Semiconductor Industry Leaders Team to Deliver Worldwide Training Series and Events

Semiconductor Industry Leaders Team to Deliver Worldwide Training Series and Events

March 01, 2007

Avnet, Xilinx, Analog Devices, National Semiconductor and
Texas Instruments Unveil Plans for Worldwide X-Fest
Technical Seminars
 

    PHOENIX and SAN JOSE, Calif., Mar. 1
/Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Avnet Electronics Marketing (NYSE:
AVT) and Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) today announced X-Fest
-- a series of technical seminars offering practical, how-to
training for FPGA, DSP, and embedded systems designers. 
Analog Devices, National Semiconductor and Texas
Instruments are among the list of gold sponsors
participating in the worldwide technical seminar series. 
The series kicks off its 90-city global tour in Beijing
April 3, 2007 and continues through July 13 in locations
throughout Europe, Asia, Japan and North America. For
complete program and registration information, visit
http://em.avnet.com/xfest07 .
 
    The one-day seminars will offer several 90-minute
training courses for attendees to choose from, designed to
provide specialized training on design solutions for FPGA
circuitry and the components surrounding FPGAs. Attendees
will also have access to partner demonstration exhibits
(varying by region) sponsored by Analog Devices, Intel
Flash Memory Group, Lauterbach, LynuxWorks, Murata,
National Semiconductor, Synplicity, Texas Instruments and
The MathWorks, which offer a unique opportunity to explore
some of the latest design solutions. 

    "Joining forces with Xilinx and our valued
partners has allowed us to build an event where an entire
ecosystem of providers will showcase the latest design
solutions that integrate with Xilinx FPGAs," said Tim
Barber, vice president of global Xilinx marketing for Avnet
Electronics Marketing.  "In an intense, single-day
format, design engineers can connect with multiple
suppliers to explore the latest breakthroughs in the FPGA
design space." 

    Attendees will leave X-Fest armed with the tools and
practical knowledge necessary to tackle new and existing
design challenges for embedded processing, DSP, power
supplies, memory interfaces and analog front ends. 

    "X-Fest will deliver a deep dive into the key
technology domains where Xilinx FPGAs deliver unique, high
impact capabilities, such as embedded processing, digital
signal processing, serial connectivity, and logic
design," said Omid Tahernia, vice president and
general manager of the Processing Solutions Group at
Xilinx.  "The use of multiple learning tracks
comprised of very technical 90-minute solution modules will
allow designers to explore and assess how these breakthrough
solutions can be applied to their own design
innovations."

    About Avnet Electronics Marketing

    Avnet Electronics Marketing is an operating group of
Phoenix-based Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a Fortune 500
company. Avnet Electronics Marketing serves electronic
original equipment manufacturers (EOEMs) and electronic
manufacturing services (EMS) providers in 70 countries,
distributing electronic components from leading
manufacturers and providing associated design-chain and
supply-chain services. The group's Web site is located at
http://www.em.avnet.com .

    About Avnet

    With more than 250 locations serving customers in 70
countries worldwide, Avnet (NYSE: AVT) markets, distributes
and adds value to the products of the world's leading
electronic component suppliers, enterprise computer
manufacturers and embedded subsystem providers. 
Additionally, Avnet brings a breadth and depth of service
capabilities, such as supply-chain optimization, logistics
solutions, product assembly, device programming, computer
system integration and engineering design assistance. For
the fiscal year ended July 1, 2006, Avnet generated revenue
of $14.25 billion.  Visit  http://www.avnet.com/ .

    About Xilinx 

    Xilinx, Inc. is the worldwide leader of programmable
logic solutions. For more information, visit
http://www.xilinx.com .


    For more information, please contact:
					
     Tamara Snowden				
     Xilinx North America			
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     Jody Janusch LaRoque
     Avnet Electronics Marketing Public Relations
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     Email: [e-mail]

     Jaime Chan
     Avnet Electronics Marketing Asia
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SOURCE  Avnet