Zones

Zones are technology-specific areas on the DESIGN West show floor. Attendees will be able to meet with vendors and see a wide assortment of products in these centralized destinations.

DESIGN West Zones include:

• Intel Intelligent Systems Zone
• Board Zone
• M2M Zone

Intel Intelligent Systems Zone

The embedded world is changing more rapidly than ever before. Intelligent Systems are revolutionizing many traditional industries. These powerful, cloud-based systems are transforming the retail, manufacturing, automotive, medical, energy and communications industries, all at an incredible rate of change. This is why it is critical for embedded systems engineers, designers and developers to visit the Intelligent Systems Zone while at DESIGN West. Here in the Intelligent Systems Zone, you will hear directly from Intel and their Alliance Partners about how Intelligent Systems are actually transforming the design process itself. You will also learn how to incorporate all the new technology features and elements developers will need in order to build these next generation designs. Learn how today?s collaborative design model allows developers to focus on their unique application expertise, while leaving the technology-specific challenges to partners who have already solved that problem.

M2M Zone

Compass Intelligence estimates that the U.S. market for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications will be 114.7 million connections by 2016, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 36%. Embedded hardware and software are fueling the growth of vertical markets and creating new applications and markets. This is an exciting new era of unforeseen applications and opportunity, from simple remote home monitoring to full scale, smart grid power control.

As a designer of M2M systems, you are more concerned than ever with issues of connectivity and security. You have questions about everything from system partitioning to allow for future connectivity options, to security through low cost design and software hooks for applications that have yet to even be envisioned that can take advantage of another system?s connected state. At this same time, the M2M market is highly fragmented and is impacting many industries, which creates immediate questions for you. You have a strong and immediate need to know about the vendors and their solutions that are helping create opportunity and are also eliminating the hurdles in your specific industry. Get this information and more by visiting the M2M Zone at DESIGN West. Be sure to set aside time to become better informed about the technologies that are transforming your particular industry-and hearing it from those who are actually making the market itself.

Board Zone

Board and system level products fill a major link in the electronics supply chain. Many companies do not have the time or resources to design embedded electronic systems from processors or SOCs. They need to get to market quickly with products that they know are going to be dependable. Engineers have many choices when it comes to board products; from small form factor single board computers to large blade and backplane systems. As an electronic engineer, how do you keep up with advancements and enhancements to board and system level products? How do you know about new entrants into the boar and system space? And if you are aware of new board products, how much do you actually know about them? These are all questions engineers need to have answers to when formulating their consideration set. Get these answers and more by visiting the Board Zone while at DESIGN West. There you will be sure to walk away totally and completely informed about all things board and system specific.