Intelligent Vehicle Safety Detroit 2007

3DLABS is a pioneering fabless semiconductor supplier of fully programmable media processors that deliver a rich mix of video, imaging, 2D/3D graphics, audio and floating-point capabilities. Based on an array of floating-point processing elements and dual ARM(r) cores the architecture has the performance, flexibility and low power consumption required to target a broad range of devices; portable media players, navigation systems, automotive infotainment, video conference and surveillance, mobile handsets and embedded systems.

Advancemobile is leading the development of revolutionary in-vehicle business intelligence solutions that are ideal for improving operational performance, compliance assurance and driver behaviour within an organisation.

Imagine a system within a vehicle that is intelligent and capable of answering precise business questions. Sound interesting? How about a system capable of monitoring vehicle faults, monitoring driver behaviour, even reporting on how corners are turned and which drivers aren’t responding to training? Combine this with odometer readings, fuel efficiency metrics, GPS tracking, and much more!

The specific requirements of several large fleet operators have been combined within the Advancemobile solution. This has resulted in a truly customer driven solution, that is prized for its improvement of key value drivers within any business! Come see us at booth 74. www.Advancemobile.com

Aeris® is the leading machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless network operator in North America. Through its unique AerFrame™ M2M platform, and in partnership with more than 30 wireless carriers, Aeris delivers rugged, real-time managed data delivery for mission critical applications such as life-safety and security, high-value asset tracking, and numerous other fixed and mobile wireless applications. Recognized by CTIA with a Wireless Emerging Technology Award in 2006, AerFrame provides customers with wireless connectivity tailored to their specific application requirements – virtually any protocol, including specialized enhancements available only from Aeris – all delivered through configurable web services designed for the requirements of each application. Today, Aeris provides service to over one million customer devices. For more information, please visit http://www.Aeris.net or call 1-888-GO-AERIS.

Birdstep develops small footprint embedded database solutions that add value to your software application while in-memory or within a persistent environment. Our value is fast database performance with minimal draw on application resources. With offices in Norway, US, UK, India and Scotland, Birdstep provides over 20-years of success as an international company. With three unique and highly-flexible database solutions to choose from, Birdstep has the right data management solution for your next line-of-business, mission-critical or commercial application. Come see why companies like Cognos, HP, CA and Magellan Navigation have based their software products on Birdstep.

CalAmp is a leading provider of breakthrough communications technology solutions, services, and products for the enterprise, government, service providers, and technology developers. The company supplies cost-effective, high volume RF products and is a leading provider of direct broadcast satellite (DBS) equipment. Drawing upon its expertise in networking applications and wireless technologies, CalAmp has developed solutions for digital multimedia delivery, residential broadband data delivery, retailing applications, public safety markets, and wireless enterprise connectivity. The breadth and depth of CalAmp�s expertise combined with a customer-focused approach make it a trusted partner for organizations seeking to achieve the benefits of emerging technologies. For more information visit www.CalAmp.com

CarMediaLab develops embedded systems for telephony and telematics in vehicles. Our core competency is a balanced ratio between embedded software and hardware development. Our shareholders have endowed us on the one hand with expertise in communicating with control devices and integrating with vehicle systems. On the other hand we have been able to profit from a wealth of experience in developing devices for speech and data communication for telemetric applications. This combination is what makes us stand out from our competitors with competence, quality and a price that fits the results.

Chomerics, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation, provides a wide range of EMI Shielding and Thermal Management materials and services to global OEM electronics companies in the telecom, information technology, power conversion, aerospace, defense and automotive markets. Since 1961, Chomerics has been the primary force in the development of electrically conductive elastomers for use as extruded, molded and form-in-place EMI gaskets for telecommunications and electronics applications. Now also offering Tecknit brand EMI shielding materials. Chomerics also offers an extensive family of thermal interface materials, which transfer heat from electronic components to heat sinks.

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Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. The privately held company is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies with 2006 sales of $6.4 billion (USD).

Fujitsu Microelectronics America is an emerging leader in microcontrollers, graphics display technology, and other products that are creating exciting new passenger safety, comfort and information/entertainment options in the vehicle.

With versatile 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit MCUs, a new IDB-1394 controller, a FlexRay developers' kit, and a full family of two- dimensional and three-dimensional GDCs, the company provides complete design solutions that help OEMs differentiate their vehicle offerings.

The company will demonstrate its newest and most innovative ICs at Telematics Detroit 2006, booth 51.

Gracenote, a leader in global digital entertainment technology, provides businesses with critical embedded software and metadata that enable consumers to better manage, enjoy and discover digital media. Headquartered in Emeryville, California, Gracenote also has offices in New York, Tokyo, Berlin and Seoul. Gracenote's solutions are embedded in leading media players such as Apple iTunes, Yahoo Music Engine, RealNetworks Rhapsody, Napster and AOL Winamp. Gracenote's technology powers consumer electronics brands such as Alpine, Kenwood, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Samsung and Sony, as well as international mobile music applications for KDDI (Japan), KTF (Korea), Musiwave (Portugal), Oi (Brazil) and Sony-Ericsson.

Hirschmann presented the first telescope antenna for mobile radio reception at the Berlin Radio Exhibition in 1939. Since then Hirschmann has produced over 100 million rod antennas.

Today Hirschmann Car Communication°Øs product range includes transmission / reception systems for OEM customers, GPS, Cellular and replacement antennas and ready made coaxial cables to connect antennas and terminal equipment.

Customers include leading automobile manufacturers, major suppliers, industrial companies, aftermarket accessory dealers and telecommunications distributors. Hirschmann Car Communication, headquartered in Neckartenzlingen, near Stuttgart Germany and Auburn Hills, MI, has a global presence with sales and production facilities in North America, Europe and Asia.

Honeywell's Solid State Electronics Center (SSEC) offers Personal Navigation Hardware in the form of Anisotropic Magneto-Resistive (AMR) sensors and MEMS rate gyros. These components are the latest generation featuring miniature size SMT packages, very low cost, and moderate to high performance characteristics. Honeywell is the trusted leader in AMR magnetic sensors, with its parts used in the most popular GPS recievers, wireless phones, and automotive instrument clusters. By sensing the earth's magnetic field for direction, personal navigation products can point or dead reckon for assisted GPS and pedestrian navigation.

InfoUSA founded in 1972, infoUSA is a leading compiler of business and residential listings. The publicly owned company collects information on 15 million U.S. and Canadian businesses, 2.5 million US Business Storefront Photographs and 250 million U.S. and Canadian consumers. The business database includes data from 6,000 White and Yellow Page directories, as well as 340 proprietary and public sources. Business records are verified by 24 million calls annually. The consumer records are derived from 4,300 telephone directories and 35 additional sources. Over 3 million customers use infoUSA data for local search, directory assistance, location-based services, vehicle navigation, risk management, direct marketing and many more needs. infoUSA has 2,500 employees in 37 offices in the United States, Canada and London.

Building profitable business between Wales and the World
Wales is a European nation with a global outlook.

Innovative and productive business links with enterprises from across the world are at the heart of this vibrant economy.

International Business Wales is the expert team that helps make profitable connections between this nation and ambitious companies everywhere.Whatever your business needs, the team has the experience and skill to enable you forge the relationships you need to expand your business in the global market.

World business ties have become more complex and integrated, as frontiers melt away and new commercial opportunities emerge.

A unit of The Laird Group PLC, Laird Technologies was formed by merging some of the world’s leading electromagnetic (EMI) shielding, thermal management and wireless antenna brands into one company.

Headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., Laird Technologies also operates sites in the Czech Republic, China, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Global coverage teamed with full-line product capability, rapid response times and an ability to provide complete engineering and design solutions, leaves Laird Technologies uniquely placed to serve its customers.

PTV America is a multi-disciplinary transportation software and consulting firm, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PTV AG in Karlsruhe, Germany. PTV America is comprised of two sectors within the PTV umbrella - Traffic and Mobility.

PTV America distributes traffic applications PTV Vision ¢Á software suite (VISSIM and VISUM) and VISUM Online and provides technical support, software customization and training services for these products. We also distribute the mobility programs PTV MobilityPlatform and PTV NaviGuide and offer technical support for these applications.

PTV America also offers consulting services, delivering high quality traffic and transit engineering and planning services to clients across North America.

RM Michaelides Software and Electronic Corporation is a leading international supplier of telematics system components, CAN Bus system components and comprehensive fleet management products and software for all types of mobile and stationary devices, vehicles and meters. Industries include: Automotive, Heavy Construction, Agriculture, Materials Handling, Locomotive and Manufacturing/Industrial.

RM products include direct-wired and long-range and short-range wireless devices (GSM, GPRS, GPS, UMTS, WiFi WLAN, Bluetooth, RFID, UHF and others) for CAN information and analysis, CAN gateways, CAN recorders, shock/tilt sensors and analog and digital I/O to CAN conversion modules. RM also complements its wireless products with configurable, ruggedized HMI displays.

With digital content becoming part of consumers’ every day life, devices for the hand, home, and car are increasingly relying on hard drives to deliver a rich entertainment experience. Seagate, the worldwide leader in hard drives, is now assisting automotive companies worldwide in the design, integration, and support of hard drive-based navigation and entertainment, or “navitainment”, systems for the car. By extending the consumer digital experience from the home to the car, automotive companies can add value, customer loyalty, and new revenue streams to any vehicle or aftermarket system. Talk to us for more details on bringing the consumer digital experience to your customers. www.seagate.com

Spirent Federal is a wholly owned subsidiary of Spirent Communications, a world leader in communications and GPS test equipment. Spirent has been developing and manufacturing GPS satellite simulators since 1985. Spirent Federal Systems, a US company, offers GPS/SBAS/GLONASS Satellite Simulators that include all the capabilities you need including L2C, L5, and Pseudo-M. Spirent has more than 600 major systems fielded worldwide. For information call 714-692-6565 or email info@spirentfederal.com.

Telit Wireless Solutions, Inc., the US-based m2m mobile technology arm of Telit Communications (AIM: TCM), develops, manufactures and markets GSM/GPRS and CDMA modules for machine-to-machine (m2m) applications enabling machines, devices or vehicles to communicate via mobile networks. Their innovative m2m devices offer QuadBand GSM/GPRS functionality and many variants of CDMA technology on cross-compatible form-factors and application programming interfaces. Telit Wireless Solutions focuses on the telematics, fleet management and automatic meter reading sectors – three of the largest industry segments for the application of m2m technology in the United States. For more information, please visit www.telit.com.

Founded in 1984, Tele Atlas delivers the digital maps and dynamic location content that power the world°Øs most essential geographic solutions. The information is the foundation for a wide range of personal and in-car navigation systems, mobile and Internet map applications that help GPS system users find the places, products and services they need, wherever they are. Tele Atlas also works with business partners who deliver critical applications for emergency, business fleet and infrastructure services. The company employs 2,300 full-time staff and contract cartographers at offices in 20 countries around the world and uses a sophisticated network of thousands of sources to regularly update its maps. Tele Atlas is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (TA6) and on Euronext Amsterdam (TA). For more information, visit www.teleatlas.com.

Tilcon Software Ltd., the world leader in embedded GUI/HMI and graphics software will be showcasing its new all-in-one graphics stack technology. This new technology dramatically simplifies the GUI/HMI development process for Automotive customers and can deliver results 10X faster than the current COTS technology.

Tilcon will also be demonstrating the latest advances in rendering techniques, hardware accelerated graphics, video overlay and photorealistic instrument clusters combined with rapid prototyping and codeless simulation. Tilcon°Øs technology is an end to end solution, from concept to target and is pre-integrated with COTS OS (XP embedded, XP, CE 5/6, Linux, VxWorks, QNX, Custom, etc.) and optimized for a wide range of embedded hardware targets (PPC, media 5200, SH4, Mips, Xscale, ARM, Xilinx etc.). Visit us at Booth # 51 and at the Freescale Booth. www.tilcon.com

Using advanced technologies, TireStamp provides a leading edge tire pressure and temperature monitoring and management system that provides commercial truck and auto fleets with tire visibility anywhere/any time to reduce road calls and tire labor, and improve fuel economy, tire mileage, casing life, and safety. TireStamp?s TireVigil? solution bridges radio frequency tire sensors with most telematics devices, utilizes hand held computers and proprietary software to record service events, and analyzes the data to not only provide alerts but also a wide range of insightful reports that allow fleets to better control tire inventory, make data based purchasing decisions, and improve productivity.

Clear Channel Radio is the first broadcaster to launch a ground-breaking programming and technology service delivering real-time traffic data directly to vehicles, using its own network of reporters, traffic cameras, helicopters and airplanes.

Clear Channel's Total Traffic Network now serves more than 125 metropolitan markets in three countries, including the United States, Mexico and New Zealand. Total Traffic Network delivers real-time traffic data via in-car or portable navigation systems, broadcast media, wireless and Internet-based services.

Wavecom is the leading provider of pre-packaged wireless communications solutions for automotive, industrial and mobile professional applications. We offer a wide range of fully integrated modules and modems, including Wireless CPUs and the new Wireless Microprocessor plus the development tools you need to Make it wireless.