SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) announces the IP Conference Taiwan 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 Down-turn
• Paul M. Saraceni, chief IP officer, RPX Corporation
  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

This event is complimentary to all semiconductor professionals. This is a great way to have multiple executives from your organization network with colleagues and collaborate on future opportunities. To register for this event, visit www.gsaglobal.org/events/2009/0507/.

The GSA IP Conference Taiwan was made possible through the support of the diamond sponsors, Andes Technology, ChipEstimate.com, Global Unichip Corp and TSMC as well as our event collaborator, TSIA.

For more information, please visit www.gsaglobal.org/events/2009/0507/.

About GSA:

The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) mission is to accelerate the growth and increase the return on invested capital of the global semiconductor industry by fostering a more effective fabless ecosystem through collaboration, integration and innovation. It addresses the challenges within the supply chain including IP, EDA/design, wafer manufacturing, test and packaging to enable industry-wide solutions. Providing a platform for meaningful global collaboration, the Alliance identifies and articulates market opportunities, encourages and supports entrepreneurship, and provides members with comprehensive and unique market intelligence. Members include companies throughout the supply chain representing 25 countries across the globe. www.gsaglobal.org