FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz., May 1, 2008 — OpenSystems Publishing (OSP), LLC, today announced its upcoming E-cast on multicore migration, moderated by Jerry Gipper, Editorial Director, Embedded and Test & Analysis Group, Open Systems Publishing. Designers of embedded systems face numerous application migration issues that need to be addressed to fully take advantage of what multicore processors have to offer. The E-cast will focus on what some of these issues are and will provide designers guidance on how they can best migrate their applications to multicore processors. Wind River will discuss multicore technology: how it is implemented in the real world and how to choose among the different technology options; Mentor Graphics will discuss Multicore: It is all about power consumption; Virtutech will discuss debugging multicore applications using full system simulation.

Wind River, Mentor Graphics, Virtutech, and Freescale will be available for a Q&A session immediately following the E-cast.

• Who: Isidro Gonzalez, Sr. Industry Manager, Wind River, Todd Brian, Product Manager, Mentor Graphics, Ross Dickson, Principal Technology Specialist, Virtutech, and Freescale

• What: Industry experts from Wind River, Mentor Graphics, Virtutech, Freescale, and OpenSystems Publishing to present a live OpenSystems Publishing E-cast, “Multicore Migration: The Challenges of Migrating to a Multicore Design”

• When: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 2:00 pm EST

• Where: To attend the E-cast, participants can register at: www.opensystems-publishing.com/ecast

About OpenSystems Publishing

OpenSystems Publishing has been a leading publisher of electronics magazines, e-mail newsletters, website’s, and product resource guides for more than 20 years. OSP offers E-casts and Techcasts for engineers and provides interactive tools where engineers can communicate directly with presenters and top industry editors. Current publications include: CompactPCI and AdvancedTCA Systems, DSP-FPGA.com, Embedded Computing Design, Industrial Embedded Systems, Military Embedded Systems, PC/104 and Small Form Factors, PXI Test & Technology, and VME and Critical Systems. For more information, visit www.opensystems-publishing.com.