Programmable hardware system design is the focus of a two-day seminar being held on October 8-9 at Savoy Place in London by the IET in partnership with Electronics Weekly.
Specialists from Microsoft, Texas Instruments, NXP, Xilinx, Altera and Imperial College will be investigating the crossover in programmable hardware and software design.
Developers increasingly must consider the implementation of custom hardware architectures in their design and programmable hardware systems, including FPGAs, and configurable processors, are redefining the boundaries between hardware and software system design.
Register online.
Day One Programme:
Keynote address
FPGAs versus configurable processors: assessing the different trade-offs in reconfigurability and selecting the right system and device for your application
Allan Cantle, President and Founder, Nallatech
Keynote address
Applications and drivers in defence and aerospace electronics for programmable hardware systems
Bernard Candaele, Deputy Director, Thales - Embedded Digital Systems
Challenges of designing novel multicore processor architectures
David May, CTO, XMOS Semiconductor
Interfaces architectures: exploring the importance of high speed serial buses
Dr Peter Kollig, Senior Principal, Lead Architect BL DVS SoC Development, NXP Semiconductors
Benefits and pitfalls of building and buying-in: choosing chip and boards
Ken Chapman, Senior Staff Engineer, Xilinx
Implementing complex and multiple DSPs on Processors and
programmable logic
Ole Gerkensmeyer, Business Development Manager, Texas Instruments
Developing analytical techniques for FPGA architecture design
Alastair Smith, Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Imperial College
How FPGA and processor technologies will shape the future of reconfigurable systems
Dr Peter Brooks, Senior Manager, Multimedia Solutions Group, Altera
Day Two Programme:
Keynote address
Challenges of programming multi-core microprocessors
Satnam Singh, Microsoft
Exploring the challenges of cross domain high level design
Doug Amos, Director of European Marketing, Synplicity
How to achieve increased designer productivity and reliable product Quality
Alex Grove, European Product Specialist, Mentor Graphics
Designing heterogeneous systems including programmable hardware, multicore processors, DSP, processors and more
Chris Turner, Business Development Manager – Semiconductor Industries, Cambridge Consultants
Investigating design techniques for power-efficient motor control
Peter Trott, Senior FAE, Actel
Core assisted validation and debug for FPGA memory, processors and I/O
Guy McBride, Digital Applications Engineer, Agilent Technologies
Programmable hardware systems using model-based design
Dr Daniel Auger, Senior Consultant, The Mathworks
The seminars will cover design technologies for applications in wireless systems, defence and aerospace, telecoms, medical systems and video processing.
Register online.