Portable Design Conference & Exhibition - 2008
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Wyndham Hotel San Jose
September 18, 2008
PDCE NEWS
Jim Cathey, VP with QUALCOMM Keynotes at PDCE 08.11.08
Mr. James Cathey, Vice President of Business Development for QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies - a 17-year technology industry veteran - will deliver the Keynote Address >> Leading the Charge on Power: Defining Technology Needs of the Future. Do not miss his keen insights at 9:30am.
Rodd Novak, VP with Peregrine Semiconductor Delivering Keynote 08.11.08
Mr. Rodd Novak, Vice President, Marketing & Business Development with Perigrine Semiconductor presents Keynote on: Integration Strategies for Mobile & Wireless RF Front-Ends. His presentation will go further up the signal chain where most of the complexities in the world - with highly integrated solutions and strategies are needed. Attend this valuable keynote at 10:20am.
Welcome to the 2008 Portable Design Conference & Exhibition 08.04.08
We open the door and invite YOU to attend..it is all about power Management for our wireless world. Hear from Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, Peregrine Semiconductor, Actel, Express Logic, Synaptics, Tensilica, Wind River and many more. Keynotes, Panel Discussions, Breakout Seminars. REGISTER TODAY for your Complimentary Guest Pass. Even the Exhibition, Sponsors Showcase, Lunch, Parking and Networking Reception are complimentary! If you are involved in Portable Designs, this is where you will CONNECT with market leaders, hot technologies and new, slick products on September 18.
Sponsors - Exhibitors
Platinum Sponsor
Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, Inc. has developed the industry's first micro electrical/mechanical systems (MEMS) display for mobile devices, mirasol display - a true technological innovation that offers low power consumption and superb viewing quality in a wide range of environmental conditions, including bright sunlight.
Gold Sponsor
Actel Corporation's innovative flash-based FPGAs and programmable system chip solutions attack power consumption from both the chip and the system levels. In addition to industry-leading low-power and power management solutions, the company also offers soft ARM processor cores, power-smart IP and application solutions, and power-optimized tools.
Express Logic offers the most advanced run-time solutions and development tools for deeply embedded applications, including its popular ThreadX RTOS, the high-performance NetX TCP/IP stack, the FileX embedded FAT-compatible file system, the USBX Host/Device USB protocol stack, the PEGX GUI development kit, the BenchX Eclipse-based IDE, and the TraceX real-time graphical event trace and analysis tool.
Peregrine Semiconductor is a supplier of the industry's most advanced RF and mixed-signal communications ICs which are ideally suited for the wireless infrastructure and mobile wireless; broadband communications; space; defense and avionics markets. Manufactured on the Company's proprietary UltraCMOS technology, the Peregrine product portfolio is poised to meet the demands of a global RF design community in high-growth applications such as WCDMA and GSM digital cellular, broadband, DTV, DVR, and radiation hard space and defense programs.
Synaptics is a leading worldwide developer of custom-designed user interface solutions for mobile computing, communications and entertainment devices. Our mission is to enrich the interaction between users and their intelligent devices. Synaptics products emphasize ease of use, small size, low power consumption, advanced functionality, durability and reliability, making them applicable to a multitude of markets, including notebook computers, PC peripherals, mobile phones, and portable entertainment devices such as MP3 players.
Tensilica offers the broadest line of controller, CPU, multimedia, and specialty DSP processor cores for SOC design on the market today - including full software toolchain and modeling support - in both an off-the-shelf format via the Diamond Standard Series cores and with full designer configurability with the Xtensa processor family.
Wind River is the global leader in device software optimization (DSO). We enable companies to develop, run, and manage device software better, faster, at lower cost, and more reliably. Wind River technology is currently deployed in more than 300 million devices worldwide by industry leaders like Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Boeing, Motorola, NASA, and Mitsubishi. Wind River Professional Services enable leading electronics vendors like Philips, Siemens, Nortel, and Samsung to design, develop, and deploy innovative products on or ahead of schedule, at or below budget.
Silver Sponsor
Delkin Devices has over 20 years of expertise providing industrial quality flash memory solutions, partnered with tier one manufacturers worldwide. Delkin flash memory is rugged, controlled storage, featuring enhanced shock, vibration and temperature specifications, a configurable part number and locked-down BoM, customized to fit your requirements.
San Diego-based Sequoia Communications is a privately-held, fabless semiconductor company focusing on multimode RF solutions. The company uniquely integrates different modes using a common architecture on a single chip enabling effective communications across multiple wireless standards. Single-chip RF transceivers developed using Sequoia Communications innovative approach and FullSpectra architecture will set new industry benchmarks in chip cost, component count, PCB size and power consumption. Sequoia Communications flagship product is the SEQ7400, a single-chip, 7-band multimode transceiver, that supports GSM/GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA/HSPA and TD-SCDMA. It uses a single polar modulator transmit architecture for all air standards, delivering the highest levels of integration in the industry.
Virage Logic is a technology and market leader in providing advanced embedded memory intellectual property (IP) for the design of complex integrated circuits. The company's Silicon Aware IP offering (embedded memories, logic libraries and I/Os) includes silicon behavior knowledge for increased predictability and manufacturability. With the acquisition of Impinj Inc. logic non-volatile memory (NVM) IP business in June 2008, the company extended its embedded memory leadership position into the rapidly growing NVM market.
WaveZero is a leading provider of EMI, RFI and ESD shielding solutions. WaveZero's patented, customized Form/Met board-level and enclosure shielding accommodates a wide variety of configurations with superior shielding performance for applications in medical, wireless, and other portable electronics. WaveZero's new Fence and Lid shield has a snap-on, snap-off top allowing easy access to components. WaveZero's DeepCoat vacuum metallization process provides greater shielding effectiveness and durability compared to standard painting, reducing potential long-term problems and liabilities. Our shielding solutions are environmentally friendly, complying with RoHS and WEEE guidelines.
Supporting Sponsor
Benchmark software from the Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium helps designers select and create embedded processors for a wide variety of applications. MultiBench is an extensive set of benchmarks aimed at testing multicore architectures, devices, and systems. EnergyBench is a special tool that allows EEMBC members and licensees to simultaneously measure performance and energy. EEMBC provides certified benchmarking results through the EEMBC Technology Center.