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Wind River to Be Global Platinum Sponsor of 2007 Freescale Technology Forum

AUSTIN, Texas--Freescale Semiconductor and Wind River, an industry leader in device software optimization (DSO), will showcase their products and services at Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) venues worldwide, with Wind River becoming a global platinum sponsor of the 2007 FTF program.

The global platinum sponsorship builds on Freescale and Wind Rivers strategic alliance and underscores their joint commitment to delivering value-added solutions to their shared, targeted markets.

Our presence at FTF events around the world provides us with countless opportunities to speak directly with key players in the developer community, said Chris Morgan, senior director of business development and strategic alliances at Wind River. We have seen tremendous value in sponsoring FTF over the years. It is a great way to build on existing relationships within the Freescale ecosystem as well as develop new business.

This platinum sponsorship continues the long and fruitful history of collaboration between our two organizations, said Jeff Timbs, marketing director for Freescales Digital Systems Division. The 2007 series of worldwide FTF events offers Wind River excellent opportunities to demonstrate its class-leading DSO solutions to the entire Freescale ecosystem.

FTF has become recognized as the developer event of the year for the embedded semiconductor industry and has drawn more than 10,000 attendees at FTF events worldwide since its inception. The global locations and dates for the FTF 2007 program are:

  • FTF Americas: June 25-28 in Orlando, Fla.
  • FTF Japan: Sept. 12 in Tokyo
  • FTF EMEA: Oct. 9-10 in Paris and Oct. 16-17 in Munich
  • FTF China: Nov. 6-7 in Shanghai
  • FTF India: Nov. 19-20 in Bangalore

For more information, visit www.freescale.com/FTF.

About Freescale Semiconductor

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. The privately held company is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies with sales of $6.2 billion (USD) for the previous four quarters. www.freescale.com

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