Savant Company Inc. Announces the Opening of Early Bird Registration for the 6th...

Savant Company Inc. Announces the Opening of Early Bird Registration for the 6th International System-on-Chip (SoC) Conference, Exhibit, and Workshops November 5 and 6, 2008, Radisson Hotel Newport Beach, California

IRVINE, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Savant Company Inc. today announced the opening of Early Bird
Registration for the 6th International System-on-Chip (SoC)
Conference, to be held at the Radisson Hotel Newport Beach,
California, on Wednesday, November 5, and Thursday, November 6, 2008.
For registration and detailed Conference information, visit:

http://www.SavantCompany.com/SoC6-Nov08/main.htm

or

http://www.SoCconference.com

Tensilica, Novelics, and the British Consulate-General's Trade &
Investment department are Platinum sponsors, and Mentor Graphics is
the Gold Sponsor of this year's event.

Four distinguished Keynote Speakers represent both industry and
academia:

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Professor Rao Tummala, Georgia Institute of Technology
Ms. Rose Schooler, General Manager, Intel
Mr. Joachim Kunkel, VP and General Manager, Synopsys
Dr. Nader Engheta, University of Pennsylvania
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"Altera's leading-edge 40 nm FPGA technology enables system
architects to use the inherent capabilities of programmable logic as a
highly viable solution for complex SoCs," said Dr. Mojy Chian, Vice
President of Technology Development, Altera Corporation. "At the 6th
International SoC Conference and Workshops, we are presenting our 40
nm FPGA solutions to conference attendees and conducting a half-day
workshop focusing on leading-edge, high-speed FPGA transceiver
technology that examines the performance and capabilities of Altera's
new Stratix IV GX FPGA. We believe this is an outstanding forum for us
to share our latest technology with a very targeted and focused
engineering audience."

"We are extremely happy with the outstanding industry response and
support that we have been receiving for this targeted event," said
Farhad Mafie, President and CEO of Savant Company Inc. "This year's
event fosters a unique collaboration of highly recognized industry
experts and the academic scientific research community in an effort to
present the most up-to-date, advanced topics in chip design to our
technical audience."

In less than 6 years, the annual International SoC Conference has
become the premier event for the engineering communities that are
involved in new SoC, ASIC, CSSP, ASSP, and FPGA-based designs or are
working with Foundry Services on a worldwide basis.

About Savant Company Inc.

Savant Company Inc. provides marketing, business development, and
sales consulting services for semiconductor IP and IC companies, as
well as providing leading-edge conferences, seminars, marketing and
technology intelligence reports, and executive briefings on a
worldwide basis. Savant Company Inc. is independently owned and
independently operated and is incorporated in the State of California.
For additional information on the company or its products and
services, please visit www.SavantCompany.com or www.SoCconference.com.

For marketing inquiries, please e-mail Marketing@SavantCompany.com
or call 949-851-1714.

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respective owners.

Savant Company Inc.
Joe Tinervia, Marcom Director, 949-851-1714
SoC@SavantCompany.com

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