Freescale Technology Forum India opens today in Bengaluru

Wednesday 29 August 2012


Freescale Semiconductor has opened the eighth edition of the company’s annual Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) India today at the Hotel Sheraton, Bengaluru. The unique event provides an avenue for Freescale’s customers, partners and employees to meet and explore the latest innovations in embedded design from around the world.

The theme for the global FTF 2012 program is “Powering Innovation.” Freescale is emphasizing its leading technologies and products that help embedded developers differentiate their designs, as well as the comprehensive, market-focused spectrum of enablement solutions and ecosystem partnerships needed to help developers innovate and accelerate their time to market.

Approximately 1,000 designers, applications engineers, industry experts, executives and hardware, software and tools partners from around the world are on hand for two intensive days of learning and networking. This year’s forum opened with a keynote address by Freescale’s Senior Vice President and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer Henri Richard.

Richard stated that their world will depend increasingly on information and communication technology with tens of billions of new intelligent systems connecting to the web as a result of the ‘Internet of Things’ dynamic. Using Freescale’s unique product portfolio and expansive partner ecosystem, they are a catalyst, enabling their customers to architect, build and go to market with solutions providing machine-to-machine connectivity creating a world of Connected Intelligence.

FTF India 2012 features more than 70 hours of technical training sessions, tools and more than 60 interactive Technology Lab demonstrations in the fields of Automotive, Consumer, Industrial, Networking and Enabling Technologies from Freescale and our partners. One of the key highlights is the ‘customer product showcase’ that has more than 30 end-consumer products.

Some of the featured Technology Lab demos built using Freescale technology include:

Solar inverter
Smart energy meter
Thermal printer
C-DOT wireless broadband device
3D graphics using an i.MX 6 applications processor and a Qorivva microcontroller
Four-cylinder gasoline engine demonstrator
eReaders
Freescale Xtrinsic sensor fusion development tool
Energy, automation and wireless control home management products
Solar inverter with energy monitor
VGo robotic telepresence

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