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PCI-SIG Announces 2004 Developers Conference

Conference to Deliver Comprehensive Update on PCI-SIG Technologies

PORTLAND, Ore. - May 11, 2004 - The PCI-SIG®, the Special Interest Group responsible for PCI Express™, PCI-X®, and Conventional PCI™ industry-standard I/O technologies, announced that it will host the 2004 PCI-SIG Developers Conference on June 14 and 15 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. 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:

"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 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 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:

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 http://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 (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, 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, Broadcom, HP, IBM, Intel, LSI 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.

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