Toshiba to Participate in Gartner Dataquest Semiconductor Industry Summit

Toshiba to Participate in Gartner Dataquest Semiconductor
Industry Summit
Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. and Its Memory Business Development
Director Scott Nelson Included in Lineup of Presenting Companies and Speakers;
Summit Set for Sept. 13-14 at The Fairmont San Francisco 


IRVINE, Calif. and STAMFORD, Conn., Aug. 23  /PRNewswire/ -- Toshiba America
Electronic Components, Inc., (TAEC) and Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:ITNYSE:ITB), the
world's leading technology research and advisory firm, today announced that
TAEC's Memory Products Business Development Director Scott Nelson and many
executives of other major companies will participate in the year's most
important event for the global semiconductor industry.  The program will also
feature new Gartner Dataquest forecasts for the next phase of semiconductor
industry growth.

Gartner Dataquest Semiconductor Industry Summit will attract high-level
attendees from across the semiconductor industry -- including executives from
chip manufacturers, equipment suppliers, design firms, OEMs, and government --
as well as institutional investors.  The Summit will identify near term growth
opportunities in sustaining technologies and how the industry participants can
position themselves to respond to the opportunities in established and emerging
technologies.

Nelson will participate in the session, "Removable Solid State Storage:
Capitalizing on the Boom."  The company presentations will enable Summit
participants to hear from a wide range of semiconductor market leaders. Strict
selection criteria have been utilized to determine which companies are invited
to present, defined by their influence on the industry and the opportunity
associated with their product and position in the market.  Every company
speaker will be a senior executive.

Presenting companies include: Altera, ASAT Holdings, Broadcom, CoWare, Hynix
Semiconductor America Inc., Intel, KLA-Tencor, MEMC, Mentor Graphics,
MicroDisplay Corporation, Micron Technology, M-Systems, Nanya Technology Corp.,
Nokia, Novellus Systems Inc., Philips Semiconductor, Renesas Technology Corp.,
Samsung Semiconductor, Inc., SanDisk, Silicon Border, Silicon Laboratories,
SiRF Technology, Inc., STMicroelectronics, Tandberg TV, Texas Instruments,
Toshiba America Electronics Components, Inc., Verisity and Xilinx.

"These strictly regulated presentations are from the companies that will define
the next wave of semiconductor market leadership," says Jim Tully, Gartner Vice
President & Chief of Research.  "For semiconductor industry executives as well
as institutional investors, this is an opportunity to hear presentations in a
no-hype environment, gauge each company's product and market positioning, and
be in a much stronger position to build industry partnerships and target
investment opportunities."

To register for the event, go to http://www.gartner.com/us/semicon.  Please
forward to a colleague who would be interested in attending.

About Gartner

Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:ITNYSE:ITB) the world's leading provider of research on the
semiconductor industry and analysis on the global information technology
industry.  Gartner serves more than 10,000 clients, including chief information
officers and other senior IT executives in corporations and government
agencies, as well as technology companies and the investment community.  The
Company focuses on delivering objective, in-depth analysis and actionable
advice to enable clients to make more informed business and technology
decisions.  The Company's businesses consist of Gartner Intelligence, research
and events for IT professionals; Gartner Executive Programs, membership
programs and peer networking services; and Gartner Consulting, customized
engagements with a specific emphasis on outsourcing and IT management.  Founded
in 1979, Gartner is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, and has 3,700
associates, including more than 1,000 research analysts and consultants, in
more than 75 locations worldwide.  For more information, visit
http://www.gartner.com/.

*About TAEC

Combining quality and flexibility with design engineering expertise, TAEC
brings a breadth of advanced, next-generation technologies to its customers.
This broad offering includes semiconductors, flash memory-based storage
solutions, and displays for the computing, wireless, networking, automotive and
digital consumer markets.

TAEC is an independent operating company owned by Toshiba America, Inc., a
subsidiary of Toshiba, one of the five largest semiconductor companies
worldwide in terms of global sales for the year 2003 according to
Gartner/Dataquest's Worldwide Semiconductor Market Share Ranking.  Toshiba is a
world leader in high-technology products with more than 300 major subsidiaries
and affiliates worldwide.  For additional company and product information,
please visit TAEC's website at chips.toshiba.com. For technical inquiries,
please e-mail .

Information in this press release, including product pricing and
specifications, content of services and contact information, is current and
believed to be accurate on the date of the announcement, but is subject to
change without prior notice.  Technical and application information contained
here is subject to the most recent applicable Toshiba product specifications.
In developing designs, please ensure that Toshiba products are used within
specified operating ranges as set forth in the most recent Toshiba product
specifications and the information set forth in Toshiba's "Handling Guide for
Semiconductor Devices," or "Toshiba Semiconductor Reliability Handbook."  This
information is available at http://www.chips.toshiba.com/, or from your TAEC
representative.

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DATASOURCE: Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc.



CONTACT:  Jan Johnson of Multipath Communications, [phone],

, for Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc.; or Lisa

Nemec of Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., [phone],

; or Lisa Lovett of Gartner, Inc.,





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