NEWTON, MA – June 28, 2005 – Global Technology Conferences, Inc. (GTC) today announced that Peter Hofstee will lead a session on the IBM Cell Processor as part of the Multi-Core Processor Tutorial at GSPx 2005. GSPx 2005, the pervasive signal processing event, will take place October 24-27 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in California.
“The use of multi-core processors, such as the IBM Cell Processor, opens new doors for the industry,” said Dr. Amnon Aliphas, GSPx conference chair. “Attendees at this year’s conference will have the opportunity to help drive this rapidly evolving industry forward by participating in the Multi-Core Processor Tutorial session. IBM Cell Processors will be able to use ultra high-speed broadband connectivity to interoperate with one another as one complete system. The Cell’s underlying architecture will enable it to manifest itself into many forms for many purposes, helping to open up a whole new set of applications”.
One of the multi-core sessions will be led by Dr. H. Peter Hofstee, Cell Chief Scientist and Cell Synergistic Processor Chief Architect, with the IBM Systems and Technology Group. Hofstee joined the IBM Austin Research Laboratory in 1996 where he worked on the world’s first 1GHz CMOS integer microprocessor. In 2001, he was one of the founding members of the joint Sony-Toshiba-IBM design center in Austin to develop the next generation of microprocessors for the broadband era. Dr. Hofstee received his Ph.D. in computer science from Caltech in 1995 and was on faculty there through 1996.
“Dr. Hofstee’s participation in the conference is a huge plus for the industry,” said Dr. Winthrop Smith, leader of the Multi-Core Processor Tutorial. “The cell processor will affect all players in the digital entertainment, enterprise computing and semiconductor industry sectors. Dr. Hofstee will be able to share his unique insight with conference attendees.”
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About GSPx 2005
GSPx 2005 is the most comprehensive embedded solutions event with white paper presentations, technical workshops, technology panels, new products on the exhibit floor, and the First-Look New Product Forum. The conference targets design engineers and senior-level executives responsible for the development and management of embedded technologies as well as products incorporating such solutions. GSPx 2005 will cover embedded applications for automotive, biomedical, distributed processing, entertainment, image processing, radar imaging, security, speech processing, telecommunications, video and wireless. To register or exhibit at GSPx 2005, or for more information, visit www.gspx.com.
