PCI-SIG Member Benefits at DesignCon 2000

[Laurie Johnson <lauriej@mkinc.com>]

PCI-SIG has become an Associate Sponsor of DesignCon 2000 to be held January
31-February 3, 2000 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara CA.
Member company employees are entitled to a 15% discount off any registration
package at the meeting.  
PCI-SIG is pleased to be along side the many other sponsor organizations
including Agilent Technologies, the International Engineering Consortium,
Cahners Electronics Group, VSIA, VCX, RAPID, and the SIA.  
With more than 100 sessions, 13 Technical Forums and 5 panels to select
from, you can easily choose the sessions right for you and your design team.
Additionally, you will find many of your colleagues speaking at the
sessions.  This discount on the educational sessions, complimentary
conference proceedings on CD-ROM, and access to lunches, receptions, and
exhibits makes DesignCon 2000 an excellent educational value!   Visit
www.designcon.com <http://www.designcon.com>  to view the entire program,
and register on-line!  

DesignCon 2000 features the latest design-engineering techniques and
strategies in four exciting educational conferences.  Attend DesignCon 2000
and you will discover the industry's innovations from your peers and
senior-level executives in more than 10 sessions in the following
conferences: 
*	System-on-Chip Design Conference
*	High Performance System Design Conference
*	Wireless and Broadband Design Conference
*	Intellectual Property (IP) World Forum

In addition to these conferences, attendees will find many sessions with an
emphasis in Embedded Design, PLD,s and FPGAs. 

Conference Highlights Keynote Speakers:
Ahmed Nawaz, Vice President, Integrated-Circuits, Microlectronics Group,
Lucent Technologies will speak on Tuesday, February 1, from 11:30am -
12:30pm.
Willem P. Roelandts, President and CEO, Xilinx, will speak on Thursday,
February 3, from 11:30am - 12:45pm.  
Can't attend sessions?  Visit the Demonstrations and Exhibits
Along with more than 120 other organizations in the EDA, Semiconductor, and
IP industries *PCI-SIG will exhibit at DesignCon 2000 - delivering
technology solutions to the world's design-engineering community.  For a
full list of Demonstrators and Exhibitors, visit
<http://www.designcon.com/2000/exhibit.html
<http://www.designcon.com/2000/exhibit.html> >. 
Questions?  Our team of professionals is ready to answer your questions
about registration, housing, and the conferences, simply call
+1-312-559-4600 or e-mail our team at designcon@iec.org
<mailto:designcon@iec.org> .