WILSONVILLE, Ore.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—March 14, 2006— EDA Tech Forum, a key technical and networking resource for the electronics engineering community, today announced its 2006 worldwide event series. With 18 one-day conferences scheduled for North America, Europe, Japan, and the Pacific Rim, the EDA Tech Forum will deliver a wealth of technical information to help electronics engineers tackle today's toughest design challenges. Premier sponsors of the EDA Tech Forum include Altera, ARM, Calypto, Chartered Semiconductor, CMP Electronics Group, Hewlett Packard, Lattice Semiconductor, Mentor Graphics, The Mathworks, PDF Solutions, Silicon Canvas, and Sun Microsystems.

The series, which is expected to attract more than 7500 attendees worldwide, kicks off with its first event in Long Beach, California, on April 10, 2006. Michael Rogers, interactive media pioneer and journalist, and Jim Feldhan, Semico Research founder, will deliver the keynotes. Rogers, author of the weblog The Practical Futurist, and one of the nation's leading experts on the impact of technology on business and society will talk about the future of media technology. Feldhan will discuss current and future applications that will drive design starts for the next several years.

The EDA Tech Forum consists of technical sessions and hands-on self-paced workshops that address real-life design issues in electronic systems level (ESL) design, functional verification, analog/mixed-signal (AMS) design and verification, design for manufacturability (DFM), and system design. It also includes a vendor fair showcasing the latest design technology and tools available.

Future scheduled events for 2006 include:

-- April 24, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

-- May 9, Tempe, AZ

-- May 17, Austin, TX

-- May 30, Munich, Germany

-- June 1, Paris, France

-- June 13, Wantage, UK

-- August 15, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan

-- August 17, Beijing, China

-- August 21, Shanghai, China

-- August 23, New Delhi, India

-- August 25, Bangalore, India

-- August 28, Penang, Malaysia

-- August 30, Seoul, Korea Republic

-- September 1, Tokyo, Japan

-- September 5, Kyoto, Japan

-- October 9, Santa Clara, CA

-- October 23, Boston, MA

In addition to the worldwide series of events, the EDA Tech Forum also offers the EDA Tech Forum quarterly technical journal, which is available as a printed or online publication. The magazine provides a forum in which to discuss, debate, and communicate the electronic industry's most pressing issues, challenges, methodologies, problem-solving techniques, and trends.

To register for upcoming EDA Tech Forums, or to obtain more information about the EDA Tech Forum journal, please visit www.edatechforum.com, or call 1-800-547-8016.

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