MICROSOCKETS.COM: Embedding the Network

Renesas recently announced its first annual Alliance Partner Conference, scheduled for December 4-5, 2007 in Durham North Carolina.  The invitation only conference is intended to build ties between Renesas and its Alliance Partners. 

Given that Research Triangle Park is the headquarters for Renesas software tool development in the United States, we can expect a strong turnout from Renesas software and application engineers.  The initial conference outline is heavy on HEW – the integrated Renesas development toolchain.  Hopefully we will receive some clarity on the future of the Renesas silicon offerings and the new CISC architecture promised for 2008.

 More information is forthcoming, but be sure to look for MICROSOCKETS at the conference.  Also, do yourself a favor and make time for a dinner at The Capital City Chop House.

Cleveland is a late addition to the MSP430 Advanced Technology Seminar schedule.   TI promises the latest information on new releases and in-depth  discussions on low-power applications straight from the experts.

If you are new to the 430 series, its claim to fame is its ultra-low-power 16-bit architecture supporting cost-sensitive, battery operated applications.  MSP430s feature a mixed-signal design and a high performance 16-bit RISC CPU.  The architecture is designed to minimize power use through a variety of lower power modes (LPM0-LPM4), shorter transition times between modes and faster execution program code. The faster the chip starts up and executes the application the more time it can spend sleeping and saving precious power.

This event focuses on the MSP430F2xx series of devices.

Additional information and a registration links are available here.  Look for Microsockets at the Cleveland event on November 29.