Embedded development is ushering in a "soft power" revolution

The "Made in China 2025 Strategy" has entered a critical period. Intelligent manufacturing has ushered in a huge development opportunity. The soul of it lies in the Industrial Internet of Things, which makes embedded systems the hottest application development field at present.

Whether you can see it or not, you can't live without it.

From the ubiquitous smart homes and information appliances in our lives, to the public transportation systems we rely on for daily travel, to the environments and industrial systems that work silently day and night even though we cannot feel them, the Internet of Things and embedded systems are like the blood networks in our bodies, operating non-stop whether we are exercising or sleeping.

Right now, if you look around you, you will definitely see mobile phones and high-definition TVs; in this hot summer, or thinking back to the cold winter, you can immediately feel the magical effect of the air-conditioning system when you go in and out of the house or outdoors; and there are countless embedded systems that you and I cannot see but are working every minute and every second - network switches, routers, CNC equipment or instruments, automotive electronics, home appliance control systems, medical equipment, and aerospace equipment.

Embedded systems are more widely used computer systems. Compared with the desktop systems we often see, the number of microprocessors and various special-purpose computer systems that we cannot see may be as many as thousands of times. Like all computer systems, embedded systems are also composed of hardware and software, but a huge change is taking place in this field - the software revolution!

The vitality of all products depends on it

If you have watched the movie "Fast and Furious 8" recently, you will definitely remember the fleet of self-driving cars that were hacked. Traditionally, a car is a pure hardware product without any software. But now and in the future, a car is an IoT and embedded software product, which determines its charm and vitality.

In fact, this is a reflection of the development trend of the entire embedded system. The role of hardware is giving way to "soft power"! Even hardware engineers must have "soft power" to be more valuable! Many hardware engineers of embedded systems used to have a good life, and would only occasionally look at the technical capabilities of software development engineers; but in recent years, no matter what kind of electronic product, more and more value has been transferred to software and services, which of course is inseparable from the accelerating role played by the Internet of Things.

Master the future, you must master it

As an important annual event in the embedded software industry, the "2017 Wind River China Developer Conference" will showcase the main trends and opportunities in the field of the Internet of Things. In addition to sharing Wind River's views on the trend of embedded intelligence with industry peers, the conference also set up sub-venues to discuss hot technologies such as intelligent networks, the Internet of Things, security authentication, and virtualization (NFV) in response to the special needs of the industry.

Wind River is a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and a leading global provider of embedded and mobile software. Since 1981, Wind River has been a pioneer in computing technology for embedded devices. In today's world, more than 2 billion products have been applied with Wind River's technology achievements, and it will help enterprises in various industries produce intelligent IoT devices with outstanding and excellent products and services.

Cloud technology and virtualization technology are the foundation of the Internet of Things, and system information security is the basic requirement of Internet+ and the Internet of Things. Virtualization technology provides an effective unified architecture for computing-intensive applications such as network communications and data centers. The emerging network kinetic energy virtualization can make network services more flexible, interfaces more unified, hardware more standardized, and costs lower. Ensuring secure and real-time high availability is also a factor that determines whether it will ultimately succeed.

Wind River hopes to discuss with industry peers the importance of high security, high reliability and high availability, industrial information security and functional safety of Wind River NFV technology, and jointly create the Internet+ and Internet of Things era of infrastructure.

Senior experts from Wind River from overseas will not only explain the latest trends such as the Internet of Things, cloud computing, intelligent networks, and virtualization; they will also share with everyone Wind River's leading strategy in the context of the Internet of Things era.

In the afternoon's industry sub-venue, senior directors from Europe and the United States who are responsible for different Wind River product lines will also discuss with you in depth on hot issues in the network, industrial control, and other industries. In addition, there will be wonderful solutions from Wind River partners. In addition to the speeches in the venue, Wind River also brought many technical solutions from abroad to be exhibited in China.

If you are engaged in the research and development of the next generation of smart devices, have requirements for real-time, security, and authentication, or are eager to break the traditional development process and seize the market opportunity, we sincerely welcome you to attend this Wind River China Developer Conference and communicate with us about your needs and opinions.

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