Windows 7 in an Embedded Device Multicore

We're pleased to announce, in conjunction with Microsoft, Intel, Avent Embedded and Intervalzero, free hands-on technical seminars in Edinburgh and Birmingham on the creation of smart, connected embedded devices based on Windows Embedded Standard 7 and the latest Intel devices, including the use of multicore, SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing) and Soft-Control Architectures for high performance.

Microsoft's Windows Embedded Standard 7 makes the Windows 7 user experience available to the world of embedded devices. From kiosks to digital signage, thin clients to industrial controllers, the touch and gesture based GUI, and the ability to run thousands of existing Windows applications and drivers based on the desktop provides an attractive and potentially easy route to the realization of a custom connected device. But the development of embedded devices poses its own special challenges. How to get the best from the latest Intel micros, including multicore devices using SMP? How to implement high performance tasks, such as signal processing and real-time control in software? And how to achieve UI customisation, rock-solid security, deployment and updating?

This technical seminar, featuring hands-on labs, is based on a complete illustration of all the steps involved in creating and deploying a custom device based on Windows Embedded Standard 7, a componentized, device-ready version of Windows 7, which has its own toolset to permit the creation of a reduced-footprint, deployment-ready image, with additional embedded features such as enhanced integrity, resume from fixed image, and UI customisation. Based on the device development flow, the agenda breaks out to hear from Intel about tools technologies which ensure optimal use of device resources, including SMP, and to discuss and demonstrate the latest Soft Control Architectures which can harness the processing power of a multicore device, allowing real-time and signal processing tasks to be isolated from the Windows scheduler.

The roadshow is being held on Wednesday December 8th, at Microsoft's Waverley Gate Edinburgh offices, and on Thursday December 9th at the IET's Austin Court in Birmingham's waterside quarter. Registration is free of charge, limited to 2 delegates per project group, and available on a first-come first-served basis.

Please visit the Power of Windows 7 in an Embedded Device Registration Page for further details. Do book early as we expect the seminars to be oversubscribed.