GSA's IP Conference Taiwan starts May 7

SAN JOSE, USA: The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) has announced that the IP Conference Taiwan will be taking place in Hsinchu, Taiwan on May 7, 2009.

Intellectual Property (IP) is considered by some as a corporate asset that can be leveraged to increase growth and create revenue generating opportunities for organizations, worldwide. The GSA, the platform for global semiconductor collaboration, has organized this conference to educate the industry on the ways they can utilize IP to positively impact their bottom-line.

This event, focused on the risks, opportunities and rewards of strategizing for a healthy IP ecosystem, features a robust program with distinguished speakers from the global community.

It offers semiconductor professionals and executives the chance to listen to industry leaders present their perspectives on the effects of IP as it relates to their core business strategy. GSA has brought together a team of experts to speak on the challenges faced by the IP community in this global market.

Presenters include:
* Brani Buric, executive vice president, Virage Logic: Strategies for Managing Development Costs & Risks at Advanced Technology Nodes.
* Dr. Charles Hsu, president, eMemory Technology: Future Prospective of Programmable Logic Non-Volatile Memory.
* Frankwell Lin, president, Andes Technology: CPU System-Level Optimization for Cost Reduction to Fight Downturn.
* Paul M. Saraceni, chief IP officer, RPX Corp.: IP Litigation During Economic Hard Times: Are You Ready?
* Dr. Alan Su, TSoCC ESL WG chair and ESL group leader, GUC: A New IP Verification Flow Using ESL.
* Dr. Kuo Wu, director, Design Infrastructure Business Development Program, TSMC: Quality of Result--More Than Just Quality.