Major Semiconductor companies

Exhibitors were from all levels. For wearables for example, there were: suppliers providing components for wearables, firms making wearables, and service-providers using wearables.

Applications ranged far and wide, from leisure through well-being to medical, and from home-automation to smart textiles.

In general, chip firms were concentrating on ultra-low power processing, ultra-low power sensing, Bluetooth and power conditioning - all of which link well to both wearables and IoT.

Alongside the chip firms there were plenty of virtual (and augmented) reality headsets at the Wearable Technology Show, some because that is what the company makes and others because they are linked to games or services.

And it is not often you see groups of happy and engaged school children walking around a trade show.

Electronics companies that attended
(click links for show announcements)

Alongside the shows, there were several pay-for one-room conferences:

• Augmented Reality
• Smart Home & Connected Living
• Healthcare & Digital Apps
• Mobile payment, Retail & Payment Services
• Smart Textiles & Sensors
• Performance Sports & Fitness
• Wearable