HONG KONG, Aug. 17 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Sources (NASDAQ-GS: GSOL) opened Taiwan's leading technology conferences and exhibition with a keynote address from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's Dr. Fu-Chieh Hsu, vice president of Design and Technology Platform. Hsu will advise how advances in circuit and process modeling technologies can improve the bottom line for IC design companies. ( Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030303/LNM011LOGO-b ) The events, which run through tomorrow at Taipei International Convention Center, are: -- 6th annual Embedded Systems Conference-Taiwan (ESC-Taiwan) -- 14th annual EDA & Test-Taiwan Conference and Exhibition (EDA&T-Taiwan) "The industry regards the events as the annual gathering for the world's embedded and EDA technology leaders," said Global Sources' Electronics Business Unit President Mark Saunderson. "With speakers such as Dr. Hsu, the two-day conferences and exhibitions are must-attend events for design engineers. "The expected 3,000 attendees will network with peers and learn from global industry leaders, including Advanced Micro Devices, Atmel, Intel, Renesas, United Microelectronics Corporation and Wind River. "We have a professional line-up of top speakers at 30 educational sessions, offering solutions to address challenges facing IC and system designers in this fast-paced industry. For 14 years, leading experts have presented the latest solutions at EDA&T-Taiwan, earning it the reputation as Asia-Pacific's longest running, most-established EDA event. "In the past six years, technology leaders have made it a point to participate at ESC-Taiwan, which is part of the Embedded Systems Conference series -- the largest system design event in Asia and North America." Atmel, Renesas, Spansion, AMD and Cadence to Lead Technical Seminars Embedded systems providers to host ESC-Taiwan seminars are: Agilent Technologies, Atmel, CoWare, National Instruments, Renesas Technology, Spansion and TeraSoft. EDA tool companies and distributors to present at EDA&T-Taiwan seminars are: Ansoft, AVANT, AMD, Cadence, Incentia Design Systems and Maojet Technology. Saunderson said: "Last year's conference programs drew standing room only crowds of design engineers. We expect the carefully selected and expertly prepared topics to again be very well attended." A panel of experts will discuss embedded system design and application breakthroughs at these technology summits. Topics will include: -- Designing TV-on-the-go -- Presenters are senior executives from Frontier Silicon, Imagination Technologies, MontaVista Software and Philips Semiconductors. -- Multi-core SoCs -- Speakers are directors and managers from Altera, ARM, Sunplus Technology, Trolltech ASA and Wind River. ESC-and EDA&T-Taiwan to Host World's Technology Leaders Many of the world's largest technology companies, including AMD, Intel, Renesas, TSMC, UMC and Wind River will showcase their products at ESC- and EDA&T-Taiwan. Saunderson said: "The events enable Taiwan's design engineers to meet face-to-face with industry leaders from around the world. This gives them exceptional insight into latest developments in the embedded and EDA technology segments." More than 3,000 Design Engineers Expected to Attend, Drawn by New Participants "Taiwan is Asia-Pacific's single most important hub for chip design," Saunderson said. "Its IC industry is forecast to generate US$39 billion in revenue this year, making it very attractive to technology companies worldwide." This year's events have attracted new participants from the US, Europe, Israel, India, Japan and Malaysia. These companies include Atmel, Axiomatic Solutions, CEVA, Cyan Asia, Intel, Ittiam Systems, Keithley Instruments, ON DEMAND Microelectronics, Silterra, Tanner EDA and Zuken. Saunderson said: "More than 2,800 designers and technical managers participated in last year's events. We expect attendance this year to top last year's record, as engineers attend to meet new exhibitors such as Atmel, Intel and Zuken." Attendees play a strategic role in technology purchasing decisions for their companies. At the 2005 events, 70 percent of attendees were design or development engineers, and 15 percent were engineering managers. Sixty-one percent of visitors at ESC-Taiwan 2005 specified, recommended and approved embedded systems/software purchases. At EDA&T-Taiwan, 52 percent specified, recommended and approved the purchase of EDA tools. Event Opening Hours and Complete Details Exhibition hours are 9:30am to 5:00pm. Admission is free to qualified attendees. More information about ESC-Taiwan's exhibitors and conference program is available at http://www.escasiaexpo.com/ . Details for EDA&T-Taiwan are available at http://www.edatexpo.com/ . ESC-Taiwan and EDA&T-Taiwan are organized by Electronic Engineering Times-Asia (EET-Asia), a bi-monthly trade magazine published through a joint venture between Global Sources and CMP. Electronic Engineering Times-Asia and its website, http://www.eetasia.com/ , are an important part of Global Sources' product information services, which include Global Sources trade magazines, Global Sources Online ( http://www.globalsources.com/ ) , China Sourcing Reports ( http://www.chinasourcingreports.com/ ) , Global Sources Direct ( http://www.globalsourcesdirect.com/ ) and the China Sourcing Fairs ( http://www.chinasourcingfair.com/ ) . For more information, visit http://www.corporate.globalsources.com/ . About Global Sources Global Sources is a leading business-to-business (B2B) media company and a primary facilitator of two-way trade with Greater China. The core business is facilitating trade from Greater China to the world, using a wide range of English-language media. The other key business segment facilitates trade from the world to Greater China using Chinese-language media. The company provides sourcing information to volume buyers and integrated marketing services to suppliers. It helps a community of over 530,000 active buyers source more profitably from complex, overseas supply markets. With the goal of providing the most effective ways possible to advertise, market and sell, Global Sources enables suppliers to sell to hard-to-reach buyers in 230 countries. The company offers the most extensive range of media and export marketing services in the industries it serves. It delivers information on 1.8 million products and more than 130,000 suppliers annually through 11 online marketplaces, ten monthly magazines, over 100 sourcing research reports and 14 trade shows, including six China Sourcing Fairs. Suppliers receive more than 7 million sales leads annually from buyers through Global Sources Online ( http://www.globalsources.com/ ) alone. Global Sources has been facilitating global trade for 35 years. In mainland China it has over 1,400 team members in 44 locations, and a community of over 1 million registered online users and magazine readers for Chinese-language media. About eMedia Asia Ltd eMedia Asia Ltd. is a joint venture between Global Sources and CMP, a leading integrated media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum. The joint venture is a leading provider of new technology content, in print and online for thousands of technology specialists that drive the electronics industry in China and Asia. eMedia Asia Ltd. serves this community's ongoing need for the right information, at the right time through its integrated, local-language web networks, premier technical events and industry leading publications -- Electronic Engineering Times-Asia and Electronics Supply & Manufacturing-China. 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