The Silicon Valley Chapter - IPC Designers Council Next meeting will take place on Tuesday July 13, 2004 Location: Mentor Graphics San Jose (1001 Ridder Park Drive). Time: 11:30AM - 1:30PM $1 for members; $5 for non-members RSVP required > send to [log in to unmask] DOOR PRIZE: $25 IPC Publication Certificate Topic: HyperTransport Implementation, a practical approach Presented by Brian Holden The Items that will be cover are the following; Over view of HyperTransport Point To Point interconnect Routing guidelines, such as impedance matching, timing budgets etc. Examples on routing issues for typical applications, such as PC motherboards, embedded systems? How does it compared to PCI-Xpress About Brian Holden Brian Holden is a principal engineer in PMC-Sierra's Microprocessor Products Division. He is also the Technical Chair of the HyperTransport Consortium and serves on the Board of Directors of the NPF. Prior to joining PMC-Sierra, Mr. Holden was the CEO and co-founder of Network Synthesis, Inc., which was acquired by IgT, where he was CTO. IgT was acquired by PMC-Sierra in April 1998. From 1983 to 1991, Mr. Holden was a co-founder and manager of StrataCom, Inc where he co-architected and co-designed the IPX, the first commercial cell switch. Mr. Holden has served as a member of the HyperTransport Consortium, the ATM Forum, the NPF, and the IEEE 802.17 (RPR) task force. Mr. Holden holds 17 U.S. patents including StrataCom's original ATM patents. Mr. Holden graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Davis in 1981 with highest honors. In 1993, he received a Master of Business Administration from Cornell University with graduate coursework in computer science. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil. To set a vacation stop for delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------