Multicore Expo

Hello Fellow Multicore Aficionado,

It's difficult to believe that we are approaching the time for our fifth Multicore Expo. Over the course of the last 5 years, the industry has witnessed major changes in the adoption of multicore technology. Many attendees to the first Multicore Expo were "tire kickers" -- management and engineers who were there to satisfy their curiosity. By the second and third Multicore Expos, attendees were starting to take this 'multicore thing' seriously, realizing that it was truly becoming a reality.

By the fourth Multicore Expo in 2009, attendees were there to learn how to solve their specific multicore issues – yes, that’s right, multicore technology presents some very interesting and unusual challenges. Now that we are preparing for the Multicore Expo in 2010, we have received twice the number of presentation abstracts as in previous years, giving us the ability to put together the best Multicore Expo conference program yet. I expect to fulfill the industry's needs for delivering compelling information related to the design and integration of multicore technologies, particularly focused on the Embedded Markets.

As chairman of the Multicore Expo, I have a responsibility to the Embedded design communities to assemble the multicore technology experts and provide you, the conference attendee, with answers to your questions. Oddly enough, I also hope that you take away from the conference more questions than you started with, as that means that we've enlightened you on the issues that you'll need to be aware of as you begin your multicore-enabled design.

In addition to a variety of informative and controversial panel discussions, the Multicore Expo offers many individual sessions covering topics that include:

• Multiprocessor tactics and strategies
• Multimedia and embedded graphics
• Programming and debug
• Software tools and libraries
• EDA and ESL technologies
• APIs for multicore communications and resource management
• RTOS and virtualization technologies
• Multithreads, multicores, and benchmarking

The Multicore Expo is also loaded with exhibits and demos that are focused on multicore implementations. This will provide you with the opportunity to see multicore technology in action as well as network with the multicore experts.