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 The Intel®
PRC IXA University team routinely gathers professors, students and Intel
specialists once a year to review the work done by the program
schools as well review the latest news from Intel. This year
the conference was held in Beijing. The event attracted 57
participants from 19 universities with nearly 50% of these
universities new to the program. They brought in
Doug Davis to deliver keynote speeches. Doug is
General Manager of the CIG Infrastructure Processor Division and has
been a strong supporter of the IXA University Program. Below is a
brief overview of the Conference.
Day 1
- Morning Session Julia Zhu
began the event and welcomed the participants. Doug Davis was
then introduced and he delivered his keynote presentation that
covered innovation, the future of network processors, the importance
of Intel/University relationship to innovation, and the future
direction of the IXA University program. The rest of the morning
contained: an overview of the IXA University Program in China;
roadmap for the IXP2350 platform; industry project updates; and an
introduction to the ENP2611, the IXP2400 development platform
donated to the universities. Day 1
- Afternoon Session The
afternoon session contained a presentation from Wind River and
multiple presentations from IXA University participants. Z.
Wang, of Wind River, gave an update on VxWorks. This was
followed by University sharing on Curriculum and Research. We
heard from BJTU, BUPT, SCUT, SJTU, Tsinghua, UESTC, USTC, and XJTU.
Day 2
The final session
contained development tool presentations, a Stareast project
update/demo, and a group discussion on future plans for research and
curriculum.
Again,
special thanks to everyone who helped make this event successful.
We
look forward to seeing you again next year!
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