Hello Fellow Multicore Aficionado,

It's difficult to believe that we've already been holding the Multicore Expo now for four consecutive years. Within this time, the industry has witnessed major changes in the adoption of multicore technology. Many attendees to the first Multicore Expo were "tire kickers" -- management and engineers who were there to satisfy their curiosity. By the second and third Multicore Expos, attendees were starting to take this 'multicore thing' seriously, realizing that it was truly becoming a reality. At this year's Multicore Expo, coming up on March 16, I expect to fulfill the industry's needs for delivering compelling information related to the design and integration of multicore technologies, particularly focused on the Embedded Markets. Furthermore, we've expanded this year's program to include multimedia and embedded graphics, as these technologies implicitly rely on multicore technology.

As chairman of the Multicore Expo, I have a responsibility to the Embedded design communities to assemble the multicore technology experts and provide you, the conference attendee, with answers to your questions. Oddly enough, I also hope that you take away from the conference more questions than you started with, as that means that we've enlightened you on the issues that you'll need to be aware of as you begin your multicore-enabled design.