PCI-SIG Announces 2004 Developers Conference; Conference to Deliver Comprehensive Update on PCI-SIG Technologies.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 2004 PCI-SIG Developers Conference PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 2004 The PCI-SIG(R), the Special Interest Group responsible for PCI Express A high-speed peripheral interconnect from Intel introduced in 2002. Note that although sometimes abbreviated "PCX," PCI Express is not the same as "PCI-X" (see PCI-SIG and PCI-X for comparison). As a result of the confusion, "PCI-E" or "PCIe" is the accepted abbreviation. (TM), PCI-X (PCI eXtended) An enhanced PCI bus technology originally developed by IBM, HP and Compaq that is backward compatible with existing PCI cards. PCI and 32-bit PCI-X slots are physically the same, and PCI cards can plug into PCI-X slots. (R), and Conventional PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). (TM) industry-standard I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output technologies, announced that it will host the 2004 PCI-SIG Developers Conference on June 14 and 15 at the San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. . The 2004 PCI-SIG Developers Conference will provide PCI-SIG members with the latest information on PCI Express and PCI-X technologies including updates on specification development and implementation implications. PCI-SIG experts, including some of the original authors and architects of both PCI Express and PCI-X 2.0 specifications, will present attendees with the most comprehensive technical training available. In addition to technical sessions, an exhibit area will showcase the latest developments and designs based on PCI Express and PCI-X 2.0 architectures and tools from these leading organizations: -- Advanced Switching Interconnect SIG -- Microsoft -- AMD -- NEC Electronics America -- Artisan Components, Inc. -- Nital -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. -- nSys -- Catalyst Enterprises, Inc. -- NVIDIA -- CATC -- PCMCIA -- Denali Software, Inc. -- PLX Technology -- FuturePlus -- Synopsys, Inc. -- HP -- TransEDA, Inc. -- Hyper Transport Consortium -- VMETRO -- LeCroy Corporation -- Wavecrest -- Mentor Graphics "With 550 attendees at our 2003 event, the PCI-SIG Developers Conference is our premier training event each year," said Tony Pierce, PCI-SIG chairman. "Updates and refresher training Refresher training is a form of updating military knowledge of the reservist troops. After one has completed the conscription service, he or she can be called for refresher training for some amount of days. across all the PCI technologies will be available at a variety of levels. This conference also provides a great opportunity for developers to interact with their peers and see the latest technical developments from sponsor companies." Registration All developers are welcome to attend the 2004 PCI-SIG Developers Conference. Registration fee for member companies is $100. For online registration and more information about the conference, please visit http://www.pcisig.com/events/devcon04. Members of press and analysts may receive a complimentary registration pass. For registration and more information about the conference, please visit http://www.pcisig.com/events/devcon04. Compliance Workshop Immediately following the Developers Conference, PCI-SIG will host a three-day compliance workshop in Milpitas, California Milpitas (IPA pronunciation: mɪlpitʌs; inhabitants are called 'Milpitans') is a city in Santa Clara County, California. It is located with San Jose to its south and Fremont to its north, at the eastern end of Highway 237 and generally between Interstate freeways 680 and with registration starting at 6:00 p.m. on June 15. Member companies are invited to bring PCI-based systems or cards to test compliance and interoperability. Testing includes products based on the following technologies: -- PCI Express 1.0a -- Low Profile PCI -- PCI-X 2.0a -- Mini PCI(R) -- Conventional PCI 2.3 and 3.0 -- PCI Hot Plug(R) For more information on the compliance workshop, please visit http://www.pcisig.com/events/compliance_workshop. Benefits of PCI-SIG Membership PCI-SIG members can participate in the review of all PCI specifications before they are released to the industry. If you are interested in becoming a member, please visit the PCI-SIG Web site at www.pcisig.com/membership. PCI-SIG members develop and maintain PCI Express specifications and are actively involved in defining compliance criteria and checklists, as well as other technical enabling collateral. As an additional and extremely valuable benefit of PCI-SIG membership, members are given the right to receive patent licenses from any other member of our organization with necessary claims of patent embodied within our specifications. These licenses may be limited in scope to an implementation of a particular specification, but must be granted to all members on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms. About the PCI-SIG The PCI-SIG is the Special Interest Group that owns and manages PCI specifications as open industry standards. The organization defines and implements new industry standard I/O standard I/O - standard input/output (Input/Output) specifications as the industry's local I/O needs evolve. The PCI Special Interest Group was formed in 1992, and the organization became a nonprofit corporation nonprofit corporation n. an organization incorporated under state laws and approved by both the state's Secretary of State and its taxing authority as operating for educational, charitable, social, religious, civic or humanitarian purposes. , officially named "PCI-SIG" in the year 2000. Currently, more than 860 industry-leading companies are active PCI-SIG members worldwide. The PCI-SIG's current directors are employed by the following PCI-SIG member companies: AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. , Broadcom, HP, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Intel, LSI LSI: see integrated circuit. (Large Scale Integration) Between 3,000 and 100,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, VLSI and ULSI. Logic, Microsoft, Phoenix Technologies, and Texas Instruments. For more information about the PCI-SIG, and PCI-SIG membership benefits, contact the PCI-SIG by phone, at (503) 291-2569 (within the United States), or by fax at (503) 297-1090, or visit the PCI-SIG web site at http://www.pcisig.com. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. |
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