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Power.org Q4 2009 Newsletter

Key Topics: Power.org’s preparation to serve members and Power Architecture® community in 2010. Available collaterals to download (articles, white papers, 2009 Asia PAC presentations). Recap of 2009 members’ accomplishments and market share leadership. 2009 China IC Industry Promotion Conference/4th ChinaChip Award Ceremony. IBM year of national innovation and technology medal and recognition. A guest editorial on key growth market opportunities for Power Architecture community by IMS Research Group. Special feature article by Virage Logic – Effective Processing Solutions for Heterogeneous Multiprocessing. Upcoming events DesignCon 2010 and ISSCC.

For download of Power.org Q4 2009 Newsletter http://www.power.org/news/newsletter/

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