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CES 99 Craig Mundie Senior Vice President Consumer Strategy Microsoft Corporation. An Historical Example. 1900. 1918. 1998. Implications. PCs, appliances, and services interconnect. Technologies converge, devices don’t. Information. Services. Multimedia. Multimedia information.
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CES 99Craig MundieSenior Vice PresidentConsumer StrategyMicrosoft Corporation
An Historical Example 1900 1918 1998
Implications PCs, appliances, and services interconnect Technologies converge, devices don’t Information Services Multimedia Multimedia information
The Dream • Computing Everywhere • PCs, intelligent appliances, and smart objects Quality of life • Connecting Everything • Universal Plug and Play connectivity
The Reality • Tough problems • Connectivity, simplicity, reliability, privacy • Making it meaningful to consumers • Personal security • Community • Convenience • Communication
Services Computing Everywhere PC Intelligent appliance Smart object
Services Wireless Knowledge MSNHotMail WindowsUpdate WebTV Smart objects Intelligent appliances PC Smart Card for Windows Micro-browser Windows® CE Embedded Windows NT Windows® 2000 Professional,Windows 98 Extending Windows
Windows® CE Embedded Windows NT Intelligent appliances Intelligent Appliances • >1.3 Million Windows CE appliances sold • Windows CE volume grew over 170% in 1998 • >90,000 Windows CE developer kit downloads • Over 500 commercial applications
Intelligent Appliances • Dreamcast • WebStar • AutoPC
Micro-browser Smart Card for Windows Smart objects Smart Objects • Tight constraints • Specific behaviors • Very low cost • Federate with PCs, intelligent appliances • Programmable • Manipulate simple properties • Scriptable • Native code
Micro-browser Smart Card for Windows Smart objects Smart Card For Windows • Low cost, 8-bit solution • Language neutral run-time environment • Common development tools • Strong security • Partitioned file system
Public Networks Broadband Internet Public Networks PSTN, Internet Services Services Connecting Everything
Home Internet IP Extends Web Into The Home IP unifies diverse media
Announcing The Universal Plug And Play Initiative • Simplify connectivity by extending Plug and Play: • Add networks • Peer-to-peer • Device description/usage • Pragmatic approach • Use existing standards and technologies More information at http://www.microsoft.com/homenet
Architecture Home application Commonabstractions Plug and Play Universal Plug and Play Commoninterfaces Discovery Usage Discovery Description Usage Description ... ISA PCI USB 1394 IP IRDA X10 HAVi Mediaindependence
Example: IP Network Network Plug and Play • Discovery • Directory • Simple discovery • APIPA/DHCP • AutoDNS/DNS Description • XML Usage • Control • Management • Monitoring • Stream mgmt • Streaming IP ... HomeRF HomePNA Ethernet 1394 PLC 802.11 Lite
Is This Affordable? Web Server with service discovery 15-25K bytes 386 code 64K gates TCP/IP stack With DNS 25-35K bytes 386 code 29K gates
Universal Plug And Play Partners Intel Intellon Diamond Multimedia Texas Instruments Cisco Hitachi 3COM Fujitsu Limited ShareWave Axis Echelon AT&T Conexant Sharp Honeywell Compaq Kodak Samsung Electronics ATI Technologies AMD Dell Lexmark Toshiba America Inc. Hewlett Packard National Semiconductor/Cyrix
Universal Plug And Play Demo • Digital Cameras • Printing • Security Cameras
Internet Connection Sharing • Enables a single Internet connection to be used by multiple machines • Shares a single IP address • Automatically configures network • Connects on demand • Users need not understand network topology
Windows Home Networking This Year • Broadband access to Internet • Networking without Cracking the Case • Modems, NICs via USB and 1394, Powerline Carrier • Internet sharing • Universal Plug and Play • Software Developer Kits at WinHEC and Windows CE DevCon
Computing Everywhere,Connecting Everything Intelligent appliances Smart objects PCs Wireless In-Between Broadband to home Universal Plug and PlayEverywhere