2007 Software Defined Radio Technical Conference and Product Exposition November 5-9, 2007 - Denver, Colorado

Exhibitor/Sponsor Information The Software Defined Radio Forum Technical Conference and Product Exposition was held November 5-9, 2007 in Denver, Colorado. The Software Defined Radio Forum (www.sdrforum.org) is an international industry association for reconfigurable wireless technology. Its members represent cellular service providers, the defense industry, and equipment vendors from around the world. The Forum's goal is to provide conference attendees with a comprehensive world-wide view of the state of the art in reconfigurable radio technology, as well as an overview of the regulatory and business context in which that technology exists. The Exhibitors were: Organization Name Booth(s) Description Spectrum Signal Processing by Vecima TBD Spectrum Signal Processing by Vecima is a leading supplier of commercial off the shelf products, technologies, and services for software defined radio and other advanced wireless applications. Spectrum's programmable modem products are specifically designed to enable fast time to deployment, with the features and capabilities necessary for tactical military, data link and satellite communications applications. These products are augmented by Spectrum's applications engineering services teams: experts in creating integrated “RF to Ethernet” solutions that significantly reduce the cost, schedule, and performance risk inherent in the radio development programs of defense and satellite wireless system integrators and government quick response capability teams. Zeligsoft TBD Zeligsoft is a leading provider of market-specific embedded software development tools that enable the development of component-based systems. The world’s leading defence companies use Zeligsoft tools to improve the time to market and quality of their component-based software. Adapting to established development practices, and working with other best-in-class tools, Zeligsoft tools abstract complex standards from designers and contribute domain-specific software aspects. The Zeligsoft team possesses extensive experience in software engineering processes and Model Driven Development (MDD). Zeligsoft drives industry standards by contributing significantly to key forums such as the Object Management Group and the SDR forum. PrismTech TBD PrismTech is a leading provider of productivity tools and middleware for software defined radio. PrismTech’s Spectra was created by experienced SDR and SCA developers who combined their expertise with advanced technology and superior COTS packaging to deliver the leading SCA-compliant SDR development and deployment environment available today. Spectra tools deliver waveform and platform modeling, complete SCA infrastructure code generation, and integrated build and target platform deployment capabilities. Spectra OE provides a complete integrated and optimized SCA compliant operating environment with superior performance and very small footprint. For further information please visit http://www.prismtech.com/spectra Xilinx TBD Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic solutions. Pentek TBD Pentek offers powerful VME, PMC, XMC, PCI and cPCI commercial and rugged board and system software radio solutions: narrowband and wideband receivers, upconverters, A/D sampling to 2 GHz; built-in sync bus; high-speed I/O (VXS, Serial Rapid I/O, PCI Express, RACEway); ReadyFlow board support libraries; GateFlow FPGA Resources and SystemFlow API and libraries. Synplicity Inc. TBD Synplicity Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNP) is a leading supplier of innovative software solutions that enable the rapid and effective design of programmable logic devices (FPGAs, PLDs and CPLDs) and are used in a wide range of communications, military/aerospace, consumer, semiconductor, computer, and other electronic systems markets. Synplicity’s tools provide outstanding performance, cost and time-to-market benefits by simplifying, improving and automating key design planning, logic synthesis, physical synthesis and verification functions for FPGA, FPGA-based ASIC prototyping, and DSP designers. Synplicity is the number one supplier of FPGA synthesis solutions and has been rated #1 in customer satisfaction since 2004 in EE Times’ Annual FPGA Customer Survey. Synplicity’s products support industry-standard design languages (VHDL and Verilog) and run on popular platforms. Objective Interface Systems TBD Objective Interface Systems is the leading provider of real-time, high-performance embedded distributed communications solutions. Objective Interface offers advanced communications infrastructures with ORBexpress®RT, ORBexpress DSP, ORBexpress FPGA and PCSexpress™. ORBexpress, the middleware foundation for the industry’s first certified JTRS software-defined radio, is used successfully in virtually every major SDR program worldwide. PCSexpress is the industry’s first high-assurance secure communications middleware for software-defined radio. Red Rapids TBD Red Rapids offers a catalog of signal acquisition and generation solutions with product offerings in digital transceivers, RF converters, FPGA based ADC/DAC, signal recorders, and software defined radio components. Target platforms include embedded systems (VME/CPCI/PMC), servers (PCI), desktop computers (PCI), and notebooks (PCMCIA). General Dynamics C4 Systems TBD General Dynamics C4 Systems manufactures and markets software-defined communication systems that can be reconfigured to meet user needs without any hardware modifications. Benefits of this cutting edge technology include: Migration/Interoperability; Tactical Deployment; Reduced Ownership Cost; Flexible Infrastructure; and Security. General Dynamics C4 Systems is leading the Joint Tactical Radio System HMS Team to bring miniaturized software defined radio technology into small devices such as unattended ground sensors and soldier systems that can overcome size, weight and power constraints. A JTRS HMS Manpack TD demonstration will be featured in the General Dynamics booth. Also featured, the HOOK2(tm) Combat Search and Rescue System including the AN/PRC-112G (R) CSAR/BFT Transceivers, and the Quickdraw2(R) Handheld GPS Interrogator. For more information, please visit www.gdc4s.com. Vanu TBD Vanu, Inc. is the developer of the Anywave® Base Station, the first U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-certified software radio. The Anywave Base Station provides significant advantages over traditional equipment designs including: simultaneous operation of multiple wireless standards on a single platform, the use of high volume, high performance servers rather than custom processing hardware; remote software downloads to add system capacity and migrate to future standards; decreased backhaul costs and a full range of additional capital and operating cost savings. These benefits come from implementing the high speed signal processing functions of the base station as a portable software application running on Linux, eliminating the need for specialized signal processing hardware. The company delivers Anywave radio access network solutions, licenses its software, and provides design consulting to service providers, system integrators and wireless OEMs. Vanu was founded in 1998 and is based in Cambridge, Mass. Ettus Research TBD Universal Software Radio Peripheral GE Fanuc TBD GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a unit of General Electric, offers an extensive line of embedded boards and fully integrated rugged systems available in a range of environmental grades. We serve a variety of customers including those involved in communications, government/aerospace, medical, energy, semiconductor, industrial, test and measurement, and military systems. Space Coast Communications Systems TBD Space Coast is proud to offer a line of UHF Satellite Simulators, Data Capture hardware and Modulation Analysis software. This lab equipment offers test and debug capabilites that are the envy of development teams everywhere. Pico Computing TBD Pico Computing's line of Deployable Development Platforms reduces costs and time-to-market, by providing the capability to develop and deploy all on the same platform. These small form factor (CompactFlash, CardBus, ExpressCard) FPGA boards incorporate the Xilinx Virtex-4 & Virtex-5 FPGA, RAM, FLASH, Tri-Mode Ethernet, A/D, D/A, & Video In. Green Hills Software TBD Green Hills Software, Inc. is the is the technology leader in device software optimization (DSO) and real-time operating systems (RTOS) for 32- and 64-bit embedded systems. Our Platform for Software Defined Radio delivers a complete, standards-based reference platform for developing and deploying SDR systems ranging from the armed forces Joint Tactical Radio Systems (JTRS) to public safety radios as well as commercial small form-factor reconfigurable radios. The Green Hills Platform for SDR includes multiple SCA OE solutions that are compliant with the latest POSIX and SCA standards. The Platform for SDR also provides integrated, host-based tools for every aspect of development, debugging, optimization, and deployment as well as a variety of integrated hardware platforms. Founded in 1982, Green Hills Software headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA. ElementCXI TBD ElementCXI has a novel IC architecture (Elemental Computing Array - ECA) that delivers super-computer performance on battery power at consumer price points and effectively eliminates the drawbacks of FPGAs and other traditional solutions. The ECA is composed of heterogeneous Elements (think Legos) that dynamically form specific computing structures on demand, simultaneously and in parallel, on each clock cycle. By constantly configuring to match system and application demands, the ECA is inherently low power/high performance while spanning broad application spaces. The ECA is resilient, meaning, if any transistor or wire becomes defective, the ECA continues operation - without redundancy, excessive software complexity or application performance penalties. As mainstream ICs cross into 65nm these advantages become even more pronounced. Hanyang University TBD HY-SDR Research Center in Hanyang University (Seoul Korea) exhibits two research products. One is WiBro/WiMAX SA (Smart Antenna) RAS (Radio Access System) and the other is SDR platform. Using the SA RAS, we will present various real-time functions of WiBro/WiMAX systems such as (1)video signal transmission, (2)mobile Internet access, (3)video conferencing, (4)ftp, etc. Using the SDR platform, we implement SA APIs that we have proposed for the standardization of software-based SA base station system. Wind River TBD Wind River is the global leader in device software optimization (DSO). Wind River enables companies to develop and run software faster, better, at a lower cost and more reliably. Wind River Platforms tightly integrate a rich set of market-leading operating systems , development tools and middleware with services to provide a complete foundation that meets the specific requirements of a vertical market. Wind River 's products and professional services are used in multiple markets including aerospace and defense, automotive, digital consumer, industrial, and network infrastructure. Companies from around the world turn to Wind River to create the most reliable products and to accelerate their time to market. Etherstack TBD Etherstack is the leading independent supplier of communications waveforms (wireless protocol software) to commercial, public safety and military wireless manufacturers throughout the world. With substantial SDR and SCA experience and a full library of highly portable, field-proven, off-the-shelf waveforms, Etherstack is spearheading high performance SDR initiatives for defence and public safety. Harris TBD Harris is an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has annual revenue of over $4 billion and 16,000 employees — including nearly 7,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class assured communications™ products, systems, and services. Anritsu Corporation TBD Anritsu will be showing SDR waveforms being generated and analyzed on various instrument platforms. The MathWorks TBD The MathWorks is the leading global provider of technical computing and Model-Based Design software. MATLAB and Simulink provide a flexible and integrated software environment to accelerate the design of signal processing and communication systems. MathWorks products enable teams to develop, share, and integrate complex systems and produce validated, executable specifications. Model-Based Design allows engineers to model complex embedded and electronic systems, simulate and test the complete system behavior, and refine their designs before implementing and verifying on DSP, GPP and FPGA hardware. Elektrobit TBD EB (Elektrobit) is a world leader in high-end wireless test equipment and a leading-edge developer of wireless communication solutions, including SDR based systems. EB’s Propsim radio channel emulators, channel sounders and air interface development platforms provide unique capabilities for advanced testing of new SDR systems, including MIMO and smart antenna technologies. BittWare TBD   E2R TBD   Coherent Logix, Incorporated TBD Coherent Logix, Incorporated is enabling real-time software-defined systems through its HyperX Technology, a breakthrough in system-level, algorithm-to-hardware, design methodology based on a revolutionary reconfigurable signal processor hardware technology and complementary integrated software development flow. This unified system development process provides a rapid prototyping to production system development capability for real-time low-power, high-performance systems. Shared Spectrum TBD   eASIC TBD Structured ASIC products

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