces 2005 FSA Suppliers Expo Taiwan & Semiconductor Leaders Forum; Second Annual Event to Feature Four Keynote Presenters.

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- FSA, the voice of the global fabless business model, announces its 2005 FSA Suppliers Expo TAIWAN & Semiconductor Leaders Forum will be held November 2 at the Taipei International Convention Center in Taipei. The event, now in its second year, will be co-organized by DigiTimes.

Expo TAIWAN brings together semiconductor industry professionals from around the globe to cultivate and further business partnerships. The exhibition portion offers attendees from fabless, IDM and OEM companies the opportunity to view the latest tools, services and state-of-the-art technologies from semiconductor industry suppliers. Exhibiting companies represented will include those offering services for assembly and packaging; burn-in, test and failure analysis; business information systems; consulting/research; design management systems; design software and services; equipment; foundry; IP and supply chain management. Attendees will include key decision makers throughout IC design/fabless companies from CEOs to purchasing managers to engineers.

This year, the exhibition will feature a Design Outsourcing Pavilion, which will showcase suppliers offering design services, design software, IP providers and IC production turnkey solutions.

The Semiconductor Leaders Forum will run in parallel with the exhibition and will feature keynote presentations from four industry leaders who will share their insights for the semiconductor industry:

--Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO, president, and co-founder, NVIDIA

--Nicholas Brathwaite, CTO, Flextronics

--Dr. Aart de Geus, chairman, co-founder & CEO, Synopsys

--Dr. Tien Wu, president, Americas/Europe and Worldwide Marketing & Sales, ASE Group

This year's Expo will feature a forum for over 50 exhibitors to showcase their products and services and network with executives, managers and engineers from semiconductor companies.

"FSA has seen overwhelming interest and support for our second Suppliers Expo TAIWAN & Semiconductor Leaders Forum, further confirmation to the region's interest for networking, education and collaboration," stated Jodi Shelton, FSA co-founder and executive director. "We have returning exhibitors as well as first-time exhibitors and know that participants will benefit from this opportunity to highlight semiconductor innovation and technology throughout Asia."

Platinum sponsors include: ASE Group, Electronic Engineering Times - Taiwan, TSMC, UMC and the event collaborators CASPA and SIPO.

Complimentary registration is available online through October 31, and onsite registration will require a payment of NT $100. For additional information, visit www.fsa.org/suppliers_expo/taiwan/.

About FSA:

FSA is the voice of the global fabless business model. Incorporated in 1994, FSA positively impacts the growth and return on invested capital of this business model to enhance the environment for innovation. It provides a platform for meaningful global collaboration between fabless companies and their partners; identifies and articulates opportunities and challenges to enable solutions; and provides research, resources, publications and survey information. Members include fabless companies and their supply chain and service partners, representing more than 21 countries across the globe. www.fsa.org.