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Cool Chips are "Hot" at Hot Chips 2000; Conference at Stanford to Showcase
Cutting-Edge Microprocessor Chip
Technology
Business Editors/High Tech Writers
PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2000--A number of
cool microprocessor chips will make their appearance at the Hot Chips
2000 conference (www.hotchips.org), on Aug. 13-15, 2000 at Stanford
University. Hot Chips is sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society,
Hewlett-Packard, 3Com, Compaq, and Morgan-Kaufman Publishers. The
conference, which focuses on real products and technology, features
presentations that include:
-- Intel giving the first glimpse of the Itanium processor core,
the first IA-64 processor addressing e-Business,
visualization, computation and multimedia through it's 64-bit
architecture and enhanced instruction handling;
-- IBM's Memory eXpansion Technology (MXT), which can double a
computer's memory capacity. This will appear first in IBM's
Netfinity line of servers early next year;
-- IBM researchers will discuss the challenges of building the
world's first five-qubit quantum computer, designed to crunch
complex algorithms using atoms that act as the computer
processor and memory;
-- Two presentations by Transmeta on their new Crusoe(tm)
processor and the unveiling of a new model in this family of
processors. "Crusoe" runs cool because of low power
consumption, but maintains high performance and full x86
compatibility for use in Mobile Internet Computing;
-- Alchemy's Au1000(tm) Internet Edge Processor, a
system-on-a-Chip (SOP)based on the MIPS32 (tm) instruction
set; which can run on a flashlight battery;
-- A presentation by Texas Instruments on the newest extensions
to their venerable c64x DSP architecture, designed to increase
performance for broadband communications and imaging
applications.
"This year's program showcases cutting-edge chip technologies in
networking, communications, quantum/molecular computing, and high
performance, low power computing. This conference allows both
developers and engineers to examine the next generation of
microprocessors," said Bill Dally, program chair for Hot Chips 2000.
The keynote speakers are Professor William Kahan from U.C.
Berkeley who will discuss Marketing vs. Mathematics and Andrew Viterbi
from the Viterbi Group. Kahan will also receive a special award from
the IEEE for his contributions to the floating point standard, which
is used in the largest to the smallest computers.
Other presenters include presenters from industry leaders such as
Cisco, IBM, Intel, Texas Instruments, Stanford University, Sun
Microsystems, Alchemy, C-Port, EmpowerTel Networks, NuCORE, Quarc,
SiByte, Silicon Access, Switchcore, SwitchOn, Texas Instruments,
Transmeta, University of Manchester, The Viterbi Group, and Vitesse.
A major trend this year will be network-oriented processors, with
three full sessions of papers, and a tutorial. There are also sessions
on quantum/molecular computing, low power, high performance computing,
and research processors. In addition to the network processor
tutorial, there will be an Infiniband tutorial, discussing the next
generation of processor interconnect. An evening panel session will be
discussing the timely topic of startups: Start-ups Versus Established
Companies: The Best Way to Innovate.
The conference attracts engineers, technology consultants, media,
academia, venture capitalists, and high tech marketers who are
interested in keeping up with the hottest chips in Silicon Valley.
Registration fees for the Hot Chips conference are $75 for
students, $200 for IEEE/ACM members, and $275 for non-members who
register in advance.
For more information, please contact Vicky Markstein, Publicity
Chair, at 650-851-4588 or via email at vicky@SilverMark.net.
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