San Francisco — (press release) — Next week in San Jose, the world's leading technology companies will prove that today's hottest appliances are nothing like the ones that your parents were proud to own. The latest chips, boards, and software tools for creating the next generation of Internet appliances will be on display at the Embedded Systems Conference, which runs from September 24 – 28, 2000 at the… San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, Calif.

“The Embedded Systems Conference is a favorite venue for technology innovators to unveil the latest new products that enable electronic devices,” said Michael Barr, editor-in-chief of Embedded Systems Programming magazine. “An overwhelming trend this year is the introduction of new Single Board Computers. Many of these are information appliance reference designs that provide system developers with the basic functionality needed to connect all types of devices to networks.”

The eleventh annual Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) is the country's top educational event for engineers, designers, and managers working with embedded systems. In addition to the three-day product exhibition, the conference includes a comprehensive program of classes and tutorials as well as special events. These include a keynote address by Neil Gershenfeld, author of the book, “When Things Start To Think,” a special guest lecture by Microsoft vice president, Bill Veghte, and a panel discussion on the use of Open-Source software for embedded system design (Monday evening at 6:00-7:30 pm).

The show floor at the Embedded Systems Conference is the biggest ever, with 375 exhibiting companies and more than 100 exhibitors that are new to the show. There will be demonstrations of Internet appliances, handheld computing and communications devices, intelligent home control systems, speech controlled equipment, Internet radios, and the tools used to create these leading-edge products.

“Boards with a variety of networking protocol functionality, such as CAN, DeviceNET, USB, IEEE-1394 and, of course, Ethernet hardware, and TCP/IP software are all the rage at this year's event,” said Barr. “We'll also see some interesting new 8-bit processors and a continuing trend toward Linux-based operating systems on the 32-bit end.”

The exhibition is open from 12:00 – 8:00 pm on Tuesday, September 26, from 10:00 am – 7:00 pm on Wednesday, September 27 and from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm on Thursday, September 28. Tutorials and classes open on Sunday
and Monday, September 24-25 and run through Thursday.

 
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