[Speakers] SVLUG October 2002

[Steve Traugott]

Hi Peter,

On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 04:06:59PM -0700, Peter Ryser wrote:
> Speaker: Peter Ryser, Xilinx Inc
> Topic: Sophisticated Embedded Linux Systems based on the Virtex-II Pro FPGA

That topic will wrap badly on both the web site and on e-mail
announcement 'Subject:' lines.  Can we use one of these, or a variant?

  Embedded Linux on the Virtex-II Pro FPGA
  Embedded Linux on the Virtex-II Pro 
  An FPGA for Embedded Linux 

Preferences?  (I think the last will draw the best audience.)

Steve

> 
> I hope this helps.
> 
> Regards,
> - Peter
> 
> 
> Michael Baxter wrote:
> 
> > Hi Peter,
> >
> > I got this email very late Tuesday night, and did not want to speak for
> > you, even to name the topic. So, rather than my replying, I thought I'd
> > forward to you, so you could maybe handle in the morning.
> >
> > Could you answer Joyce's request?
> >
> > Best,
> > Michael
> >
> >   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Subject: Re: SVLUG speaking engagement request
> > Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 22:51:10 -0700
> > From: Joyce Cao Traugott <joyce at terraluna.org>
> > To: Steve Traugott <stevegt at terraluna.org>
> > CC: Michael Baxter <Michael.Baxter at xilinx.com>, Don Marti <dmarti at zgp.org>,
> >      speakers at svlug.org
> > References: <3CFE634A.450E50F4 at xilinx.com> <20020605122548.A3137 at scramjet.TerraLuna.Org>
> >
> > Hi Michael,
> >
> > Is the speaker going to be Peter Ryser himself?  If you don't have the
> > detailed description/bio ready, a topic would be all I need right now to
> > update the website.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Joyce
> >
> > Steve Traugott wrote:
> > >
> > > Absolutely.  Let's do this.  Joyce, we haven't booked October yet,
> > > right?
> > >
> > > All I need is a description/bio like the one attached.
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 12:15:22PM -0700, Michael Baxter wrote:
> > > > Hi Steve,
> > > >
> > > > My name is Michael Baxter, and I work at Xilinx, which makes Field
> > > > Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) devices. I'm also a friend of Don
> > > > Marti's, who has managed to drag me to the masthead of Linux Journal,
> > > > where I make some contributions with the editorial staff. I also do some
> > > > collaboration on Open Source EDA tools, here in Silicon Valley.
> > > >
> > > > The reason I'm emailing you is that I'd like to request a speaking
> > > > engagement opportunity at the October SVLUG meeting, on behalf of my
> > > > Xilinx colleague Peter Ryser.
> > > >
> > > > Peter has been managing the embedded Linux software program at Xilinx,
> > > > for our Virtex-II Pro FPGA devices. These FPGAs are way cool,
> > > > incorporating a PowerPC 405 core, along with a user-programmable
> > > > flexible logic fabric, Multi-Gigabit Transceiver (MGT) cores, and other
> > > > stuff. This family of FPGAs is going to be very cool for embedded Linux
> > > > applications, because they allow a high-end systems to be flexibly
> > > > constructed according to the user's design, all on a single chip. The
> > > > FPGA device even allows reconfiguration after embodied in a system, such
> > > > as over the Internet. Peter also has worked on the software tools
> > > > development effort for this FPGA family.
> > > >
> > > > We'd like to show the SVLUG audience a test and development board
> > > > running Linux directly on the PPC in the FPGA device doing cool things.
> > > > I saw a demo this morning, and it was running Quake on an xterm, on a
> > > > color TFT LCD display. The reason for the October request is that all
> > > > this hardware/software is very new, and a little unstable at present,
> > > > plus the FPGAs are literally right off the fab line. We want to present
> > > > something a lot more solid, and October is a preferred date, to give us
> > > > the set up time needed.
> > > >
> > > > For reference, here's a relatively recent media alert on Virtex-II Pro,
> > > > for a CAD-related trade-show:
> > > > http://www.xilinx.com/prs_rls/software/0287dacmediaalert.html
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, could you let me know soon if you have the interest, and whether
> > > > this date works for SVLUG? If OK with you, we'll lock the date in, and
> > > > prepare for it. I can also have Peter generate a little abstract for you
> > > > ASAP, so you can do the usual pre-announce on the SVLUG web site.
> > > >
> > > > I thank-you kindly for your time.
> > > >
> > > > Best,
> > > > Michael Baxter
> > > > Sr. Systems Staff Engineer
> > > > APD System Engineering Group
> > > > Xilinx
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Steve Traugott
> > > Speaker Coordinator, Silicon Valley Linux Users Group
> > > http://www.svlug.org
> > > --
> > > UNIX/Linux Infrastructure Architect, TerraLuna LLC
> > > stevegt at TerraLuna.Org
> > > http://www.stevegt.com
> > >
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Steve Traugott 
Speaker Coordinator, Silicon Valley Linux Users Group
http://www.svlug.org
--
UNIX/Linux Infrastructure Architect, TerraLuna LLC
stevegt at TerraLuna.Org   
http://www.stevegt.com