Wind River Launches WindForum 2001, Embedded Developers Conference.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 9, 2001 Wind River Systems (Nasdaq:WIND), a leading provider of software and services for connected smart devices, today announced it is hosting its worldwide developers conference and exhibition, WindForum 2001, on December 10-11 at the Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. Convention Center. WindForum, designed to be the nexus of the embedded community, will bring together industry leaders, including dozens of WindLink(TM) partners, developers, and end-users in an interactive and educational venue. WindForum will provide an opportunity to preview emerging technologies and interact directly with companies specializing in embedded real-time solutions. WindForum's conference tract includes hot topics in embedded computing, such as recent advances in reconfigurable computing See adaptive computing. technology, and implementing warm fail-over within high-availability systems. Other themes include the growing importance of device management in the development of Internet appliances, and making Java technology work in embedded devices by enhancing product quality and addressing deployment issues. For more information about WindForum's program, or to pre-register for the conference, visit www.windforum.com. Jerry Fiddler, co-founder and chairman of the board for Wind River, who has been described as the "father of embedded technology," will kick off this two-day event. He will share his vision about the future of computing in the post-PC era (1) The use of numerous machines each dedicated to a specific application in contrast to the general-purpose desktop or laptop computer. (2) The use of desktop and laptop computers that run under operating systems other than Windows. and provide a keen perspective about the emerging trends in the burgeoning embedded market Refers to custom-designed, computer-based devices and applications that perform a fixed set of tasks. It may refer to cellphones and other handhelds, network appliances (routers, access points, modems) and myriad consumer electronics products. . The keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. will be delivered by Dr. Michael L. Dertouzos, eight-time author, engineer, inventor, theoretician the·o·re·ti·cian n. One who formulates, studies, or is expert in the theory of a science or an art. theoretician Noun , and director of the Laboratory for Computer Science at MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1974. Dr. Dertouzos will share his theory about human-centric computing and share details about a project that he is currently working on called the "Oxygen Project." This project is developing a post-PC era operating software system enabling computation to enter the human world using spoken and visual recognition. "The complexity of the embedded space has become increasingly difficult to navigate," said Curt Schacker, vice president of marketing and corporate development for Wind River. "WindForum is the roadmap for the development community. It provides a venue to share solutions to market demands for decreased development time and increased functionality of products. With heavy-hitting sponsors, such as Intel and Hitachi Semiconductor, WindForum creates a unique opportunity to be a part of a community of cutting edge developers." "Hitachi Semiconductor is pleased to sponsor the Wind River's developers conference. Through the Center of Excellence program, Hitachi Semiconductor and Wind River have delivered on commitments to provide networking, automotive and Internet appliance solutions optimized for Hitachi's SuperH architecture along with a broad value chain to support product development. The WindForum developers conference will enable developers to explore the benefits of the combination of these two product lines. Developers that attend this event will have a strong competitive advantage in the embedded market," said David Johnson David Johnson may refer to:
About Wind River Wind River, www.windriver.com, is a worldwide leader in embedded software Instructions that permanently reside in a ROM or flash memory chip. Embedded software may be immediately available to the CPU or, for faster execution, may be transferred to RAM first and then executed. and services for creating connected smart devices. Wind River provides software development tools, real-time operating systems (operating system) Real-Time Operating System - (RTOS) Any operating system where interrupts are guaranteed to be handled within a certain specified maximum time, thereby making it suitable for control of hardware in embedded systems and other time-critical applications. , and advanced connectivity for use in products throughout the Internet, telecommunications and data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. , digital imaging, digital consumer electronics, networking, medical, computer peripherals, automotive, industrial automation and control, and aerospace/defense markets. Wind River is How Smart Things Think(TM). Founded in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, with operations in sixteen countries worldwide. Note to Editors: Wind River Systems, the Wind River Systems logo, Tornado, VxWorks, WindLink and HOW SMART THINGS THINK are registered trademarks or trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies. |
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