Technical SOC Benefits Tutorial with John Kinsel

Overview of SOC: technology evolution, what is an SOC & what goes on an SOC. SOC benefits: performance, power, reliability, footprint & cost. SOC challenges & PMC's SOC strategies including: SOC implementation methods & PMC's RM9150 SOC.

Another important resource - this one for free - was EE Times' landmark study on the interconnect landscape, based on 243 survey respondents, entitled, "Industry Challenges - Choosing the RightInterconnect." Here are the highlights with links -

• Industry Challenges Home Page
• Designers Chart Progress in the Gigabit Era (the actual survey & results)
• Choosing the Right Interconnects (a Webinar discussing the survey and implications)

One standard about which one is hearing more and more is the 10 Gigabit Attachment Unit Interface, or 'XAUI.' There isn't much available yet on the Internet, but check out this 2002 overview of Xaui from Techonline and don't miss the Gigabit Ethernet Consortium home page.

( conference, 5 stars ) - 5/9/2005, Las Vegas

Microsoft Mobile & Embedded DevCon 2005
premier developer event focused on the future of Microsoft Windows Mobile and Windows Embedded platforms. MEDC 2005 offers attendees the opportunity to learn how to build and bring to market devices and applications - and access to the latest code, hands-on labs, technical breakout sessions, and much more.

( conference, 4 stars ) - 5/10/2005, Babson Park

RapidIO Developer Summit
Don't miss this free, full-day summit, especially designed for the embedded developer! o Learn how to get better system performance, reliability and support for convergence by using the high-speed, flexible RapidIO interconnect and fabric. o Talk technical with the experts to understand how RapidIO technology provides the best solution to your system-level interconnect issues.. o

( conference, 4 stars ) - 5/16/2005, Long Beach

Military Embedded Electronics and Computing Conference
The VMEbus International Trade Association (VITA) is introducing a new trade conference specifically targeted for the military embedded electronics market. Titled Military Embedded Electronics and Computing Conference (MEECC), the first two-day event will take place at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach in Long Beach, California on May 16-17, 2005.

( conference, 4 stars ) - 5/16/2005, New York

MPLS Con
Now entering its third year, MPLScon is the premier industry conference focusing on MPLS technologies, solutions, and industry trends. This year's event moves to New York City where we will focus on benefits, trends, and challenges in evaluating, buying, implementing and managing MPLS-VPN services from an end-user perspective.

( conference, 5 stars ) - 5/17/2005, San Jose

Spring Processor Forum
Participate in the industry's most important event for new processor and related announcements. We are actively seeking speakers who can address the following issues: PC Processors Server Processors Low Power Embedded Consumer Embedded Imaging and Video DSP Challenges of Advanced Semiconductor Design

( conference, 5 stars ) - 5/22/2005, Orlando

Wind River Users Conference
Registration for the Wind River 2005 Worldwide User Conference is now open. This is the most important conference for learning how to capitalize on the innovative and market-leading products and services from Wind River and its partners to develop and run device software faster, better, at lower cost, and more reliably.

( conference, 4 stars ) - 5/24/2005, London

Wireless Connectivity World
Wireless Connectivity (WiCon) World is the premier event for mobile solutions and addresses the huge potential of wireless networking applications from leading technologies such as WiFi, UWB, ZigBee, Bluetooth, NFC, DECT and WiMax.

( conference, 4 stars ) - 6/5/2005, Chicago

SuperComm 2005
SUPERCOMM is the global marketplace for communications technologies, systems, and ideas. Through nearly 800 exhibitors and 200+ educational sessions, SUPERCOMM's participants gain a clear perspective on what's ahead, no matter what decisions they face.

( seminar, 4 stars ) - 6/8/2005, Chicago

AdvancedTCA Forum @ Supercomm
How will the 600mm wide racks in Europe affect chassis sizes? We also need to consider how the AdvancedTCA is useful for both large and small companies, but for different reasons. Lastly, there is still much dialogue to be had of the choice of backplanes, between GigE, InfiniBand, RapidIO, and ASI. So come join us as we explore the diverse world of the AdvancedTCA and examine the business consequences of this miraculous new platform.