Hi All. This week was the MST show in Japan. MST = Microcomputer Software & Tools. Kind of like Embedded Systems Conference. See jasa.or.jp for some info (not much in English). My (perhaps opiniated) summary:
Place: Tokyo Big Site
Dates: November 10, 11, & 12
Attendance: 15,000 (unofficial count)
Some exhibitors:
Intel, Texas Instruments, Agilent, WindRiver, Microsoft, Integrated Systems, Microware, Hitachi,
Toshiba, NEC, Aplix, MetroWerks, etc
Overall Opinions:
I felt a general trend toward two themes:
(1) Embedded Internet from a users' point of view. e.g. A slew of solutions for building User Interfaces (MetroWerks, Access,bSQUARE etc) and
(2) Embedded Internet from a connectivity point of view. e.g. Interfaces such as USB, 1394, etc and protocxols such as HAVi and Jini, which allow devices to communicate digitally.
On the OS & Embedded Tools front, I felt:
* WindRiver's presence was good, with the WindRiver booth as well as booths by their distributors (Innotech, Kobelco, Nissin).
*Integrated Systems had a huge booth
*Microware's booth was generating alot of excitement, mostly by doing slick demos and presentations
*MicroSoft's booth was loud (music and graphics) but confusing (WinCE vs NTe)
*Rumour of the day (Nov 10) WinCE 3.0 would be royalty free
*Rumour of the day (Nov 11) RedHat may be buying Cygnus
*Rumour of the day (Nov 12) WinCE 3.0 will never ship
I didn't see any major "new" products, but points of interest were Insignia's announcement of a NEC design win, and Metrowerks' PowerPak/PowerParts technologies.
A common question I kept getting was "What do you think will happen after the Wind/Ints merger?", to which I pointed people in Wind's booth direction and said "Go ask them!".
cheers
china
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