Munich, Germany - October 30, 2002 - CMP Media LLC today announced a strategic alliance with Messe Muenchen GmbH to produce electronicaUSA with the Embedded Systems Conference San Francisco in 2004. The two events will be united to form one combined event format.

Individual exhibition areas will include:

- Embedded Systems
- Connector Technology
- Semiconductors
- Cables
- Sensors and Microsystems
- Switches
- Displays
- Passive Components
- Power Supplies
- Enclosures
- EDA Tools
- Testing and Measurement
- Servo Technology
- Assemblies and Subsystems

To Microcontroller.com, we are unsure as to the extent that this may or may not dilute the "embedded" content of the Embedded Systems Conference. Clearly, the conference will no longer be focused soley on embedded systems.

About electronica and Global Electronics
The electronica trade show was first produced in 1964. It is part of Global Electronics, Munich Trade Fairs' international electronics network, and includes trade fairs around the world.
The leading trade fairs electronica,
Productronica and Laser.World of Photonics present the major international
trends in Munich.

About CMP Media LLC
CMP Media LLC (www.cmp.com) is a leading high-technology
business-to-business multimedia company that provides essential information and integrated marketing services to technology and health-care professionals worldwide. CMP's diverse products and services include newspapers, magazines, Internet products, research, direct marketing services, education and training, trade shows and conferences.