Speaker:

Kees van Berkel, Eindhoven University of Technology, France

Title:

Quantifying Processor Versatility

Abstract:

What does it mean that one processor is more "versatile" (flexible, programmable, generic) than another? In this presentation we will attempt to define and quantify processor versatility, and benchmark a variety of processors, including cpus, gpus, and (simd) dsps.

Bio:

Kees van Berkel is a fellow at ST-Ericsson since 2008, after spending most of his R&D career at Philips and NXP Research. Since 1996 he is also a part-time professor in Computing Science at the TU Eindhoven. Kees pioneered asynchronous VLSI from theory to mass production, as well as embedded vector processing for modems and software defined radio. His current research is on multi-standard digital transceivers, vector processors, multi-core architectures, resource management, and low power.