DATES: March 16 2009
LOCATION: Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, California
EVENT URL: http://www.multicore-expo.com/

Multicore Expo is a leading-edge technology conference and exhibition dedicated to delivering practical solutions for designs involving embedded multicore, multimedia, and graphics. The fourth annual Multicore Expo, being held March 16-19, 2009 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, will feature an exhibition, presentations, and panels addressing all the major issues in multicore processor design and implementation, including the effective use of multicore development and design tools.

 

The conference will also cover practical details on implementing virtual machine technology, multicore operating systems, and the application of multicore technology to embedded graphics and multimedia. Further information is available at www.multicore-expo.com.

What is Khronos presenting at Multicore Expo?

Khronos will cover two areas of our standards development: OpenCL and the Khronos "Handheld API Ecosystem"

• OpenCL (Open Computing Language) enables software developers to take full advantage of high performance compute servers, desktop computer systems and handheld devices that include a diverse mix of multi-core CPUs, GPUs and other parallel processors such as DSPs. OpenCL is being driven by industry-leading companies including 3DLABS, Activision Blizzard, AMD, Apple, ARM, Barco, Broadcom, Codeplay, Electronic Arts, Ericsson, Freescale, HI, IBM, Intel, Imagination Technologies, Kestrel Institute, Motorola, Movidia, Nokia, NVIDIA, QNX, RapidMind, Samsung, Seaweed, SONY, Takumi, Texas Instruments and Umeå University.
  OpenCL supports a wide range of applications, ranging from embedded and consumer software to HPC solutions, through a low-level, high performance, portable abstraction. By creating an efficient, close-to-the-metal programming interface, OpenCL will form the foundation layer of a parallel computing ecosystem of platform-independent tools, middleware and applications. Please join us at this tutorial for an opportunity for the HPC community to gain an insight into the architecture and direction of this exciting development.
• Khronos has developed a complete ecosystem of mobile graphics and media APIs – including OpenGL ES, OpenMAX IL, OpenVG and OpenKODE – that is enabling advanced user interfaces, 3D games and other rich-media applications on a wide range of handheld devices. This session will provide an overview of this evolving ecosystem and detailed insights into the widely adopted APIs for accelerated 2D and 3D graphics. If you develop multimedia content, these APIs will let you tap into cutting edge graphics and media processing on platforms ranging from high-end workstations to mobile phones.

Schedule

Time	Session	Company	Length	Description
12:30-13:00	Registration		30	Registration & DEMOS
13:00-13:15	Neil Trevett	NVIDIA	15	Khronos Overview and Introduction to OpenCL
13:15-13:55	John Roberts	NVIDIA	40	Overview of OpenCL Specification
13:55-14:15	Alastair Donaldson	Codeplay	20	Tools for OpenCL
14:15-14:35	Kari Pulli	Nokia	20	OpenCL in handheld devices
14:35-14:45	Q&A	ALL	10	Audience Questions
14:45-15:15	Break		30	DEMOS
15:15-15:50	Neil Trevett	NVIDIA	35	Introduction Khronos Mobile Ecosystem
15:50-16:25	Dave Shreiner	ARM	35	Introduction to OpenGL ES
16:25-16:50	Tom McReynolds	NVIDIA	25	OpenGL ES in Automotive and Embedded Markets
16:50-17:00	Q&A		10	Audience Questions
17:00-17:30	End of day		30	DEMOS

You may register here. We are a Special Tutorial option on the second page of the Registration.

Speakers should register here.

	Monday, March 16	Tuesday, March 17	Wednesday, March 18	Thursday, March 19
M O R N I N G		Executive keynotes from Platinum sponsors	Engineering keynotes from Platinum/Gold sponsors, panel discussions, invited talks	Concurrent Tracks consisting of in-depth technical presentations, case studies, panel discussions
		Lunch and Exhibits Great networking opportunity for you and your peers!	Lunch and Exhibits Immerse yourself in the multicore ecosystem	Lunch
A F T E R N O O N	Pre-Conference Multicore Association Meeting Khronos Group Developer's Tutorial 1pm - 5pm	Engineering keynotes from Platinum/Gold sponsors, invited talks panel discussions	Concurrent Tracks consisting of in-depth technical presentations case studies, panel discussions	Concurrent Tracks consisting of in-depth technical resentations, case studies, panel discussions
		Evening Reception Exhibits Delve into multicore demonstrations along with good food and drinks

Panel: Enabling Visual Computing and Next Generation Multicore Mobile Devices March 18th

Wednesday, March 18th 8:45am – 9:45am

Multicore technology and power-optimized graphics and media acceleration will enable a wide variety of visually rich internet devices, mobile handsets, and portable gaming devices. In what ways will users be inspired by graphics supercomputing performance in the palm of their hand? How will mobile devices deliver a no-compromise browsing experience while bringing mobility and location awareness to Web 2.0? Will mobile operating systems leverage parallel processing and can they use standards and still differentiate? How can user interfaces become ever more compelling and functional while running on less power? This panel of experts will explore the technical issues and business opportunities in building visual computing devices for a mobile and connected world.

Speaker

Neil Trevett | Vice President Mobile Content | NVIDIA

Panelists

Brian Carlson | OMAP Platform Marketing Manager | Texas Instruments
Kari Pulli | Research Fellow and Member of CEO Technology Council | Nokia
Tony King-Smith | VP Marketing, Technology Division | Imagination Technologies
Vladimir Vukicevic | Infrastructuralist | Mozilla
(Other panelists will be announced shortly)

Complete Multicore Agenda: View the complete multi-core agenda here.