Embedded Software in Consumer Applications

Venue:

Green Park, Reading

Date:

Wed 13 Oct 2010

Time:

900 - 1600

Cost:

Free to attend for those from NMI member companies and invited guests

Booking Details:

Registration has now closed for this event

Please contact Robin Kennedy on 0789 4899544 if you have any questions

Full Address of Venue : Map The Business Centre, 100 Longwater Avenue, Green Park, Reading, RG2 6GP

In recent years, consumer products have increasingly relied on embedded software to provide key functionality. With the transition from a hardware to a software-dominated design culture, it is now the software which is largely responsible for the product features that the end user sees and is therefore used as the key differentiator.

With a particular focus on mobile/portable devices and digital / IP TV, this event will present embedded software case studies and projects showing how this is achieved and illustrating the drivers and trends behind this transition, such as features, performance, latency, security, safety and energy efficiency. Along the way we will consider the challenges that the move to software-centric product design has brought and whether such an approach is always to the benefit of the user.

We will conclude with a panel session, debating the skills that are needed for effective embedded software development. Does the UK have the necessary skills and how should we, as an industry, be developing/nurturing the next generation to ensure future competitiveness?

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