MEDIA RELEASE PR37507
X-Fest Targets Asia in January 2010
HONG KONG, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-Asia-AsiaNet/ --
Practical seminars to help engineers tackle design challenges
Avnet Electronics Marketing and Xilinx have Asia clearly in their sights for X-Fest 2010. The global seminar
series will kick-off its Asia leg in Beijing on 12 January 2010, before moving on to 10 cities in Mainland China,
Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Australia and India.
The 11 Asian sites are part of a 37-location global X-Fest tour. In each of these venues, technical seminars
provide practical, how-to training for FPGA, DSP and embedded systems designers. These one-day seminars
offer several 75-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 also have access to design solutions from sponsors including Cypress Semiconductor, Emerson
Network Power, Intel, Maxim Integrated Products, Molex, National Semiconductor, Numonyx, NXP
Semiconductors, Spansion, Texas Instruments (TI), and Tyco Electronics. Xilinx will showcase multiple
demonstrations and development platforms, including interfacing DDR3 and LPDRAM with the Xilinx
Spartan(R)-6 hard memory controller, interfacing to an analog world, and designing products for the human
experience.
"X-Fest 2010 continues a 12-year tradition of delivering high-quality, deep-dive training on the latest
technology to help engineers simplify their design efforts and improve product design cycles," said Stephen
Wong, president, Avnet Electronics Marketing Asia.
"X-Fest has been a very popular seminar series for engineers. The last X-Fest, which was held in 2007,
attracted over 7,000 attendees across the globe and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive. Engineers
found the topics relevant to their applications and helpful for implementing real world designs. This year, we
are bringing in more suppliers to provide complete solutions to the customers attending this global event,"
Wong said.
X-Fest Asia will take place in the following locations:
City Date
Beijing 12 Jan 2010
Shanghai 14 Jan 2010
Chengdu 19 Jan 2010
Shenzhen 21 Jan 2010
Taipei 26 Jan 2010
Hsinchu 28 Jan 2010
Seoul 2 Feb 2010
Singapore 4 Feb 2010
Melbourne 9 Feb 2010
Sydney 11 Feb 2010
Bangalore 16 Feb 2010
Attendees will leave X-fest armed with the tools and practical knowledge necessary to tackle system level
design for new and existing design challenges for embedded processing, DSP, power supplies, memory
interfaces and analog front ends. For complete information, about X-fest 2010, including full course
About Avnet Electronics Marketing Asia
Avnet Electronics Marketing Asia is part of Phoenix-based Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), a Fortune 500
company with fiscal 2009 sales exceeding USD16.23 billion. Serving customers in more than 70 countries,
Avnet is one of the largest distributors of electronic components, computer products and embedded
technology.
Avnet Electronics Marketing has a significant presence in Asia-Pacific -- the fastest growing electronics
market in the world. With its regional headquarters in Singapore, the company has offices in over 40 locations
in Asia. Avnet Electronics Marketing Asia distributes semiconductors, interconnect, passive and
electromechanical components to serve a wide range of customers including original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs), electronic manufacturing services (EMS) providers, and small- to medium-sized
businesses, and provides associated design-chain and supply-chain services. The company's web site is
For further information please contact:
Jaime Chan
Tel: +852-2410-2735
Email: jaime.chan@avnet.com
Brian Paterson (EBA)
Tel: +852-2537-8022
Email: brian@eba.com.hk
SOURCE Avnet Electronics Marketing Asia
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