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WEDNESDAY, June 9, 2004, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Room: 6A
TOPIC AREA:  SYSTEM-LEVEL DESIGN AND VERIFICATION

   SESSION 26
  Special Session: Platform-Based System Design
  Chair: Sujit Dey - Univ. of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA
  Organizers: Sujit Dey

  Rising design complexity and NRE/manufacturing costs of ASICs pushes towards reuse. Platforms are emerging as an alternative to System-on-Chips rather than reuse of components, use of platforms potentially eliminates need for backend design. This special session will analyze and evaluate the characteristics and strengths/weaknesses of different types of platforms and their applicability to different segments of the semiconductor industry. Key issues regarding their adoption, including EDA and Software Support will also be addressed.

    26.1s   Platform Based Design: Does it Answer the Entire SoC Challenge?
  Speaker(s): Gary Smith - Gartner Dataquest, San Jose, CA
  Author(s): Gary Smith - Gartner Dataquest, San Jose, CA
    26.2Nomadic Platform Approach for Wireless Mobile Multimedia
  Speaker(s): Mark Hopkins - STMicroelectronics, San Diego, CA
  Author(s): Mark Hopkins - STMicroelectronics, San Diego, CA
    26.3Benefits and Challenges of Platform Based Design
  Speaker(s): Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli - Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA
  Author(s): Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli - Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA
Luca Carloni - Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA
Fernando De Bernadinis - Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione - University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Marco Sgroi - DoCoMo Euro Labs, Munich, Germany
    26.4Trends in the Use of Re-Configurable Platforms
  Speaker(s): Max Baron - In-Stat/MDR, San Jose, CA
  Author(s): Max Baron - In-Stat/MDR, San Jose , CA
    26.5sDiscussion: Q&A